The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-03-07

covenant with each other, we may reverently
invoke and confidently expect the favor and
tep OF Almighty God, that He will give to
me wisdom. strength and fidelity and to our
people spirit of fraternity and a love of
righteousness aud peace
The Nation, Progress.
This occasion derives peculiar interest from
] the fact that the presidential term, which be
gins this day. is the twenty-sixth under our
constitution The first Inauguration OF Pres
ident Washington took place in New York,
where congress was then sitting, on the Both
day of April, 1850, having been deferred by
reason OF delays attending the organization
of the congress and the canvass of the
electoral vote Our people have already
worthilv observed the centennials Of the
declaration of Independence. of the battle of
( Yorktown and Of the adoption of the con.
stitution, and will shortly celebrate IN New
! York the institution of the second great de-
518rtnen; Of our constitutional scheme of
government When the centennial If the
institutions of the judicial department by the
organization of the supreme court shall have
been suitably observed, as | trust it will be-
our nation will have fully entered its second
century.
| will not attempt to note the marvellous
]
our country ms it steps over the Threshold
into its second century of organized ex stence
under the const tuition, and that weak, but
wisely ordered young nation that looked I'M
dauntedly down the first century when all its
yenrs stretched cut before it. Our PEOPLE
will not fail at this time to recall the incl
dents which accompanied the institution Of
government under the constitution, OF to find
inspiration and guidance in the teachings and
example of Nashngton aud his groai asso-
oiates. ard hUlr' ard CoiiTil,'' in the contrast
which thirty eight populous AMI prosperous
states offer To the thirteen states weak in
everything except courage and the love of
libertv that then fEnged our Atlantic a
board
The territory of Dakota has now popula-
ton greater thnn amy of the original states
except virginia. and greater than the aggre
gate of five of the smaller states in 1890 The
center of population, when our national
! Capitol Was located, was east Of Baltimore,
and it was argued hy many wellinformed
persons that it would move eastward rather
than westward. Vet, in 1850, it WIS found
| to be near Cincinnati, and the new census,
ahont t. be taken will show another stride
to the westward That which was the body
has come 10 be only lie rich fringe Of the
nations robe. But otI growth has not been
limited to territory, population and aggre-
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Commercial Emancipation
The divergent interests OF peace speedily
demanded more perfect union The mer-
chant, shipmaster and the manufacture dis
covered and disclosed to our statesmen and to
the people that commercial emancipation
must he added to the political freedom which
had been 50 bravely won. The commercial
poiicy oil the mother country bad not relaxed
| any oil It's hard ana oppressive features, 10
hold IN check the development OF our com
! mefcmi marine, TO prevent or rethrd the es