Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08

NEW YORK, April 30.-The town woke
more sleepily this morning than it did
yesterday, and with good reason. The
was no real necessity ior it to get up SO
early, and besides its inhabitants, per-
tired, the latter even more so than the
former. Still the earliest streaks of
dawn found many people in the streets,
and these indeed were fortunate, for,
in all the range of meteorological
chance, a more perfect morning
could scarce have been found.
It vas too cold, perhaps, for
those who shiver in a light wind,
but it was a morning to delight the
heart of a soldier who has a long tramp
before him. The air was exhilerating in
the extreme and the wind was sharp
enough to oon put a tinge of bloom on
the cheeks of those who faced it. Many
not already there in the early hours
wendell their way toward the lower end
of the city, more resplendent than aver
in the early morning light with the wind
stretching every flag and streamer taut
jubilation. One of the things which at
tracted people to the Battery on this
second day was the sound Of martial
music proceeding from a band which
preceded Riker Post, G. A. r., to the
Battery when a flag was raised with ap-
prOprlate CEREMONIES. This, however,
was not the only attraction, for, as the
sun rose the soul-inspiring strains of
"Old Hundred" were borne on the
breeze to many listening ears, the
chimes of old Trinity rung by Albert
Meislahn, Jr., furnishing the music.
The following programme was gone
through with: 'Old Hundred, "Hail
Columbia Yankee Doodle" "Cen-
the Ocean," America" THE Starry
Flag" "Our Flag is There" "Auld Lang
Syne," my Country's Flag of Stars"
AS the morning wore along the crowds
IN the streets became ever greater than
they were on yesterday, and this time
the hurry was even greater, for one and
all saw b necessity Of reaching points
OF vantage from which to view the pa
rade at the earliest practicable moment.
Then the sound of the bells calling the
people to thanksgiving services in the
various churches awakened people
anew to the true solemnity of the occa-
sion.
New York, April 30.-Services are
held in all the churches OF the. city of
every denomination. to-day, votive
A4dSoOo OC1AS OACICO OD III lut OtG1lOllC
churches at which special pray
ers will be held. As a matter
of course the principal services
were held at St. Paul's Church,
on Broadway, where Washington
attended on the morning of his lnaugu-
ration, and similar services were held
in the Church of the Annunciation, the
Church of the Ascension, 81. Georges
Church, the Church OF the Holy Apos-
ties, st. Thomas Church, St James
Church, and the Church of the Holy
Trinity, Harlem, all OF the Episcopal
faith.
AT st. Paul's, the exercises were con-
Quoted by the BIT. Rev. Henry G.. Pot
ter. d. D., Ii. D., bishop of New York,
as the services on the day of Washing
:ngton's Inauguration were conducted
by the bishop of New York, the Kt.
Rev. Samuel Provost. At 8 O'Clock the
committee on states escorted the Presi-
dent from the Filth Avenue Hotel, ac-
companied by the chief justice and
members of the cabinet, and I'M
der an escort of police pro-
ceeded to Vice-President Morton's
residence. The vice-presldent entered
President Harrison's carriage and the
procession moved down TO ST. Paul's.
At the Vesey Street gate the party was
met by the committee of the vestry OF
Trinity Church and the President WA
conducted to the Washington pew. Tn,
eGlfice was filed with tie wealthiest
and most prominent people in the
country.
One hundred years ago there knelt within
these walls q man to whom, above all others in
its history, this nation is Indebted. An English
man by race and lineage, ne incarnated i'll his
own person and character every best
trait and attribute that have made the Anglo
saxon name a glory to its children
out the w.rld. But he was not so murh
an EDglishman that. when the time came for
him tu De 70, he WIS not even moe all Ameri-
can; aid in all that he Was and did, II patriot so
exalted, and 4 leader great and wise. That what
men called him when he ca NE here 10 be in
augurated az the first President of the Uui,ed
States the civilized world has not since then
ceased to call him-the father of his country.
We are here this morning to thank God Tor SO
great u gilt TO this people, to commemorate the
incidents OF which this day is the one nundredtn
anniversary, and to recognize the responsibillties
which a century So eyenttul has laid upon u.
And we sre here of all otter pm les, first of all,
with pre-emlnent appropriateness l know
not how it may be with Ihphe to whom all
sacred things and places are matters OF equal
indifference but surely to those of US with " iIOm
1t Is otherwise it cannot be without profound
and pathetic import that when the first president
OF the republic had taken upon HIM, By virtue of
has solemn oath, pronounced i'll The sight OF the
peOp'e, the burden of its chief maklstracy, ne
turned straightway to these walls, and kuerling
Al yonuer pew, asked God Tor strength to keep
his promise TO the nation ana his oath TO Him.
This was no unwonted home 10 him, nor to O
large proportion of those eminent men who,
with him, were associated in framing the Consti-
tuition OF there United States.
And so. with indispensable tenderness and
reverence, we find ourselves tbl liking of him
here, kneeljng ~ ask such gifts, and then rising
to CIV forth TO his great tasks with mefn so august
and majestic that Usher Ames, who sat beside
him in this chapel. wrote, Il Was present III the
pew with the President. and must assure you
that, alter mailing all deductions for the delus-
ions OF our taEcy in regard to character, | still
think of him with more veneration than tor any
other person." SO we think of him, l say; and
indeed 1T is impossible to think o3her wise.
Iyfeid to no man in my yeneratlon for the
men who framed the compact under which
these states are soound together. q No Que Co
easily exaggerate their services or the value
that which they wrought out. But. after ali. y
may not forget to-day that the thing which the.
made was a dead and not a living thing. II had
no power to interpret itself, to apply itself. TO
execute itsel-. Splendid as 1t was In It's complex
and forecasting mechanism, instinct as it was. in
one sense, with q noble wisdom, with q
large-visioned craftsmanship. with a mstcnless
adaptability to untried emergencies, it was. new.
ertheIess. no different in another aspect from one
of these splendid specimens of naval architect
ure which throng our wharyes to-day, and which,
with every best contriyanee of human arr an
SLfll with n apacitioa 0f prOCrpss whioh o,ylu