Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-03-13
cLEvELAND's INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

of this vast assemblage Of my country
men l am about to supplement and
seal by the oath which I shall take, the
manifestation of the will Of great and
free people. In the exercise of their
power and right to self government they
have committed to one of their fellow
citizens supreme and sacred trust, and
he here consscrates himself to their SER
vice. This impressive ceremony adds
little to the solemn sense Of responsible
ity with which contemplate the duty l
owe to all the people of the land. Moth
ing can relieve me from anxiety, lest by
any action of mine their interests hay
suffer, and nothing is needed to strength
en- my resolution to engage every fac
ulty and effort in the promotion of their
welfare.
Amid party strife the peoples choice
was made, but it's attendant circum.
stances have demonstrated anew the
strength and safety of government by
the people. In each succeeding year
it more clearly appears that our dem
ocratic principles need no apology, and
that, in its fearless and faithful appli-
cation is to Sc found the surest guar
anty of good government. But the best
results to be found in the operation of
government wherein every citizen has
share. largely depend upon proper
limitation of purely party zeal and ef-
fort, and correct appreciation of the
time when the heat of partisanship
should be merged into the patriotism of
the citizen. To-day the executive
branch of government is transferred to
a new keeping, but this is still gov
ernment OF all the people, and it should
be none the less an object of their affec-
tionate solicitude. At this hour the
animosities of political strife, the bit.
terness of partisan defeat, and exulta-
tion of partisan triumph should be sup
planted by ungrudging acquiescence in
the popular will, and sober, conscien-
tious concern for the general veal.
Moreover, if from this hour we cheer
fully and honestly abandon all sectional
prejudice and distrust, and determine
with confidence i'll one another, to work
out harmonious!y the achievement of
our national destiny, we shall deserve
to receive all the benefits which our
happy form of government can bestow.
On this auspicious occasion we may
we'll renew the pledge of our devotion
to that constitution..yhich. launched by
the founders of the republic and conse-
Grated by their prayers and patriotic
d.-etiou, has for century borne
the hopes and aspirations Of graat
people, through prosperity and peace,
through the shock Of foreign conflicts
and the periis of domestic strife. By
the father of his country our censtitu
ton was commended for adoption as
, the result of spirit of amity and mu
| tual concession. In that same spirit il
should be administered, in order t.
: promote the lasting welfare of the coun
j try and to secure the full measure o
e its priceless benefits to us and to thos,
who will succeed to the blessings o
;. our national life. The large variety o
diverse and competing interests subjec
to federal control, persistently seekin
: recognition of their claims need give Ii
no fear that "the greatest good to tn
greatest number" will fail to be accom-
plished, if in the halls of the nations
legislation that spirit OF amity and mt
tual concession shall prevail in whic
re the constitution had its birth. If th
TX involves the surrender or postponenei
ct of private interests, and abardonmer
3. of local advantages, compensation wi
IN be found in the assurance that thus t!
It, common interest is subserved and Il
1t. general welfare advanced.
i'll In the discharge of MY official duty
er shall eAdeavnr to be guided by a ju
he and unstrained construction of the co
,st stltution, "a careful observance of t.
of distinction between the powers guara
it teed to the federal government Al
those reserved to the states or to t
& people, and by cautious appreciate
49, and laws have been especially assign
-, to the executive branch of the Cover
ment. But he who takes oath tod
H., to preserve, protect and defend the &C
~ stituti"n of the United States, only
.n sumes that solemn obligation VIII
!, every patriotic citizen on the farm,
the busy marts Of trade, and everywhe
~ should share with him. The consti
-0A ton which prescribes his oath,
;, countrymen, is yours. The governm
"' which you have chosen him to adm
sat lister for time is yours; the suffr
ook which executes the will of freemer
and yours; the laws and the entire scfe
i'll of our civil rule. from the town meet
on, to the state capitol and the natio
ted capitol, is youis. Your every vo
and as assuredly as your chief magistr
,ere under the same high sanction, tho
one in different sphere, exercises a pu
The trust. Nor is this all; every Cit
sing owes to the country vlgilaut WI
uth- and clese scrutiny of its public serva
over and fair and reasonable estimat
csd. their fidelity and usefulness. Thi
the peoples will impressed upon
whole framework of our civil pol
municipal, state and federal. And
is the price Of our liberty and the
-. spiration of your faith in the repu
1t is the dsty of those serving
II os people in public place closely to
the public expenditures to the az
. needs Of a government economic
administered. because this bounds
right Of u government to exact tri