The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-03-05
GEN..iGRANTS


tEN. dhANIS ara
Iaassural Address.
Cisi.sns Of the the United States: .
4, Your SURFACES having elevated me
TO the Office Of President of the Uni
ted. States. ] have, in conformity
with the Constitution Of our country,
taken the oath Of Office presented
therein. I have taken this oath
without mental reservation, and
with the determination to do, to
the best Of my ability. oil that IL
required Of me. The responsibilities
IF the position 1 feel, but accept
them without fear. The Office has
come to me unscugbt. 1 commence
its duties untrammeled. I bring to
it conscientious desire and deter
miustion to I'll it to the best Of my
ability. and to the satisfaction Of the
people.
On al leading questions agitating
the public mind, I will always ex-
press my views to Congress, and
urge them according to my Judgment
and when 1 think it advisable will
exercise the constitutional privilege
Of interposing veto to defeat
measures which I oppose; but all
laws will BE- faithfully executed,
whether they meet my approval or
not. I shall on all subjects have :
policy to recommend. none to enforce
against the will Of the people; laws
are to goverd Ill alike. those oppos.
cd to, o we'll - those who favor
thcm know no methsd to SECURE
tho repeal Of bad or obnoxious laws
50 effective - their stringent exc
eutiou. y - '. 49,. -, -,
The country having just emerged
from great rebellion. many ques-
tions will come before il for settle
ment in the next four years. which
the preceding Administrations have
never had to deal with. In meeting
these il il desirable that they should
BE- approached calmly. without pref
udiee. hate or sectional pride. re.
membsring that the greatest good to
the greatest number 10 the object to
be attained. This requires security
of pe-son, property aad for religious
and political opinion in every part
If our common country. without re-
gard to local prejudice. Laws to
secure these will receive my best
efforts for their enforc ement. !: ..,
A great debt has been contracted
10 securing to US and our posterity
the Union. The payment o. this,
principal and interest, IS we'll rs
the return to .. specie basis. % soon
W it can b. accomplished without
detriment to the debtor class or to
the country at large. must b pro-
vided for. ID.
We must protect the national
honor. Every dollar Of the Gov
eminent indebtedness should be paid
in gold. nnlA.s- oahersise expressly
stipulated in the contract. Let it
be undsrstood that. no repudiatol Of
one farthiug Of our public debt will
be trusted in public place. and il
will 90 far toward strengthening =
credit which ianght to be- the best in
the world and will. ultimately, en-
able Us to replaee the debt with
bonds bearing less interest than We
now pay To this should be added
y faithful collection Of the revenue.
. strict accountsbility to the !Treas
ury for every dollar collected, and.
shs greatest practicable retrench-
ment Of expenditure in every De-
partment Of the Government, When
We conpars tue paying capacity Of
the couatry now. With ten States
still III poverty, from the effects Of
war, but soon 70 emerge, l trust,
into greater prosperity than ever be-
tore, With its paying capacity TWEEN
iy-6ve years ago, and calculate what
it will b twenty-five years hence,
who can doubt the feasibility Of
paying every dollar then with more
ease than We now pay Tor useless
Injuries? ~ 80 T. ss' e
Why. it looks as though Proyi-
dence had bestowed upon US the
strong box-the precious metals
lncksd up in the sterile mountains
Of the far West. which we are now
forging the key to unlock-to meet
the very contingency chat. is nov
upon rs. Ultimately it may be
necessary to increase the facilities
TO reach these riches, and it may be
necessary, also, that the General
Government should give its aid to
secure this access. -bnt that should
only b. when.s dollar Of obligation
TO pay secures precisely the. same
sort Of dollar |. to 'uss nov. and not
before.
While the question Of specie pay,
ment il in abeysace, the prudent
business man is careful. about con-
tracing dehts payable IN, the DIS
fant fsturc. The nation ehould
follow the ssne rule. A PROSTATE
commerce, to be rebuilt and I'll in
couraeed. the young mon Of the
country-thosc who, from their age.
must Be- its rulers twenty-five years
hence. have pecsliar interest in
maintaining tho national honor. A