The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13
THE INAUGURAL.
President Cieveland's Address on
Taking Office.
Various Topics Of National Interest
Discussed.

FELLowC CITIZENSHIP the presence of this vast
assembage of my countrymen am about to sup
plement 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 self
government, they have committed to one of their
fe ow-citize E n supreme and sacred trust and ne
here consecrates himself to their service.
This impressive ceremony adds little to the SOL
emn sense of responsibility with which contem-
plate the duty owe to all the people of the land;
nothing relieve me of anxiety lest by any act
of mine their interests may suffer, and nothing Is
needed to strengthen my resolution to engage
every faculty and effort in the promotion OF their
welfare.
Amid the din of party strife the peoples 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 democratic
principle needs no apology, and that in Its fearless
and faithful application is TO be found the sure
guaranty of good government.
But the best results in the operation OF govern
ment wherein every citizen has share, largely de-
pend upon proper Limitation OF purely partisan
zeal and effort, and correct appreciation OF the
time when the heat of the partisan should be merged
in the patr otism of the citizen.
To-day the executive branch of the government
Is transferred to new keeping But this s still the
government of all the people, and it should be none
the less an object of affectionate solicitude. At
this hour the animosities of political strife, the bit
terness of partisan defeat an the cxultatiou Of
partisan triumph should be supplanted by an I'M
grudging acquiescence in the popular Will, and a
sober, conscientious concern for the general veal
Moreover, it, from this hour we cheerfuly and hon
esty abandon all sectional prejudice and distrust
and determine, with manly confidence in one
another 10 Work out nafmOnlOusIy luc uCIltNe-
ments of our national destiny, we shall deserve to
realize all the benefits which our happy form Of
government can bestow.
On this auspiCious occasion we may well renew
the pledge of our devotion to the Constitution,
which, launched by the founders OF the republic
and cOnsecrated by their prayers and patriotic de-
votion, has for almost century born the hopes
and the aspirations of great people through pros
perity and peace and through the shock of foreign
conflicts 1nl the pcrils OF domestic strife ana VI
cissitudes.
BY the father of his country our Constitution
asV1A f,ra 1nr.f 1f.rNa hsar
of amity and mutual concession" In That same
spirit it should be administered in order to pro-
mote the lasting welfare Of the country and TO Sc
the full measure of its priceless nehts to us
and TO those who will succeed to the blessings OF
national life The large variety of diverse
and competing interests subject to Federal con-
troll persstently seeking the recognition of their
claims, need give us no fears that q" the greatest
good TO the greatest number will fail TO be accom-
plished, II in the halls of national legislation that
spirit of amity and mutual concession shall prevail
IN which the Constitution had it's birth. If this in
wolves the surrender or postponement of private
interests and the abandonment of local advantages
COMPENSATION will be found in the assurance that
thus the common interest is subserved and the gen.
eral welfare advanced.
In the discharge of my official duty l shall ell
deavor 20 be guided by a just and unstrained con-
sruction 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 ny a cautious appre-
citation of those functions which, by the Consttu-
ton 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 obligation which
every patriotic citizen, on the farm in the work.
shop, in the busy marts OF trade, and everywhere
should share with him. The Constitution which
prescrlbes his oath, my countrymen, is your; the
government you have chosen him to administer
for time is yours; the suffrage which executes
the will of freeman is yours; the laws and the en-
tire scheme of our civil rule, from the town meet
ing to the State capitals and the national capital
is yours Your every voter as surely as your chief
magistrate, under the same high sanction, though
In different sphere, exercises public trust
Nor is this ALL Every citizen owes to the country
Vlgiant watch and close scrutiny OF It's public
servants aud a fair and reasonable estimate Of
their fidelity and usefulness. Thus is the peoples
will impressed upon the whole framework OF our
civil policy-municipG, State and Federal-apd
this is the price of our liberty and the inspiration
OF our faith in the republic.
1t s the duty OF those serving in public place TO
closely limit public expenditures TO the actual needs
of the government economically administered; be-
cause this bounds the right of the government ID
exact tribute from the earnings Of labor or the
property of the citizens, and because public ex-
travagance beg is extravaganza among the people.
We should never be ashamed Of the simplicity and
prudential economies which are best suited to the
operation of republican form of government and
most compatible with the mission of the American
people Those who are selected for a limited time
TO manage public affairs are still of the people, and
may do much by their example 10 encourage,
stanty with the dignity of their official functions,
that plain way of life which among their fellow
citizens aids integrity and promotes thrift and
The genius OF our institutions the needs of our
people in their home life, and the attention which
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