The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-18

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as the President.
The oath of this Office require
that he shall faithfully execute TIN
Office of President of the United
States, and shall, to the Lest Of hi
ability, preserve, protect and defenC
the Constitution. Royalty and IT
belongings have no place on Amerl
can soil. No purple, nor crown ol
sceptre. No shimmerjng steel Of
attendant guards. eve hang as
sasins.) For four years, by the voice
of free men, a free man rules as
President. No king, no queen. nc
emperor holds so divine right as
that gwen by a free people TO ouI
President. Nothing of earthly
honors remains above and beyond
the Presidency.
Entering upon its duties, all that
remains is to do the right, to do
faithful service tor his country, and
TO have his administration reflect
credit upon Christian civilization.
Its burthenS are the greatest,
but its honers are the highest.
Think of the possibilities of Ameri-
can citizenship! The child OF the
lowest and most obscure may be-
come our President The road is
open, broad and inviting to every
child Of this fair land.
What other than ours can offer
such hopes to its fathers, its mothers,
its sons! How absolute should be
our allegiance AMI devotion to
a government that invites your
child and mine to so honorable a
place!
President Arthur is the twenty
first President of the United States.
1t was my pleasure to witness in
the Senate chamber at Washington,
in the presence of the retiring and
incoming President, the two Houses
Of Congress, and the representatives
of all the nations Of the world 1t our
national capital, his inauguration
as Vice-President. The dignity
Of his bearing greatly i'm
pressed me. a nObler presence
never graced a Roman senate. His
inaugural address from the begin
ming was worthy of the man, the
high Office he was about to assume,
the Senate over which he was about
to preside, and the country which
had given him full expression of its
confidence. When President Gar
field was struck down by an assassin,
and for so long time in life was
lying in the embrace of death, the
expression and bearing and feeling
Of Vice-President ArthurIWere such
as to bear perfect attestation Of the
and patriot, and further
endeared him to his countrymen.
1t presented to the world a picture
that will adOrn the walls of time.
AS President he has shown dis
ability. His administra-
ton has recorded to its credit and
will further record public service
emitting him to the gratitude of
the country. 1t is told that a gen.
tleman called on Mr.. Lincoln and
asked that a certain thing be done.
Mr.. lincoln, with interest received
the request, and said he would be
glad to see it gratified, would
interest himself and ask Secretary
Stanton about it; but that he did
not know whether it would be
granted, as he had found out that
he had very little influence with
this administration. Unlike the
suggestion in this story, l am quite
assured that President Arthur has
great influence with the present adj
ministration, and that his straight.
forward business way is impressed
upon his administration in man
ner that cannot be mistaken or mis-
undelst
Responding with pleasure to the
sentiment OF the President, may I
not express the hope that the Great
Ruler of the Universe may bear in
the hollow of his hand the Presi-
dent, and that our country under
his guidance may continue in great
prosperity and peace, and that the
right only shall prevail here and
elsewhere, that our people may
dwell in peace, and in happiness
gather in this park in the years to
come, proud of our peerless country
and ready to make any sacrifice for
its perpetuity.
The future of our land depends
upon our patriotism. The happiness
of our children depends on action.
On this day, the threshold Of the
future, let not humanity ard liberty
plead in vain. Avoiding the dan
gers, the temptations of to-day, low
ing our country above all else, let
US "do the right as God gives US to
see the right"
GENERAL D. II. WELLS.
Our fathers planted the tree OF
on this land, and from the
time Warren fell, it has been en-
riched by the blood Of its heroes IN
til President Lincoln's death. May
the tree thus enriched and fertil-
lied, continue to grow deeper and
deeper, rise higher and higher, and
spread wider and wider, until it
shall form a grand can0py-an asy-
lum for the oppressed Of every land.
and until every fetter shall be
stricken from every limb, and the
yoke of oppression broken from
every neck.
[ offer to the defenders of our lib
erty and freedom, The Army and
Navy of the United States, ""the land
of the free and the home Of the
brave"
GENERAL, MCDOWELL McCoOK.