The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-03-08
Inauguration Day.


was cold one, but this had no effect to
deter the vast throng Of visitors in the
city from attending the interesting
ceremony of tho inaugural. The
pageant is described as very grand,
the grandest ever witnessed in America.
A telegram says that the scene remind
eu one of the triumphal glorics of
Napoleon the First. The military
gathered from all parts f.the country,
numbered FIVE thousand mon and pre-
scuted a display unequallcd since the
grand review Of the Federal armies in
1865 Washington was represented as
one vast hotel Never was there such
an outpouriug of the masses of the
people. No one who witnessed the
great picture can doubt that President
Grant lives in the hearts OF the people.
At II 80 the President delivered his
inaugural address from the Eastern por-
ton of the Capital.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF GRANT.
An exchange gives the following
account Of tho personnel of the Presi
dcut
"Thc President has br ,ad, but not
high forehead, his nose is slightly
aquiline, his eyes blue and kindly his
mouth grave, and whom at rest,
his chin square; bis complexion
somewhat ruddy and his hair nearly
black. His face is a study. There are
lines in it which show not only traces of
deep thought, but the impress of pain
ful experiences. There is a gen;lencss
and patience in his manner which mi ht
lead tyro to suppose there was weak
ness somewhere in his compositions bu,
for that grim, determined expression
about the lower part of his face, the
irmncss of purpose that givse that square
set to the shoulders and makes him from
head to foot apEear what he is-a man
Of decisive but not Of obsti nate or
stubborn will. He digests principles, he
revulves expedients, and weighs the
balance, he tounds his acts ca his con
situtional prerogativcs; the constitution
is his chart and compass, aud intent
only on the national integrity and the
common good, he fights it out on that
line if the stars lall,"
TIE INAUGURAL Address
Comm, need at follows:
FcUor- Citizeus-Updcr Providence, |
have been called second time TO act as
Executive over this great nation 1t
has been my cndcavor i'll the past to
maiutain all the laws, and, as far as lay
in my p, wer to net for the best interest
of the whole people My hest Efforts
will be given in tho some directions in
the future
Then alter bries review Of his past
administration the President spoke Us
follows:
My Efforts in TIE futuse, will b. dircc-
ted 90 the restoration Of gooi feeling be
tween the different sections of our com
mon country; the restoration OF our cur
reucy to fixed value as compared to the
worlds standard ofvaucs aud if possible
TO q par with it; the constructon of
cheap routes of transit throu. .hout the
land, SO the produce of all sections may
fiud market and leave living remun
Grafton TO III producer the mainten,nce e
nf friendly relations with distant uatious,
the re establishment Of cur commerce
with q share in she carrying trade upon
the ocean; the encouragement Of such
mauuio curing Industries as may be
economically pursued in this country, to
the end that the export, of home prod uots
and Industries may ply for our imports,
the only gu method Of returning to aud
permanently maintaining specie basis;
the elevation Of labor and l'y a humane
course to bring the aborigincs OF tile
country under the benign influence of
education aud civilization; either this
or a war Of determination engaged in by
people pursuing commerce and all the
industrial pursuits which cnurEe is ex.