Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-05
The Inaugural Address.

President CleyeIand's inaugural address |
will be read in all parts of the country !
with satisfaction ard approval. 1t is not
surprising in any respect. tits just such
state paper as might have been eX-
pected from the kind Of man that the
President has shown himself to be. 1t is
brief. strong. plain, sensible and honest.
II touches upon all the leading questions
before the country, and deals with them
so frankly that there can be no doubt re-
speeding the policy OF the administration
The first thing that attracts attention Is
the clearly expressed purpose TO admins
ter the government Tor the good OF the
whole people, and in strict accordance
with the letter and spirit Of the constltu-
ton. No strained Interpretation OF that
instrument will be accepted IN order 10
secure a partisan advantage.
The aim will be to introduce economy
Tito all departments of the government
The President believes that extravaganza
in the government leads to extravaganza
among the people, and that extravaganza
among the people leads to ruin and decay.
The President is poor man and has been
accustomed to plain way of living. He
will endeayOr to introduce his ideas into
the administration of the government.
The economical methods of conducting
public affairs, that were employed in the
earlier days of the republic, are favored
by him rather than the eXtravagant and
wasteful methods of the present day.
The foreign policy of the government
will be what 1t was before the ambitious
Blaine and the aristOcratic Frelinghuy
sen directed the State Department. There
will be no interference in the domestic
| affairs Of foreign nations and no interior
| ence by foreign nations will be tolerated
in our affairs. There will be no attempt
| to dictate to South American republics
/ and no participation in the formation of
new States in Africa.
| 4 currency Will be favored that Will
command the confidence Of the capitalist
and insure the workingman the full re-
ward of his labor. Such a coinage of sill
| yer as will cause gold and silver to part
| company will not be favored. A reduc-
ton Of the tariff is certainly on the pro-
! gramme-such a reduction as VIII lessen
the burdens OF the people and leave
| sufficient revenue to meet the require
/
ments of the government economically
| administered; but no reduction will be
| favored that can possibly damage the IN
dustrial interests OF the country.
There is a fair prospect now that the great
| unearned land grants, that are withheld
| from settlers by representatives OF defunct
! corporations, will again become part Of
| the public domain. The administration
| will have no sympathy with the schemes
for rObbing the people of their rights that
have received encouragement for so many
| wears: and there is also prospect
| that the Indians will be treated justly.
| The unsavory agents that have fattened
at the expense of the Indians VIII md
their occupation gone.
The senior Senator from this State will
not find his policy with reference to po-
| Ivgamy favored. The fact that immOr-
ality exists in New England in various
| forms will not be accepted as sufficient
| excuse for tolerating a practice in Utah
that is destructive of the family relation,
and offensive to the moral sense.
The importation of pauper contract Ia
Dor will not be permitted. The admins
| tration is in sympathy with the Ameri-
can workingman, and will not allow nm
to be degraded by contact and competi-
ton with foreign laborers who have
neither sympathy with nor part in our
Institutions.
The civil service law VIII be admins
tered honestly. The country is deter
mined that the law shall have a fair trial,
and the administration is ready 10 give 1t
such a trial. 1t must not be understood,
however. that the civil service law will
be ipterpreted to mean that those who
are now in office will not be disturbed. 1t
is pretty certain that the great majority
| of them will De disturbed, and that, too
so rudely that they viii soon be strangers
in the places they now find so comtorta-
BILE. From this time on the government
is going to be conducted on business
principles. There will, therefore, be no
use for incompetent and worthless Off
Gals and employees who crowd the public
buildings not only at Washington, but IN
all parts OF the country. Worth ana
competency are what the administration
want. and in getting them the changes are
bound to be numerous. AS for the OIL
Gals who are not within the jurisdiction
OF the civil service law, their partisan
character is sufficient to justify their i'm
mediate removal.
The colOred PEOPLE were unreasonably
alarmed Immediately after the election.
They now recognize that there was no
cause for fear. If they need additional
assurance that they will be protected in
all their rights as citizens they will find
if in the Presidents inaugural. The
ouesti9n now is not whether the cOlored
people shall have all the rights ofcltlzens,
but how they can best be taught to ap-
preciate and make the best use of those
rights.
The address is entitled to a very careful
reading.