Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-03-13
INAUGURAL ADDRESS,
Delivered by President Cleveland at
Washington, D. c., March 4, 1886.

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FELLOW CITIZENS: In the presence
of this vast assemblage of my country
men, / am about to supplement and
seal, by the oath which / shall take,
the manifestations of the will of great
and free people. In the exercise of
their power and the right of self-gov-
ernment, they have committed to one
of their fellow citizens supreme and
sacred trust, and he here consecrates
himself to their service. This impress
sive ceremony adds little to the solemn
sense of responsibility with which /
contemplate the duty owe to all the
people of the land. Nothing can re-
lieye me from the anxiety, lest by any
act of mine their interest may suffer,
and nothing is needed to strengthen
my resolution to engage every faculty
and effort in the promotion of their
welfare Amid party strife, the peo-
pies choice was made, but its attendant
circumstances have demonstrated anew
the strength and safety of government
by the people In each succeeding year
it more clearly appears that our Demo
cratic principles need no apology, and
that in its fearless and faithful applica-
ton is to be found the surest guar
anty of good government. But the
best results to be found in the
operation of a government wherein
every citizen has a share, largely de-
pend upon proper limitation of a
purely partisan zeal and effort and a
correct appreciation of the time when
the heat of the partisan should be
merged into the patriotism of the citi-
zen. To-day the executive branch of
the government is transferred to new
keeping, but this is still the government
of all the people, and it should be none
the less the object of their affectionate
solicitude. At this hour the animosi-
ties of political strife, the bitterness of
partisan defeat, and the exultation Of
partisan triumph, should be supplanted
by ungrudging acquiescence to popu-
lar will and a sober and conscientious
concern for the general veal. More
over, il from this hour we cheerfully
and honestly abandon all sectional pre-
judice and distrtIst, and determine with
manly confidence in one another to
work out harmoniously the achieve
ments of our national destiny we shall
| deserve to realize all the benefits which
our happy form of government can be-
stow. On this auspicious occasion, we
may well renew the pledge of our devo-
ton to the constitution, which, launched
| by tile founders of this Republic, and
consecrated by their prayers and pa
triotic devotion, has for almost CEN
tury borne the hope and aspirations of
the great people through prosperity and
peace, and through the shock of foreign
conflicts, and perils of domestic strife
and vicissitudes. By the Father of His
Country our constitution was COM
mended for adoption as the "result of
spirit Of amity and mutual conces-
sion" In that same spirit it should be
administered in order to formulate the
lasting welfare of the country, and to
secure the full measure of its priceless
benefits to lis, and to those who will
succeed to the blessings of our national
life.
The large variety of diverse and com
peting interests subject to federal con-
troll, persistently seeking recognition OF
their claims. need give us no fear that
THE GREATEST GOOD To THE GREATEST
NUMBER
will fail to be accomplished. If in the
halls of the National Legislature that
spirit of amity and mutual concession
shall prevail, in which the constitution
had its birth, and, if this involves the
surrender or postponement of private
interests, and the abandonment of To-
cal advantages, compensation will be
found i'll the assurance that thus the
common interest is subserved and the
general welfare advanced
In the discharge of my official duty
shall endeavor to be guided by
JUST AND UNsTRAINED CONSTRUCTION
OF THE CONSTITUTION,
careful observance of the distinction
eral government and those reserved tc
the states or TO the people, and by q
cautious appreciation of those func
tions, which by the constitution and
laws, have been especially assigned tc
to the executive branch of the govern
ment.
But he who takes the oath to-day tc
. | Aofo
stitution of the United States, only as
sumes solemn obligation which every
patriotic citizen on the farm, in thu
workshop, in the busy marts of trade
and everywhere should share with him
The constitution which prescribes hi
oath, my countrymen, is yours; th'
, government you have chosen him tt
administer is yours the suffrage which
executes the will of the freedmen i
yours; the laws and the entire schem
of our civil rule, from the town meet
ing to the state and national capitols
is yours. Your every voter, as surel
as that of your Chief Magistrate unde
the same high sanction, though In ].
5 different sphere, exercises a publ
tIust. 4tOl 10 tllio a1A. Lhel9 1iti1Ci
owes to his country yigilant watch, an,
CLOSE SCRUTINY OF IT'S PUBLIC sERy
ANTS,
and fair and reasonable estimate c
their fidelity and usefulness. Thus j
the peoples will impressed upon tn
whole framework of our civil policy
municipal, state and federal, and thi
is the price of our liberty and inspira
ton of your faith in the Republic.
1t is the duty of those serving tn