Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-03-10
ADDRESS OF PRES
RDENT CLEVELAND.

this vast assemblage OF my country
men am about to supplement and
seal by the oath which | shall take.
the manifestation OF the will of
great and free people. In the exer-
else OF their power and right of self
government they have committed to
one of their fellow citizens a supreme
and sacred trust, and he here oonse-
crates himself to their service. This |
impressive ceremony adds little to the
solemn sense Of responsibility with
1 which contemplate the duty / owe
ito all the people Of the land. Moth
ing can relieve me from 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 pro
motion of their welfare. Amid party
strife the peoples choice was made;
but 1T Is, as attendant circumstances
| have demonstrated, new strength
and safety OF the government by the
people. In each succeeding year it
more clearly appears that our Demo-
: cratic principle needs no apology, and
k that in its fearless and faithful appli-
r cation is to be found the surest guar
antee Of good government. But the
: best results in the operation of gov
i eminent wherein every citizen has a
It share, largely depend upon the prop
h er limitation OF purely partizan yea
;. and effort, and correct appreciation
of the time when the heat of the par
tizan should be merged into the pa
l. triotism OF the citizen. To-day thu
n executive branch of the government
/. is transferred to new keeping; bu
this is still
!. A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE,
o. And it should be none the less an oh
I'd ject OF their affectionate solicitude
It. At this hour the .anmosities of poll,
h., ical strife, the bitterness of partiza
defeat, and the exultation of partza
- triumph. should be supplanted by IN
he grudging acquiescence in the popr
es- lar will and sober, conscientious COZ
,ot Germ for the general veal. Moret
! yer, if from this hour we cheerful
- and honestly abandon all sections
prejudice and distrust, and dete
he mine, with manly confidence in OF
in another, to work out tremendously tt
90 achievements Of our National dest
nv, we shall deserve to realize all I'll
an :. benefits which our happy form
les government can bestow On tt
wall r
yes new the pledge of our devotion
the constitution which, launched
As' the founders of the Republic, al
eh' consecrated by their prayers and P
nee triotic devotion, has, for almost
ere century, borne the hopes and aspiI
tions of great people through pre-
perty and peace, and through t
ng- shock of foreign conflicts and the p'
rod lis Of domestic strife and vicissituC
- BY the Father of His Country c
~ constitution was commended for ado
the ton as result of a spirit of
hey ''AMTrY AND MUTUAL CONCESSION.
ey In that same spirit it should be !
,;,v ministered, iii order to promote
lasting welfare of the country, and
anu secure the full measure of its pr
He'd less benefits to US and to those "
ling will succeed to the blessings of
Lone National life. The large variety
I.an diverse and competing interests 81
t.o' ject to Federal control and pers
the emily seeking recognition of tt
lers, claims need give us no fear that S
pa greatest good to the greatest numb
,pes, will fail to be accomplished if in
from halls of the National Legislature, that 5
u,, it of "amity and mutual concession" s
prevail in which the constitution had
oi' birth. And if this involves the surrel
'orh- or postponement of private interests,
arly, the abandonment of local advantages,
t to pensation will be found in the assur'
the that thus the common interest is subs
49,, ed aud the general good advanced
tho discharging my official duty, l shall
deavor to be guided by just and
strained construction of the constitu
careful observance of the distinctio
tween the powers granted to the Fec
shei- Government and those reserved TO
make States, or to the people, and by eau
the .,nraciatinn of those functions whlcl