Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-05
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's INAUGU-
RAJ.


Nobody knew what positions President
Cleveland would take in his inaugural;
nobody had any well-defned expectations;
hence nobody could have been very much
surprised or disappointed. Mr.. Cleveland
is new man in politics; his first real po-
election as mayor of Buffalo, came through
the aid of temperance men and Republi-
cans, and he was chosen governor of New
York State through the sufferance and
connivance of the friends OF Garfield. As
governor of New York be did some good
things, some things not so good, and some
things which, to say the least, were OF
doubtful character For these reasons he
was, TO great extent, from the standpoint
of the people of the country, an unknown
quantity.
OF the Presidents inaugural, the sub
stance OF which We gave to our readers in
Wednesday evenings GLoBE-REPUBLIC, We
are free to say-and as we think We are
patriotic, we are rather glad to say-that
we like its general tone and its utterances
on the several topics treated. 1t was about
such an address as one would have a right
to expect of Democrat who had been
elected, first mayor, then governor,
and then a president by the aid of the
votes of very refined and exalted kind
of fine-haired Republicans That he should
declare in favor OF public economy was
matter of course All new presidents do
this. 1t is not at all surprising that he
should plant himself squarely on the Mon
roe doctrine, with Washingtonian and JEFF
fersonian annexes.
The meat OF the address is in the follow
ing:
A due regard for the interests and pros
perity of all people demands that our finances
shall he established upon such a sound and
sensible basis as shall secure the safety and
confidence Of business interests, and make
the wages of labor sure and steady, and that
|, our system of revenue shall be 50 adjusted as
to relieve the people from unnecessary taxa
ton, having due regard 10 the interests OF
ca .itsl Invested and workingmen employed
in American industries, aud preventing the
accumulation OF surplus in the treasury TO
tempt extravaganza and waste. Jare for the
property OF the nation and for the needs OF
future settlers requires that the public domain
should be protected from purloining schemes
and unlawful occupation. The conscience of
the people demands that the Indians without
our boundaries shall be fairly and honestly
treated as wards OF the government, and their
education and civilization promoted with a
view to their ultimate citizenship, and that
poiygamy in tie territories, destructive of
the family relation and offensive TO the moral
sense OF the civilized world, snail be repressed.
The laws should be rigidly enforced which
prohibit the immigra ion Of a servile class to
compete with American labor, with no inten-
ton of acquiring citizenship and bringing
with them the retsiring habits and Gus
toms repuguaut TO our CIVILIZATION.
The people demand reform in the admins
tration of the Government and the application
of business principles 10 public affairs. As
means TO this end civil service reform should
be in good faith enforced. Our citizens have
the right 10 protection from the incompetency
of public employees who hold their places
solely as the reward Of partisan service, and
from the corruptive influence Of those who
promise and the vicious methods OF those who
expect such rewards and those who worthily
seek public employment have thought TO in
sist that merit and competency shall be rec
ognized, instead Of party subseryiency or the |
surrender OF honest political belief in the ad- |
ministration Of government pledged 10 do |
equal and exact justice 10 all men. |
There should be no pretext for anx-
iety touching the protection of the freed |
men in their rights or their security |
In the enjoyment OF their privileges under the |
Constitution and its amendments. All dis |
cussIon as TO their fitness for the place ac- |
corded TO them as American citizens Is idle |
and Improbable, except as il suggests the ne
cessity for their improvement. The fact that |
they are citizens entities them 10 all the |
rights due 10 the relation and charges them /
with all its duties, obligations and RESPONSE
bilities. These topics and The constant and
ever varying wants of an active and enter
prising population may well receive the at
lention and the patriotic endeavor of all who
make and execute the federal law. Our du-
ies are practical and call for Industrious ap-
plicstioo, an intelligent perception of the
:laims a. public Office and above all a firm de-
ermination, By unise1 acoioa, 70 secure to all
he people of the iand the fhII hsnefn Of Tie
est form OF government ever vouchsa1ed 70 +
not trust to human effort
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