Show remarkable honors paid washington on his inaugural trip at the time he was unanimously elected president wn washington sh ington was the idol of liis his country and ills name and fame were known to tiie the entire ci world ills trip from his beautiful home on the potomac was interrupted by receptions fetes addresses find dinners every person who nho was able to reach the roads along which he was to pass or the cities selected as stations on ills his slow journey northward joined the throngs that made his trip the lie most triumphal procession this continent had bitnes witnessed ned to those thoi e thousand who lined the loads from virginia to new york the great serious figure odthe of the rather father of hi his s country C ou a was the he center of all their national hopes on april 0 1789 both houses of congress met in new york city at the time the capital and elected george washington president of tile united states no other name had been proposed for vice president there were ivere eleven nominations jolin john adams receiving the highest vote thirty four was announced elected washington received sixty nine votes As soon as it could he be arranged charles thomson secretary of congress was dispir wd to mount vernon to apprise general washington of his election thomson who had been secretary of the continental congress reached home on april 14 between 10 and 11 in the morning the master of mount vernon was making his usual tour of his farms and sirs mrs washington entertained the messenger MeSS eDger of the alie congress before sunrise on the morning of april 10 a messenger had come from alexandria with an invitation to a public dinner there and in his diary for the day washington wrote about 10 I 1 bade adieu to mount vernon to private life and to domestic felicity and with a mind oppressed with ith more anxious and painful sensations than lian I 1 have words to express set out for new york in company with mr Tho thomson nison and colonel Il humphreys with the best disposition to render service to my country i in obedience to its call but with less hope of answering its expectations i of reception in palla ihlia alphia a chronicler of the lay day wrote 4 f 5 q af A A I 1 1 I 1 old city philadelphia thousands of freemen f beemen whose hearts burned with patriotic fire fell into the ranks almost c nery ery square we marched until the column swelled led be beyond ond credibility itself and having conducted tile the man of our hearts to the city tavern lie wn wai introduced to a aery grand and plentiful banquet which was prepare prepared for him by tile the citizens at dinner thirteen patriotic toasts were drank i aiba T b r lalit ofa the president L nt T 7 spent as the guest ot of robert kobert clorria Sl orria then one of the senators of pennsylvania and better known as the financial genius of the country having founded its first bank and financed the cause of liberty at a time when the outlook was chilling the trip through new jersey was continued through princeton new i 11 Bruns runswick and elizabeth where washington boarded a barge and w was its rowed to new york flags and floral decorations marked each step everywhere be went washington heard shouts for a conquerors oars cars lie ile was hailed filled as a deliverer and acclaimed as a deity but throughout all tile the heart 1 felt adulation paid him by those who I 1 almost worshiped him tile lie greatness re atness I 1 4 VI I 1 J I 1 i fl I 1 1 i T 1 14 L I 1 the home of robert morris where washington spent the night of april 20 1789 of the man was revealed by his artless modesty his composure and his graceful tactful acceptance of the honors paid him washington arrived in elizabeth on oil april 23 just a week from the day lie he set out from mount vernon A propitious gale was blowing when the party set out across newark bay for new ne liv york A barge built for the purpose and howrd by twelve old captains of vessels nho had retired from business conveyed the president and party the oarsman oarsmen wore white shirts shirks adorned with ribbons one after another vessels fell into line behind them and by the time they were nearing ill the battery there was a small flotilla every ship and sloop bore a holiday appearance save one a spanish vessel it was with some concern the committee noted its solemn aspect they feared some discourtesy but as the barge approached its captain gave cave a signal at which flags of all nations were burst into view and from ys 1 s hut hat tery a salute ot of thirteen guns was anred A large sloop joined the procession oft off Ked Ded loes island and as ll it neared the barge the lie party of didies and gentlemen aboard her sang an eloquent ode appropriate to tile tho occasion and set to the music of god save the king the N from the riu pat tery to wall street ferry where the landing was made were filled with boats boudinot estimated their number as tens of thousands the ferry plairs stairs were carpeted and the i rall ings covered with crimson han hackings hangings hang kings ings the president erect by the committee was received on the landing by governor clinton and some of the foremost citizens the streets were so blocked with eager eacer citizens that it was half an hour before the committee could fulfill u nil its commission by escorting their eminent charger to the house prepared for his reception loa |