. Book of the Royal blue . as unpaved and wasprobably either dusty or muddy. Jeffersonsdress, instead of being gorgeous, as at thesecond inauguration of Washington, was ofseverely plain black cloth, simple and un-pretentious in every detail. Adams was notpresent, nor indeed at the capital. He hadleft the city the night before through piqueand to show his contempt of Jefferson, fel^ Large outpourings of people witnessedboth of Madisons inaugurations. On thefirst, March 4. 1801), Madison wore a suitof clothes made in America from clothwoven from American sheep. At Monroes first inauguration, Mar
. Book of the Royal blue . as unpaved and wasprobably either dusty or muddy. Jeffersonsdress, instead of being gorgeous, as at thesecond inauguration of Washington, was ofseverely plain black cloth, simple and un-pretentious in every detail. Adams was notpresent, nor indeed at the capital. He hadleft the city the night before through piqueand to show his contempt of Jefferson, fel^ Large outpourings of people witnessedboth of Madisons inaugurations. On thefirst, March 4. 1801), Madison wore a suitof clothes made in America from clothwoven from American sheep. At Monroes first inauguration, March4, 1817, the exercises were conducted forthe first time in the presence of the multi-tude on the east portico of the Capitol,which had recently been restored after thedamage inflicted upon it by the Pritish in1814. On his second inauguration Monroerode to the Capitol in a plain carriage withfour horses and a single colored was no escort, and not much of a STRIKING INCIDENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS. 13. WEST POINT CADETS. FUTURE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY. crowd about the Capitol. Owing to snowand rain the ceremony took place in theRepresentatives Hall. John Quincy Adams inauguration alsotook place in the old hall of the delivered his inaugural from the Speak-ers chair. His venerable father, JohnAdams, was present. One of the first toextend cordial congratulations was GeneralAndrew Jackson, his competitor. Jacksons first inauguration, March 4,1829, was in many ways remarkable. Therewas much more of the rabble about itthan at the inaugurations of any of his pre-decessors, his election being the result of apopular upheaval and a triumph of the hum-bler classes. John Quincy Adams, the re-tiring President, after consulting with hisCabinet, kept himself out of sight and took ahorse-back ride out in the country. The daywas fine and the city overflowed with peoplefrom the outside. Daniel Webster re-marked that the whole Nation seemed tohave rushed to the capita
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