Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-03-09
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S In.
AUGURAL ADDRESS.

Felo,o citizenship the presence of this
vast assemblage of my countrymen am
about to supplement and seal by the oath
which 1 shall take the manifestation of
will of great and free people. In the
exercise of their power and right of self
government they have committed to one
of their fellow-citiZens Il supreme and sa-.
cred trnst, and he here consecrates HIM
self to their service. This impressive
ceremony adds little to the solemn sense
of responsibility with which | contem-
plate the duty L owe to all the people of
the land. Nothing can relieve me from
anxiety lest by any act of mine their in
terests may suffer and nothing is needed
to strengthen my resolution to engage ev-
cry faculty and effort in the promotion
of their welfare. Amid the din of party
strife the peoples choice was made, but
it's attendant circumstances have demon
strated anew the strength and safety of a
government by the people. In each sue
ceeding year it more clearly appears that
our democratic principle needs no apollo
gy, and that in its fearless and faithful APP
plication is to be found the surest guar
anty of good government. But the best
results of the operation of Government,
| wherein every citizen has share, large
| ly depend upon a proper limitation of
purely partisan zeal and effort, and cor
rect appreciation of the time when the
| heat of the partisan should be merged in
| the patriotism of the citizen. 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 an object
! of affectlonate solicitude at this hour for
the anmosities of political strife, the Bit
terness OF partisan defeat and the exulta-
tion of partisan triumph should be sup
plemented by an ungrudgin9 acquiesence
in the popular will and sober, conscien-
tious concern for the general veal. More
| over, if from this hour we cheerfully and
| honestly abandon all sectional prejudice
| and distrust, and determine with manly
| confidence in each other to work out har-
moniously the achievements of our ma
tional destiny, we shall deserve to realize
all the benefits which our happy form OF
cious occasion all may well renew the
pledge of our devotion to the Constitution
which, launched by the founders of the
republic and consecrated by their pray
ers and patriotic devotion, has for almost
century borne the hopes and the aspira
tons of great people through prospect
ty and peace, and through the shock o
foreign conflicts and the perils of domes
tic strife and vicissitudes. BY the fathe
of his country our Constitution wa
commended for adoption as ''the result o
a spirit of amity and mutual concession.
| In that same spirit it should be admins
tered, i'm order to promote the lasting
welfare of the country and to secure tn
full measure of its priceless benefits to u
blessings of our national life. The larg
E variety of diverse and competing intel
; ests subject to federal control, persistent
: | ly seeking the recognition of their claim:
need give Us no fear that ''the creates
good to the greatest number" will fail
j be accomplished. If ia tie halls of n;
c tional legislature that spirit of amsty an
II mutual concession shall prevail in whie
the constitution had its birth, if this il
. wolves the surrender or postponement
- private interests and the abandonmel
:" of local advantages, compensation will
% found in the assurance that thus the cor
t, mon interest is subseryed and the gene
J. al welfare advanced.
= LOYALTY TO THE oaNsTITUUoA.
In the discharge of my official duty
shall endeavor to be guided by a ju
W and unstrained construction of the CO
le stitution, careful observance of the d