The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-05

A RINGING PREFACE.

MIR. cleveland bpOkc us ioiloNs.'
Fellow citizens In the presence OF
this vast asscmblage Of my country
mon, | am about to supplement- and
seal by the oath which shall take,
the manifestation of the will of great
and free people. In the exercise of
their power and right Of selt-govern-
ment. they have committed TO one of
their fellow-citi,ens supreme aud
sacred trust, and he here consecrates
himself to their service. This impress
siye ceremony adds little to the sol
emn responsibility with which | con-
template the duty | owe TO all the
ncople of the land. Nothing can re-
| iinye me from the anxiety that by any
nct of mine their interests may suffer,
and nothing is needed to strengthen
nv resolution TO engage every faculty
and effort in the promotion of their
welfare. Amid party strifes the peo-
ple's choice was made. but its attend
ant circumstances have demonstrated
n new strength and safety of govern
mept by the people. In each succeed
ing year it more clearly appears that
our democratic principles need no
Iapolupy, and that in their fearless and
faithful application is to be found the
surest guaranty OF good government.
But the best results in the operation
, of government, wherein every citizen
has n share, largely depend upon
= the proper Limitation of purely parti-
, san zeni and effort aud correct appre'
ciatian OF the time when partianshir
' should be merged in the patriotism o.
I the citizen. To-day the executive
= branch of the government Is trans
b lerred to new keeping, but this Il
i still the government OF all the people
n and IL should be none the less obJec
is of their aiiectionate solicitude at TN
l. hour. The animosities OF politlca
strife, the bitterness of partisan deiea
d and the exultatiou Bipartisan trump
"A should he supplanted by ungrudgin
&c acauiesccnce to the popular will, an
e. bv a conscientious concern for IL
ne general veal. Moreover, if from thi
err hour we cheerfully and honestl
nc abandon all sectional prejudice an
he distrust, and determine with mani
Is confidence in one another to won
al ont tremendously the achievements
he our national destiny, we shall deser'
10 realize all the benefits which OF
nanny form of government Ct
,io bestow. On this suspicious occasi'
~, we may well renew the pledge OF o
~ devotion to the constitution, whit
49, launched by the founders of the
~ nublic and also consecrated by tn
u. PRAYERS and patriotic devotion, has
La almost a century borne the hopes a
he aspirations OF great peol
RI. through prosperity and peace, 9
-. through the shock of foreign contli
~ and the perils of domestic strife q
mo yicissitudes. BY the father of
ss country our constitution was &C
rs, ,uended for adoption rs the "resul
of n shirt OF amity aud mutual cont
"a sion.n In that same spirit 1t sho
ms be administered, in order to prom
COR the lasting welfare of the country
bt TO secure the full measure of its pr
AZ less benefits to us aud those who
succeed to the blessings of our nat
lent al life. The large variety OF diV'
ress and competing Interests suojeci
the federal control persistently seei
III. the recognition of their claims
nee give us no fear "that the greatest
nm. to the greatest number" will fail
aver accomplished. lin the halls o
Ion tional legislation that spirit of a
airs. and mutual concession snah pr,
tors, IN Wnicn 'ne ons' ~ 80" !,
)rps, plr'h, IL tills ii1Vi. 81 ,ne $500,
Ibers posipoheiileht Vi Plasa'5 ,nssses'
muneration will be found in
mate thought that common inter
the subseryed and the general welta
came vaneed.
! for MApPiN" our ms run'. ;
the In the discharge of my official
feet shall endeavor 10 be guided by