The world: historical and actual . operation March4, 1789, without having re-ceived the indorsement ofNorth Carolina or RhodeIsland. From July 4,1776, to March4, 1789, was the period during which the founda-tions of the great republic were laid. During allthat time the statesmanship of the country wasseverely tested, and the triumphs of peace weregreater than those of war. Other armies have foughtas bravely, but no land was ever blessed with such atruly sublime array of great statesmen appearingupon the stage of action at the same period. At itshead stood the venerable Franklin with the august
The world: historical and actual . operation March4, 1789, without having re-ceived the indorsement ofNorth Carolina or RhodeIsland. From July 4,1776, to March4, 1789, was the period during which the founda-tions of the great republic were laid. During allthat time the statesmanship of the country wasseverely tested, and the triumphs of peace weregreater than those of war. Other armies have foughtas bravely, but no land was ever blessed with such atruly sublime array of great statesmen appearingupon the stage of action at the same period. At itshead stood the venerable Franklin with the augustWashington at his side, while the youthful Hamil-ton and Madison not only helped as leaders to framethe Constitution, but by their pens in its advocacy tosecure its adoption. In all the history of mankindcan be found no crisis more critical and importantthan the one through which the United Statespassed in developing from thirteen colonies into ;iConfederation, and then into a Union solemnlydeclared to be perpetual. v I ?=— T1. ATIONS, like individuals,have their infancy, child-hood, youth, majority andsenility. We have nowreached the adolescent pe-riod of American history,and are to trace in thischapter the progress of the UnitedStates in its teens, from March 4,1789, to March 4, 1817. Washington was electedthe first President of the UnitedStates, practically without opposi-tion, to take the office March 4,1789,the day appointed for the Constitu-tion to go into effect. John Adamswas elected Vice-President. Eachwas re-elected four years later with-out serious opposition. Although the inauguration of Washington shouldhave occurred on the 4th of March, it was notuntil April 30 that a quorum of the first Congressunder the Constitution had convened at New York,the temporary capital, and it was on the latter datethat the oath of office was administed. One of the first things to be done by Congress wasto select a permanent capital. It was decided to avoid all the cities, and even a
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