The daily gazette., 1877-03-06
THE INAUGURAL.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF
PRESIDENT HA YES. Il

THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS Of.
PRESIDENTHA HAYES. VI
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The fol-
lowing is the full text Of President Hay
es' inaugural address =,
W-citizens:-We have assembled
to repeat the public ceremonial begun Dy
washington observed by all my predei
cessors, and now q time .honored custom,
which marks the commencement OF the
Presidential office. Called TO the duties
of this great trust, / proceed, in compil..
ance with usage, TO announce some OF
the leading principles on the subjects that
now chiefly engage the pnblic attention
by which it is my desire TO be guided In
the discharge Of those duties. l shall not
undertake to lay down irreyocably princi
ples or measures Of administration, but
rather to speak Of the motives which
should auimate us and and to suggest GER
tain important ends to be attained in ac-
cordance with our Institutions and essen
tial to the welfare Of our country.
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
At the outset of the discussions which
precedd the recent Presidential election
it seemed fitting that should fully make
known my.sentiments in several Of the
important questions which then appear
ed TO demand the consideration Of the
country. Following the example and in
part adopting the language of one of my
predecessors. l wish now, when every
motive for Misrepresentation has passed
away, to repeal what was said before the
election, trusting that my countrymen
will candidly weigh and understand 1t,
and that they will feel assured that the
sentiments declared in accepting the nom
ination for the Presidency will be the
standard of my conduct in the path be-
fore me, charged as now am with the
grave and difficult task of carrying them
out in the practical administration ofthe
Government, SO far as depends, under the
Constitution and laws, on the Chief Ex-
ecutive of the nation, The permanent
pacification of the country upon such
principles and by such measures as will
secure the complete protection of all its
citizens in the free enjoyment of all their
rights, is now the one sub
.ect in our public affairs which all
DdbllOtlC
as Of supreme importance.
THE SOUTHERN POLICY.
Many of the calamitous effects of The
revolution which has passed
over the Southern States still remain.-
The immeasurable benefits which will
surely follow, sooner or later, the hearty
and generous acceptance of the legitimate
results of that revolution, have not vet
been realized. Difficult and embarrass-
ing questions meet us at the threshold OF
Of this subject. The people of those
States are still impoverished, and the in
blessing of wise, honest, and
peaceful local self-gevernment is not fully
enjoyed. Whatever difference of opinion
may exist as to the cause of this condition
Of things, the fact is clear that in the pro-
yress of events the time has come when
such government is the imperative neces-
'ity required by all the varied interests,
public and private, of those States.
WHAT Is A sELF-GovRRNMENT?
But it must not be forgotten that
only a local government, which re-
,ognizes and maintains invlolate the
light OF all is true self-government.
With respect to the two distinct
aces, whose peculiar relations to each
'ther have brought upon US the de-
'lorable complications and perplexi
les which exist in those States, il
must be u government which guards
he interests of both races carefully
md equally it must be a government
which submits loyalty and heartily to
he Constitution and the laws, the laws
II the nation and the laws of the Stat es
themselves. accepting and obeying
aithfully the whole Constitution as
t is. Resting upon this sure and SUBJ
'tantial foundation the suporstructure
'f beneficial local governments can be
'uilt up and not otherwise.
LET PARTY LINES Ez IGNORED,
In furtherance of such obedience to
.he letter and the spirit of the Consti-
.ution, and in behalf of all that its at
Iainment applies, all so-callcd party
interests lose their apparent impori-
ance and party lines may we'll be per-
mitted to fade into insignificance. The
question we have to consider for the
immediate welfare of those States of
the Union is the question of govern
ment or no government, of social or
der and all the peaceful industries and
The happiness that belong to it. or a
return to barbarism.
IL is a question in which every
citizen of the nation is deeply interest,"
ted, and with respect to which we
ought not to be in a partisan sense
either Republicans or Democrats. but
fellow-citizens and fellowmen. to
whom the interests of common conn.
try and a common humanity are
dear.
REVOLUTION OF THE LABOR QUESTION.
The sweeping revolution of the en-.
TIRE labor system of a large portion of
our our country, and the advance of 4. 600.
OoO OF people from condition of ser.
vitude to that of citizenship upon an
equal footing with their former mas
teIs, could not occur without presen-
ilng problems Of the gravest moment
to be dealt with by the emancinated
race, by their former masters. and hv
The General Government, the author
OF the act of emancipation, That it
was wise, just, and providential act
fraught with good for all concerned ~