The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-01

time negro appeared with something
10 drink there was rush for him and he was al
most mobbed Some smoked cigars ard others
chewed tobacco and spat on the carpet aad
againt the walls. Finally several tubs of punch
were carried outside the house and the crowd
followed. and that was the only way the roughs
could be got out of the White House. That
was lively year for boarding house keepers.
Many OF the people who came to the Inaugural
ton were after Office, and they staid here for
weeks, some of them for months.
The inauguration of Martin Van Buren, IN
1851 did not create much excitement, though
there was great crowd here. The procession
was the longest and most orderly that had ever
been seen in Washington There was much
more curiosity to see old Hickory than Van
buren, The two left the White House together
IN splendid carriage. which had been made
from the wood of the old frigate Con-
stltution and presented to Presi-
dent jackson by tho Democrats of New
YORK Clay and Webster were in the procession
ana were conspicuous at the Inauguration cere-
monies, bat Calhoun nor none Of his friends
were there There was strong feeling against
Ca!houn at that time. The jackson Democrats
called him Catalina, and after the inauguration
crowd went down Pennsylvania avenue join
ing In the chorus OF song the exact words Of
wnlcE may not remember, but it was some
thing like this:
/" There gallant eater of red and blazing fire.
He noble blower and a Dragging nullifier.
He II bangle at the end ola twisted hempen line,
line.
He tried to break the union of these glorious States
Plotting traitors and assassns were his worthy mates
But Old Hickory with his sword called for the
tersign,
Aud that was the last we heard of the banished Gaia
line
lin spite of this feeling, however, there was
no disorder. In fact all the people here seemed
to be Jackson and Van Buren, Democrats aud
they had every thing their own way
But the inauguration of General Harrison, in
104l, is, according to Captain Armistead, the
most exciting event of that kind that has yet
marked the history of this country. There was
not so much rowdyism as marked the coming OF
jackson in 1923. or the hooGlumism that ushered
in Polk, in lS45, but the popular uprising was
unprecedented and the victorious demonstra
tions tremendous. The day recorded the resti
tuition OF the Wings to power and the disgust OF
the overthrown Democracy was well typtified in
the undignihed conduct of the outgoing Van
Buren,. who refused to appear at the Inaugural
ton or to meet Harrison
1.-THE day was the loveliest lever saw in Wash
ington,' said Captain Armstead. ~ was oppo.
site the residence Of Colonel Seaton, editor Of
the Intelligencer, when Harrison came out with
him and mounted his milk-white horse. He was
a magnificent looking man on horseback. He
took his place in q hollow square of cavalry
and rode that way to the Capitol. Flags were
flying and drums beating everywhere. The
vast multitude cheered constantly, and all the
church bells in the city rang merrily. The
procession was as gay as a carnival Open
barouches held beautifully dressed ladies' The
horses were covered with flags. Whole COM
panles OF men wore cOonskin caps and other
grotesque trappings Six white horses were
harnessed to a car on which there a spin
ming jenny in full operation. Other wagons
were loaded with miniature log cabins and cider
barrels An immense log cabin on wheels was
drawn by thirteen white horses"