The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-11
GiEVlLAIDs UlUDTRAL ADDRESS
WASHINGTON, March 4.

WASHINGTON, March 4.
Feilo,c Citizens: In the presencf
OF This vast assemblage OF my coun,
trynen | am about to supplement
and seal by the oath which | shall
take, the manifestation of the will o.
Il great and free people. In the ex
ercIse of their power and right Of
s@lf government. they have commit.
ted t., one of their fellow clIizens a
SUPP en,e and sacred trust and he
her,. conseerates himself to their SER
vice This impressive ceremony
&C. d. little to the solemn sense OF
responsibility with which | contem
plate the duty owe TO all the peo-
,,le of the land Nothing can re-
iieve me from anxiety lest by an act
of mine their interests may suffer
and nothing is needed To strengthen
my resolution 10 engage every facul-
" and effort in the promotion OF
their welfare. Amid the din of par
" strife the peoples choice was
made, but It's attendant cireumstaG-
ces have demonstrated anew the
strength and safety oi government
b, the people. In each succeeding
year it more clearly appears that
our Democratic principle needs no
apology and that III Its fearless and
faithful appreciation is to be found
the surest guaranty OF good govern
ment. But the best results in the
operations of government wherein
every citizen has a share largely de-
peud upon a proper limitation OF
purely partizan Zeal and effort and a
correct appreciation of the time when
The heat of the partizen should be
merged in the patriotism OF the clti-
zeus. To day the Executive branch
of the government Is transferred To
rev keeping. But this is still the
government OF all the people, but IT
should be none the less on object OF
their affeciionaie solicitude. At this
hour the animoslties of political
strife, the bitterness of par,izan de-
I, al, and the exuiiatlon OF parlizan
triumph should be supilant' d by
an ungrudemg aGquiescence In the
popular Will, and sober, conscien
tious concern tor the general veal.
Moreover, if from this hour we
cheerfully and honestly abandon all
sectional prejudice aud distrust, and
determine, with manly confidence la
one anothei, To work out harmonl-
ouslv the achievements of our ma
tiunal destiny, We shall deserve To
realiz- all the benefits which our
happy form of government can be-
stow.
On this auspiciOus occasion we
may well renew the pledge OF our
devotion to the constitution, when
launched by the founders of the re-
public, and consecrated by their
prayers and patriotic devotion, has
for almost century borne the hopes
and the aspirations of a great people
through prosperity and peace, and
through the shock OF foreign con-
tllcls ard the perils of domestic strife
AID vicissltudss. By the father oi
ni- cuuutry, Our constitution was
commended for adoption as The re-
suit of spirit of anits and mutual
concession" In that same spirit II
should be administered in order to
promote the lastihg welfare OF the
country, and to secure the iul meas
ures of it, priceless benefits to us
aud To those who will succeed to the
BLESSINGS of our national life. The
large variety of diverse and compel.
ing int, rests subject to federal con-
trol, persi>tendy asking the recogni
ton of their claims. need give US no
fear that The greatest good to the
greatest number, will fail to be ac-
complshed, If, III the halls of natlon-
al legislation. that spirit of amity
aud mutual concession shall prevail,
In which the constitution had lis
birth. If this Involves the surren-
der or puetponement of private inter
esls. aud the abandonment of local
sdvantages. compensation Will be
spund IN the assurance that thus the
common interest Is subserved and
the general welfare advanced. In
the discharge of my official duty |
shall endeayor to he guided by a
lust aud unstrained constructions of
the constitution, Il careful observance
nf the distinction between the pow
RS granted tu the federal govern
n EFT and those reserved to the
stat,s, or To the people, aud by
cautious appreciation OF those iunc-
mons which. by the constitution and
laws, have been especially assigned
h. the executive branch of the gov
-rnmeht. But he who takes the oath
To daN to preserve, protect and de-
frnd the constitution OF the United
Suites. only assumes the solemn Oh
legation which every patriotic citizen
nu tie farm, in the workshop, In the
busy marts oi trade, and every where
should share with him. The consti-
tuition which prescrihe- his oath. my
country men is your the govern-
meut YOU have chosen him to ad
minister for a time is yours the
suffrage which executes the will OF
freemea is yours the laws aud Ell
tire scheme Of our civil rule from
the town meeting to the state CAPT
tolls and the national capitol is
yours. Your every voter, as surely
as your chief magistrate, under the
same high sanction, though in diff
lerent sphere, exercises public
trust. Nor is this all. Every citi-
zen owes TO the country vigilant
watch aud close scrutiny of its pub
lie servants and fair and reasonable
estimate of their fidelity and useful
ness. This is the peoples will i'm
pressed upon the whole framework
of our civil policy cy-municipal, state
and federal and this is the price Of
our liberty, and the inspiration If
our faith IN the republic. II is the
duty of those serving the people III
public place to closely limit public
expenditures to the actual needs of
the government economically ad-
ministered because this bounds the
right of the government to exact