Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23

a grateful people happy. who viii be Goubly
grateful when they contemplate this new
sacrifice for their interests
Washington was too deeply affected for
many words in reply Just after having
babe aiieu TO my domestic connections,
said he. this tender proof OF your friend
ship is but too welt calculated TO awaken
still further my sensi5ility and increase nay
regret at PAIRING from the equipments of
private life. All that now remains is for
me to commit myself and you to the care
of tina. benefcsnt Being, who, on former
occasion, happily brought US together after
long and distressing separation. Perhaps
the same gracious Providence will again
indulge me. But words fail me- Unu,ter-
able sensations must, then, be left to more
expressive silence. while from an aching
heart bid all my affectionate friends and
kind neighbors farewell.
HIS PROGRESS
TO the seat of government was a continual
ovation The ringing of bells and rosring
Of cannonry proclaimed his course through
the country. The old and young. women
and children, thfoBged the highways 10
bless and welcome him. Populations OF
the most respectable inhabitants from the
DrlilcfNal DilteS CIllc 10 meet ana
escort him At Baltimore, on his arrival
and departure, his carriage was attended by
numerous cavalcade of citizens. and iie
was ssluted by the thunder Of artillery.
At the frontier of Pennsylvania be was
met BY his former compaEion in arms.
Miffiln now Governor of the State, who
with Judge Peters and civil aud military
escort, was waiting to receive him. Wash
ingtoE had hoped to Se spared all military
parade. but found ii was not TO be eysded
At Chester, wheFe he stopped to breakfast.
there were preparations for
PUBLIC ENTRANCE INTO PHILADRLPH1A.
Clvalry had assembled from the surround
ing country; superb white horse was led
out for Washington 70 mount, and grand
procession set forward, with General st.
Clair OF revolutionary notoriety at its head.
1t gathered numbers as it advanced: passed
under triumphal arches entwined with lau-
rel aud entered Philadelphia amid he
Shouts of the multitude.
\ day OF public festiyity succeeded, ended
by a display Of fireworks. Washingson's
reply TO the congratulations OF the Mayor
st a great civic banquet, spoke the genuine
feelings of his modest nature, amid these
testimonials of 2 worlds applause When
| contemplate the interposition Of Provi-
dence, as II was yisihly manifested in guild
ing US through the Revolution, in prepar-
ing us for the reception of the general gov
ernment, and in conciliatipg the good will
or the people Of Anerica towards one
another after its adopuon, feel myself OPP
pressed and almoss overwhelmed with q
sense of diyiae muuifcence | feel that
nothing is due to my personal agency III all
tnase wonderful and COM plicateG events.
except what can be attributed 10 an honest
zeal for the good of my country
We question whether any of these testi-
monials of nations gratitude affected
Washington more seasibly than those he
received at Trenton It vas on a sunny
afternoon when be arrived on the banks of
the Delaware, where, twelve years before.
he had crossed in darkness and storm,
through clouds of snow and drifts OF float
ing ice, on his daring attempt to strike q
blow AZ trium plant ,nemy.
Here at present all was peace and sun
shiae, the broad river flowed plaeidlv
-along, and crowds awaited him or the op-
posite bank to hail him with love and
transport.
We will not dwell on the
JOYOUS cERENoNIALs
With which be was welcomed, but there
was one too peculiar TO be omitted The
reader may remember Washington's gloomy
night on the banks of the Assunpink,
which flows through Trenton; the camp
fires of Cornwaliis in front of him; the
Delaware full of floating ice in the rear !;
and bis sudden resolve on the midnight
retreat which turned the fortunes OF the
cam paign. On the bridge crossing that
eveniful stream the ladies OF Trenton had
caused triumphal arch 10 be erected 1t
was entwined with egergreens and laurels,
aud bore the inscription, 1.-The defender az
! the mothers will be the protector of the
daughters" At this bridge the matrons of
the city were assembled to pay him rever
| ence, and as be passed under the arch a
number of young girls, dressed in white
and crowned with garlands streweti flow
| ers before him, singing an ODE expressive
of their Lore and gratitude Never was
| ovation more graceful, touching and sin
cere, and Washington. tenderly affected,
| declared that the impression of it on his
heart could never be effaced.
His whole progress through New Jersey
must have afforded similar contrast to
| bis weary marchings to and fro, harassed
| by doubts and perplexities, with bale fires
blazing on its hills, instead of festive
| Examinations, and when the ringing of
bells and booming Of cannon, now so joy
Gus, were the signals of invasion and
| maraud
| THE VICE-PRESIDENT COMES.
Mrs Lamb, in the magazine of 4mericaa
History, in the paper referred to, says:
| During these same long to-he-remem-
bered days John Adams, the Vice-Presi-
dent-elect, was approaching New York
from New England On Monday, the
10Th of April says one of the writer's of
the day, amidst the acclamations of all
ranks of citizens, his Excellency, John
| Adams, Esq, Vice-President of the United
States, arrived in New York. The caval-
cade which escorted his Excellency into
the CITY was numerous and truly respect
able. From the Connecticut line to Kings
bridge he was attended by the Lighthouse
of West Chester county, under the COM
mand of Major Pintard. At Kingsbridge
he was met by General Malcolm with the
officers of his brigade, and the city troop
commanded by Captain Stakes; also by
officers of distinction, many members OF
| Congress, and a large number of citizens
in carriages and on horseback. His Elk
cellency alighted at the home of the Hon.
John Jay, in Broadway, where the com.
mittee of both houses of Congress, APP
pointed for that purpose, attended to con-
graduate his Excellency on his arrival
j 1T WILL BE OBSERVED
That the custom of addressing man in
high Office as His Excellency,' had not yet
been abolished, as the title is used four
times in this one paragraph. But the next
day, when committee from the Senate,
consisting of Caleb Strong and Ralph
Izard conducted Mr.. Adams to the Senate
chamber, he was received by John Lang
don, the President pro tenn, with graceful
courtesy, and introduced to the Chair and
the Senate simply as 'Vice-President of
| the United States of America
NEW YORK WAS AsTTR
Early on the morning of Wednesday, April
23d, and the booming of cannon and the
ringing of bells proclaimed the glad tidings
that Washington was in Elizabethtown.
Business was entirely suspended, and the
excitement was intense. At Elizabeth
town Point the President-elect was re-
ceived, as previously arranged, by the
committee from Congress, of which Elias
Boudinot was Chairman, and by the heads
of the departments under the confedera-
tion-who continued to act until the new
Government should be organized ohm
Jay, Secretary Of Foreign Affairs; General
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