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The Growth of the Nation, 1837 to 1860; From the Beginning of Van Buren's Administration to the Close of That of Buchanan
The Growth of the Nation 1837 to 1860 From the Beginning of Van Buren's Administration to the Close of That of Buchanan Author:Enoch Walter Sikes General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: George Barrie's Sons Subjects: United States History / United States / General History / United States / 19th Century Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. Whe... more »n you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III ADMINISTRATION OF TYLER On March 4, 1841, Washington was the centre of a concourse of people who believed that the accession to the presidency of the Whig candidate signified the beginning of a new era in the history of the country. Affecting that simplicity and hardihood which had been lauded in the campaign as typical of the spirit of the nation, Harrison came without attendance, and, although sixty-eight years of age, sought to discredit charges of feeble health by reckless exposure and carelessness. Inauguration day was cold and windy, but unmindful of the weather, the president for two hours rode with bared head along Pennsylvania Avenue in the procession. And now the president was to pronounce the words of reform which had been the talisman of a campaign whose festivities had continued with almost unabated force after the election. " If one could imagine a whole nation declaring a holiday or season of rollicking for a period of six or eight months, and giving themselves up during the whole time to the wildest freaks of fun and frolic, caring nothing for business, singing, dancing, and carousing, night and day, you might have some faint notion of the extraordinary scenes of 1840." The address of President Harrison set forth the policy by which he proposed to be guided in the conduct of his office. He promised to use the veto power sparingly, to abstain rigidly from identifying himself withlegislation, to oppose the employment of patronage and th...« less