Posted on 03/05/2025 7:13:56 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
The Inauguration of President Lincoln.
Dispatches to the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Saturday, March 4.
The procession is now forming, though a heavy rain is failing, and the streets are almost impassable with mud.
The avenue is filled with a dense mass of people.
The ceremonies will take place in the Senate Chamber.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The procession reached the Capitol at about quarter to twelve o'clock, escorting the President elect.
At a subsequent period, the President and Vice-President, together with the Justices of the Supreme Court, Members and Ex-Members of Congress, Foreign Ministers, and other persons of distinction, assembled in the Senate Chamber.
There the Vice-President elect took the oath of office, preceding it by an address.
Chief Justice CHASE administered the oath of office on the eastern portico, when the President delivered his Inaugural Address.
There was a very large attendance, and the scene was one of marked interest.
THIRD DISPATCH.
The rain has ceased, and the procession is now passing down the avenue. This display is exceedingly grand. The sidewalks are jammed with people, and every window and house-top was filled with ladies and gentlemen, who are waving handkerchiefs and hats with great enthusiasm.
The visiting Philadelphia Fire Department and ours, attract great attention by their beautifully adorned apparatus.
Many bands of music are interspersed throughout the whole procession, and the line is one continual ring of music.
The Chronicle is represented. In the procession by a large truck with a press upon it printing a Chronicle Junior, and scattering them to the dense mass of humanity.
The procession was one hour passing a given point, and the length of it is probably over a mile.
The Navy-yard delegation has a monitor in line, with the turret turning.
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The Inauguration: A Stormy Morning but a Clear Afternoon – 2
From Mississippi: Gen. Forrest Recounts his Exploits – 2-3
Contemplated Rebel Raid on Oswego and Rochester – 3
Salute Fired in Boston – 3
Adjournment of Congress: Both Houses in Session All Night – 3-4
Thirty Eighth Congress: Second Session – 4-5
The War in the Southwest: General Canby About to Leave New-Orleans for Mobile – 6
Sherman’s Army: Poor South Carolina – 6-7
Our Southern Files – 7-10
Editorial: President Lincoln – His First Administration and his Second – 10
Gen. Lee as a Commentator upon Slavery – 10-11
Jeff. Davis – 11
Interchange of Values – 11
From Mexico: Maximilian and the American Consul at Matamoros – 11
Unauthorized Report on the State of the Streets – 11
Fire in West Broadway – 11
Dry Goods Sale – 11
Lincoln was an atheist tyrant.
Northeastern entities, like the eternal, war loving New York Times, turned him into a sainted martyr after he was assassinated.
Ol “ honest Abe “ should have been tried for war crimes.
You Confederates should have gotten Andrew Jackson instead.
No minds will be changed on FR at this late date.The rage will abound. I hope a few at least will take the two minutes to read Lincoln’s address which Homer Simpson so kindly posted.
Lincoln was no more an "atheist" or "tyrant" than was George Washington, or is Donald Trump.
All of that is just Democrat crazy-talk -- it's what Democrats do & say whenever they lose to Republicans.
It means nothing in reality.
Abraham Lincoln quotes on religion:
"war loving" New York Times, like most northern newspapers, opposed war against seceding states until after the Confederacy started Civil War at the Battle of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861.
"assassinated" Lincoln was the first but, sadly, not the last assassinated president to be revered by history.
The list includes:
Spoken like a true Democrat, looking into your mirror and projecting what you see there onto your opponents.
The list of unpunished Confederate war crimes includes:
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