An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . I trust, be deemed inappropriate to congratu-late you upon the scene now passing before us. I allude toit in no partisan aspect, but as an ever-recurring event contemplatedby the Constitution. Compare the peaceful changes of chief mag-istrates of this republic with the recent sanguinary revolutions inEurope. There, the voice of the people has been heard only amidthe din of arms an
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . I trust, be deemed inappropriate to congratu-late you upon the scene now passing before us. I allude toit in no partisan aspect, but as an ever-recurring event contemplatedby the Constitution. Compare the peaceful changes of chief mag-istrates of this republic with the recent sanguinary revolutions inEurope. There, the voice of the people has been heard only amidthe din of arms and the horrors of domestic conflict; but here, inour own favoured land, under the guidance of our Constitution, theresistless will of the nation has, from time to time, been peacefullyexpressed by the free suffrages of the people, and all have bowed hiobedient submission to their decree. The administration which butyesterday wielded the destinies of this great nation, to-day quietlyyields up its power, and, without a murmur, retires from ihe capitol. I congratulate you, Senators, and I congratulate my country,upon these oft-recurring and cheering evidences of our capacity for 8e2 605 ADMINISTRATION OF self-government. Let us hope that the sublime spectacle whichnow witness may be repeated as often as the people shall desire achange of rulers, and that this venerated Constitution and this gloriousUnion may endure forever. FTER the president elect, with the ex-president,and committee of arrangements, had entered thesenate-chamber, a procession was formed, and, pas-sing through the rotunda, arrived at the eastern por-tico of the capitol. Upon a staging above the stairsof the portico, and in presence of at least twentythousand people, General Taylor delivered, with a remarka-bly distinct utterance, and with full and clear emphasis, hisadmirable inaugural address—a plain, sensible, well-writtendocument, which, for its brevity and elegance, is a modelworthy of all future im
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