The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-03-07

anus ANll Ohthl INV Wv AVSAHNH "-a-
the Magnificent Procession Slow
WendS Its Way.-VermOnters, vii
With Joy, Add Enthusiastic Plaudlts.
Monday, the eyes of the civil re
world were turned upon our republic.
Benjamin Harrison took the oath
office, and delivered his splendi
inaugural address, which We CIV
below. The rain and mud added
the uncomfortableness of the 100, 900 Wis
itors to the capital, but the grand en-
imposing parade attending the brillian
ceremonial went forward to the enc
The review of the procession by Pi es
dent Harrison was wearisome, despi
the beauty of the display but he CAV
very little evidence of fatigue and ap
peared IN quite good spirits after tn
trying ordeal was over.
Where we're the Vermonters all hi
time? Well, most Of them viewed tn
parade from their headquarters at thu
Hotel Mallby, past which it moved i'm
mediately after leaving the east front o
the Capitol. A happier, more jolly o.
more enthusiastic lot of men and womer
could not be found in Washington ant
as for cheering, they yelled in way
that would have made the old Greer
Mountains tremble to their solid stone
bases. The Vermonters were hardly
able to contain themselves and evel
since II ey have felt sure of place in the
Cabinet they have been fairly wild with
joy. Nobody blames them and even
those from other states who are disap.
pointed at the failure of their own favor:
tie sons to pluck these desirable persim.
mons from the Presidential tree say
frankly that they do not begrudge the
Green Mountain men their happiness,
for it is richly deserved.
Among the notable events were the
reception rendered TO the Vermonters by
President Harrison Tuesday afternoon,
and that of Senator Morrill, Saturday.
We notice the names of the Bennington
delegation, mentioned last week, in the
list of callers on both occasions.
Benjamin Harrison was sworn into
Office as President of the United States
at noon in the presence of vast crowd.
He made great speech indeed, one
of the best inaugural addresses ever
made :
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Gen. Harrison delivered the following
address
There is no constitutional or legal re.
quirement that the President shall take
the oath of office in the presence of the
people. But there is so manifest an ap
prOpriateness in the public induction to
Office OF the chief executive officer of the
nation, that from the beginning of the
government the people, to whose service
the official oath consecrates the officer,
have been called to witness the solemn
ceremonial. The oath taken in the pres
ence of the people becomes a mutual
covenant-the officer covenants to serve
the whole body or the people by faith
full execution of the laws. 80 that they
may be the unfailing defense and secur-
ity of those who respect and serve them,
and that neither wealth and station MOI
the power of combinations shall be able
to evade their just penalties or to wresr
them from beneficent public purpose
to serve the ends ofcruelty or eetishness.
Ny promise is spoken yours unspoken
but not the less real and solemn. The
people of every state have here their req
resentatives. Surely do not mlsinter-
pref the spirit of the occasion when / as
sumo that the whole body of the people
covenant with me and with each other
today to support and defend the Consti-
tuition and the Union of the States, to
yield willing obedience to all the laws
and each to every other citizen his equal
civil and political rights. Entering thus
sulemnly in covenant with each other.
we may reverently invoke and confident
~ expect the favor and help of Almighty
God-that He will give 10 me wisdom.
strength and fidelity. and to our people
a spirit of fraternity and love of right
eousnees and peace.
FROM THE TINE OF WASHINGTON.
This occasion derives peculiar interest
from the fact that the Presidential term
which begins this day is the twenty. sixth
under our Constitution. The first inaug-
uration of President Washington took
place in New York, where Congress was
then sitting, on the Both day of April,
1889, having been deferred by reason OF
delays attending the organization of the
Congress and the canvas of the electoral
vote. Our people have already worthily
observed the centennials of the Declare
tion of Independence, of the battle oil
Yorktown and of the adoption of the
Constitution, and will shortly Gel
citrate in New York the instI
tuition OF the second great department
of our constitutional scheme of govern
ment. When the centennial of the 10
siitution Of the Judicial Department by
the organization of the Supreme Court
shall have been suitably observed, az ]
trust il will be, our nation will have ful
" entered its second century.
will not attempt to note the marvel
GUS and, in great part, hsppy contrasts
between our country, as it steps over the
threshold into its second century of Or
gained existence under the Constitution
and that weak but wisely ordered YOUNG
nation that looked undauntedlv down
the first century, wheH all its years
stretched out before it.
Our people will not fail at this time to
recall the incidents which accompanied
the institution of government under the
Constitution, or to find inspiration and
guidance in the teachings and example
of Washington and hi great associates
and hope and courage in the contrast
which thirty eight populous and pro-
porous States offer to the thirteen States.
weak in everything except courage and
the love OF liberty, that then frlnged our
Atlantic seaboard.
The Territory of Dakota has now
population greater than any of the orig
inal States Except Virginia., and great r
than the aggregate OF five of the emalleT
States in 1890 The center of population
when our national capital was located
east OF Baltimore, and it was argued by
many well informed persons that il
would move eastward rather than west
ward. Yet, in 1880, il was found to b,
near Cincinnati, and the new census.
about to be taken. will show another
stride Tn the westward. That which was
the body has come to be only the ricl
fringe Of the nations robe. But our
growth has not been limited to territory
population and aggregate wealth, mar
velous as it has been in each OF those di-
rections. The masses of our people are
better fed, clothed and housed than their
fathers were.
BETTER EDUCATION.
The facilities for popular education
have been vastly enlarged and more gen.
orally diffused. The virtues OF courag,
and patriotism have given recent proof
OF their continued presence and increas-
ing power in the hearts and over the
lives of our people. The influences OF
religion have been multiplied and
strengthened, The sweet offices of char