BORIE.  —  HAMILTON  FISH.  —GEORGE  M.  ROBESON.  —  GENERAL  SCHOFIELD.  —  GEN
ERAL  RAWLINS.  —  GENERAL  BELKNAP.  —  GENERAL  OF  THE  ARMY.  —  THE  SUCCES
SION.  —  SHERMAN  APPOINTED.  —  LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.  —  SHERIDAN  APPOINTED.  —
HALLECK.  —  MEADE.  —  THOMAS.  —  HANCOCK.  —  CONGRESS  CONVENES.  —  ELECTION  OF
SPEAKER  —  MR.  ELAINE  CHOSEN.  —  MR.  KERR  THE  DEMOCRATIC  CANDIDATE.  —
VARIOUS  MEMBERS.  —  MR.  WHEELER.  —  MR.  POTTER.  —  JUDGE  NOAH  DAVIS.  —
GENERAL  SLOCUM.  —  MR.  HALE.  —  THOMAS  FITCH.  —  THE  PENNSYLVANIA  DELEGA
TION.  —  MR.  S.  S.  Cox.  —  MR.  GEORGE  F.  HOAR.  —  NEW  ERA  POLITICALLY  UNDER
PRESIDENT  GRANT.  —  THE  OPPOSITION  PARTY  IN  THE  HOUSE.  —  ITS  STRONG  LEAD
ERS.  —  THEIR  MANLY  CHARACTER.
ENERAL  GRANT  was  inaugurated  on  Thursday,  the  4th  of
March,  1869,  amid  a  great  display  of  popular  enthusiasm.  All
parties  joined  in  it.  The  Republicans,  who  had  been  embarrassed
by  President  Johnson's  conduct  for  the  preceding  four  years,  felt
that  they  had  overcome  a  political  enemy  rather  than  a  man  whom
they  had  themselves  placed  in  power  ;  and  the  Democrats,  who  had
supported  Johnson  so  far  as  was  necessary  to  embarrass  and  distract
the  Republicans,  were  glad  to  be  released  from  an  entangling  alliance
which  had  brought  them  neither  profit  nor  honor.  Contrary  to  the
etiquette  of  the  occasion,  the  incoming  President  was  not  escorted
to  the  Capitol  by  his  predecessor.  The  exceptions  to  this  usage
have  been  few.  John  Adarns  was  so  chagrined  by  the  circumstances
attending  his  defeat  that  he  would  not  remain  in  Washington  to
see  Mr.  Jefferson  installed  in  power  ;  and  the  long-established  hatred
which  General  Jackson  and  John  Quincy  Adams  so  heartily  enter
tained  for  each  other  forbade  any  personal  intercourse  between  them.
