The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-05
THE INAUGURAL.
Continued from FRS, mage.

SOnthuUeu from ftrSt page.
currency of the country is to coin money and
declare Its value. Grave doubts have been
entertained whether congress is authorized
py Inc constitution 10 make any such form
OF paper money legal tender as the present
issue OF United States notes which has been
sustained by the necessities of war; but such
paper should depend for lie value md cur
rency upon its conversion and its prompt re-
uemptlon In coin at the will of the holder and
not upon It's compulsory circulation.
iHese notes $40 not money but
promises TO pay money, if the holders
demand 1t. The promise should be kept of
funding national bank bonds at lower rate
OF interest should be- accomplished without
compelling the withdrawal of nsiionsl bank
notes, and thus disturb the business of the
country. venture TO refer TO the position
nave occupied on financial questions during
long service in Congress, and to say that time
ana experience have strengthened the opinion
l nave so often represented on tho subject
The finances of the gov rnment shall suffer
no detnment which IL may be possible for
my administration 10 prevent.
The interests Of agriculture deserve moro
attention from the govern m, nj
than they have had previously. The
farmers of the United States afford
homes and employment for more than one
half of our people and furnish much the
largest part of all cur exports. As the gov.
erDment lights our coasts for tho protection
of mariners snd the protection of commerce,
SO should it give to the tillers of the soil the
best lights of practical science and expert
ence.
Our manufactures arS rapidly making us
industrially ind pendent and are opeang 10
capital and labo new and profitable fields of
employment. Their steady and healthy
groWt1 should be maintlinod.
Our facilities for transportation should be
promoted by the continued Improvement of
onr barbors and great interior water ways
and by tue increase of Our tonnage on the
oceans.
The development of the worlds commerce
has led to urgent demand for shortening tho
great sea voyage around Uape Horn by con,
structlng ship canals on railways across the
is.hmus, which uni o the two continents
Various plans to this end have been suggest
ed and will need consideration, but none of
them have been sufficiently matured to war
rant united aid. The subject, however. is one
which will Immediately engage the attention
of the government with view to thorough
protection to American Interests,
we Will urge no narrow
policy nor seek peculiar or
exclusive privileges III any commercial route,
but in the language of my predecessor,
believe 1t to be the right AMI duty of the
United States to assert and maintain such
supervision and authority over any inter.
ocean canal across the isthmus that connects
North and South America AS will protect our
national interests.
The constitution guarantees absolute
religious freedom. Congress is prohibited
from making any law respecting the estab,
lishment of any reliS iou3 or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof. Inc territories of the
United States are subject to direct legisla-
ton under authority of congress, and hence
the general government is re; possible for any
violation of the constitution in any
OF them 1t is ther fore repul.
sive to the government that 10 tho most
popuous of the territories this cons,itu-
tlona guarantee is not enforced by the pao-
pie, and the authority of congress is set ut
nhught The Mormon church Is not only an
oliense in moral sense to mankind by
sanctoning polygamy, but pois0ns the ad-
nlntslration of justice through the ordinary
instrumentalities of Law. In my Judgment
1t Is tn duty of congress while respecting to
the uttermost the conscientious convictions
and religious scruple Of every ci zen, to pro.
hible within its jurisdiction all criminal
practices, especially of that class which des-
troy family relations and endsnger social
oraer. Nor Can any ecclesiastical organiza.
ton be safely permitted TO usurp ia the
smallest degree the functions and powers of
the nstionsl government
The civil service can never be placed on a
satisfactory basis until it ia regulated by law.
For the good of the service itself, for tho
protection of those who are entrusted with
the appointing power against removal and
obstruction to public business caused by the
inordina,e pressure of place and for the pro-
lection of incumbents against intrigue and
wrong, shall at the proper time ask con.
gress TO fix the tenure of minor offices of
several executive departments and prescribe
grounds upon which removals shall be made
during the terms for which the incumbents
have been appointed.
Finally, acting always within the authority
and limitations of the constitution, invading
neither the rights of the state nor tho re
served rights Of the people, II will be the
purpose of my administration to maintain
the authority Of the nation in all places
within its jurisdiction, /, enforce obedience
10 all laws OF the unon IN the interests of
the people; to demand rigid economy in tho
expenditures of the government and to secure
the honest and faithful services of executive
officers, remem eripg the offices were crea ed
not for the beneil. OF the incumbent or their
supporters, but for the service of tho gov
eminent
And now, fellow. citizens, l am about TO
assume great trust which you have COM
mittod to my hands, l appeal to you for
thst earnest snd thoughtful support which
makes this government IN fact as it Is in law,
agovernment of the people. l shall greatly
rely on the wisdom and pat iotism of con-
gress, of those who may share with me the
responsibilities and duties of my admnistra-
ton, and above all, in onr efforts to promote
che welfare Of this great people and their
government, | reverently invoke the sup~
port and blessings of Almighty God.
A Trio of Roughs.
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