The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-09-24
Fsom az Bslii@are Aaeriess ef rsssi4A
ITS EFFEUF on THE COUNTRY.
Rx -senafeF Whyte's Views en- she sHh-
a lssl,.-t'eRr AgghVs's l'aslsieas

leei-.-seRs AgghEs's ras.asa.
81 an moi surprised 70 hear al ,he Presi.
deui's dealt, said Hon. wm. Finkaey
Whyse 20 rsp0ries o. the 1sieTieEa last
night, "lar haze long expected il, and tod
one Of ths representatives al The 4GsTlsaB
some days ago, th~t did not thlak The realq.
val. 20 Long Branch would save the lsresi-
dent, for so long "a the ball remained ia bis
body aneucyGiel, there was lillle pEospees Of
his recovery. What with the mRlarious 10.
lueuees about the White House and blood
poisoning, he had too uiany chaEees against
him 2 2-s
''what aisest Nill his death have upon the
coustTy G
! financially not much. The general dc.
preston, uaiaral 10 such an occurrence nlay
restraint The voiume.of basiness, but the DIS
aSter has already been discounted, aud ex-
eept the duliuass 81 lew days, no pegcepti-
bla iailpehee vii be Observed. Politically,
It may be otherwise, moi al Once for Wee
President Arthur belongs 70 the same politi
cal party, srd The same general policy sill be
pursued, b6tthe wsr Of factions 'Wfl soen be
ein. History wIil repeat ITSELF. / have VII
messed The aQsessioas .oirihe three Tiee pres
dents who rose 10. the presidential office.
Harrison's death, in 1871, called forth the
strongest demonstration OF Ihe.wiiole country
;itf respect 10 bis memory The Cabinet pro
peril !announced the effect of the death 10 the
.peOple, and 10 the Vice President tISlerl
who, being in Virginia, did not for day or
two, assume the duties Of the presidential Of.
fee. The executive government was thus
left for some days in stale Of inieFregBum.
No duty on ASSUMING the Otficeof presidents
required Of the vice president beyond taking
the Official oath, WHICH car. be donea anywhere
before any officer authorized to administer
oaths. Mr.. Tyler maintained that the oath
he had taken asviee. presidents was sufficient;
bat TO prevent doubts, he took the oath again
before Judge Craneh pripF % entering on the
presidency. ~
tMr. Fillmore was inaug4rated, at his own
reqdesi, in the presence Of the two houses Of
Congress. Inqoth cases the Cabinet tempo
Farily held theiT places. il eG ~ 1a a3ai.
HWhat became of the Tyler cabinet you 20.
member, anl.the war in the Wing party which
broke ont during that administration contrib.
'nted largely to the election Of Mr.. Polk in
ls44 .oAhdrsw I0hRsonp when be came to
the presidency, followed the ,pFesedsaE efFe-
tanning the cabinet Of his predecessor. and be
lived long enough to regret it. They had no
political opinions il common With him beyond
o loyal desire for the preservation of the
Union, bat as to the modes of reconstruction
and rehabilitation their views and his were as
wide apart as the poles, The bitterness of
their struggles is Of too recent occurrence to
need mention now. ''- '.i--- = j. 1919
z "What the course of.Mrg Arthur may be at
the outset DO nat know, but the conflict Of
the two factions of the party is hardly over,
and may be transferred to a wider Geld than
Albany"
~ HD6yoa think Mr. Arthur Twill ebhyene
Congress in extra session?'' y3E Il eaes4
Yes, he should do SO. He will be eon