. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . ouri; for At-torney-General, William H. , of Indiana ; and for Sec-retary of Agriculture—the newdepartment—Jeremiah Rusk, ofWisconsin. These appoint-ments were immediately con-firmed by the Senate, and themembers of the new Admin-istration assumed their respectiveduties. Within two months after Harrisons inau-guration, an event occurred which r
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . ouri; for At-torney-General, William H. , of Indiana ; and for Sec-retary of Agriculture—the newdepartment—Jeremiah Rusk, ofWisconsin. These appoint-ments were immediately con-firmed by the Senate, and themembers of the new Admin-istration assumed their respectiveduties. Within two months after Harrisons inau-guration, an event occurred which recalled themind of the American people to the strikingincidents of the Revolutionary epoch. Theevent in question was the great CentennialCelebration of the Institution of theAmerican Republic. The particular dateselected was ihe 30th of April, 1889, being the centennial anniversary of the inaugurationof AVashington, at New York City. All ofthe ceremonies connected with the commemora-tion, in 1889, were associated, as far as prac-ticable, with the scenes of the first event was so interesting in itself, and sodistinctly National, as to warrant a few para-graphs descriptive of the scenes and incidentsof the BENJAMIN HaRKIsON. official The period extending from the year 1776to the year 1789 was marked in the colonialhistory of the United States by several crises,different in kind, but each so well defined incharacter, as to be worthy of commemoration bythe people of another and distant age. Thesecritical periods were: 1. The Declaration of Independence. 2. The formation of the Constitution ofthe United States. 238 UNIVERSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD. 3. The adoption of the Constitution bj theStates. 4. The lustitutiou of the New Declaration of Independence was a democratic and popular revolution. By it, theallegiance of the Old Thirteen Colonies to theMother Country was finally broken off. Itwas essentially destructive in its char
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