The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-12
CLBVBLAnD'S INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.
SOUND UPON EVERY TOPIC II
TREATS UPON.
Honesty in Government to Succeed
Republican Rascality
Therein.

Fellow Citizens: In the presence o
this vast assembling Of my country
men. ] am about 10 supplement ane
seal by the oath which | shall take
the manifestation or the will Of q
great and free people. In the excr-
Else OF their power and right OF self.
government they have committed tt
one OF their fellow citizens supreme
and sacred trust, and he here conse'
crates himself to their service. This
impressive ceremony adds little te
the solemn sense Of the responsible.
ity with which ! contemplate the
duty due all the people OF the land
Nothing can relieve me from the anx.
iety lest that by any act OF mine
their interests may suffer, and moth
ing Is needed to strengthen my rcso'
luton 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 circumstance have demon.
strated anew the strength and safety
Of q government by the people. II
each succeeding year It more clearl,
appears that our democratic princi
pie needs no apology, and that in il
fearless and faithful application i
to be found the surest
GUARANTY or GOOD GOVERNMENT.
But the BEST results in the operation
or government wherein every citi-
zen has a share largely depend upon
proper Limitation Of purely partisan
zeal and effort and correct appre-
citation Of the time when the heat Of
u partisan should be merged in the
patriotism of y 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 their affectionafe
solicitude. At this hour the anlmos-
tiles Of political strife, the bitterness
Of partisan defeat and exultation OF
party triumph should be snpplanted
by an ungrudging acqniesccnce IN
the popular will and sober, conscien-
tious concern for the general veal.
Moreover, iffrom this hour we cheer
fully and honestly abandon all Sec
tional prejudice and distrust and de-
termine with manly confidence II
one another to work out harmonl
ously the achievements Of our ma
tional destiny, we shall deserve to
realize all the benefits which our
happy form Of government can be-
stow. On this suspicious 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 patroiotic devo-
ton, has for almost Il century borne
the hopes and aspirations of all great
people, through prosperity and peace
and through the shock OF foreign con-
flicts and the perils OF domestic strife
aud vicissitudes. By the Father OF
his Country our constitution was
commended for adoption as +" the re-
suit OF spirit OF amity and mutual
concession" In that same spirit II
should be administered in order to
promote the lasting welfare OF the
country, and to secure the full
measure OF its priceless benefits to
us and t, those who will succeed to
the blessings. OF our. national life,
The large y. riety Of diverse and
competing interests subject Of feder-
al control. persistentty seeking the
recognition OF their claims, need give
us no fear that the greatest good to
the greatest number" will fail to he
accomplished, IL in the halls Of ma
tional legislation that spirit OF amity
and mutual concession shall prevail
in which til. constitution had its birth
II this involves tht. surrender o:
sosiponemenf OF f,i"ase Interests
and the abandonment Of local al
vantages, compensations will b..
found in the assurance that thus
the
COMMON INTEREST Is sUBsEEvED
and the general welfare advanced
In the discharge OF my official duty
| shall endeayor to be guided by 4
Just and unstrained construction oil
the constitution, careful Obscrv-
ance OF the distinction between tn.
powers granted TO the federal gov
erment and those reserved to tie
states or to the people, and by !;
cautious appreciation Of those func-
tons which, by the constitution and
laws, have been especially assigned
to the executive branch Of the gov.
eminent. But he who takes the
oath to-day to preserve, protect ano
defend the constitution Of the United
States only assumes the solenlr
obligation which every patriotic
citizen on the farm, IN the workshop
ia the busy marts Of trade and
everywhere should share with him
The constitution which prescribes
his oath, my countrymen, is yours
The government you have chosen
him to administer for time is yours
The suffrage which executes the will
Of freemen is yours. The laws and
the entire scheme of our civil rules
from the town meeting to the state
capital and the national capital are
yours. Your every voter, as surely
as your chief magistrate under the
same high sanction, though in q
different sphere. exercises publ,
trust, Nor is this all. Every either
owes to the country vigilant watcl
and close scrutiny Of its public ser
wants and fair aud REASONABLE,
estimate Of their fidelity and useful
ness. Thus is the peoples will i'm
pressed upon the whole frame worl
OF our civil polity-municipal, stat,
and federal and this is to be
THE PRICE OF OUR LIBERTY
and the inspiration OF our faith il
the republic. 1t is duty OF those
serving the people in public place.
to closely limit the public expendi
lures to the actual needs OF the gov
ernment economically administered
because this binds the right OF tn,
government to exact tribute from
the earnings OF labor or the propeft,
of the citizens, and because public
extravaganza begets extravaganza
among the people. We should nevel
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