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X' ' ‘ INAUGURATION OF
JAMES BUCHANAN,
piltecnlb President of the United States.
His iNAOOnnAL Addbbss.
■Washington, March 4th, 1857.
• A brighter day seldom dawned upon tho Fed
eral city than this 4lh of March, 1867,which was
to witneas’lhorotlrcment of Franklin Pierce and
tho accession of James Buchanan, to (ho Presi
dency of the U lilted States.
~ Tho. 6»ty has been Ailing up with strangers
from ajl parts of thuTJlilon, for a week or two,
and yesterday and tula morning, many thousands
jlrtived by tho trains and steamboats- Last
night, (here woro thousands who encamped in
jiarlors, dining rooms, and other apartments,
Iho .sleeping rooms of (ho public and private
liouscS.bbing totally unequal to the accommoda
tion of thO -vast multitude. Tho event of tho
night iyas tho Democratic Inauguration Ball,
given, by. tho Twelfth Ward Democratic Asso
ciation of Philadelphia. It took place at Carn
al's Saloon. Tho tickets wore five dollars, and
the proceeds wore for tho benefit of tho poor of
Washington City.- A largo miscellaneous com*
hany were present, and tho President and Vico
President elect word present for q short time,
being received with acclamations on their un i
vat. -'There were, in tho course of the evening,
salntcs .tired, rockets discharged, and various
other demonstrations in view of the coming
event.
Tho city woke early this morning, being arous
ed by noivsahTtosnnd the ringing of bells. The
streets were soon alivo with moving multitudes.
Pennsylvania, Avenue presented a
en appoafAhcol Flags waved from ail ttie hotels
and public buildings, and from many private
houses, Tlio’ movements of tho military com
panies, preparing to take their places in the lino
of procession, gave a particularly lively charac
ter to the scene.
Tho streets were further enlivened by (he ra
pid movements of tho Marshals and their depu
ties, -These numbered- altogether nearly two
hundred men from all parts of the Union.
Fire Companies and the various political and
civic societies were also early In. motion, pre
paring Is talib their place In the lino of proces
smn. Towards 0 o’clock they and tho military
all began to form in procession an Now York
Avenue, the' right, consisting of tho military,
resting on 10th street. This is close to tho Pro
eldont’s llouro and the public Departments
There was necessarily a good deal of contusion
and delay in forming into Hue; but (he proces
sion got Into motion about 12 o’clock, and ad
vanced down Pennsylvania Avenue. Its ap
poarance, as a popular demonstration, without
the trappings and insignia of royalty, was very
fine, and the masses of people In iho Avenue
cheered frequently as it passed.
On reaching the National Hotel (hero was o
halt, and after-u short delay an elegant barouche,
drawn by four horses, containing tho President
and the President elect, -joined tho proces*slnn,
immediately in (no rear of tho military. The
Vico President elect was also in an open car
riage, with severalollicrgenflemcn,and the two
carriages wero surrounded by the Keystone
Oluh, preceded Hy tlio military and representa
tion by a lady dn-sac-d as tho Goddess of Libor-
IV, on a nigh pMlorm drawn by six horses, lol
loped by a miniature ahip-of-war of considera
ble slf.6, wvadc'by the mechanics of tho Wash
ington Navy Yard. Tho crowd cheered tumul.
tnously ns tlio President elect appeared. The
procession then moved on In the order agreed
upon. x
TJjoro wore a number of flue military bands (n
tno procession, Including several from Phila
delphia, New Yprk and Baltimore, which gave
additional eclat to (bo scene. As tlio lino mov.
eel on towards the Capitol, the crowd, which
was much move dense at this end of the avenue
than at tho other, repeatedly cheered the Pre
sident and Vico President elect, and they bowed
their acknowledgments an all sides.
As the head of (ho column icachcd tho north
gate of tho Capitol, which it did not do until
.about 1 o’clock, it halted, and tlio military open
ed ranks, facing inwards and presenting arms,
forming what (lie French call a <> hate,” or dou
ble lino of soldiers, through winch tho carriage
with tho President and President elect drove to
tho gate. There they alighted, and were recei
ved by tho Committee of Vito Senate appointed
for tho purpose. There was an enclosed pus-
Mgo constructed thunco, through which they
were escorted to the north door of tho Capitol
and thon to the Vico President’s room.
SCENE IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
Tho most interesting scene, (hough on a smalt
scale, wus that In the Senate Chamber. Owing
to the Small size of fho apartment, only a limit
ed number of persons could ho admitted j but
those comprised all the chief dignitaries of (ho
government. The semi-circular gallery wus (Hi
ed with ladies nt an early hour, and members of
the 81th and 85th Congress were admitted to the
eastern lobby. Tho Diplomatic Corps was in
Hill force, all tho Minister* end Charges being
m their full official costumed and looking quite
alongside o( the republican black
confa of the rest of tho assemblage. They oc.
copied a space set apart for (hem, on the 10/t of
|}° Principal entrance/ Oh the other side, the
a™ °M* 10 Departments, (Jovornors of State®
and Territories, and some other privileged "pur.
sons Wc/o afeommodeted. Jn front of tho cafit
ora lobby wero'-tho Chief Justice and Associate
Justices of (ho Supreme Court, in their official
m L8 ’ distinguished army and naval
officers wore nlao present. In front of (ho Se
cretary's desk wore chairs for the President and
President elect.
The Senate mc( at 12 o’clock. On tho an
oiinccinont of arrival of tho President and Pro
went elect, all rose to their feet. The Prcsl.
I a ,. President elect look the places assign
and In ft few minutes, nil being lire.
B tbu venerable 'Roger D. Taney, Chief
JHitico Of .tho Supremo Court 6f.thq tlnljod
States, advanced with, the Holy Bible l« b£
liana. The Proaidont elect rose, and then took
the oath of ofllco ns follows : 00 {
«I do atvleinnly'swonr tlmt I will fiillhfiillv ox
fculo tho olßco of President of (ho United
States, nnd will fo (ho host of my ability pro
bcito, protect nnd defend (ho ComdltiUlon of the
United Staten.”
Those In the Soimlo Chamber then formed a
one nnd proceeded to the eastern portico of (ho
tapliol. |
ftlE SCENE IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL
There was probably never assembled In Wash
ington so vast a multitude ns that assembled in
Jont of the Eastern portico of the,Capitol.—
Oio procession that had (fecortcd the President
*nd President elect had been admitted: but mi
and horses were excluded from the en
closure. There was a countless crowd of men,
women and children, occupying every foot of
•T&co ih&l afforded an opportunity of seeing the
ceremony on the portico. As for hearing the
address, that was a favor only enjoyed by the
rfin eged’ few .thousands tlmt could gather
closely around thc-porlico.
There was a gbod deal of. concision and scuff
''JJB m the crowd, mid many grew impatient,
jucr watting long hours for the grand event of
"} e dft y* A very spacious platform was erect
'd on tho portico, on which places were assign
hj r ° r those who had been admitted to the
_ tiMc Ulmmbcr. At last (ho procession emerg
-1 ,B C o P* l oi door, ana appeared on tho
tWt° ri > n, » / s ,0 figure of the President
thhio C - a t * ,at ftniouß black suit, with thfl
cam/«uui Bta r s c,, »kroldcrcd on its lining, Le
the thAi 0 ’ lcro rose a deafening shout from
t human mass. It spread over tho whole
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VOL, 43.
multitude, and it was some time before it could
be quieted. Tho President elect, with .hat in
hand, bowed repeatedly In acknowledgment of
tho popular acclamations.
In the very front of the platform was a scat
to which thu President elect was conducted.—
In his rear were tho President and Committee
of Arrangements; back of them were the Chief
Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court, tho
Vice President and members of the Senate.—
Then came the Diplomatic Gorp cn gram! tchue,
and then the other persons who had been in tho
Senate Chamber.
When quiet was restored after tho acclama
tions that greeted the President elect, ho pro
ceeded at about o’clock, to deliver his Inau
gural Address as follows;
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Fbixow Citizens;—l appear before you this
day to lake the solemn oath “that I will faith
fully execute the office of President of the Uni
ted States, and Will, to the bust of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of
the United States.” In entering upon this
great office, Ijnost humbly invoke the God of
our Fathers for wisdom and firmness to execute
its high and responsible duties in such a man-1
nor as to restore harmony and ancient friend
ship among the people of the several Stales, and j
to preserve our free institutions throughout
many generations. Convinced that I.owe my j
i election to the inherent love for the Constitution '
and the Union, which still animates the Imparts |
♦the American people, let me earnestly ask I
their powerful support in sustaining nil just;
measures calculated to perpetuate these, the !
richest political blessings which Heaven has
ever bestowed upon any nation. Hating de
termined not i» become a candidate for re-elec
tion, I shall have no motive to inliuence my con
duct in administering the Government, except
the desire ably and faithfully to serve my coun
try. and to live in the grateful memory of my
countrymen- We have recently passed through
a Presidential contest In which the passions of
our fellow citizens were excited to the highest
degree by questions of deep and vital import
ance. But when the people proclaimed their
will, the tempest at once subsided, and all was
calm. The voice of the majority, speaking in
the manner prescribed by the Constitution, was
heard, and instant submission followed. Our
own country could alone have exhibited so
grand and striking a spectacle of the capacity
of man for self-government. What a nappy
conception, then, was it for Congress to apply
this simple rule, “that the will of the majority
shall govern.” to the settlement of ihequcstion i
of domestic slavery in the territories. Con
gress is neither “to legislate slavery into any
territory, nor to exclude it therefrom," but to
leave th»* people thereof perfectly free to form
and regulate their domestic institutions in their
own way. subject only lo the Constitution of
the United States. As a natural consequence,
Congicss has also prescribed that when the
Tern lory of Kansas shall be admitted ns a State.
it shall be received into llieUniqp with or with
out slavery, as their own Cohslitulion may pre
scribe at the lime of their admission. A differ
ent opinion has arisen in regard to the point of
time when the people of a territory shall decide
thaqucslicnTocahcmsclycs.. TjuaJ&bappny-h.
matter of but little practical importance ; be
sides it is a judicial question, which.legitimate
ly belongs lo the Supreme Court of the United I
Slates, before whom it is now pending, and
will; it is understood, bo. speedily and finally
settled. To their decision, in common with all
good citizens, I slndl cheerfully submit, what
ever this may bo, though it has ever been my
I individual opinion that, under the Nebraska
| Kansas act, the appropriate period will be when
I the number of actual residents in the Territory
I shall justify flic formation of a Constitution
with a view to its ndmissiouas ti State into the
Union. But be.lhis os it may. it is the imper
ative and mdispchsiblc duly of the Government
of the United Statca.to secure to every resident
inhabitant the free and independent expression
of his opinion by his vote. This sacred right
of each individunUniust bo preserved. This
being'accomplishcd, nothing can bo fairer than
to leave the people of a Territory free from all
foreign interference, (o decide (heir own destiny
for themselves, subject only to the Constitution
of the United Slates. The whole Territorial
question being thus settled upon the principle
of popular sovrcignly—a principle as ancient as
(ree govennent itself—everything of a practical
nature has been decided. No other question
remains for adjustment, because all agree that,
under the Constitution, slavery in the States in
beyond the reach of any human power except i
that of the respective Stales themselves where-,
in it exists. May we not, then, hope that the
long agitation on this subject is approaching its I
cud, and that the geographical parties to which
it has given birth—so much dreaded by the
Father of his Country--Will speedily become'
extinct? Most happy will it be for the country
when the public mind shall be diverted from
this question lo others of more pressing and
practical importance. Throughout the whole 1
progress of this agitation, which has scarcely i
known niry InlcniiKsion for more than twenty I
>‘tars, whilst it has been productive of no post- 1
live good to any human being, it has been the |
prolific source of great evils lo tho master, to
the slave, and to the whole country. Tt has I
alienated and estranged tho people of sister I
Slates from each other, and has even seriously I
endangered tho very existence of the Union. !
Nor has the danger yet entirely ceased. Under I
our system there is a remedy for all mere polit-'
icol evils in the tound sense and sober judg
ment of the people. Time is a great correc
tive. Political subjects tvhich but a few years
ago, excited and exasperated thfc public mind,
hate passed away and nra now nearly forgot
ten. But tliequesiion of domestic Slavery is of
far greater Importance than of any mere ‘politi
cal question, kcausc,-should the ngltalian con
tmuo. it i,wv eventually timlarfgdr the personal
safety of a largo portion of our countrymen
' 1. f Government, however mlmirablo h,
milf, lion ever productive of material bcndl'l,
can compensate for tho loss of peace anV fn'
mcatic accimly around the family allnr £t
.every Union-loving man, therefuro, exert iS I
best mltucnco to suppress Ibis agitation, which
I since the recent legislation of Congress is vvithl
lout any legitimate object. It is an evil otoei*
of the limes that men have undertaken to cal
culate the mere material value df tho Union.—
Rescued estimates have been presented of the
pecuniary profits and local advantages which
would result to diflerent States and sections
from Us dissolution, and of the comparative
injuries which such an event would indict on
other Stales and sections. Even descending to
this low and narrow view of the mighty ques
tion, all such calculations arc at fault—tho bare
reference to a single consideration will be con
clusive on this point. Wo at present enjoy a
free trade throughout our extensive and ex- 1
pending country such as- tho wprld never wit-1
neesed, This Irado is conducted on railroads
and canals, on noble rivers and arms of tho sea, 1
which bind together tho North and tho South,
the East and tno West of our Confederacy.—
Annihilate this trade, arrest its free progress
by the geographical lines ofjcaloua and hostile
Slates, and you destroy tho prosperity ahd on
ward march of tho wholo and every part, ahd
involve all in one common ruin. But such cbn*
siderations, important ns they are in themselves,
sink into insignificance, when we reflect on the
terrific-evils which would result flom disunion
to every portion of the confederacy. To the
North not more than to the South—to the East
not more than to the West. These I shall not
attempt to portray, because I foci an humble
confidence, that (he kind Providence which in
spired our fathers with wisdom to frame the
most perfect form of Government and Union
ever devised by man, will not suffer il to perish,
until itghnll have been peacefully instrumental,,
by its example, in the extension of civil and re
ligious liberty throughout the world.
Next in importance to the maintenance of
the Conslilntiun and the Union, is the duly of
preserving the Government free from the taint
or even the suspicion of corruption. Public
virbe is the vital spirit of Republics : and his
tory proves that when this has decayed and
; the love of money has usurped its place, altho’
I tlic forms of free Government may remain for a
! season, the substance has departed forever.
1 Our present financial condition is without a
1 puraihl in history. No natron has ever before
been embarrassed from too large a surplus in
, its treasury. This almost necessarily gives
birth to extravagant legislation. It produces
1 wild schemes of expenditures nnd begets a race
bf speculators and jobbers, whose ingenuity is
exerted in contriving and promoting expedients
1 10 obtain public money. The purity of official
, agents, whether rightfully or wrongfully, is
suspected, and the chnrnoterof the Government I
, suiters in the estivnation of the popple. This is
jin itself a very great evil. The natural mode !
s of relief from this embarrassment, is to appro-'
pnate the surplus in the Treasury to great nn- I
i iional objects, for which a clear warrant can be !
, found in the Constitution. Among these T ;
| might mention the extinguishment of the public |
i debt, a reasonable increase of (bcNavy—which
j }, V present inadequate to the protection of our
j vast tonnage ati..ai, and now greater than that
,of any other nation—as well as to the defence
|S( our extensive sea-coast. U is beyond all
i question the principle that no more revenue
’ought to be collected from the people than the
amount necessary to defray the expenses of a
wise, economical and efficient administration of
the Government. To reach this point it was
necessary to resort to a modification of the
Janfi, and this has. I trust, been accomplished
in such a manner ns to do ns little injury ns
may have been practicable to our domestic
manuTactures, especially those necessary for
the defence of the country. Any discrimina
tion against a particular branch for the pur
pose of henefitting favored corporations, indi
viduals or interests, would have been unjust in
the rest of the community and inconsistent witli
that spirit of fairness and equality which ought
t". Sherri m the adjustment of a revenue tor
, But the squandering of (he public money
sinks into comparative insignificance, as a
temptation Vo corruption, when compared with
the squandering of ihc public lands. No nation
in the tide of time has ever been blessed with s>
no ‘*lc and an inheritance os wc enjoy
liv the Public Lands.
In Administering this important trust, wlulstlt
may be wise to grant portions of them for the
improvement of the reniainder. yet wq should'
•nevx'pforgot that -itisrCitrWlifia! policy to pfe-'
serve these lands, as much as may bo, for actu
al settlers, and this at moderate. prices. We
shall thus not only best promote the prospen'ty
of (ho new Slates and Territories, by furnish- t. h n ,iit„ r intnn
ing thein a hardy-add independent race'of lion- A vae,l,n S
cst nnd Industrious citizens, Iml shall secure I Two young surgeons of Paris once had a dfs*
homes for our children nnd our childrens clfil- J pule, on some trivial aflnir, which resulted in n
dren. os well ns for (hose exiles from foreign challenge, and (ho subsequent arrangements
shores who may seek in this Country to improve for a duel. They reached the ground early in
tlu ir condition and to enjoy the blcsnngs of (he morning with (heir seconds and pistol* and
civil nnd religions libeny. Such emigrants found an old woman there holding a youth by
have done much to promote the growth and the hand.
prosperity of the country. They hove ‘Why arc you here? 1 a«kcd one of the cora
fuilhful both in ncncc nnd in war. After be- ba'anLs, turning toward the old woman.
| coming citizens they are entitled under the con- T heard last night from old Pierre, the boat-
Ih button nnd laws, to he placed on perfect man, that he had engaged to bring over two
equality with native born citizens : and in this young gentlemen this morning, and I felt sure
character they should ever be kindly recogniz- there was to be a duel,’ answered the female.
e<l. The Federal constitution is a grant trom ‘And are you fond of such sights, my good
the States to Congress to certain specific pow- woman? 1
era. nnd the question whether this grant should ;No.' she quickly returned; ‘but on the con
be liberally or.slrictly construed, has more ortrary. I dislike them. Yet I meant to come
Undivided political parlies from the begin- j and see this one. This is my grandson. His
ning. Without entering into the argument, T fattier, my son nnd only child, fell in a duel.—
desire to slate, nl the commencement of my ad { Young Lnlien is hot and impetuous, and I have
ministration, that long experience and observa-1 feared ho might, at some time fall into this same
linn have convinced me that a strict construe-1 error if he wuenot warned. So I have brought
linn of the powers of the Government is the on- 1 him out here ihnt he nughtsed one friend shoot
ly true, ns well ns the only safe theoiy of the another, hoping that the scene will tlleclunlly
. Constitution. Whenever, in our past history, cure him of nil desire to maintain his honor nl
| doubtful powers have been exercised by Con- such fearful expense. You may go on. I will
gress, these have never failed to produce mju- not trouble you. 1
rlons and unhappy consequences. Many such The two surgeons gazed first upon the old
instances might bo adduced, if this were llnr woman and her fair-inured grand-child, nnd
I proper occasion. Neither is it necessary for the I then upon each otljer. They blushed, and then
public service to strain the language of ihc Con- smiled.
slitulion. because all the great and useful pow- ‘Shall we give her the lesson?* said one.
ers required for a successful administration of *No. We’ll give her a belter,* answered the
the Government, both in peace and in war. have other.
been granted cither In express terms, or by the And they shook hands and went back to th
plainest implication. Whilst deeply convinced | oily,
of these truths. I yet consider it clear, that un j
der the war-making power Congress may ap- I
propriatc money'towards the construction of a
military road, when this is absolutely necessa
ry for the defenstt of any' Slate or Territory of
the Union, against foreign invasion. Under the ,
Constitution, Congress has power “to declare 1
war I ’—“to raise and support armies I '— “to,
provide nnd maintain a navy,*’ and to call forth 1
the militia to “repel invasion.'* Thus endowed
in an ample manner with the war making pow- I
or. tlie corresponding duly is required that “the
United States shall protect each of thcm?tho,
Stales) against invasion. Now is it possible
loofliud this protection to California and our
Pacific possessions except by/means of a mili
tary road through the Territories of the United
Stales over which men and ammunitions of war
moy be speedily transported from lha Atlantic
Stales to meet ami repel the invader? lit tho
event of a war with a naval power much stron
ger than our own, we should then have no oth
er available access to thu Pacific edast, because
s'uch a power would instantly close tho route
across me Isthmus of Central America; It ia
Impossible to conccivo. that whilst the Consti
tution has expressly required Congress to de
fend all tho. States, it should yet deqy to them
by any fair construction, tho only possible
nlcans by which one of these Stales can be de
fended,. Resides, tho Government ever since its
origin, has been in tho constant practice of con
structing military roads. It might also be Wise
to consider whether the lovo for tho Union
which now animates our fellow-citizens on tho
1 acme const may not bo impaired by our ne
glect or refusal to provide for them in their rc
mo o and isolated condition. Die only menus by
which tho power of tho Stales on this aid* of
the Rocky Mountains can roach them in sSfli
ctent time to protect them against invasion.
I forbear for tho present from expressing an
opinion as to tho wisest and most economical
mode in which tho Government can lend its aid
\t\ accomplishing this great .and necessary
work. I believe that many of the difficulties in
the way which now appear formidable, will in
a great degree vanish ns soon ns (he nearest and
best route shall have been satisfactorily aweer
ertnined. It may bo right that on this occa
sion I should make some brief remarks in re
gard to our rights and duties as a member of
the great family ofnations. livour intercourse 1
“OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWATSbIII ‘ RIGHT —BUT' RIGHT Oil WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
x ~
CARLISLE, Mock 12, 1857.
with them, thcre.aro somc plain principles ap
proved by ,our own experience from which wo
shonld never depart. tb r
We ought to cuUiratc peace, commerce, and
friendship with all naftepg, and this, not mere
ly ns the best means,ofe'pitJmotmg our own ma
terial interests, but in# spirit of Christian be
nevolence towards fellojy men wherever their lot
may bo cast. ■ , . -i-4
Our diplonaacy-shotted be direct and frank,
neither seeking-to oblalfi more, nor accepting
less, than is our due.' ; |Wo ought to cherish a
snored regard for Ihe indepcndfince of all na
tions. and never atitmpl’to interfere in the do
mestic doncerna of any Sinless this shall be im
peratively required byHpe great law of seU-prea
ervaiion. To .avoid, alliances has
been a maxim of our policy ever since the days
of Washington, and itrfqfrisdom no one will at
tempt to dispute. ' ;vj.
Tn short, justice in a kindly
spirit to all nationrf,'4mJ require justice from
them in return. ■,?; .
It is our glory that'whilst other nations have
extended their-dominions by (keyword, wo
have never acquired ftVjy .territory except by
f-dr purchase, or ns case of Texas, by
the voluntary dctcrminaTlon of a brave kindred
and independent people blend their destinies
with our own. - Even /our acquisitions from
Mexico form no exception'. Unwilling to take
advantage of the fortune-Of war against a sister
Republic, wo purchased*,these possessions un
der the treaty of peace for a sum which was
considered at the timq-ttVfelr equivalent. Our I
past history forbids tliaj&wo should in the fu
ture acquire territory, unless this be sanctioned 1
by the laws of judliCo Rnfl -honor. Acting on
lids principle, no tiattotCwjll have a right to in
lerfoie or to complmhrs£-in the progress ol
events we shall still fuld-bgr «jytcnd our posses
sions. Hitherto in altaßUr acquisitions. the
people under the protection of tlffc American
Hag have enjoyed civil (th'd-religious liberty, as
well as equal and just fawSvand have been con.
tented, prosperous and’i;liappy. Their trade
with the rest of the world'.has rapidly increased,
and thus every commercial nation has sham!
largely in their progress, I shall
now proceed to take 'proscribed by the
Constitution—whilst? liu&lbly Invoking the
blessings of Divine Providence on this great
people. JAKES BUCHANAN.
The rending »f the Tnimiural Addixss hav.
ing been concluded, the Pmh was administered
to Mr. Buchanan. Ex*R!rcsident Pierce then
advanced and offered his congratulations to the
President, and he was followed by the other
dignitaries. The crowd at the same time re
in wed their cheering, and tboguns on thp Cap
itol Hill bellowed oat the tkvra that a new Pres
ident had entered upon hls'tcrm ofofUcc. The
salute consisted of guns—otic for
each State of the Union. - r
The ceremony being contended, the President
returned to thd Senate Chamber, ami soon after
resumed hia scat on tho ranimge'and was con
ducted to the White Hon*?.' the ex-Prc3idcnt
and others accompanying hijn.
The military and a great borlion of the civic
procession formed again,, to the Presi
dent and those along >vill>li!w to,the Executive
Mansion---.' ••
Twenty-four Military Companies, seven
Clubs aid Associations.’and several Fire Com
panies participated .in tho procession. : ,
I How to hr BKArxintL.— How? Put on fine
i clothes and cosily? Tip off, butterfly fashion,
with jewels, golden trinkets, and artificials?—
Strut about, dandy-like, in a suit of superfine
broadcloth, studded with breast-pins, and dang
ling watch-chain and seals! Reader, is tins
your idea of the beautiful. 1 Wpthink not.
What would 1 be? Not rich In gold,
And with a narrow heart,
Or misanthropic, stern and cold,
Dwell from my kind apart.
If either man or lonian, lad or lass, wishes
lo realize the power of personal beauty. It must
lie by cherishing noble hopes and purposes—by
having something to do, and something to live
for which is worthy of hnmauitv, nnd which,
by extending the capacities of the soul, gives
expansion and symmetry to tlio body which
contains it.
The principal beauty of the countenance de
pends upon a mysterious expression which con
veys of the amiable qualities of the mind, of
good sense, good limnor. candor, benevolence,
sensibility and love. ‘Handsome is that hand
some docs. *
Solemn Questions for Marrying Miin.-
An exchange propounds the following questions
to nil who contemplate matrimony :
What is the market price of Point Applique
lace?
llnVo yon any idea of the moral c(leel of while
kid gloves and slippers?
What is the general effect on society of a
new dress for every parly during the Winter?
What is tlic chflorenco between Point Blond
and Brussels lace, and which should a lady
prefer,for confidential adornment?
If a bonnet of the present stylo cost fifty dol
lars, would (no thousand dollars complete an
appropriate costume?
ilavo you rtny rule to compute the solidity of
a woman who is in full- dress, tcilhout her
drew?
And in conclusion whereabouts in ths hoops,
1.1 the woman?
Bnclielors would do well to podcr these ques
tions,, ns connubial felicity is Impossible with
out tile required' information,
Some hearts, like primroses, open most
beautifully in tho shadows of life.
ffoetinil.
LEARN TO LABOR.
Ono morning of the first sad Fall,
Poor Adam and his brido
Satin the shade of Eden’s wall—
But ou tho outer side.
She, blushing In her fig-loaf suit,
For the chosto garb of old,
lie, sighing o’er bis bitter fruit,
For Eden’s grapes of gold.
-Behind.them, smiling in thdjubrn,
\ Their forfeit garden lay;
Before them, wild With rock and thorn,
Tho desert stretched away.
They heard the'air above them farm'd,
A lighffllcp on (ho sward;
And lot they saw before them staud
The Angel of the Lord I
“Arise!” lie said, “why look behind,
When' hope is all before,
And patient hand and willing mind,
Tour loss may yet restore?
“I leave with you a spell whoso power
Can make the desert glad,
And call around yon fruit and flower
As fair as-Eden had.
“I clothe your hands with power to lift
Tho curse from off yonr soli;
Votir very doom shall seem a gift,
Your loss a gain through toil.
“Go, cheerful ns yon humming boo,
To labor as to piny;”
While glimmering over Eden’s trees.
The Angel passed away.
Tho pilgrims of tho world went forth.
Obedient to tho word;
And found where’er they tilled the earth,
A garden of tho Lord !
The thorn tree cast its evil fruit,
And blushed with plum and pear;
Ami seeded grass and trodden root
Grow sweet beneath their care.
tVo share our primal parents’ fate,
And in our turn una day
Look back on Eden’s sworded gate,
As sad and lost as they.
But still for us his native skies
Tho pitying Angel leaves,
And loads through toil and paradise
New Adams and new Eves.
BHiattllamnna.
MARY AM’S WEDDING.
A 3 RELATED BT UR3. JONES,
go to tho wedding. 1 was going, father, was
going, the gals was going, and we was going
to take tho Baby. But when we come to dress
the baby, couldn’t find the baby's shirt. I’d]
laid a clean one out of the drawers on purpose. /
I knowed jist where I’d put it; buLcomo talook I
fork ’(was gone. I
For mercy’s sake!’ Kays I, 'gals. 1 says I
•ban any on ye seen that baby's shirt?’
•Of course none on 'em had seen it; and I
h>oked, ami looked, ami looked again, but
'iwant nowhere lo be found. I’ls the slangcst
tiling m all natur,’ said I. ‘here I bad the whirl
in my hand not ruor'n ten minutes ago, and
now it's gone, and nobody can tell where. I
never seed tho beat. Gals,’ says I. *do look
around, can't yef But fretting wouldn't find
it—so I give up, and 1 went to the bureau and
fished up another shirt, and pul it onto the ba
by, and ni last we were ready for a start.’
•Father harnessed ujp a double team—we
drove the old while mare then —and the gals
and all was having a good time, going lo see
Alary Ann married; but somehow I couldn't
git over that shirt! Twant the shirt so much,
hut lo have anything spirited away right from
under my face and eyes so, ’twos provoking.'
•What ye thinking about, mother?’ says So
phrony, *what mokes yo look so sober?’ says
she.
•I'm pestered to death, thinking about that
arc shirt. One of you must have hove took it,
[ am sartnin.’ says I.
•Now. iiu, 1 Kays Sophrony, soya she, ‘you
needn’t say that,' says she. mid as I'd laid on*
to her a good many iiiiicn, nlic was beginning
to get vexed, and so vve had it back mid forth,
and all about that baby's shirt, till we got to
the wedding.'
•Seeing company kinder put it out of my
mind, and I was gmmg good Matured again,
though I could not help saying to myself eve
ry few minutes, ‘what could become of that ,
shirt?' till at last they stood up la be mark'd,
and I forgot all about it. Mary Ann was a
real modest creature, and was mor'half fright
ened to dehlh, when she came into the room
with Stephen, and the minister told them lo
jlne hands. She first gave her left hand to Ste
phen. ‘Your other hand,’ soys the minister,
says he, and poor Steve, ho was so bashful 100,
ho didn't know what he was about: ho thought
’twas Ins mistake, and that live minister meant
him, so he gave Mary Ann his left hand. That
-wouldn’t do anyway, a left-handed marriage
all around; but by this time, they didn't lyjow
what they was abutit, and Alary Ann jlned her
right hand lo his left, then tier left with his
right, then both their left hands again, till I
was all of a fldgit, and thought they would
never get fixed. m (
Mary Ann looked ns red ns a ttfrkoy, ond to
make matters worse, she began to cough to
turn it of!. I suppose, and called for a £lasa of
water. The minister had just been drinking,
and tho tumbler stood right there,-and I was
so nervous, and in such a hurry to sec it all
over with, I ketched up tho tumbler, and’ run
with it to her, for 1 thought to goodness she
was going to taint. She undertook to drink
I don't know how it happened, but the tumbler
slopped, and gracious me. if between ua both,
wo didn’t spill the water all over her collar and
dress.
•I war dreadfully flustered, for though it
looked os though 'twas my fault, and tho ftist
thing I did was to out with tny handkerchief,
and givo it to Mary Ann; it was nicely done
up. and she took it and shook it, tho folks had
held In putty well up to this time, but then
such a giggle and laugh as there was. I didn’t
know whnl had given them such a start, till I
looked and seen that 2 had riven Marti Ann
,that badxf’s shirt f*
Hero Mrs. Jones, who is a very fleshy wo
man, undulated and shook like a mighty jolly,
witii her mirlji, and it was some time bcfgro
she could proceed with her narrative.
‘Why, said she, with tears of laughter run
ning down her cheeks, “I'd lucked it into my
dress for a %erohlof. That enmo from being
absent-minded, and in a fldglt.’
‘And Mary Ann and Stephen—-wore they I
married after all?' j
‘Dear mo, yes,' said Mrs. Jones, 'and it turn-
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM,
cd out to be the gayest wedding that I ever
tended.’ b
*And the baby’s shirt, Mrs. Jones?’
‘La, me,’ said Mrs. Jones, *how young folks
do ask questions. Everybody agreed that I
ought to make Mary Ann a present on’t.’
‘Well, Mrs. Jones?’
‘Well,’ said Mrs. Jones, ’twant long before
she had a use for it. And that’s the end of the
story.’
Plagiarism,
Poets, philosophers, nnd even divines, all
seem at times to manifest a propensity to pla
giarism. For fifty years. Parley has stood at
the very head of all original writers on Natural
Theology, nnd his work on that subject will
last ns long as time lasts, in all probability.—
Where is thn man of education who has not ad
mired its wonderful lucidity, the simplicity and
force of its argument, the beauty of its illustra
tions. From the watch picked upon the heath,
with which he commences, to the astronomical
arguments with which he concludes, all Is seem
ingly perfect. But alas, the whole argument,
the watch, wheels, works and crystal, were nil
stolen from a Dr. Nlcnwcnlyl, a philosopher,
who lived in Holland, nnd published the entire
substance of the book a hundred years before.
That work too had indeed been translated into
English and published in London in 1718.
There ore passages copied almost rerbatim, and
the plan of the whole work is seemingly a great
and vyilful plagiarism. As if to bring the theft
home to him. he even refers in one edition lo
the original work of Dr. N. us his authority for
a particular statement while making no other
acknowledgement of indebtedness.
A fvw years ago, Dr. Keith brought out a
treaties on fulfilled prophecy. Every one ad
mired it. until the Quarterly Review showed
that it was but a recast of Newton on the
Prophecies.
The poets arc equally guilty. One of the
finest things Lord Byron ever wrote, was on
the death of Kirko White, where he represents
him by a struck eagle stretched upon the plain,
viewing its own feather on the arrow, the plu
mage that had wanned its nest, drinking the
last life drop of its blood. The whole of these
lines are copied, not quite verbatim, but nearly
so. including almost every rhyme, from an old
English poet, who clearly got the idea of his
figure from the Greek poet, two thousand years
before.
The “Hymn of Life” is changed with the
same want of originality, even in that inimita
ble figure:
‘‘And our hearts, though stout and f bravo,
Still like muffled drums are beating
Funeral marches lo the grave.’*
Even Jefterson, who wished for no other epi
taph than “The Author of'the Declaration of
Independence,” was nof the author, but rather
the editor of that document; from a pre-exist
ing declaration,.drawn lip the year previously,
at Mecklenburg* N. O-Vand containing two
same essential features, and indeed many of the
same paragraphs.'
_ The fable, so bcadlifully told by Dr. Frank
lin, to enforce charity—about the old man
( whom AhraJjam drQVftfrom ror Idolav
, try, urnil it wass/inwn him that since the Lord
had borne with him seventy years, he might
well afford to endure him for one night—is all
j clearly taken from Jeremy Taylor, who avow-
I cdly got it from some Rabbinical work,
I But ft is by no mcansccrtain that thoso par- /
I ties were morally guilty of any plagiarism
whatever. On the contrary, (hero is hardly
anything about which n more false opinion
reigns in the community. For any man lo pro- j
(end to write nothing hut what was absolutely i
original in thought nnd expression, woqjd he |
absurd. An Idea is scarcely ever perfected by
the man who first concicvcd it. Parley, forex
ample, did not compose his work on Natural
Theology until thirty years after he had first
declared the substance of it in the form of lec
tures before the University. These lectures
wpuld of course be mere compilations, and itjs
easy to suppose he may have forgotten the
sources of his ideas. It is also perfectly cer
tain that the charming style in which he cloth
ed (hough's, is what has carried them home to
men, and given them their real value lo thous
ands.
Byron (fared fitlfq where he got Ins rhymes
so that they pleased his own car, all he Knfcw
was that no drank the pin and water, nnd the
verses jingled from his lingers* ends. He mny
often have rc-produccd what he had read thus
without knowing it. It frequently happens
that men nnd facts, and thoughts, and even
sentences, and write and tell them as their own.
without knowing, thinking or caring where
they came from, because so much more crtgrosiY
rd with conveying The idea. Many an author
has written twice over the same thoughts, in
almost the same words, without the least
knowledge (hat he was thus, as it were, pla
giarizing from himself. Coleridge thus abstract
ed from himself, nnd from the flernij>n writers,
thoughts and pages, without knowing what he
was doing. In fact ins whole lifo/and philoso
phy was a grand reconstruction of other men’s
thoughts.
Further than this, it should he distinctly ob
served (hot the lalior of polishing up an old
thought, and setliiu k forth in a clear and lu
cid connection nml style, is often great, and
gives their .diief Interest to many of these pro
ductions. The additional value thus conferred
Is too much lorft sight of by those who accuse
of plagiarism in such eases, Where nn author
knowingly conceals his indebtedness to those
who have gone before, it is an nef unworthy of
n great mind, Bht ibis' is not Go ofiorr the case
mfjs supposed,— Phtf'a. Ledger.
Shocking a liAliv’s AlomflYy. —A singular
occurrence happened during tho past summer
in one of (bo provinces of Franco. An honest
country genttuinan, possessed of a veiy liand
dbmo park, hud found (ho weather oppressive,
and Was tn the habit of taking n morning walk
in Ids park, with a cigar In bid* month and no
clothes npon Ids back. A lady in tho neighbor,
hood, fronVtVhoqo windows tho park might ho
aoen, considered' tW gonlloman’s proceedings
as entirely too primitive, and cited him bolero
a magistrate, Jfho defendant contended' that,
npon his own property ho had tho' rtgiif to do
ndiat ho pleased, and, moreover, that tho lady’s
nrniso was a mile frdVn tho 1 spot where ho was
thus In tho habit of walking In vuii't mturali
but.
“She must havo good eyes to distinguish at
that distance whether 1 am dressed or not,” said
tho gentleman.
Interrogated upon (his point by thotnagia.
Irafo, (he lady, whoso modesty had boon so rude
ly shocked, naively replied-^
’* Oh, but I looked at him with the aid of an
excellent telescope.”
K7* A rapid mind continually struggles, the
feeble one limps, but a gr«kit mind selects the
surest point, and upon these it stands.
Ov" There are echoes in the air, hut few in
tho hearts of our fellow-creatures when the re
verbation would tell of distress.
(C 7“ For attaining .perspicuity and precision
of style, first, consider t chat you wish to say,
and then hhto to say it.
[£/' Keep your temper In disputes. The cool
hammer fashions the red-hot Iron into any shape
uccdcd.
TruiuUUifnm Ihe Otrman of Illltt. 1
a swEEDisn mi
| , In Folum, a mining town in Swetdcn, a-fenp
drcd years and rooro ago,, a young minor itiltif
ed his fair bride andssidtbher;
“On St. Lucia’s Day oaf love wfil bcWeswf
by the priest’s hand. Then weshpUße hua
band and wife, and we will bdila us' 5* little
nest of our own.”
“And peace and lovo shall dwell 10 It.” said
I the berfuliful bride, with a sweet smile, “for
thou art my all in all, and without thee X
would choose to bo in my grave."
But when the priest, in proclaiming Ihcfr
bans in the church for the second lime befdfS
St. Lucia’s Day, pronounced the a words, ‘Tf #
now, any one can show reason why these per.
sons should not bo united in the bonds of maU
rimony,” Death was at band.. . .young
man. as he passed her’house next morning ia
I his black mining garb, already wore bia
shroud. Ho rapped upon her windowvamfc
said, good morning—but never returned to :bid
her good evening. He never earner babk from
the iniue, and oil jn vain she embroidered Jpr
him on that very morning a black, cravat wilhv
red border, for the wedding day.’ .ThfssheMa.
carefully away, rind nerer ccnicd_la itWQm or:
weep for him. ... •••
Meanwhile, time passftTon; the SeWrfyfeirV
war was fought: the partition of 'Poland- tajS l
p[ n £ c • America became fixe; Napnlroh'SaTxm
ed Prussia, and the English bombarded*Dopemr
hogen. The husbandman sowed ahd’.rolpbd,
the miller ground and the Eunth
and the miners dug after the veins of. metal m‘
their subterranean workshops.’ As theminers
of Falum, in the year eighteen hundred «od r
nine, a little before or after St. John’s i
were excavating an opening between twodhsftfcl
full three hundred ells below the ground, tier
dug from the rubbish and vitrol water, lh#
I body of a young man, entirely saturated with 1
iron-vitrol but otherwise undccaycd an£ dual*-’
tcred— so that one could distinguish his, f€& ;
turcs and age as well as If he had died only an
hour before, or had fallen asleep for a HtUo
while at his work.
But when tliey had brought him out tor Ifja- 1
light of day. father anil mother, friend# *ha-'
acquaintances, had been long dead; .-no cm’
could identify the sleeping, youth, or tUI aay*.
thing of his misfortune,’till she came, who was!
once the betrothed of that minor who had ootf'
day gone lo the mine olid nCvtr returned.— ‘
Grey and shrivelled, she Came to (he place faolA i
Wing upon a crutch, and- recognised her hrido- •
groom, when, more in joyful ecstacy than pain,!
she sank down upon the beloved form. A#
soon ns she had recovered her composure.sbfr
exclaimed. “It is my betrothed, whom I havo
mourned for fifty years, and; whom God noir
permits me lo see once more before I die. A
week before the wedding time, ho went
the earth and never returned.” • ’
All the bystander# were moved to lcari;a*
they beheld the former bride, a wasted and fee* -
blc old woman, and the bridegroom still in the.
beauty of youth; and how, after the lapipoF
fifty years, her youthful lovo awoke again.— ;
But he never opened his mouth to smile, nor *
his eyes to recognize; and she finolly, os the
only one belonging to him and having a* right
to him, had him carried to her own little rooJn, 1
fill a grave could be prepared in the church*
yard. The next day. when all was ready, and
the minors came to take him away, she opened i
a little drawer, and-taking out the black.allk
cravat, tied itarodnd his neck, and then acobtn*
panied him in her Sunday garb, as if it were
their wedding day and not the day of tria bariv
al. As they laid him in the grave in. t hoi,
churchyard, she said “Sleep welt nowVfor"
a few days in thy cold bridal Jet. hot
the time seem long to thee. I have now
Utile more to do. and will come soon, and
it will be day again." As she was going away,'
she looked back onefe more and said, “whal the
earth has once restored it will not a second tuo’4
, withhold.”
NO. 39.
1 Political PaBAcmKO.— W« find the filVwr*.
fng'in’lhd'NeW York JouriiaVof 'i-1
1 “An American clergyman in Asia Minor.
: writes as follows: ‘lf any man wishes to ae£
what comes from a secularized ministry or
priesthood, let him come here, where there '
thousands of priests end church meriifcjrs;—'
There is no curse on earth like a secularised w£ :
litical priesthood. wonder (hat in Jforop* •
and the East there are so many infidels. I can
not but fear, from what I read, that the Amer
jean ministry has seen its best days. Puri 1
Christianity has existed only aliout three
tunes m any country, 'ihen coftos corrupt »
\ion.' ”
The Journal, commcnling on' thl) aibvs;
“JPe Ifrc not ro desponding, tf wo t&slaW
not, there Is already a marked change for lha
k-Uer in the mailer ho Justly complained of by
our correspondent. Many a good minister vvbQ
ivsk lid away by the excitement of an hour,
and by a desire lo meet the Wishes of his peo
ple. has (we iljirlk we, piny say) preached his
last poUejcal scimon. lie wilt know belle* dcA
lime.'', *
TiVk Cn'msTiAh’l?Euoioi».—’The will of th>
late Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, has*
lieen published. The Urat clause of it is as’
follows;
••First—l hare to my friends and rclaliretf. ’
as well as to ott of hcra'who may think my opta*
lon of any value. ibis testimonial, that fhors
ligion taught in the New Testament is tho beat
iliui Irta Urn qffered for our adoption, both
ibis world and for that which is to come, and
that Jesus Christ was the true Messiah, and •
will remain forever Ibo Redeemer and Saviour.'
of fallen man. Let my humble testimony sUodf'
in furor 6( the ClirlftUan retTgiAnP—f am deeply;
lliorongldy convinced of its truth. n
Tirit Uiur.iiT or funuiDKxcE; —A y6unjjf
Kpark who boarded at one of our principal ho
tels. managed, for a long lime, bypnoartifica
or another, 16 postpdnd the pdyment of hfs bilf
At lust the landlord became quite Impatient,
and stepping up lo his Juvenile) boarder, idapp-*
t-d him gently on his shoulder, and asked Mm,
for some money,
•1 have not a red cent about die, at .
was the laconic reply. *
■but my dear sir/said (he landlord, *1 can't
nflordto keep a boarding-liouso withbut bchrf'
paid,’
• W ill, It,* exclaimed our voung pht
losopher, *if you om’l altord it, stH £lu to aotud
onetluUcao'.’
C 7" A writer In (bo tfWadolphU EtOnlri*
Joiinml advances a novel Idea in respect to thrf;
growth of flio beard, which nil itho' dultlrata.
“ hair” upon (holf face would do well to con.
aider/ lie assorts (hat (bo growth of (he beard 1
diminished' the growth of the lulr,and prodilcW
b.ilitnoss. The argument is that tho fecrotlqn
designed for (ho hair Is diverted for tho nouiW-•
rnent of tho beard.
(C 7“ ’Gra^<lmothcl 1 , , ui'd a child otT return-‘
mg frotn Sunday School one fine morning.- ‘U.
the Bible true v . . ,
'Certainly,'replied the old lady,'but itfllj
Jo you ask ?’ , , , ‘
‘Because.’ replied the juvenile, ‘lt liayf
every hair of our head* la numbered, and *4 V
pulled out a handful to day, and'there wasn't a
nu . bar on any of them.”
•What heresy ?” exclaimed the old Istfy,
and fainted clean stiff stone dead on thdflooh >
1 (CT'Sotnc meteorologists o&tcA.tliht there or*
cold ami warm cycles, which return every ibr-.-
■ ty or flflyycara. the winters' growing roorflond,
| more severe until Ihdy 1 resell a maximum, - when,
th y begin to grow milder-. A Ocrinlih man of*
so.ence who had carefully observed ihetfdatbef *
fs>r a. long period msfnWtns that (ho lost half oft
each decade Is colder than The first. ■ -If fchq,
iimhi theory is (rue. that (hero arc cold! and,
warm cyclcs, It explains why our fathers have *
boon telling us. until lately, that there ”arb nd :
such winters now a days as when- lhay wtri
hoys.” Old people, however, say this noldb*
ger: they admit that tho winters acp cMUb cold
again, and that is, mosl, dbcldcdly, our bwa*
'humble opinion; < 1