Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-11
Inauguration Ball,
March 18th, 1885,
Commemorative Of the
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! Inauguration of
Grover Cleveland and Thomas A Hendricks,
President and e-President
OF the United States.
The Address.
The followingis the address delivered
by President Cleveland:
FELLOW CITIZENS In the presence of this
vast assemblage OF my countrymen, / am
about to supplement and seal by the oath.
which L 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 consecrates himself to
their service. This impressive ceremony
adds little to the solemn sense OF RESPONSE
bility with which | contemplate the duty [
owe to all people of the land; nothing 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 the din of party strife the peoples
choice was made, but it's attendant circum-
stances have demonstrated new strength
and safety of government by the people.
In each succeeding year it more clearly APP
pears that our democratic principle needs
no apology and that in it's fearless and
faithful application is to be found the sur
eSU SudIdIIOy Oh BOOu government. DuU
the best results i'll the operation of q gov
eminent, wherein every citizen has share,
largely depend upon the proper limitation
OF purely partisan zeal and effort, and a
correct appreciation Of the time when the
heat of the partisan should be merged in
the patriotism OF the citizen. To-day the
executive branch OF the government is
transferred to new keeping. But this is
still government Of all the people and it
4 EbOIlId no loss OH Cf hoir
| affectlOnate sOicitude. At this hour the
animOsities OF political strife the bitterness
OF partisan defeat and the exultatiOn OF
partisan triumph, should be supplanted by
| ungrudging acquiesence in the popular will,
and sober and conscientious concern for
the general veal. Moreover if from this
hour we cheerfully and honestly abandon
all sectional prejudice and distrust and de-
termlne with manly confidence in one an
other to work out tremendously achieve
ments OF our national destiny we shall de-
serve to realize all the benefits which our
happy form OF government can bestow 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 patriotic devotion,
has Tor almost century borne the hopes
and aspirations Of great people through
prosperity and peace, and through the
shock offOreign conflicts and the perils of
domestic strife and vicisstudes By the
| father OF his country our constitution was
commended for adoption as 1.-THE result of
a spirit of amity and mutual concession"
In that same spirit it should be admins
tered In order to promote the lasting well
fare OF the country and to secure the full
measure of it's priceless benefits to us and
| to those who will succeed to the blessings
OF our national life.
The lar un va of 1ivopuo opI
ing interests subject to federal control per-
| sistently seeking the recognition Of their
claims, need give us no fear that "the great
est good to the greatest number" will fail to
be accomplished if in the halls of national
legislation, that spirit OF amity and mutual
| concession shall prevail in which the consti-
tuition had its birth. II this involves the
surrender or postponement of private in
teTests and the abandonment of local adj
! vantages, compensation will be found in
the assurance that thus the common in
terest is subserved and the general welfare
advanced.
In the discharge Of my official duty l
shall endeavor to be guided by a just and
unstrained construction Of the constitution,
a careful observance Of the distinction be-
| tween the powers granted to the federal
government and those reserved to the
states, or to the people, and by cautious
apprecia ton of those functions which, by
the constitution and laws, have been es-
pecially assigned to the executive branch Of
the government. But he who takes the
oath to-day to preserve, protect and de-
! fend the constitution OF the United States,
only assumes the solemn obligation which
every patriotic citizen, on the farm in the
workshop, in the busy marts of
trade and everywhere should share
with him. The constitution which pre-
scribes his OATH my countrymen, is yours:
| the chosen n
ADMINISTERS tie for time, is yours. The SUI
frage which executes the will of freemen, is
yours; the laws and the entire scheme of
our civil rule from the town meeting to the
state capitols and the national capitol is
yours; your every voter, as surely as your
chief magistrate, under the same high
sanction, though in different sphere, ex-
ercises a public trust. Nor is this all.
Every citizen owes to the country viglant
watch and close scrutiny of the public serv-
ants, and fair and reasonable estimate
of their fidelity and usefulness. Thus is
the peoples will Impressed upon the whole
| framework of our civil pOlity-municipal,
state and federal-and this is the price Of
our liberty and the inspira ton Of our faith
in the republic.
It is the duty of those serving the peo-
pie in public place, to closely limit public
expenditures to the actual needs of gov
eminent, economically administered, be-
CetuSe ILLS JULIUS CIle flSnU Oh Iue gOVGfu-
ment to exact tribute from the earnings of
labor Or property OF citizens, and because
public extravaganza begetS extravaganza
among the people. We should never be
ashamed of the simplicity and pruden-
tial economies which are best suited
to the operation of a republican
form of government and most compatible
with the mission of the American people.
Those who are selected for limited time
to manage public affairs are still OF the peo-
pie and may do much by their example to
encourage, consistently with the dignity of
their official functions, that plain way of
life which, among their fellow citizens aids
integrity and promotes thrift and pros
perity.
The genius of our institutions, the needs
Of our people in their home life and the at
tention which is demanded for the settle
ment and development Of the resources Of
our vast territory, dictate the scrupulous
avoidance of any departure from that for
eign policy, commended by the history, the
tradition and the prosperity of our repub-
lie. 1t is the policy OF independence
favored by our position and defended by
| OUr love of iustica and bv CI1r poyUor