New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-04
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
HIS INAUGURATION AND HIS GRAND
FATHERS
TIE REV. DIR. THOMAS ARMITAGE SPEAKS FROM
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THEM Roth.

The morning service at the Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church was we'll attended yesterday. The Kew
Dr. Thomas Armitagc delivered an address on
" Harrison's inauguration subject on which his
intimate arGuaintancc with both the elder anu the
younger Harrison particularly qualified him to
speak The music AT the iLorninS service was Oh
patriotic character, and My Country Us OF
Thee and other National hymns were sung
do not as a rule believe in speaking from the pulpit
on secular subjects sad the preacher but
l think, on an occasion like this, where the out
growth of public matters seems so closely inter
twined with the Divine plan, 1t becomes cmlnenty
proper for the churches to take cognizance OF
the event" DR.. Amtage took for his text the
words from Psalm cXlyl, 20: lie hath not
dealt 50 with any Nation,' and said as follows
The Psalmst uttered thcso words concerning The
aud 5l5 years before Christ 1t Wa a wonderful
thing 10 say concerning the government OF God over
all peoples down TO that date: BOT no Inspired sfF
could utter more exact and comprehensive words To-
day 2.IJO years later, express The precise ruth
in regard to the history OF the United states Of Amer
c. II Iine %oad ptrmt IT, ,s,I m@ nc
Of the Divine Arm in the Organization and upbulld-
Ing Of This Republic as an epoch In tie government
Ihc events which led TO the. Revolution IN 1870 tho
management OF ne |aI; the confedei alton OF IN,
establishment 0 new nalOi ne Increase OF pom
lauon made up OF all sorts OF bu9d upon the earth;
slavery and the triumphant support OF government
of the people, for the people and by the people, are
each large subject fo2 a discourse. But the hand Of
God is nowhere moro clearly seen IN tho management
Of our National affairs than Ia the wonderful lNe or
| Presidents who have been chosen iron George Wash
| ingon down TO Benjamin Harrison.
1e Presidential chair has been r-led by twenty-five
twenty third IVY vii take his Scat They have not all
ben men Of the first or'ep OF ability. bit "9 is
iirRt Of tic Immediate times in which they have
served their country, they have as body, so filed
gT IGs 70 tc ,G br TeS S no Insr %
administrations. They have been taken from The
| farmhouse, from the lawyers Office the field of
battle, and from various places o; subordinate civil
service and business vacations. Most OF them were
poor, Of them uncducated I'm the schools, and
but thirteen Of them, including the President elect,
were graduates Of colleges. The veg - was
and tho Oldest. William Henry Harrison who entered
on his chcc 81 sNty-cight; his grandson IS now IN
tho yiSor Of life, being in his hfty-sNth year
RECOLLEcTIOyS or TIE ELDER HARRISON.
Probably f.w pastors, who may refer to the sub
jcct today VIII have personal recollection Of The
elder Harrison. but at the time Of his election lad
just entered the pa,toratc, ardent supporter
Of his claims old Clay Wing, rejocod in his
election, ard a sincere mourner when the Nation
was overwhelmed with the Of his DEATH on April
1, lr4I. only a month after his Inauguration. He
| had been nominated for the Presidency IN le36 and
defeated YEA Bmen having been elected our was
nominated again at Harrisburg, Penn, in 1889, and
| after mia'cn OF about eighteen months. ono Of
| tho E.9st exciting IN the history Of me country he
! secured CD electoral votes out OF 204. Van Buren,
| rcccNuS bu' sNf' ,,., ,,,,r r.,
and more fcarfI ciond never pomrcd s wrath ON
a nations head thar that which burst our political
ea ths and cr HS ia ecm b T Sn 81
were pitted against him with the rancOr Of deadly
70, and the sobs Of thu, Republic almost caught the
sbonts Of tho neopIe a. tbev fingered around the
Cspsol donsosS victory. iuLiics and death all
bad been ipiertUtncd utb the colonial and republican,
History of this country the Constitution had been
| fnfO he field
Gallant French had unshcathcd the sword anew. bur
rontcr of Inc Union The unnamed sons OF thr forest
were ferccv slauchtcring armed men and dcf'nceess
nadcns: oil men and helpless infants Were muir
derrd I'm heaps.
Every young and aVlcnt spirit in The land wa
aroused and among the most clivalous Young Har
rson loft his rdci studir, TO face tlr WHY savag'
IN combat and bar h. manl5 DO ON to the tomahawk
| Revolution had cnai.r OF th, expedition. am william
Henry Harrison iccamc Lieutenant HIS staff
! Wayne cnamoicl OF ~" giant rvorS which howeI
through the pumeval forests. thN majestic pine and
/ loved the timd fawn and the stately Ger but found
hi, mctte better matched in the wary fox ard the
TO maincss. Young Harrison and his comprcrs made
who found their graves in the hosuaule forests Of
their forofathcrs Then he resigned his sword and
became the Governor OF the ie''1'o.y
shNr ~ An AMBASSADOR
| o,a ,.u,,or- ~ o. faithful ,a,rfot President Adams
u.iu n a. ,aslndan % t,o pcnnhIlc of
Colombia and on lbs return he so commended himself
| n tho confdepce If bis countrvmcn that thcr FREQ
ana uHoought sun Hs ceyaool 4iin 10 t3 ~ bo
Once m tne gt 2t me lc 5,c; H ~ Gorn1,eDt
s tuumphal procession TO thG cty OF Po Xato
Ao tla " -. a - To ,-bo sbond 90 him rho
Feac't honor he aPp9dTsG before 70 ne s b
ul tilo ."tu anu ~ az Ia ~ ,,o,4nr ~ cannon
ana me WaP ing Oh nasS du u Ir m Va. ,e.r
frank kind urbane hospltable, apparently without 2