The Irish standard., 1889-05-04


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J. the wbarves, filled nay mind with sen
s sations as painful considering the re
o verse Of this scene, which may be tbs
2 case after all NV labors TO do good} as
z they are pleasing;" remarks which i'll.
4 dicate that the first President vas OF
{ ignoran6 of the fact that the Office he
!, was about to assume is one in which 8
! man is compelled to lose many friends
J and make many enemies.
The inauguration did not take place
: for several days after Washington's
arrival in New York, and in tne interim
Congress decided that his proper titie
should be ''Yhe President OF The l7nitaa
States,'' an item which those office;
seekers, who nowadays may be tempted
to address General harrison as "your
excel!ency." Or by some other high
sounding title, would do we'll to re-
member, sifice the presidential title has
remained as yet unchanged AL in
the morning OF tue 3Oth OF April, Wash.
lngton's Inauguration began with tbs
holding OF religious services iti all the
cilu1ches, an incident which determined
the bour at which services were held
Tuesday. At IL the military parade
took place-shere was no Ward Nc
Alllster to interfere with the arrange
ments--anu when that had passed,
| Washington. with h1a attendants, iol~
lowed to the nall OF care1nGnias, which
he entered between the ranks OF soldloEs
drawn up on either side. Vice p1vai~
dent adams, who had already taken
the oatn Of his ot1ice, waa there III wait"
ing, with the senators and gepressnta~
tives, and when tbs President entered
the hall he hastaned to neet nina and
conduct him to the presidential chaiE,
placed at the upper end Of the Soosn.
! WASHINGTON VAS DlsEssED
in full suit Of dark brown cloth Of
American manufacture, which, had been
paid for out OF his own pocket, and il
this suit was new there Was 10 such
parasijng of that fact as was .na;1e .asl
winter, when every time General tt.aE~
riaon purchased azly new article OF ap-
parei the information was wired s.N
over the land, giving tie people the i1n~
preston that the present magistrates
wardrobe WAS sadly in need Of re~
plenlshiag, and that before his elss;,ion
he WAS scgt of masculine Flora Nc"
Fhnisey, who had nofhing to wear.
The father CT his country carried a
steel hilted dress sword, and his i.ast
were a'lcased in white silk stockings
and silver-buckled shoas. His Lair,
after the fashion Of ltise DAY, was pow
dered, aud his appearance On t'la 1>ssi-
,:onT, where, in oraer 70 give the people
q view Of the ceremony, tbs taotl OK
Office Was administered to him, Was the
signal for & great sioat Of applause,
| which tha PRESIDENT acknowledged with
repeated bows. After remaining aeated
p While, Washington rose again aud
advanced toward the poI>uiaca, whon
Chancellor Of State Robert r.. Living.
ston. surrounded by Vice President
Adams, Generals Knox, St. Clair,
Baron, Stephen, Alexander Hamilton,
Roger Sherman and osilezs, adsninis-
tered the oath Of office, Washington rey'
peating the words after him and ysvar,~
emily kissing the bible at the con-
cIusions Wnen the oatb had been
taken, Chancellor Livingston stepped
forward, and waving his hand aloft,
cried out to the people below, ''Loug
live George Washington, presjdent Of
the United Staaes!" At this The na-
tional standard WAS shown from tie
flagstaff of the hail, the bells began 60
ring, cannon pea]ed from the Battery.
and the shouts Of The people rent tae
air. Washington at once re-eutered
the Senate chamber, where ne i8-
llyered his inaugural, and afterwards
he went to st. Paui's Church, where
appropriate Thanksgiving services we're
conducted by.
BISHOP AND CHAPLAIN PREYosT
Of the Episcopal church. The evening
was given over to rejoicing and deraon-
strat,ons, and thus it was that the first
President Of this country was inaugu-
rated 100 years ago last Tuesday, 1ghen
the whole land observed the centennial
Of the ceremony.
For the benefit of the fair readers Of
the Republic, who are supposed to be-
interested in such events, it may be
stated that at the inauguration ball, at
which Mrs. Washington, who had not
then arrived in New York, was not
present, there were some 300 guests,
among others Mrs. Hamilton. Lady
Sterling and her two daughters. Lady
Mary Watts and Lady Litty Duer, Mrs.
Peter Van Brugh Livingston, who was
a Miss Sterling, Mrs. Governor Clinton,
Mrs. Major Duane. Mrs. James Beck
man, Mrs. Chancellor Livingston, Mrs.