The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-14
PRESIDENT CLEYRL.fFD'S
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

!, proved 20 be A fact, m immense
4 seHnblage was present at the Capt.
Of the nation to hear the first Dem
Z, cratic President for tEenty-four veal
say what are still Democratic prinl
: pies and Democratic ideas of the ge
+, eFal management Of governmental q
a fairs of this great and gIorious repubIi
; This man, Cleveland, from the grei
State Of New York, who, it wOul
seem Was chosen by our suprem
ruler to reiBstate our government j
the path Of reetitudc, took the Oat
10 do 50 on the 4th inst, and the dsJ
as it shoUld have been, vas gala one
As in the past acts Of this man, tn
uppermost principle Of bis natur
stood predominant, because re bea
I him say IN the outset: Nothing cal
relieve me from anxiety lest by an,
act Of mine their (tbe peoples inter
est may suffer, and nothing is needed
10 strengthen my resolution 70 engage
every faculty and effOrs in the promo
! ton Of their welfare"
/ We can only see one error in the
] remarks contained in this address:
To-day the Executive branch Of the
Government is transferred 10 new keep
ing, We do not think so-ue think
it isepiaced into the hands Of the same
old Democratic palms Of Madison,
Jefferson and jackson.
The President references 10 the
political strife existing 10 our country,
We believe is mere 10 be considered a.
in the past, than Of consideration IN
the future, and with, as he says AIN
the discharge Of my oficial duty
shall endeaVor to be guided by a Just
and unstsined construction Of the
Consultation, careful observance Of
the distinction between the powers
granted 10 the Federal Government
and those reserved 10 the States Or 10
the people, complete absence Of
this strite will be eIperieDced-be-
cause who are they Of our people who
ear raise strife Or say anything con
trsry 10 a fair just and honest ad-
ministeriDg Of our sacred Constitu-
ton: SucL, il there are any-and We
hope there arc none-sre rot patriots
or fit to be called American ciiizens
He SAYS, the Constitution which .
Prescribes hi oath. is yours" Re |
member this suggestion readers, and |
have it in mlBd, when Mr.. Gle, Gland .
executes it and calls upon You 70 obey. !
The Constitution rs yours not biz,
alone; bat not yours 10 ciotatc. but TO
,bey.
Mr., Cleveland calls upon the people
10 keep - yigiisnt watch and close
scrutiny 0! their public servants"
This is important TO aid him in the
advancement Of that reformation of
DBr government affairs So much need
ed, and without which his progress
will be slow, indeed Really, the Pres
dent means be wants the assistance of
-hc people as mass, TO effect reform.
tie says, sit is the duty of those sery-
ng the people in public place to
closely limit public expenditure to the
actual needs Of the government, eco
lomically administered Every word
If which is Democratic, and a faith
uI adherence to, and practice of them,
will in short time prove one of the
great happiness producing clements in
our government 1t is necessary, he
'ays, that our business shall be es-
.ablished upon sound and sensible
oasis THIS suggests to us the ne
sessity of abandoning at once all in
.atuations for sudden Accommodations
Of wealth, aud coming down to the
Did maxim, 'liVe within your means"
Well, we have read and re-read this
address, and at every reading We have
Jeen more and more impressed with
the existence of secret hand in gnid-
ing the thought and conception of it
always in the interest of the country
At large, and to the end that the good
principles Of Democracy shall, in the
future, guide this nation on the road
to prosperity and happiness.
The employees Of the Texas Pacific
Railroad are on a strike throughout.
The State of Texas, and are occasion
ing a great deal OF trouble and incon-
Henience 10 the business Of the coun-
Try. A reduction Of wages is the
cause. When laborers undertake TO
dictate and force their own terms up
on their employers we think it is near
ing the timelto call a halt. This Is
free country, and If a man does not
desire TO work for stipulated salary
there is no law compelling him TO
work; bnt We do not concede the
right 10 any class Of men to refuse 10
work themselves and at the same time
refuse to let those work who are will
ing 10 labor This, in our opinion, Is
carrying things little too far, and
the sooner it i remedicd the better
will it be for both labor and capital.
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