, 1889-03-06

plateau 10 tho east front, was stationed a
battery of flying artillery, under tho com
mand of Cen Scott himself.
When the presidential carriage reached the
east front, the two occupants passed arm in
arm to the senate chamber, already densely
packed with officers and civilians, where
the ceremony of swearing in the vice presi-
dent Was soon performed Then the two,
surrounded by the justices of the supreme
court, the senate committee of arrangements,
the outgoing president and the family Of the
president-elect, the chief justice in his robes,
the clerk Of the court with a Bible, took their
places on the front of the platform at the
east portico. Before them were perhaps 20,
900 people, all in deep silence and every face
serious, many apparently in deep gloom
Tho construction ~ the great dome Of the
Capitol was in progress, and in front OF the
preSident-elect stool tn" bronze statue If
Liberty. Just before the ceremonies hogan
a strange historic group was accidentally
formed. On one side was Senator Douglas,
late Mr.. Lincoln's chief rival for the presi-
dency, holding Mr. Lincnlns hat. On
tho other side stood Chief Justice
fancy, author of the bred Scott
decision, and clnsc to the hitter
President Buchanan. To the front and
center stood Abraham Lincoln, president
elect, thus grouping together the principal
characters in the most momentous era Of
American history. When the loud and pro-
longed cheering Ind subsidized, Senator Baker
briefly introduced MIR. Lincoln, and stopping
forward the president-elect, in a firm, clear
voice, every word being heard by every one
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gural. When he pronounced the closing
words, ~ am 10th to close-we are not en-.
cmies, but fricnds-we must not he enemics-
though passion may have strained, it must
not break our bonds of Affection etc, the
people broke into u loud and prolonged
cheer. Chief Justice fancy arose and took
up his Bible, and Mr. Lincoln, pronounced
this oath;
81, Abraham Lincoln, do solemnly swear
that l will faithfully execute tho office of
president Of the United States, and will to
the best of my ability preserve, protect and
defend the constitution of the United States
As the last word died away the hattcry, COM
mnndcd by Gen. Scott. thundercd its salute,
Mr.. Buchanan and President Lincoln re
turned to their carriage and the military
escorted them to the White House.
-Four years later there was n crowd beyond
all previous experience OF Washington, and a
military display composed only Of soldiers
who happened 10 be there at the time; but
even the temporary surplus of the army ut
that time was greater than the whole regular
army before the war. Tho second inaugural
address of President Lincoln was not so
closely scanned as his first, FOR the policy of
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1t was far more poetic and even more pathe-
tic than the first. Many sentences are now
familiar as household words, and the closing
paragraph has become an American classic,
us follows:
"With malice toward none and charity for
all; with lrmncSs in the right, as God gives
us to sec the right, let us strive on to finish
the work w are in; to bind up the nations
wounds; to caro- for him who shall have
borne the battle and for his widow and or
phans; to do all which may achieve and
cherish a just and n lasting peace among our.
selves and with all nations" Tho national
salute was then fired and Mr.. Lincoln, in a
barouche with Senator Foster, of the com,
mittee of arrangements, was escorted by the
military to the White House. On this occa-
sion and the next Chief Justice Chase ad-
ministcrcd the oath of office.
U. s. GRANT.
The Inauguration of Gen. Ulysses s. Grant
on the 4th Of March, 1862, aroused n great
display of popular enthusiasm in which all
parties joined; but, contrary to the etiquette
of tho occasion, tho incoming president was
not escorted to tho Capitol by his predecessor,
Andrew johnson, this being the third time
that this occurred in the history of the gov
ernmept, as that of 1929 was the second. The
crowd in Washington surpassed all previ-
ously known, except that at the military re
view in May, 1865. A little before II
o'clock Cen Grant issued from his
headquarters and seated himself in the
baroucho beside Gen. Rawlins, dis chief of
staff and friend In the carriages following
were the vice president elect, tho reception
committee of tho senator's and the president
elects military staff. Brevet Maj. Gen. A. S.
Webb, tho grand marshal, and his aid pre-
coded and an Immense military contingent
divided into eight divisions followed. Despite
the rain, the entire space before the east front
of tho Capitol was filed with people On
tho platform were the usual officials.
After the formal ceremonies in tho senate
and the swearing in of the vico president, the
officials and pre~sident-elect proceeded to tho
platform at the east front. Tn long process
sion extended almost entirely around tho Capt.
toll and far up the adjacent street, there not
being room enough toapproach tho east front.
Gen. Grant then took the oath of Office and
read his inaugural, but in so low a voice that
it was only heard by those nearest tc him,
and frequently interrupted by prolonged
cheers from the crowd
1t was unanimously agreed by tho military
authorities, officials and political friends of
Gen. Grant, that his second Inauguration,
March 4, 1873, should be even more impress
sive than the irst-far more impressive than
that of any preceding president; but tho day
was singularly unpropitious and the suffer
ing was simply intense. The attendance of
military, both regular and volunteer, was
very large, and Pennsylvania avenue was
packed on both sides, as before, with an i'm
menso crowd. All the proceedings were di-
rected by tho signal corps officers, who
were stationed on all the commanding build
ings, even upon the Capitol. But from dawn