Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

their hands the trust committed to N, and to
claim the Indulgence OF retiring from the sery-
Happy in the confirmation of our independ-
ence and sovereignty, and pleased with the Op-
portunity afforded the United States OF becOm-
ing respectable nation, resign with sat1sTac-
G1On the appointment accepted with difldence {;
q dimdenCe in my abilities TO accomplish SO
by a confidence in the rectiUude of our cause,
the support OF the supreme power OF the Union,
and the patronage OF heGYen.
The successful termination of the -IGr has
verified the most sanguine expectations; and
my gratitude for the incorporation OF FrOVI-
dence, and the assistance have received from
my cOuntrymen, increases with every review Of
the momentous contest.
While repeat my obligations to the army In
general, should do injustice to my own feel
ings not to acknowledge, in this place. the
! peculiar services and distinguished merits of
| the gentlemen who have been attached TO my
| person during the war. 1t was impossible the
choice of confidential officers to compose my
| family should have been more fortunate. Per
/ NIT me, sir to recommend, in particular those
who have continued in thu service to the pres
| emit moment, as worthy Of the favorable notice
| and patronage OF Congress.
Il consider 1t an indispensable. duty to close
/ this last act Of my official life by commencing
the interests OF our dearest country to the pro-
/ lection Of Almighty God, and those who have
| the superintendence OF them to his holy keep
| ing
retire from the great theater Of faction and
1 bidding an ahectiOnate farewell to this august
body, under whose orders have so long acted
/ I here offer my commission, and take my leave
/ of all the employments of public Lire"
| In accordance with previous arrangem ents,
Gen. Washington met Congress in New York on
the 3Oth Of April, 1882 for the purpose of being
| 1naugurated as the first President Of the United
1 States. The oath OF Office having been admins
tered by the Chancellor Of the State of New
! York, in presence Of the Senate and House Of
Repres entatives, the President delivered the fol-
| lowing inaug raj address:
FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE SENATE, AND OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE: Among the
yicissitudes incident to life no event could
have filed me with greater anZieJies than that
OF which the notification was transmitted by
your order, and received on the 18th day of the
present month. On the one hand, L sum
nOned by my country, whose voice can never
hear but with veneratiOn and love, from a re-
treat which had chosen with the fOndesG pre-
election ana, III my nGTUer1ng hopes, with an
inmutable decision, the asylum OF my de-
Ginning years; q retreat which was rendered
every day more necessary, as well as more dear
to me, by the addition OF habit to inclination,
and OF frequent interruptions IN my health, to
the gradual waste committed 10 by time.
OF the GrusG TO which the voice OF my country
called me, being sufficient to awaken in the
Wisest and most experienced Of her citizens
distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications,
one, who, inheriting inferior endOWments from
nature, and Impractical in the duties of civil
OF his own deficiencies. IN TINS conflict OF emo
tions, all dare aver, is, that it has been my
faithful study to collect my duty from a just
appreciation OF every cIrcuIns stance by which 1t
might be affected. All I dare hope, is that if
in executing this task, have been too much
swayed by a grateful brance OF former
instances, or by affectiOnate sensibiity to
this transcendant proof Of the confidence Of my
felIoW-citizens, and have thence too little con-
suited my incapac1ty as We'll as Discrimination
for the Weighty and untried cares before me, my
error viii be pauiated by the motives which
misled me, and its consequences be judged by
my country, with some share Of the partiality
in which they originated.
Such being the impressions under which
have, III obedience to the public summons re-