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Show On The Long Road To The While House Inaugural (Continued from Front Page) All I dare hope is that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the me, my error will weighty and untried cares be palliated by the motives which mislead me and its consequences le judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated. Such Iteing the impressions under which I have in oltedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would le peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, but His lienediction may consecrate to the lilxerties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every iastrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allot ed to his charge. . . No people can le Itound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communties from which the event has resulted can not lie compared with the means by which most governments have lieen established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage. . . . . .Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave; but not without resorting once more to the lienighn Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication that, since He has been pleaserd to favor the American people with opportunities for delilierating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness, so his divine blessing may lie equally coaspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of the Government must depend. fellow-citizen- s, In-for-e terns, scarves, posters, lunch pails, buckets, decals, mugs, signs, umbrellas, sewing kits, dishes, sunglasses, spare tire covers, pencils, pens, playing cards, dolls and peanuts. Take hats, for example. Candidates have worn stetsons, silk stovepipes, derbies, beanies, coon-skinhats arid lieaven. (Harrison was one candidate who did not wear a hat and it may have shortened his life; he died from pneumonia a month after hit rainy inauguration.) From Washington's time to about 1840, most campaign items were made at home by a candidate's Isackerv Rut as the Industrial Revolution gained momentum, manufacturers began producing political glass and ceramic items and printing textiles with portraits of the candidates and their slogans. MANY OF THE early ceramic pitchers were produced in England, often leading to confusion. The English craftsmen would ship campaign goods for different candidates but with the same distorted portrait on each. "They had in mind that all the founding fathers looked alike, Collins says. In 1840, a merchant in Alexandria, Va. (then part of Washington, D.C.), sent instructions to an English manufacturer to create a ceramic pitcher with a log cabin on one side and a portrait of Harrison on the other. The shipment arrived bearing the a log cottage, comEnglish concept of the cabin plete with a rose garden. The numlier and variety of campaign objects increased rapidly after 1860. lapel buttons appeared in the last quarter of the I9th century, followed by celluloid in the 1890s and tintype versions in the 2flth century. The political marching groups of the late 1800s also spurred the demand for torches and lanterns. AFTER 1900, political materials became more sulxlued, but in recent years, according to Collins, some campaign art is looking colorful again, moving d button that away, for example, from the sprang out of the 1940s. Today, the buttom is still the must widely used political device. Political cartooning, descended from the 18th century, still adds dash to election yean. In fact, the two national party symliols, the donkey and the ele- phant, originated from the pen of Thomas Nast, a cartoonist at Harper's Weekly during the 1870s. Vilification, often associated with cartoons, also has strong ties to old election campaigns. Some yean are worse than othen, but a low point probably was reached in the campaign of 1884, when the Republicans attempted to smear Crover Cleveland with stories of his alleged indiscreet alliance with a Buffalo widow who had borne him a child. Ma, ma, where's my Pa? Cone to the White House, Ha! Hal Ha! went one chant. The Democrats came right back with "Blaine, Blaine, James C. Blaine. Continental Liar from the State of Maine, referring to charges that the Republican candidate received kickbacks from the railroads while a member of Congress in the by David M. Maxfiefd Smithsonian News Service What computer and television technology is doing for today's presidential campaigns, torchlight par- ades and other political hoopla accomplished for elections already in the history liooks. Picture this scene; Hartford, Conn., a night the election of I860. Abraham Linshortly coln's liackers, known as the parade through the streets carrying huge frame boxes wrapped in thin cotton and stamped with political slogans. Illuminated from the inside by kerosene torches, the home-mad- e transparencies tower over the line of marchers, dramatically lighting up the e Wide-Awake- night sky. TODAY, television ad campaigns, deludes, interviews and direct mail operations have replaced many other colorful gimmicks the candidates once used to compete for press coverage and public attention. In the 1800s, for example, it was popular for a business that supported a candidate to link its products to his name, resulting in the candidate endorsing such items as shoes, sewing thread and toliacco. And probably never to be seen again are the ideas dreamed up for the extravagant 1840 contest William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Ruren. In what must have lieen a very mobile campaign, Harrison's Itackera pulled around symbolic log cabins to give the aristocratic Harrison an image of humble, down-hom- e origins. They also hit on the idea of rolling a large, ball from Washington to Baltimore to draw attention to the candidate and his platform. NOT overlooked in those days was the importance of building an identifiable image for the candidates; the task was as crucial then as it is now. "It was important from the early elections to associate the candidate with something, says lleriiert Collins, slogan-covere- - . 1870s. TODAY, THE national political party headquarters screen much of the political material produced by American and foreign firms. In 1968, for exthe ample, several Oriental companies exported to United States American flags in which the portraits of Nixon or Humphrey were centered, a use of the flag made Illegal in 1905. The flags were stopped at I xith party headquarters. Collins, who kecis tabs on all this political memorabilia at the Smithsonian, says his first priority is to collect contemporary material, then to fill in the gaps from earlier campaigns. "Although an item may look useless now, he adds, "in 100 years it won't be." 4l. fa - Cloth-covere- d curator of political history at the Smithsonian's tional Museum of History and Technology. From the first, military careers were stressed. Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Grant and others found their general's stars helpful in Abe, winning votes, but other work and careers also were woven into the camthe Rail Splitter paigns. Many of the earliest, as well as Jimmy Carter's 1976 outsider approach, emphasized the candidate's concern for and connection with the comNa- d Sprouting Bristles one-wor- - . mon man. Once the image was created, a vast array of campaign devices, from the simplest lapel button (IKE) to elaliorate parades, helped put the message across. most of them comTHOUSANDS OF objects have mon, a few valuable and some quite strange lieen enlisted over the years. Many of these now are part of the Smithsonian's collection of political memorabilia: buttons, stick pins, bumper stickers, flags, - bandannas, kerchiefs, ceramics, pillows, hats, songs, animals, coins, cartoons, advertisements, torches, lan I have three sons - one seventeen; one nine; and one seven years of age. They with After being elected President of the United 'States in 1860, Abraham Lincoln began growing a beard. Tradition has it that he did this on the suggestion of an 1 child, and it makes for such a good story that one is reluctant to discard it. The name of the young lady who wrote to Lincoln was named Crace Bedell on Oct. 15, 1860. I have got four brothers and part of them will vote for you any way and if you will let your whiskers grow I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you; you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. The uncandid youngster also told the presidential candidate that a beard would be advantageous because all the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be President. Abe then wrote back to young Grace: My dear little Miss. Your very apreceable letter of the 15th is received. I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughter. their mother constitute my whole family. As to whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affection if I were to begin it now? Your very sincere well worker A. Lincoln While Lincolns reply was almost as straight to the point as Graces inquiry, still a month later and after the election was settled. Old Abe was pictured sprouting some stubble from his chin. An acclaimed scholar says the 16th President of the U.S. grew d a beard because: Possibly of his because beard a grew sense of history. The United States had never had a bearded President. . .Republican rule. Republican policies, would inaugurate a new era. All men might know that merely by observing the altered Lin-coln- appearance of the Republican President. For a new life, he was producing a new profile. . . nmww p PRESIDENTS DAYS SALE FEBRUARY Create A Multi-PurpoBedroom With These Young Pioneer Pieces! se You Civir m ,, wont believe how much use you can get out of a small , area with these versatile matched pieces. 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