The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05

black tie. In speaking he had his lef
hand closed behind, and emphasize
by gestures with the right. Re spok
without manuscript, but OCCASIONAL.
consulted small prepared notes. Hi
voice was clear and resonan
and he slowly enunciated hi
words and occasionally turned abou
and paused as if to notice the effect o
his remarks. He spoke as follows:
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GROYEI
CLEVELAND, MARCH 4, 1885:
Fellow Citizens.
In the presence of this vast assem-
blage of my countrymen, am abou
to supplement and seal, by the oatf
which shall take the manifestation
of The will OF great and free people
In the experience OF their power anC
right OF self government they havt
committed to one Of their fellow citi
zens supreme and sacred trust, anC
he here consecrates himself to theil
service. This impressive ceremony
adds little to the solemn responsibility
with which l contemplate the duty
owe to all the people of this land
Nothing can relieve me from the anX
lety that, by any act of mine, their in
tereSts may suffer, and nothing i:
needed to strengthen my reso
luton to engage every faculty
anC effort in the promotion of theiI
welfare. Amid party strife the peo
PIES choice was made, but its attend
ant circumstances have demonstrated
anew the strength and safety of q
government by the people.
THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE.
In each succeeding year it more
clearly appears that our democratic
principle needs no apology and that
in its fearless and faithful applica-
tion, is to be found the surest
guaranty of good government. But
the best -ult5 in the opera.
ton of government where
in every citizen has a share, largely
depend upon the proper limitation of
purely PARTISAN Zeal and effort, and a
correct appreciation of the time when
partisanship should be merged into
patriotism of the citizens. To-
day the executive branch Of
government is transferred to new
keeping, but this is still the govern
ment of all the people, and it should
be on that account none the less the
object of their affectionate solicitude.
AT this hour the animosities of politi-
cal strife, the bitterness of partisan
defeat and the exultation of partisan
triumph, should be supplanted by IN
grudging acquiescence in the popular
will and by a conscientious concern
for the general veal. Moreover. if,
from this hour we cheerfully and hon.
estly abandon all sectional prejudice
and distrust, and determine with man.
ly confidence in one another, to work
out harmoniously the achievement of
our national destiny, we shall deserve
to realize all the benefits which our
happy form cf government can be-
stow.
ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION
we may well renew the pledge of our
devotion to the constitution which was
launched by the founders of the re-
public and consecrated by their prayers
and patriotic devotion, and has for
almost a century borne the hopes and
of a great people through
and peace, through the
shock of foreign conflicts and the
perils of domestic strife and vicisSi-
tudes. By the Father of His Country
our constitution was commended for
adoption as the result of a spirit of
amity and mutual concession" In that
same spirit it should be administered in
order to promote the lasting welfare
of the country and to secure the full
measure of its priceless beAefits to US
and those who will succeed to the
blessings of our national life. The
large variety OF diverse and compe-
ting interests subject to federal con-
troll persistently seeking the recognl-
tion Of their claims, need give US
no fear that "The greatest good to the
greatest number" will fail to be ac-
complished. If in the halls Of
legislature that spirit of
vail, in which the constitution had its
birth; if this involves the surrender
or the postponement of private inter-
ests, and the abandonment of adVanta-
ges, remuneration will be found in
the thought that the common interest
Is subserved, and the general welfare
In the discharge of my official duty
l shall endeayor to be guided by a
just and unstrained construction of
the constitution, careful observance
Of the distinction between the powers
granted to the federal government
and those reserved to the states or to
the people, and by cautious apprecl-
alton of those functions which, by the
and law have been es-
pecially assigned to the executive
branch of the government. But he
who takes the oath to-day to preserve,
protect and defend the constitution
of the United States only assumes the
solemn obligation which every patri-
otic citizen on the farm, in the work
shop, and the busy man of trade
everywhere should have with him.
The constitution which prescribes his
oath, my countrymen, is yours. The
you have chosen him to
for time is yours. The
suffrage which executes the will OF
freemen is yours. The laws, with the
entire scheme of our civil rule-from
the town meeting to the state
capitols and the national capitol
are yours. Every voter as surely
as every chief magistrate under the
same high sanction, though in a diff
ferent sphere, exercises public trust.
Nor is this all; every citizen owes to
the country a vigilant watch and close
scrutiny of its public servants, and a
fair and reasonable portion of their
fealty and usefulness. Thus Is the
peoples will impressed upon the
whole framework of our civil policy
municipal, state and federal-and this
is the price of our liberty and the IN
spiratiol of our faith in our republic.
1t is the duty of those serving peo-
pie in public place to closely
LIMIT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE,
to the actual need of the govern
ment economically administered, be-
cause this bounds the right of the
government to exact tribute from the
earnings of labor, or the property OF
the citizens; because public extrava-
gance begets extravaganza among the
people, we should never be ashamed OF
the simplicity and prudential econimies
which are best suited to the operation
of a republican form of government
and most compatible with the mission
of the American people. Those who
are selected, for limited time, tc
manage bublic otfairs are still OF
the people, and may do much by theil
example to encourage, consistently
with the dignity of their official func
hons, that plain. way of life which
among their fellow citizens, aids in
tegrity and promotes thrift and pros
perity. The genius of our institutions
the needs of our people in their home
life, the attention which is demanded
for the settlement and development
of the resources of your vast territory