Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-11
Stanton Spectator
WkDNExDAS. MARCH IL, 1875
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's INAUGURAL.

President Cleveland's inaugural address
s plain, practical, forcible, and brief. Its
zone is characteristic of it's author, who.
,aving been identified with municipal and
State administrative reforms, foreshadows
this document the purpose of the Chief
Magistrate to carry on these changes in
,ational affairs. 1t is clear that the Presi-
lent enters upon the duties of his Office,
With sense of responsibility to the whole
,ountry, and proclaims his determination
o observe with care the spirit and the let
er of the Constitution, and the people of
ne country have reason to be profoundly
impressed as they now see the practical
ind unhampered workings of our free in
,titutions, no feature of which is entitled
20 more thoughtful reflection and study
chan that which so evenly and quietly
changes the administration of the govern
nent, according to the free expression of
che peoples will. The inaugural is express
.ive throughout of a lofty conception of Off
cial duty. Every important interest of the
people, leading function of the gov
rnment, as well as the relations between
Doth, have received that attention, and
called out views which stamp him as man
Of determination and will-power, whose
aims are for the good, for the advancement,
aud for the prosperity of the whole country,
thereby indicating wise comprehension
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aims and ends, and the great fundamental
truths upon which the welfare of the peo-
pie depends. The President has studied
he Constitution, and in the progress of the
country his mind has penetrated the future.
In the expressed views which are to
guide him in our domes tic policy, are to be
found the wisest and the safest; aid who
can fail to be impressed with his wisdom,
when referring to foreign complications
should any arise-tnat he has learned from
the teachings of Washington, Jefferson, and
Monroe. His large views and truly ma
5ional course have lifted up the Southern
heart. Sectionalism is dead. We are to
have an administration that recognizes all
sections alike, and knows only one great
and united country. In the very outset of
his Inaugural, the President declared that
1t is with ''solemn sense of responsible
ty'' that he contempiates the duty he owes
to call the people of the land, and that he
sconsecrates himself to their serv Co." He
advises that the animosities of political
strife should now be laid aside, sectional
preiudices and distrust sh ould be aban-
doned to ''reallze all the benefits which our
happy form of government Can bestow."
Special emphasis is laid upon the duty of
government officials. To the silver men,
| the Presidents views cannot be mistaken.
He pays his compliments to the high tariff
men,-is emphatic in reference to polyga-
my and Chinese immigration, and is ex-
plicit in his utterances in regard to the
rights of colured citizens, to whom he
says the government is pledged to give
'equal and exact justice" The Inaugu
raj is one all can read with interest and
profit AS chart by which the govern.
ment should be guided, it will pass into
history as one of the finest ever enuncated.
We We're among the first to recommend
aud zealoualy urge his nomination for Presi-
dent, ard all that we have learned of him
since has confirmed the confidence we
then reposed in his popular strength, his
patriotism, conservatism, firmness, integri-
ty, and good sound sense.
That he was nominated and elected, all
classes of all sections have just reason for
graduation.