, 1869-03-12
President Grants Iuaurural address.

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| President Grants Inaugural Address.
| CIrizEKs OF THE UaIrED STATES Your suf>
ffrages havidg elevated me to the office OF Pres
dent of the United States, have, 10 conformity
| with the Consultations OF our country, taken the
! oath of office presented therein. | have taken
this oath without mental reservation, and with
the determination to do the beet Of NY ability all
that it requires Of me. Tue responsibilities ot
the position feel, but accept them without fear
| Tue office has come TO me unsought com .
menee its duties uDtrammelled. bring to 1t q
| conscientious desire aud determination to fill Il
to the best Of my ability aud TO the satisfaction
ofthe people. On all leading questions aRItsting
the pu6lieitmind, Will express my views 20
Congress and urge them according TO my judg.
meut, aud when think il advisable will AWAY I
exercise the constitutional privilege Ot Inierp0s-
ing veto 10 defeat measures which | oppose
but all laws will be faithfully exeeut. whether
they meet my approval or not. / shall on ali
subjects have policy to recommend but none
to eufOrce against tue will Of the people. Tue
laws are To govern all alike, those opposed To
them as well as those who tavor them. / know
no method TO secure the repeal Of bad or obuox
IOus laws 50 effective as their stringent execution
The country having just emerged from n grest
| rebellion, many Questions Will come before It
for settlement 10 the next four years which the
preceding administrations have never had tO
deal with. la meeting them, It is desirable that
they should be approached calmly, without pres
jddice to State or sectional pride, tememberInR
that the greatest good tO tue greatest number
Is the object to be attained. This requires the
security Of person, property and tor religious
and political OpInIons in every part Of our com
mon country, without regard to locality or pre-,
jadlce. Laws to s-cure Ihrse Will receive my
best Efforts for their euiOI cement.
great deOt has been contracted 10 Securing
Tor US and our posierIty the UnOu. The pay
ment OF this, prnciph and interest, us well MS
the return to specIe basis rs soon as il can be
accomplished wltnUyt material deIrIment to the
debtor class or the country ~ large, must be
provided for. To protect the nntlouti honor
every dollar Of the Government Indebtedness
should bn paid 10 gold, uulrss OtnerWIse ex
pressed Or stipulated IN the contracts. Let il be
understood thHt no repuiIAtor Of n faTthIng of
our pubic debt will be u usted 10 n public place,
and II will 20 lar towards sIreugI IhenIng credit
which ought to be the best 10 the world, aud
VIII ultimately enable US to replace the debt
with bonds earring less Interest than we now
pay. To this should be added Il faithful cullec.
lIOn OF the Revenue strict accOunIa billy ty
the Treasury tor every dollar eOilvcted, aud the
greatest practicable rttreuchmrnt III expeudI ure
IN every department OF the Government When
- fN'N WV PoyiuB NopoNb9 VI hhc GOhuiTy
nov, with the States still IN poverty from the
effects Of the war, but sUon 10 emerge, | trust
inIo greater prosperity than ever brfUre, with
It's paying capacity twenty five years ago, and
TO Calculate what 1t probably will be tweuIy>
hve years hence, who eau duubt tue feasibility
VI paying every dollar then with more ease than
We now pay Tor useless Injuries? Why il looks
AS though Providence has bestowed upon Us
strOng>box Of the precious metal locked up in
nhaan IL.
are now forging the key to unlock 10 meet the
very contingency tLat Is now upon Us. Ultimate
iy II may be necessary that the General Govern
mrnt should give Its aid to secure this access,
but that should only he wheu n dollar of Ob igA.
tIon to pay secures precisely the same AS dUl>
lar to uS now, aud not before. While the ques-
tion OF specie payment Is IN nbrynnee, the pru
dent business man is careful about contracting
debts payable IN the distant future. The uatiOu
should follow the same rule. PROSTATE COM
merce is to be rebuilt aud AN indu stries rncOur
aged. The young men Of the c0untrJ who, from
their age, must he its ruers twenty Eve year,
hence, have n particular interest III maIutaIIIng
the national honor. A moments r, hect,on AS to
what will be our commanding influence amoug
the nations Of the Earth 10 their day, if they are
only true to themselves, shou ID impure them with
naiiOual pHde. All divisions - geogrn phIcal
political aud religous-coucur In this common
sentiment.
How the public debt is to be psid, or specie
payment resumed, is not so important rs that n
plan should be adopted and Acquirseed in. A
united determination to do 1t Is worth. more Than
divided counsels upon the method Of doing.
LrRtsiatOn upon this subject may not be nrces
sary now or even advisable, but il will be when
the civil law 10 more fully restored in all parts
OF the country and trade resumes its WOnted
chaunel. Il will be my endeavpr to execute all
laws 10 good faith, collect all revenues assessed
to have them properly accounted for and
economically disbursed. Il will be Tor me, to
the best OF my ability, to Appoint TO Office those
only who vail carry out this design.
10 regard to foreign policy. would deal with
nations - equitahiy As the law requires Indiyid>
uHis TO deal With each othrr, and | would pro
teeteSe lH~-soidiug citizen whether Of native
or OF mretGu birth. wherever his righis are
Jeopardized or the dag OF our country hoats.
would respect the rikhts Of all nations, demand
ing equal respect for our own. II Others depart
from this rule in their dealings with US, we may
be compelled to follow their precrdents.
Tue proper treatment of the original oceu
pants Of this lAnd--Ihe Indians-nre deserving
Of care aud equal study. 4 will favor auy cours.
towards them which tends to their civilization
christianity aud ultimate eitizenship.
Ine question OF suffrage IL one which is like.
y to ARiiuie the public 60 long IS y portion Of
tue citizens OF the oaiion are excluded frum its
privilege IN any State. II seems to me VERY
desirable that this question should be settled
now. entertain the nope, and express the
ers're. it may be BY the ratification Of the
nneen'h article Of the amendment to the Con.
sttution. M .
In conclusion, ask patience and forbearance
OF one towards another throughout the land, AID
determined Effort on the part Of every citizen
to do bis share towards cementinR a happy
nnion aud i ask the prayers Of the nation 10
Almighty God'ia behalf Of this contamination.
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J. NIX. an attorney of Walls Walls, ia
'eheming and Intriguing for the purpose Of oh
lAining the democratic nomination 10 represent
Washington Territory in Congress. Considering
that the gsotlsuan has never advocated the
election OF democratic ticket in the Territory,
and that tEo ysars since be took the stump
Againss the democratic nOuioees 10 this county,
ss think It vii be coseeded that be is emiaently
modest 10 pressing his ciaims. : ~ e :
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