The daily gazette., 1877-03-07
THIRD EDITION !!
WASHINGTON, March 6. 1877.
The Duplicate Oath Of the President-THs
BibIe presented TO Mrs. Hayes.

ne Dupttcute OuW OF We Prestde1lt-IHf
Bible presented to Mrs. Hayes.
A record of the oath privately taken q
at the White House on Saturday night
by Gov. Hayes was made by the chief
justice at the time and delivered to
Mr.. Fisk to be placed on file ia the
State Department. No official record
will be made of the oath taken on yes
terday. The Bible on which the oath
was taken Saturday was handsome
new one, purchased especially for the
purpose by D. W Middleton, ESQ.,,
the clerk of the Supreme Court of the
United States. 1t is an expensive Eng 2
lish edition, bound In brown Turkey
morocco, with gilt edges. This morn
ing Mr.. James H. McKenney, the
deputy clerk of the Supreme Court,
called at the White House in behalf
of Mr.. Middleton to present the Bible
to Mr.. Hayes. Mrs. Hayes was in the
red parlsr, surrounded by large mum.
ber of lady friends and callers. As
soon as she saw Mr.. McKenney she
said; "Oh there's the Bible" recog-
nizing 1t at once. Mr.. McKenney
then presented 1t to hei with the conf
pliments of Mr.. Middleton. On the
fly deaf was written-"To Mrs. Hayes,
from d. M Middleton, ERIK of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
used for the administration of the
oath on the Inauguration of Ruther-
ford b. Hayes as President of the Uni
ted States. See the 118 psalm, 18th,
12th and 18th verses" Mr.. Middleton
had marked the verses at the spot
where Gov. Hayes had kissed the book.
O oafd. stV
Kenney had better read us the verses"
The ladies all crowded around and
Mr.. McKenney read the three verses,
concluding with the following:
"They compassed me about; yea
they compassed me about, but in the
name of the Lord l will destroy them"
Mrs. Hayes laughed gaily and said,
"Oh, no, guess he wont destroy any
body" She then took the Bible and
desired that her compliments and
thanks should be given to Mr.. Middle
ton for his welcome present.
The Senate, led by Blaine and sec
onded by all the extremists. would
neither accept the reduction of the
army nor yield TO the clause prohibit
ing the use of troops to maintain
Packard and Chamberlain. Nor would
they even submit to any diminution
OF the great pay and emoluments now
received by oar superfluous Generals
and their magnificent staffs. Repeated
conferences were in vain. The revo-
lutionary Leaders who are now
striving for the possession of Hayes,
and are inimicsl to every Suggestion of
a conciliatory policy, determined to
force this Issue, and thus to drive the
more moderate wing of the Republican
party into line. ..o
The House of Representatives stood
/ up bravcly and faithfully to its duty,
and insisted upon maintai lining its post
ton; and the Army bill was lost by the
obstinacy of Hayes professed friends
in the Senate. No injury will be in
ficted on the service or on the coun-
try by this mishap. We rejoice at the
failure, because public attention will
now be drawn to the huge military es-
tablishment which the people are re-
quired to support by oppressive taxa
tion, and to the disgraceful abuses
which have grown up under it. The
money for the army is already appro-
priated for the current fiscal year to
the Both of June, or four months
ahead. There is abundant time for
reflection, and if an extraordinary
session OF Congress be required, why,
let it come. Meantime, the Fraudu-
lent President will have shown his
hand by acts, and his intentions for
the future can be better gauged than
is now possible.
During the last eight years, the
army has been used as great machine
to pull down honest and set up fraudu
lent governments in the South; or in
other words, to uphold one party and
to defeat another. The spectacle re-
Florida, and Louisiana, was not only
a humiliation to American character,
which has submitted tamely to these
repeated scandals under Grant, but
was an outrage upon the name of free
institutions. Step by step we have
been following in the beaten paths
which lead to military despotism.
Now, when Fraudulent President
has been Installed in office, who sooner
or later must fall into the hands of the
most desperate leaders, and who is al>
ready ruled by the corrupt counsels
of John Sherman and his Ring, the
House of Representatives, speaking
and acting for the people, will take
no cheap professions and canting phra-
ses for guarantees. They have locked
the doors of the Treasury after the 1st
of July, and Hayes cannot repeat the
burglary by which he entered the
White House, without being confron-
ted with penalties that he is not anx-
ious TO seek. If he and his friends
mean what of late they pretend, what
need is there of this great standing
army with an expenditure of more
than forty millions year?