The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
chief Points In CleVeiand's n
auSuTal.


Chas 4. Dana who is not specially
friendly TO President Cleveland, wrote
70 his paper as follows, the night after
the Inauguration -
NOW HE SPOKE.
His enunciation was distinct, and he
o,ojuIated his voice to give force to his
,.otonres. lis position while speaking
WAS easy and was not at all ungracetul.
pr, showed him to be not only at ease
tgt very confident. tie held his head
.9 b-gh that it might have beer de-
-.~t.cd rs thrown slightly back, but only
- 1ong intervals did he slowly raise
l.. right hand. move it a little as to en-
,l...rza , sentence. and then drop 1t to
fine railing At other times he lifted
,r.. -7me hand. his right one, to glance
,t the notes Of headings Of his address
that he had iotteI dtwu on a visiting
card HIS left hand he held behind him.
H.. had TWO earnest listeners, President
Arthur. who leaned over so as to see
fine sneakers face aud catch every word,
aud fl5rT Justice Waite. who had sunk
L,ak in his seat 50 that the glossy SATIN
fhat rose in a glObe-shaped mound be-
ira we'd his almost AldertuanlC corpora
ton-in fact. it glittered III the sun like
a satin ball.
At first almost every sentence Mr..
Cleveland spoke was applauded, and
the crowd DISTRACTED its own noise; but
hin bv bit the frank assertion and uneX-
nerted sentiments the President was
uttcring arrested their attention until
i'm TEN minutes the silence became al
most abnormal. Many of the public
men on the platform who have been ac-
ru.tomed to addressing great assem-
bI..., remarked il. II Il child had cried
anywhere ia that den t broad mass OF
men fl, voice must have been heard by
all who were there. The applause when
the people were pleased came as ire
ournLly as the main points in the adj
dress followed one another, but 1t was
sent up in short, sharp volIeys, and the
same marked silence followed 1t each
time.
THE 'REBEL YELL
The veil of the SOutherners, which
was a distinguished feature of the APP
plause. is a noise with which most New
Workers are wholly unfamiliar. There
were thousands of Southern men in the
throng. Their lark compilations, some
times their broad SLOUGH hats, some
times their long hair, and Ottiner yet the
cut and color of their clothes betrayed
them. The Northeruers r0ared, but
these SOutherncrs sent up a shrllI, sharp
veil which, when prolonged, was like a
scream.
1t took Mr.. Cleveland a little less
than twenty minutes to deliver the ad
dress. The impression he made was
favorable to him. 1t was seen that he
has lew of the arts and graces OF an OF
ator. But all admitted that his voice
was most eNcellentIy suited to such an
occasion, and that his manner was ear
nest and impressive.
when he finished the address he turned
to Chief Justice Waite, who arose and
administered the oath of office, using a
smallmorocco-covered, gilt-edged Bible,
IS. e. Cleveland" 1t was w~ell-worr,
and was given to the President elect by
his mother when he left home as Il young
nan.
Then the Chief Justice shook hands
with the new President. EX-President
Arthur followed, and the Supreme court
Judges and members of the Cabinet
struggled for a grasp.
CHIEF POINTS OF THE SPEECH.
In the discharge of my official duty
| shall endeavor to be guided by a just
and unrestrained construction ofthe con.
-t,-,tfAr a careful nhSaryanGn Of the
distinction between the powers granted
to the Federal Government and those
reserved TO the States or to the people
and by a cautious appreciation of those
functions which. by the Constitution anC
laws, have been especially assigned tC
to the executive branch OF the Govern
ment.
But he who takes the oath to-day tt
preserve, protect, and defend the COnsti
tuition OF the United States, only assume;
the solemn obligation which every pa
trlOtic citizen on the farm, in the work
shop, in the busy marts Of trade, ant
everywhere, should share with him
The Constitution which prescribes hi
oath, my countrymen, is yours; thu
Government you have chosen him t,
administer for a time is yours, the SUIT
rage which executes the Will of freemeI
IS yours; the laws aud the entire schem,
of our civil rule, from the town meetiu!
to the State CapItols and the NatiOna
Capitol, is yours. Your every voter
as surely as your Chief Magistrate. undo
the same high sanction, though in
different sphere, exercises a public trust
Nor IS this all: Every citizen owes t
the country a vigilant watch and clos
scrutiny OF its public servants, aud
fair aud reasonable estimate of their fidel
lty and usefulness. Thus is the people
will impressed upon the whole frame
work of Four civil polity, municipal, State
and Federal; and this is the price of GU
liberty and the inspiration of our faith i
the republic.
1T is the duty of these serving tn
people In public places to closely iimi
public expenditures to the actual need
of the Governments, economically admir-
istered, because this bounds the right {
the Government to exact tribute from th
earnings of labor or the property of tn
citizen and because public extravaganza
begets extravaganza among the people.
RATHER DoDGEs THE TARIFF QUEsfIO
THO LEANING TO LOW REVENUE.
"A due regard for the interests an
prosperity of all the people demands thu
our finances shall be established upo
such a sound and sensible basis as sha
secure the safety and confidence of bus
ness interests aud make the wages of Ii
Dor sure and steady, and that our syste.
of revenue shall be so adjusted as to IT
heve the people from unnecessary tax
ton, having a due regard to tie 10 ss
Of capital invested and workingmen en-
ployed III American industry, and pr,
venting the accumulation of a surplus
the Treasury to tempt extravaganza al
waste.
COPPER-COLORED AND WALLER COIORF
NOT WANTED.
The conscience of the people demano