The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-06
prRsr PERSON SINGULAR.
rha Use of the Personal Pronoun II
inaugural Addresses
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-, current of his mathematical methods
tne tine line of historic events
1S,r, the beginning to the present of the
a,nstitution, gives a 'fgurative" view of
49, onadrennIal utterances of the Presi-
80 which not only outlined their ad-
..i,+rotive Dolicies. but have been more or
CHARACTERISTIC of the distinguished indi-
le- 9 themselves. There have been nine
taon Presidents who have favored their
sol,ntrvmen with verbal chart OF their
riens of administration IN advance, and
PC have been four Vice Presidents who
t tnG.o +aken ND the severed link of authority
."bare it was dropped, twice by natural
coIse, aud twice by the bullet of an assassin.
The longest inaugural address and the
.hortast administration were those of the
Grandfather of the incoming President.
~ most sparing in the exhibition of pro-
.oninaI importance were Abraham Lin
coln while standing on tle threshold OF his
second term, and Chester A. Arthur when
bo took I'D tue wreck of the Garfield gov
u" The most ELUSIVE in the presen-
tafion of his official dignity in the first per-
son, singular number, pronoun l., was
Abraham Lincoln, when he entered tine
Mace of supreme authority.
wAsHINGToN's ADDRESS.
When George Washington took the oath
If office at New York as first President of
the United States of America, under their
new model OF constitutional government by
the divine right of the people, one hundred
wears ago, he mapped out his purposes of
ADM istration during that formative Pc
Rod of national existence III an inaugural ad-
dress of 300 words, in which he apparel as
twenty tines AT er four years of sagacious
master workmanship in laying the founda-
e %ha oOfiro r1rtIIra of tine
government, its methods of business and
Personnel, during that tune pointing out the
wisdom Of fostering home industries, and
e1v1ng utterance to that aphorism of ad-
illustrative foresight, "In time of peace
prepare for war;" he entered upon his
second term in the inaugural brevity of 154
words and six rs.
THE SECOND PRESIDENT,
John Adams, formulated the iDcipient issues
of liberal and strict construction of the con-
stiUution and antagonism of political parties
in an opening address of 2,311 words, in
which he presented himself thirteen times
in the use of L.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
the father of American partisan democra-
tic government upon the loose system of
state rights gave his admiring followers a
view of his plans in advance in !, 526 words
dLA LILjCtCCl D L L4C g. Wv w VA NAOl-AOOOA-
alism and federalism as the divergent doc
trlnes of political faith were enunciated
after his second election in 2, 1913 words in
which he apparel as | sixteen times.
ONE FOR EVERY HUNDRED.
James Madison, tod his countrymen all
about his plans of meeting French intrigues
and British maritime arrogance in an in
augural of l, 40 words sustained by ii Is,
and four years later discussed the events Of
the war of 1912 and its successful results in
al address of /, 142 words and II rs.
James Monroe, on March 4, 1917, discussed
the Iudian question and Spanish bound
arg troubles, issue of politics and admins
tration, in an inaugural of 1872 words
with 19 rs, and made his second appearance
with grand flourish of pardonabe pride
in 4, 466 words and % rs, over the EZRA of
good feeling" and the cession of Florida to
the United States by Spain.
John Quincy Adams ventilated his inau-
gural partisan notions of public questions
in 1914 words, parading himself in the
form of IA pronouns, first, singular.
THE HERO OF NEW ORLEANS,
after the bitTerest of political campaigns,
founded his vigorous administration on
!. l16 words and IL rs, and renewed it on the
basis of the most effective political methods
ever known In l, 1877 words, and rs.
Undertook" the presidential protege of
Jackson, gave his preliminary views of
pertinent public questions in 3, 1884 words
and So rs.
William Henry Harrison, the hero OF Tip
pecanoe and the Indian border struggles of
the third decade of the century, mapped out
an administration of efficient service to the
peace and prosperity of the much disturbed
Union in S,57S words and 3S rs.
30 al Il Ianra boo -
the political administrative affairs of the
ninth administration, John Tyler, showed
his bad taste under the circumstances of his
succession in an inaugural of 1,643 words
and Is rs.
James K. Polk discussed the paramount
issues of peace with the Seminoles, suppress
sion Of the "Dorr Rhode Island Rebellion
the annexatian of Texas, and disturbances
on the Mexican frontier, with enlarged
Ideal Of administration, in 1904 words in
terspered with Is rs.
Zachary Taylor, the hero of the open ing
battles of the Mexican war, enunciated
wbig doctrines of government to control
affairs in 1,O96 words and Is Rough and
Ready" rs
WILLARD FILLMORE
took up the reips of government
where the dead, battle-scarred vet
eran dropped them with the sud
den close of his mortal career with
becoming recognition of the solemnity of
bis SOUR findings, by simply taking she
oath Of office and continuing the affairs Of
government without flourish of inaugural
metaphors and meaningless Trainings Of ad-
illustrative theories
James Buchanan, the sage of Wheatlaud,
discussed slavery conflicts, border troubles
Kansas agitations and sectiona autagonisms
In an inaugural address of 2,772 words, in
which o last of the democratic Presidents
LOT quarter of a century marked his promi-
nent individuality by 10 rs
LINcoLN's ADDRESSES.
.. Abraham Lincoln, the first of the repub-
Hcan Presidents, outlined the administra-
i've policy of the new regime in political
control and discussed the movements of
secession, the authority and the pespetua-
tlon OF the union, the possibility Of war,
tue raising Of revenues and strengt lening
Of government in 1888 words. The mar
yr President stood forth in the heroic at
ttude Of forty-three times, which over
topped the numerically pronominal promi-
nence of all his predecessors, and yet he
was always known as the least obtrusive of
public men.
, when encored by the applauding voice Of
us grateful countrymen after the noble
WORK OF an Illustration of means and
methods successfully turned to the preserva-
Vioh OF the union, he made his second in
eugufal salutation in the brevity of 2SS
mor9s and single !, as applied to one of
t Sue foremost statesmen and most generou s
humane and forglving natures in the dis
'nsuished line OF American statesmen.
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