President Harrison took his station in
the reception-room, and the multitude entered the front portal,
passed through the vestibule into the reception-room, where they
had an opportunity to shake hands with the President, then passed
down the rear steps and out through the garden. At night there
were three inauguration balls, the prices of admission suiting
different pockets. At one, where the tickets were ten dollars for
gentlemen, the ladies being invited guests, there was a representation
from almost every State in the Union. President Harrison,
notwithstanding the fatigues of the day, remained over an hour,
and was attended by several members of his Cabinet. Mr. Webster
was in excellent spirits, and chatted familiarly with Mr. Clay at
the punch-bowl, where libations were drunk to the success of the
new Administration.

Thus the new Administration was inaugurated. The Democrats
surrendered the power which they had so despotically wielded for
twelve years, and their opponents, consolidated under the Whig
banner, took the reins of government. Passing over Webster and
Clay, their recognized leaders, they had elected Harrison as a more
available candidate, he having been a gallant soldier and having
but few enemies. For Vice-President they had elected John Tyler,
for the sole reason that his Democratic affiliations would secure
the electoral vote of Virginia.

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Wm H Harrison
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON was born in Charles County, Virginia, February
9th, 1773; was Delegate in Congress from the Northwest Territory,
December 2d, 1790, to March, 1800; was Governor of Indiana, 1801-
1813; was a Representative in Congress from Ohio, December 2d,
1816, to March 3d, 1819; was United States Senator, December 5th,
1825, to May 20th, 1828; was Minister to Colombia, May 24th, 1828,
to September 26th, 1829; became President of the United States,
March 4th, 1841, and died in Washington City, April 4th, 1841.

CHAPTER XIX.
HARRISON'S ONE MONTH OF POWER.

Government officials at Washington, nearly all of whom had received
their positions as rewards for political services, and many of whom
had displaced worthy men whose only fault was that they belonged to
a different party, were somewhat encouraged by the declarations of
President Harrison touching the position of office-holders. It
was known from a speech of his at Baltimore, prior to his inauguration,
that he intended to protect the right of individual opinio