The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-07
Heresf5leIaE CleveInnd's HnauEns
raj Address.


c fellow-eitizens q supreme and sacred trus
j and he here nonseerates himself to their SCI
#syiee This impressive ceremony adds little |
! HE solemn responsibility with which : cor
! template the duty j owe to all the people Z
this land. Nothing can relieve me from ana
! iety lest by any act of mine their interest ma
suffer and nothing is needed to strenEfhe
INV resolution to engage every faculty an
effort IN the promotion OF their welfare
Amid the din of party strife the people
choice was made but its attendant oircum
stances have demonstrated a new strength
and safety of government by the people.
each succeeding year it more clearly appear
that our democratic principle needs no apol
? ogy, and that in its fearless aud faithful aI
lDlcatiop is to he found the Eurest gliafaTlt,
of good government. But the best result
# in the operation of the government, wherein
every citizen has a share, largely depend up
on the proper limitation of purely partiZaI
zeal and effort and correct appreciation o
the time when partizanship should be merget
into the patriotism Of the citizen.
4 To-day the Executive branch of the Gov
eminent is transferred to new keeping bu
this is still the government Of all the people
and 1t should be none the less the object oi
their afTectionate solicitude AT this hon
the animosity Of political strife, the bitter
ness of partizan defeat and exultati0n of par,
tizan triumph should be supplanted by IN.
1 grlIdging acqniescence to the popular will
and by conscientious concern for the general
veal Moreover, II from this hour we cheer.
| fully and honestly abandon all sectional pre-
| iudice and .distrust, and determine, with
manly confidence in one another, to work
out harmoniously the achievements OF our
4 national destiny, we shall deserve to realize
/ all the benefits which our happy form of
| government can bestOw.
On this suspicious occasion we may well
review the pledge ofgour devotion to the CON
stitutiOn which was launched by the fOun-
ders of the Republic. and cOnsecrated by
their prayers aud patriotic devotion, and
which has for almost Il century borne the
hopes and aspirations Of 4 great people
through prosperity and peace, and through
the shock Of foreign conflicts and the perils
Of domestic strife and viccissitudes. 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 the
priceless benefits to us and to those who will
succeed to thGblessings of our national life
The large variety Of diverse and competing
interests subject to Federal control, persist
emily seeking the recognition of their claims.
need give us no fear that "the greatest good
10 the greatest numberp will fail to be &C
cOmplished. If, in the halls uf national leg
islation, that spirit of amity aud mutual con-
cession shall prevail in which the Constitu-
ton had its birth; If this involves the surren-j
der or pOstponement of private interests and
the Abandonment Of advantages, aremunera-
ton may be found in the thought that a COM
mon interest is 81 bSerVed and general welfare
advanced.
In the discharge OF my official duty | shall
endeayOr to be guided by a inst and un-
stained construction Of the Constitution,
careful observance OF the distinction between
the powers granted to the Federal Govern
meDt and those reserved to the States or to
the people, and by cautious appreciation of
these functions, which by the constitution
and laws, have been especially 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 obi
cation which every patriotic citizen, on the
farm, III the workshop, the busimarts of trade
and everywhere. should share with him
The Constitution which prescribes mis- oath,
my cOuntrymen, is yours the Government
you have chosen him to administrator a time,
is yOnrs;t the suffrage which executes the will
Of freemen is yours; the laws and the entire
scheme Of our civil rule, from the town meet
ing to the State capitOls, and the National
capitol, are yours. i0nr every voter,
as surely as every Chief Magis-
trate, under the same high sanction, though
in different 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 fair and reason
able portion of their fidelity and usefulness,
Thus is the peoples will impressed upon the
whole framework of our civil policy-munic-
ipal, State and FeGeral-and this is the price
OF our liberty and inspiration of our faith in
our Republic,
1t is the duty of those serving the people
~ public place to closely limit public expen-
diture TO the actual needs of government
economically administered, because this
bounds the right of the government to exact
tribute from the earnings of labor Or prop
erty OF citizens, and because public seXtraVa-
ganCe begets extravaganza among the peo-
pie. We should never be ashamed of the
and prudential economies which
are the best suited to the operation of a Re |
publican form of government and most com
patibIe with the mission of the American |
people. Those who are selected for limit
ed time TO manage public affairs are still of
the people, and may do much by their ext
ample to encourage consistently with the
dignity OF their official functions-that plain |
way OF life which among their fellow citizens
7erity i
The genius Of our institutions, the needs |
If our people in their home-life, the atten-
ion which is demanded for the settlement |
md development of the resources of your
last territory, dictate the scrupul0us avoid
NEE OF any departure from that foreign |
policy commended by the history, the tradi-
ion and the prosperity of our Republic. 1t 4
the policy of independence favored by our
position and defended by our known love of
asuce and by our power. It Is the policy
II peace, suitable to our interests. 1t Is the
policy Of Neutrality, regarding any share in
oreign broils and ambitions upon other con
inents, and repelling their intrusion here.
I a yspfA
on and Jefferson. Peace, commerce and (
honest friendship with all nations entang-
ing alliances with nome
a due regard for the interests and pros
'erity of all people demands that our busi-
less shall be established upon such sonndH
nd sensible basis as shall secure the safetyf
nd confidence Of business interests, and
make the wages of labor sure ana steady,
nd That our system Of revenue shall be so
dJllsbed as 10 relieve the people from I'M |.
necessary taxation having d due regard toll
he interests 81 capital invested and working
ilense loyed and avoiding the aeeumuia-t.
ION OF a surplus In the treasury to tempt
Xtravaganee and waste. Care for the prop
'rty Of the nation and for the needs 81 fIl-
afe settlers require that the public domain
mould be protected from purleining sc hanes
md unlawful occupation.
Inc conscience Of the people demands that
ne indians without our boundaries shalt be
Stt'J Aatd tAtonoskA5 blGdksu rs NafuB Oh the h
government and their education and eivili-s
alton promoted, with view to their ulti.tI
nate citizenship; and that polggamy in the
Territories, destructive OF tie family relation
ND offensive to HE moral sense Of the civil
zed world, shall be repfessed.
me laws should be rightly enforced which
1rohibit the imInigrationl1f ii servile class to
compete with American labor, with no fin-I
ention of acquiring citizenship, and bring
ng with them the retaining habits and Gus
oms so repugnantl to our civilization
The people demand reform In the admins
ration ot the government and the applica-
ion Of business principles to public affairs.
IS meansto this end civil service reform
should be In good faith enforced. Our citi-si
lens have the right to protection from the
nc9mPetency Of public employees, who hold
heir places solely as the reward Of partisan
ieFyice, and from the corTupting influence
II those who promise and the vicious meth
ods ot those who expect such rewards and
bose who worthily seek public supplement-
AVE thonglt 1T to insist that merit and com
9eteney shall be recognized, instead Of party.
'nbseryieney pr the snrrender 81 honest 3D.
itical belief, IN the administration Of eov-l
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