Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-12-26
The foNcre Inauguration
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The teAcTeon Inauguration
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Time is The grcateNpl0der l,1rsl
carry down aud dcmolish many
pet theories aud shake our CONF, I
dcncc innOtia few pet facts. The
world was startled not many de- /
cades back by the announcement !
that the Dlupnn of France did not 7
die in infancy, bat gewup 90 man /
hood and hOurishcd i'm thisc country
under the name OF Elczear Will
llams. Then it was announced that
Shakespeare WAS not himself, buti
another man. Then the pOclh0utas
history was found o. he - romance
invented 10y the scapcgrace john
Smith. Later still somebody I'M
Plymouth proved that the Pilgrim
Fathers did not land ou the hIstor.
ical December day that has always
been celebrated by pilgrim socic-
ties. These examples of long held
decisions finally giving away to
the stubbOrnnesS of actual facts
warrant us to attempt the extin-
guishmcnt Of one moro error which
has done heavy duty in It's day,
and been the occasion oil q vast
amount Of sublimatcd cloquencc.
Everybody has heard Oh, tale of
JcflcrsOn's Inauguration. how the
old gentleman, in n suit Of home
spun, mounted on q sOrry-.ooking
nag, rode down Pennsylvania
avenue unattended, leaving even
his faithful servant ut home. and
hitching the old mares bride 20 a
dilapidatcd post near the capitol
With his own hands, mounted the
steps Of tic building, entered the
senate chamber, took the oath, and
as an ordinary citizen returned
home in the same quiet and unos-
tentatious fashion.
We have heard orators of sur-
passing cloQucncc relate this charm
ing idyllic item Of history with
great enthusiasm, and commend it
. to the people as an example Of
economic simplicity worthy OF all
imitation, though ID nearly all The
cases Of this kind there was q Slight
detracli0n from the sincerity ofihe
speakers noticeable in the Crcum-
stance that they usually came TO
/ the place OF meeting ia q carriage
drawn by two horses, with pro-
fcssional driver, aul sometimes
we're attended by q brass band and
a company or two OF uniformed
men, with banners and badges Of
/ various design and color. ii has
been stated that eycI thc governor
elect oftho great state Of Pcunsyl-
v2nia tfudgc4 'hionrh hc du'h Of
Harrisburg Oh iDOt spelling %
tcn-dOliar pair OF cali boots ia or
der 90 beat 5y one pO.n- tAc ccle-
bra,cd Thomas iu setting aa cl-
ample OF ctonomy anil republican
ana democratic snnpli"Ft ard sc
know Tint Lbe IiOUcd CONGRESSMAN
BOT BrookJn, yA0 Usually deals
with no less an cyil Lat the BRUSH
Hon, came down WITH apfoposiiion
a few nays ago o. Inasod laV re-
quiriug all future presidents 10 do
rs Jefferson did, and thus preserve
our liberties and aaTo zoe dollars
and dimes which aFc wasted iu "a
vain and pcp0s.Dou- STOW.
Vow wc have discovered tlat
Jefferson wa, hot llir sDnglc. plain,
economic, retiring. ral ou6s'cn.
tauous iadividullrepre enfcH anl
that he did not, il. l4a;, sos the
wonderful example ol.c;cl IN,
constituting pdN.duotoai history
as tod IN school -uN.i a,1 le,ufcs
and Drations. Ihero is la rfcof hy
any writer contemporary nth him
that he rode or hos oJack aud
alOuc, aud Will h5 Own bSads
liiirhcd his lors tta post lat
there is proof THAI be- nad q no.
cessOo, with tho Accomplishments
usual on state OCCASIONS of The
period, and did net make ot him
self the Oddly and crank thlt has
bpcn represented oar attention
was called 10 this matter some
years ago by Lon. W. haycr,
then Uaited States consul at Tuc,t,
in paiyatc letter, and h. quoted
the historian, Richard ili.dlc.h, as
saying that Jeflc son had some
inclination to omit lir paudc, ba-
finding it would be D grcat dis.
appointment to tho people 10 have
itdiSpensed with, Ac thought better
OF it, and was escorted To- the
capitol by two millar, companies
and a distinguished civic process.
ion of the people. ihc Nofi0Am
hteiiigcnccr Of March o. 1901, states
that the day was ushcrad ia by he
firing Of cannon; that nj 10 "a. ILL.,,
the Washington Artillery aud
Alexandria Rifles paadpd mt the
white house, and at IL q procession
Of the peope, including mauy
members Of congress, passed down
the avenue to the capitol. II also
mentions that the demOnstra ton
surpassed any previous one in the
history Of the city, and this Of itself
OvcrthrowS the Onc-hOrse story, for
the editor Of the lRiciiiGcRccr was "a
man Of vcracity, a friend Of Jcllcr-
son, and the last man u represent
right under the presidents nose
that his horseback solitary ride
down the street, intended to be a
Condemnation Of parade, was the
grandeSt demonstration The clty
had known.
That Jefferson was a man Of
quiet manners is probably trnc,
but he was not n clown. He had
been in Paris, the city Of show, and
was fond Of the French and their
ways. That he was not averse to
parade on proper occasions is