The Irish standard., 1889-05-04

7 4, 1889.
y of his coming had, however, gone be
Y fore him, and everywhere the town
9 and Villages turned out to do honor t.
0 him as be passed. Every bell in ever
s steep'e chat stood along bis road run!
t out merrily when his carriage came il
: view and continued to chime until i
disappeared in the distance; cannons tt
| the right and left of him thundere6
) their salutes, and doubtless caused his
driver much upeasiness by frightening
his horses; the star-spangle banner OF
those days fiuttered over his head, and
young and old, maie and female, turned
out to cheer the man who was going to
Gotham to be inaugurated the first
President Of the country whose free
dom from British bondage and tyranny
he had achieved on the battlefield.
Through Baltimore, where the orioles
sang in his honor, and the people turned
out en masse to cheer.hirn, many of them
accompanying his carriage on horse
back for miles beyond the city, on to
the Pennsylvania frontier, where he
was met by delegation OF state otiici-
ais. Washington went his way, and
paused not until he reached Chester, a
suburb Of the Quaker City, where he
stopped for breakfast and to prepare
for the public reception which the
Philadelphians we're to give hln. This
reception was a grand affair IL ita
way. Cavalry from all sides Of the
country came to escort the P2esldent'
elect into the City. and triuEphal
arches spanned this streets leading to
the town. The bands played, tbe peo-
pie chesrsd and discharged their fire.
works, and Philadelphia enjoyed her
frat verltable Fourth Of July. that
April morning, when Washington en-
tered her environs. a day of public
festivitv followed; the usual public re-
ception took place, and, in replying TO
the mayors congratulations, the lr1'-
mortal George SAID: ''When I contem~
plate the interposition Of Providence,
az it was visibly manifested in guard
ing us through revolutions, III preparing
us for the reception Of the genera! gov
ernuaent. and in conclIiating The good
will of
TIE PEOPLE OF AMERICA
! toward one another after its adoption,
I feel myself oppressed and almost
overwhelmed with a sense Of divine
muniticepce. I feel that nothing is due
my personal agency in all those wonder
full and complicated eYents, except
what can be attributed to al honest
zeal for the good Of my country" There
were no Quays Or Wananaakers in
Philadelphia q century ago to detaln
the President elect with opportunities
for cabinst places and share Of the
spoils, so Washington, after having
partakep Of the city's hospltal'ties, re-
sunaed his journey, and soon found
himself al Trenton, on tbs banks Of
the Delaware, the stream where he
made his heroic crossing in 1777, when
he went over the river, then crowded
with drifting ice, to give battle to the
Brjtishers flushed with tileiE recent
victories. and reyjyify the dropping
hopes Of the American patriots. Over
the bridge that sparned the stream the
patriotic impulse CT the people had
placed an arch of evergreen and laurel,
with the inscription above: s'The de-
fender Of the mothers will ba tha pro-
tector of the daughters" and under
that stood the NATIONS of the city, to-
gether with a bevy Of fair daughters, to
honor the President as he passed be"
meath the arch. From Trenton, Wash
ington went eastward through New
Jersey, where Willie Walter Phelps
and his famous bang were unknown,
until he reached The Ellzabethtown
Point, where he was met by g commit
tee of beth houses of Congress, together
with the other civic funetionar who
were waiting to receive him. Here the
President-elect Ebarked On a hand
somelY equipped barge that Was to. co.,
yey hlnl to New York, and on board ;.f
chs transport which WAS commanded
py Commodore Nicholson, and accom-
panied by a notilla Of other decorated
barges, the first chief magistrate went
through the Kills, into the bay OF New
York, where the ships at anchor show
ed their coIors and saluted che barge
with cannons as it passed. Murray's 8
wharf was the objective point Of the
presidential boat, and there Governor
Clinton, surrounded by number OF
civil and military dignitaries, awaited
his landing. From the warf, after
having responded to the welcomes there
rendered to him.
THE PRESIDENT WENT AFOOT
to the Official mansion, the streets
through which he passed being gay
with flags and banners ani crowded