The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-02

pomp or display Of any kind in view
or the grief stricken city and country
The Inauguration of President FOIL
was, to an extent. a personal disap-
p~ointnnent to him. as the weather was
eAecrabfe. Polk was fond Of display,
although his tastes We're not specially
military. h inaugural procession
therefore, was somewhat h~eterogene-
Gus. It Included not only the military.
but members of his cabinet. the clergy
OF the District of Columbia. the pro
fessors and students Of Georgetown
College II what was known a.
the Fairfax Cavalry. q kid glove Nir-
gIn1a regiment, representatives Of the
best families in the Old Dominion.
President Zachary Taylor was MOI
inaugurated on the fourth of March
that date falling on a Sunday. The
old tighter was fond OF ponp and
ceremony II the inaugural process
sion was one Of the finest. up to that
! time, that had been seen in the coun
try.
Fillmore. through the death o.
President Taylor, earle into the of
fee OF the President. without specia'
ceremony. although the oath OF of
flee was administered TO him III tnt
AlSuaI way before the CONGRESS.
F Pierce and Buchanan were inau-
gurated in no distinctive fashion. al
though the ceremonies in both in
stances were attended with great
demonstrations.
Lincoln's Inauguration.
When Lincoln cane into the PreSi-
dency, the country throughout was
trembling with apprehension. For the
troops had been ordered to Washing
tom, not for display, but for protection
Although Lincoln himself expressed
no fear. ~XtraOrdinary precautions
were taken 70 preserve his personal
safety. When he delivered his inau-
gural address on the east front Of the
capitol in the presence Of an immense
throug. his rival Stephen A. Doug
las. stood at his side and held his hat
Following the formal inaugural cere-
n1ony, Lincoln rendered TO the popu-
lace an elaborate reception at the
White House. His second Inaugural
ton followed the greatest i~nternecine
conflict known TO history. Elaborate
precautions were taken 20 insure the
the Presidents safety. yet many were
the miSgiVingS as to the outcome.
The induction of Andrew Johnso
into the office of President, following
immediately upon the assassination o
Lincoln. was conducted in the private
room of q hotel. No ceremony at.
tended it.
The greatest spectacular displa.
made up TO that time was at the in
~auguration of President Grant. II wa:
practically purely a military demon
stration. and although magnificent il
all Of its features. was marred. 70 ar
extent by the refusal of his predeces
sor. to ride with Grant to the CAPT
toll in the same carriage. 1t was {
bleak. Q old and dismal day on which
Grant was inaugurated the secOn
time. The demonstration attending
the ceremonies, however. was nota-
bly, fine Notwithstanding the intense
cold. Many visiting organizations de
clined on account Of the repellan'
weather. to participate in the parade
end many persons who did tafa rar
in it. including some naIat cadets, DaiC
for their patriotism with their lives
on account of the manner Of thf
election Of Rutherford B.. Hayes. it was
deemed necessary as in the case o.
Lincoln. 10 exercise the utmost pre-
cautions 70 insure his personal safe
". The oath OF office was admins
tered 70 him in private on the Srd OF
March. but the ceremony was repeat
ed on a stand at the east front OF the
capitol CT March 5th.
When Garfield entered the Senate
Chamber on March 4th; just prior &c
taking the oath of office, one of tn
first men to greet him was Genera
Hancock. the unsuccessful Democrat
ic candidate for the Presidency. The
accomplishments did not differ mate.
rally from previous functions Of the
kind.
In succeeding the martyred Garfield
to the Presidency Chester A. Arthur
twice took the oath Of office. On re
ceipt Of the news Of Garfield's death
he took h obligation at his home il
New York city. Two days later the
oath again was administered to hin
in Washington. in the vice-president
room on the Senate side OF the CAPT
toll. His inaugural address was brie
and was delivered inthe presence o
comparatively few persons. No spec
tacu'ar ceremonies attended his in
duction into office.
Cievelald's FIRST Term.
A perfect day characterized the IRIS
Inauguration Of Grov-cleveland. TIL
crowd in attendance upon the cere