The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-01

had none of the splendOr of precedent and
ordnance OF promise which have since at
, tended the Inauguration of our Presidents
An untried scheme, adopted mainly because
, its administration was to be confided to
nun, was to be put in practice. He knew
that ne was to be met at every step of CON
stltutlonal progress by factions temporarily
hushed into unanimity by the terrific force
OF the tidal wave which was bearing him to
the Presidents seat, but fercely hostile
upon questions affecting every power OF
nationality and the existence of the federal
government.
washington was never dramatic but on
great occasions ne not only rose to the full
Ideal OF the event, he became himself the
event One hundred years ago to-day, the
| procession OF foreign ambassadors, of
| statesmen and generals, Of civic societies
and military companies which escorted him,
marched from Franklin square to Pearl
| street, through Pearl TO Broad and IN
Broad to this spot, but the people saw only
/ Washington As he stood upon the steps
OF the old government building here, the
| thought must have occurred to him that It
was cradle of liberty, and as such giving
a bright omen of the future In these halls
| IN li35, IN the trial of John Zenger, had
| been established for the first time in its
history the liberty Of the press.
Here the New York assembly,
in 1864, made the protest against
/ tAiG obetLAIp aCI. anu pLODOSeu Lle general
| conference, which was the beginning of
united colonial action. In this old state
mouse IN lT65 thesst No act G. Il gr5ss the
first and the father of American Con
| crosses, assembled and presented to the
English government that vigorous protest
which caused the repeal of the act, and
checked the first step towards the usurpa-
ton which lost the American colonies to
the British empire Within these walls
the congress OF the Confederation had com
mlssloned its ambassadors abroad and in
Intellectual efforts at government had Gre
ated the necessity for the concentration of
federal authority, now to be consummated.
The trst Congress of the United States
gathered IN this ancient temple of liberty.
greeted Washington and accompanied him
to the balcony. The famous men visible
about him were Chancellor Livingston.
Vice-Presideut John Adams, Alexander
Hamilton, Governor Clinton, Roger Sher
man, Richard Henry Lee, General Knox
and Baron Steuben. But we believe that
among the invisible host above him. at this
supreme moment of the elimination in per
manent triumph Of the thousands of years
of struggle for Self-goyernment We're the
spirits of the soldiers of the revolution who
had died that their cOuntrymen might en-
JOY this blessed day, and with them Were
the Barons OF Runnymede and William
the Silent, and Sydney and Russell and
Cromwell and Hampden. and the heroes
and martyrs Of liberty Of every race and
age.
AS he came forward, lthe multitude in
the streets, in the windows, and on the
roofs sent up such a rapturOus shout that
Washington sat down overcome with emo
ton. As he slowly rose and his tall and
majestic form again appeared, the people,
deeply affected, in awed silence viewed
the scene. The chancellor sOlemnly read
to him the oath Of office, and Washington,
repeating, said / do sOlemnly swear that
will faithfully execute the office of Presi-
dent of the United States, and will, to the
best ofmy ability, preserve, protect and de
fend the constitution Of the United States
Then he revently bent low and kissed the
Bible, uttering with profound emotion, SO
help me God The chancellor waived his
robes and shOunted, 1t is done; long live
George Washington, President of the
United Statesp Long live George Wash
lngton, our first Presideltp was the
answering cheer o. me people, and from
the beifries rang the bells, and from forts
and ships Numbered the cannon, echOing
and repeating the cry with responding
acclaim all over the land, Long live
George Washington, President of the
United Statesn
THE simple and imposing ceremony over,
the inaugural read, the blessing of Coo
prayfully petitioned in old St. Paurs, the
festivities passed; and Washington stood
alone. No one else could take the helm of
state, and enthusiast and doubter alike
trusted only him. The teachings and habits
Of the past had educated tine people to faith
IN the independence Of their states, and for
the supreme authority of the new govern
ment there stood against the precedent of Il
century and the passions of the hour, little
besides the arguments of Hamilton, Madi-
son and Jay in the F'ederalist, and the judg-
ment of Washington. With the first at
tempt to exercise national power began
the duel to the death between
state sovereignty claiming the right to
nulGfy federal laws or secede from the
union, and the power of the republic to
c )mmand the resources of the country, to
enforce its authority and protect its life.
1t was the beginning of the sixty yea rs
war for the constitution and the nation. 1t
scared cOnsciences, degraded politics, de-
StrOyed parties, ruined statesmen, and re
tarded the advance and development of the
1t sacrificed hundreds of tho Is Il Is
Of precious lives, and squandered thou
sands OF millions OF money, it deSOlated he
fairest portion of the land and carr ed
into every home North dndS nth;
but it ended at AppOmattox in the AIS Jlute
iumph of the republic.
''POsterity owes to WashingtOn's adj
the policy and measures, the
force and direction which made possible
this glorious result. In giving the organi-
zation of the department of state and
foreign relations to Jefferson, the treasury
to Hamilton, and the supreme court to Jay,
he selected for his cabinet and called to his
assistance the ablest and most eminent
men of his time. Hamilton's marvellous
versatility and genius designed the armory
and the weapons for the promotion of
national power and greatness, but Wash
ngton's steady support carried them
through. Parties crystalized, and party
passions were intense, debates were intern
Derate, and the union openly threatened
and secretly plotted against, as the
irm pressure of this mighty person
llity funded the debt and established
,redit, assumed the state debts in
,urred in the war of the revolution and su-
1erseded the local by the national obiga-
lion, imposed duties upon imports and ex-
Use upon spirits and created revenue and
organized national banking
system for public needs and private bust
less, and called out an army to put down
)y force of arms resistance to the federal
avs imposing unpopular taxes. Upon
,he plan marked out by the constitution,
his great architect, with unfailing faith
md unfaltering courage builded the re-
public. He gave to the government the
principles of action and sources of power
which carried it successfully through the
vars with Great Britain in 1872 and
Mexico in 1S4S, which enabled Jackson to
lefeat notification, and recruited and
equipped millions of men for Lincoln and
Justified and sustained his Proclamation Of
THE French revolution was the bloody
reality of France, and the nightmare of the
ftrrn Of ,tY,Vsin