Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-03-14

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he should be saved"
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Ofihs President of the United States, 4th of
March, 1888.
FELLOW CITIZENS The will ofthe Amer
lean people, expressed through their unsoli-
cited suffrages, calls me before you to pass
through the solemnites preparatory to taking
upon myself the duties Of President Of the
United States for another term. Fer their
appreciation Of my public conduct, through
period which has not been without its diff
culties, and for this renewed expression of
their confidence, 10 my good intentions, l am
at loss for terms adequate to an expression
Of my gratitude. 1t shall he displayed, to
the extent of my humble abilities, in contin-
ucd efforts so to administer the Government,
as to preserve their liberty and promote their
happiness.
So many events have occurred within the
last four years. which have necessarily called
forth, sometimes under circumstances the
most delicate and painful, my views Of the
principles and policy which ought to be pur.
sued by the General Government, that need
on this occasion but allude to few leading
considerations connected with some of them.
The foreign policy adopted by our govern
ment soon after the formation of our pre-
sent Constitution, and very generally pur-
sued by successive administrations, has been
crowned with almost complete success, and
has elevated our character among the nations
Of the earth. To do justice to all, and sub
NIT to wrong from none, has been, during
my administration, its governing maxim;
and so happy has been its results, that W. are
not only at peace with all the world, but have
few causes of controversy, and those of mi
nor importance, remaining unadjusted.
= In the domestic policy of this government,
there are two objects which especially de-
serve the attention Of the people and their
representatives, and which have been, and
will continue 10 b.. the subjects Of my increa-
sing solctude. They are, the preservation
of the rights Of the States, and the integrity
Of the Union.
These great objects are necessarily connec-
ted, and can only be attained by an enlishten-
ed exercise of the powers Of each within its
appropriate sphere, in conformity with the
public will constitutionally expressed. To
this end, it becomes the duty of all TO yield
a ready and patriotic submission to the laws
enacted, and thereby promote
and strengthen proper confidence in those
institutions of the several States and OF the
United States which the people themselves
have ordained for their own government.
My experience in public concerns, and the
observation ola life somewhat advanced, con.
irm the opinions long since imbbed by me.
hat the destruction of our State governments
Or the humiliation of their control over the
local concerns Of the people, would lead d.
rectly to revolution and anarchy, and finally
10 despotism and military domination. In
therefore, as the general govern
nent encroaches upon the rights Of the States,
n the same proportion does it impair its own
power and detract from its ability TO fulfil the
purposes fits creation. SOlemnly impress
ID with these considerations my countrymen
Mill every fnd me ready to exercise my con-
powers 10 arresting measures which
nay directly or indirectly encroach upon the
lights Of the States. or tend to consolidate all
political power 10 the General Government.
But Of equal, and indeed Of incalculable i'm
portance is the Union 0f the States and the
sacred duty of all to contribute to its preser-
vation hy liberal support of the General
Government in the exercise Of its just powers.
You have been wisely admonished to "ac-
custom yourselves to think and speak Of the
Union ms Of the palladium of your political
safety and prosperity, watching for its pre-
servation with jealous anxiety, discounte nan
eng whatever may suggest even suspicion
tnat It can in any event be abandoned, and
indignantly frowning upon the first dawning
OF any attempt TO ALLEVIATE any portion of our
country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sa-
cred ties which now link together its various
parts" Without Union our independence
and liberty would never have been achieved
Without Union they can never be maintain
Cd. Divided into twenty -four, or even
smaller number Of separate communities, we
snail see orr internal trade burdened with
numberless restraints aad exactions COM
mun'cat'on between distant points and Sec
uOns obstructed. or cut of, 0ui sons made
soldiers to deluge with blood the fields they
now I'LL 10 peace; the mass of our people
Doroe down and impoverished by taxes to
support armies aud navies and military lead
ers at me head of their victorious legions be-
coming our law givers and judges. The loss
=" "oerty' OF all good government, Of peace,
p'rn'y ana happiness. must inevitably follow
a" 'sso'"tion ofthe Union. 10 supporting it,
sueTe'ore' we support all that it is dear to the
''e T,a and the philanthropist.
!ne Time at which / stand before YOU is full
Of interest. The eyes ofaI nations are fixed
on our Republic. The event of the existing
crisis WI be decisive in the opinion of man.
kino OF the practicability Of our Federal sys-
tenn OF Government rSro.A :; a. 81. =.