Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-26

said
II, George Washington, do sole,nrly swear
that VIII faithfully execute the Office Of
president Of the United States, and viii. to
the bsst Of ray ability, preserve. protect and
defend the constitution Of the uni.ed States
Then kisins the book which Marshal Webb
bela up to him, be added, SO help NE Cod
Tbecaancei!or then, turning to the people, ex-
elairnel ia loud voice. Lon. 1--we George
" sshingt0n, president 81 the United Statesr'
a roar Of applause went up from the .1,Oo0
or 1000 Ieoyio present. which was followed
Immediately by shouts 10 all tho adjacent
sections and tho thgnder Of cannon Wash
inEtou bowr,i u tho assembled multitude and
returned to the senate ehamber. where, both
houses aad the officials being seated, be dc
Myered bis Inauguration speech. Then tho
new president and the members Of 10th
houses proceeded 10 st. PaEfs church and
joined IN the prayers which were offered by
Dr. Provost, lately ordained bishop u the
Protestant Episcopal church in New York
and appointed chaplain Of the senate.
1t IS scarcely possible to describe tho con-
trast between this scene and WashlLgton's
second Uaus Graii0n, At the first the young
republic exhibited all the display that it
could muster Tho second was very quiet
The Preach revolution and the negotiations
with Great Britain, the WHISKY Instruction
then beginning IN western Pennsylvania and
the II fortune that had followed the opera
tious against the Indians had reused furi-
otis marty surit IN tho coacrcns On the one
hand e,auv uubllc persons were vehemcntly
CHARGED with raouarchical bias. and the
cr,re.it,on naturally going to the extreme.
fone-At nraip,t every form of state ceremony.
M,nn,ul Of these sims and the necessity Of
be.n.. couiplacent even to the prejudices OF
shc people, Washington ASKED The opinions O!
bis cabinet concerning the forms TO be used.
Jefferson and Hamilton, who Seldom agreed
in anything, agreed in advising hifp
that he should take the cath Of oeicv
privately at his own house. and that
certificate OF that fact should be de
posted in the state department Knox and
Randolph protested insisting thas the cere-
nlony should be In public. but without any
osteu,a.ious display. At the cabinet meeting
On the ist Of March it was decided that the
oath should be- administered by judge Cush-
ing Of the supreme court of the United States
in the senate chamber exactly at noon, and
that the president shall 70 without form. at
tonde,l by such Gentlemen ms he shall choose.
AMI return without form except that he be
nrt,e,l.d by the marshal the respon. ibility
being thus largely thrown upon Washington.
lie rod, from his residence to the congress
hail in his private cream coored coach,
drawn by six horses. preceded bv the mar
shat rs nropos.,d. aud. accompanietl hy a very
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votes If nv country to execute the functions
of its chief magistrate When the eccosion
proper for if shall arrive. 1 shall eud.avor TO
c,press the hiyh s.pse entertain ~ this dis.
tinopisha,, honor and ~ tho ron ,,da,cs which
has hoeu renosed in mo hv tho neonle Of tho
limited States NJ Amariea pre,,ous 70 tba
s,,,ution ~ INV official az, n, tho nrcsi1s,,
the constitution rsouire. n, oath of office
This oath | am now about to take in vour
presence so tina, !, it shall he founa during
INV administration Of the e,overnuen, hovs
l., opv Instance violat,.1 y,,lir,,,s mr. k,ov.
i,rIv IN. Injunction, ,boraof I NAV ba.,,ias
ipcuyri,, constitutional ,,r,s,,re,,, iva s,h-
;ect TO the unbrsidiny If all u,o ara NOW
witnesses of his solemn care,,onvr
JOHN ADAMS
It would seem that the Young republic ex-
hausted its taste and capacity for ceremonial
display at the first inauguration, for the CON
trast between that and several succeeding
was almost udicrous Furthermore, a great
deal Of the pomp and pageantry of Washing
tons administration, the gilded coach with
coat OF arms on the panel the six white
horses, the half court dress and all that sort
OF thing rapidly disappeared The country
was rapidly growing more democratic
On the sth Of February, lsg7. john Adams,
acting as vice president. opened and counted
the votes which made him president. an
uounciny that there were for him II, for
Thomas Jefferson 60, for Thomas Pinckney-
late minister to Great Brtain-jo, for Aaron
Burr 10, Samuel Adams Is. Oliver Ellsworth
H. George Clinton !, John James IrcdeIi 3,
George " ashinston :. John King ., Samuel
johnson > and Charles c plncl,npv