Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-22
THE NEW PRESIDENT.

THE NEW PRESIDENT.
Repeating the Inaugural Ceremonies Mt tn
Capitol To-day.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-President Ar
thur took the oath of Office at the capito
to-day in the presence of the cabinet, jus.
tices of the supreme court, few senators
and congressman, Generals Sherman, Grant
and others-forty in all.
Chief Justice Waite, in full robes OF
Office, administered the oath. The presi-
dent was calm and composed and his re-
sponse, $50 help me God," came in firm
tones and without q tremor.
The president then read from manuscrip.
notes his address
Presitient Arthur's Address.
| The following is President Arthur's ad-
dress
For the fourth time in the history of tho
republic its chief magistrate has been re-
moved by death. All hearts are filled with
grief and horror at the hideOus crime
which has darkened our land, and the
memory of the murdered president, his
protracted sufferings, his unyielding for
titude, the example aud achievement of
his life, and the pathos of his death, will
forever illumine the pages of our history.
For the fourth time the officer elected
by the people and ordained by the consti-
tuition to fill a vacancy so created is called
to assume the executive chair. The wis
dom of our fathers, foreseeing even the
most dire possibilities, made suro that
the government should never be
imperiled because Of the uncertainty
of human life. Men may die, but the
fabrics of our free institutions remain un-
shaken. No highor Or more assuring
proof could exist of the strength and por.
manence Of popular government than the
fact that though the chosen one of the
people be struck down, his constitutional
successor is peacefully installed without
shock or strain, except the sorrow which
mOurns the bereavement.
All thenoble aspirations Of my lamented
predecessor which found expression in his
life, the measures devised and suggested
during his brief administration to correct
abuses and enforce economy, to advance
prosperity and promote the general wel-
fare, to ensure domestic security and
maintain friendly and honorable relations
with the nations of the earth, will be
garnered in the hearts Of the people, and it
will be my earnest endeavor to profit and
to sec that the nation shall profit by his
example and experience.
Prosperity blesses our country. Our
fiscal policy as fixed by law is we'll ground
ell and generally approved. No threaten
ing issue mars our foreign interests, and
the wisdom, integrity and thrift of our
people may be trusted to continue undis-
turbed the present assured career Of
peace, tranquility and welfare. The
gloom and anxiety which have enshrouded
the country must make reposc especially
welcome.
No demand for speedy legislation has
been heard, no adequate occasion is ap- |
parent, for an unusual session of
Congress. The constitution defines the |
functions and powers of the executive as
clearly as those Of either of the other two |
departments of the government, and he |
must answer for the just exercise of the |
discretion it permits and the performance
of the duties it imposes.
Summoned to these high duties and re-
sponsibitities, and profoundly conscious of
their magnitude and gravity assume the
trust imposed by the constitution. relying
for aid on Divine guidance and the virtue,
patriotism and intelligence of the Ameri-
can people.
After the reading of the address of the
president Secretary Blaine stepped for
ward and grasped the presidents hand,
and after him the other members of the
cabinet and others present shook hands
with the president. r. B. Hayes ar
rived at the capitol soon after the cerc-
mony of taking the oath was concluded
and in company with Gen. Grant shortly
afterwards left the capitol.
A cabinet meeting was held Immediate
ly after the ceremony of administering the
oath. A proclamation was then signed by
the president, designating Monday next,
that being the day on which the funeral
takes places, as a day of fasting, humilia-
tion and prayer throughout the country.
No other business was transacted.
Tho members of the cabinet were re-
quested to retain their respective positions.
1t is authoritatively learned, as well as in
dicated by the presidents inaugural, that
there will be no session of Congress until
the regular session in December next.