The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-03-13
President CleVeland's Inaugural
Address.

land arose and began his Inaugural
> address. He was clad Ia a full sui
r OF black, Prince Albert coat, high
old.iashiCned standing collar, ant
black tie. In speaking he held hi
lett hand closed behind him, AM
emphasized his speech by gestures
: with his right hand. lie spoki
: without manuscript, but occasion
ally consulted a small piece of pa
per bearing notes of heads of lii
discourse. His voice was clear au(
resonant, aud be slowly euunciateG
his words, aud occasionally TUNED
) about at pauses to note the cfiecI
of his remarks. lie spoke as fol
lows:
Fellows itizens-In the presence
OF this vast asSemblage of my
countrymen, | am about 10 suppl
ment aud seal by the oath which ]
shall take the manifestation of the
will of IA great aud tree people. LII
the exercise of their power and
right of selt-governnent they have
committed to one OF their fellow
citizens aSupreme and sacred trust,
aud be here c0nsecrdtes himself to
their service. This impressive Ger.
emony adds little to the solemn
sense Of responsibility With which
contemplate the duty l owe to all
the people of the land. Nothing
can relieve from anxiety lest by any
act of mine their interest may sui.
fer, 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 circumstances have de-
mOnstrated anew the strength and
safety OF a government by the PEG.
pie. In each succeeding year it
more clearly appears that our Dem
Ocratic principles need no apology,
and that in their fearless and faith
full application is to be found the
sacred guarantee OF good govern
ment. But the best results in the
operation of a government where.
in every citizen has a share large.
ly depend npOn a proper limitation
OF purely partisan zeal, 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 the
Government of all the people, and
it should he none the less an oh.
jecU of their directorate solicltude.
At this hour the animOsities of 10.
lltical strife, the bitterness of par.
tisan defeat, and the exultatiOn of
partisan triumph, should be sup.
planted by au ungrudging acquies-
cence in the popular will, and a so.
Der, conscientious concern for the
general veal. Moreover, il from
this hour we cheerfully and honest.
IS abandon all sectional prejudice
aud distrnSt, aud determine with
manly confidence in one another to
work ont tremendously the achiev-
mrntS of u national destiny, we
shall deserve to realize al! the ben.
Gifts which our happy form OF gov
ernment can 6eStOw.
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 consecratpd by
their prayers aud patriotic Iev0.
ton has for almost a century borne
the hopes and the aspirations of a
great people, through prosperity
aud peace, and through the shock
Of foreign conflicts and the perils
Of domestic strife. BY the father
Of his country our Constitution was
commended for adoption ''as the
result of a spirit of amIty aud
mutual concession In that same
spirit it should be administered in
to promote the lasting wei.
ARE of the country, and to secure
he full measure Ot it's priceless
benefits to us aud to those who will
succeed TO the blessings of our ma.
iOnal life. The large variety of
Inverse and competing interests
to Federal control, persiS.
seeking the recognition of :
heir claims, need give us no fear !
bat the ~"greateSt good to The great. |
st number" will fail to be accom-. |
if, in the halls of national |
egislation, that spirit of amity aud I
mutual concession shall prevail in !
vhich the Constitution had its a
1t this involves the surren v
or postponement of private in. v
and the abandonment of u
zeal advantages, compensation u
ill be found in the assurance that C
hus the common interest is sub '
aud the general welfare adj =
Iu the discharge of my official e
uty | shall endeavor to he guided e
y a just and ~unstrained construc- 81
on OF the Constitution, a careful t.
.~servauce of the distinction be Fl
veen powers granted to the Fed 81
al Government aud those reser- pi
ed TO the States or to the people, al
nd by a cautious appreciation of 81
lose functions which, by the Con az
and laws, have been es- ze
assigned to the executive as
of tho U-nvarnmanf nnf L. III