New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-13
A State Document Worthy to Be Treas
ured in the Annals of Our
History.
Calmly Logical, Grave and Dignifed, It
Reviews the Past and Forecasts the
Future.
But the Unhappy Mugwump Can Clean
No Satisfaction From Reading Be
tween the Lines.

induction to Office of the chief executive officer
OF the nation that from the beginning of the
government the people, to whose service the
oIItclal oath consecrates the officer, have been
called to witness the solemn ceremonial. The
oa1h taken In the presence of the people becomes
amutual covenant-the officer covenants to serve
the whole body Of the people by faithful exc
CuG!on OF the laws, so that they may be the
railing defense and security of those who re-
s s' and observe them, and that nei-
6 oher wealth, station. nor the power of
Just penalties to wrest them from ben
ehcenC public purpose to serve the ends of cru
city or selfshness MY promise is spoken;
yours unspoken-but not the less real and SOL
emn. The people OF every state have here their
representatives. Surely I do not misinterpret
whole body OF the people covenant with me and
with each G. her to- dar to support and defend
the constitution and the Union of the states, to
yield willing obedience to all the laws. and each
and every other citizen his equal civil and po-
htlcal rights: Entering thus solemnly into
covenant with each other we may reverently in
woke and confidently expect the favor and help
of Almighty God-that he will give TO me wis
DOM strength and fidelity. and to our people a
and peace.
PAST AND FUTURE.
This occasion derives peculiar interest from
the fact that the presidential term which be-
gins his day, is the twenty-siXth under our con-
s5ltutiOn The first Inauguration of President
Washington took place in New York. where con-
gr Hsa was than sitting on the soth day Of April
attending the organization Of the congress and
the canvass of the electoral vote. Our people
have already worthily observed the centennials
of the declaration of independence of the battle
Of Yorktown and the adoption of the constitu-
tion; and will shortly celebrate in New York the
institution Of the second great department. of
orr consult utional scheme OF government.
When the centennial of the institution
ganization OF the Supreme court shall have
Deen suitably observed, as trust it will be- our
nation will have fully entered its second CEN
Jury. Will not attemnt to note the marvellous
and in great part happy contrasts between our
COUNT ~ as it steps over the threshold into it's
second century of organized existence under the
constitution and that weak but wisely ordered
young nation that looked undauntedy down
the first century when all its years stretched out
before it. Our Peep will not fail at this time
TO recall the Incl entS which accompanied the
institution Of government under the constitu-
ton or to find inspiration and guidance in the
teachings and example OF Washington and his
great associates, and hope and courage in the
contrast which thirty EIGHT populous and pros
porous states offer to
THE THIRTEEN STATES,
weak in everything except courage and the love
of liberty, that then fringed our Atlantic sea-
board The Territory of Dakota has now a
population greater than any of the original
states except Flrginla) and greater than the ag-
gregate of tive OF the smaller states in 1890. The
center of population. when our national capitol
was located was east of Baltimore. and it was
argued by many well Informed persons that it
would move eastward rather than westward
Yet In 1880 1t was found to he near Cincinnati,
and the new census about to be taken will show
another stride to the westward. That which
was the body mas come to be only the rich
fringe of the nations ribs. But our growth has
not been limited to territory, population and
aggregate wealth. marvellous as it has been in
each of those directions. The masses of our
people are better fed, clothed and housed than
their fathers We're The facilities for popular
education have been vastly enlarged, and more
generally dfused: The virtues of courage and
paorlotIsm nave given recent proof of their C IN
tinued presence and increasing power in the
hearts and over the lives of our people. The in
huences of religion have been multiplied and
STRENGTHENED, The sweet offices Of tv have
greatly increased The virtue OF, temperance is
held in higher estimation. We have not attained
an ideal condition. Not all of our people are
happy and prosperous; not all of them are v1r-
tuors and law-abiding. But, on the whole the
opportunities offered to the individual to secure
the comforts of life are better than are found
elsewhere. and largely better than they were
here one hundred years ago.
MORE PERFECT UNION.
The surrender of large measure Of sover-
eighty to the general government effected nv
the adoption of the constitution was not accom-
Dlished until the suggestions OF reason were
strongly reinforced by the more imperative voice
Of experience. The divergent interests OF peace
speedily demanded more perfect union" The
merchant. the shipmasrer and the manufacturer
discovered and disclosed to statesmen and
to the people that commercial emancipation
must be added to the political freedom which
had been so bravely won The commercial pol
icy of the mother country had not relaxed anv of
its hard and oppressive features. To hold in
check the development of our commercial
marine to prevent retard the estab-
lishment and growth of manufacturers in
the states. and so to secure the American
market for their shops and the carrying trade for
their ships was the policy of European statesmen
and was pursued with the most selfish yigor Petit
tions poured in on congress urging the imposing
OF discriminating duties that should encourage
patriotism of the people, which no longer found
a field OF exercise IN war, was energetically
directed to the duty of equipping the young re-
public for the defense Of its independence by
making its people self dependent. Societies for
the promotion of home manufactures and for
9Cr1 of fr,t
people were ORGANIZED in many of the states
The revival at the end of the century of the same
patriotic interest in the preservation and deyel-
opment OF domestic industries and the defense
OUR WORKING PEOPLE
against injurious foreign competition is an
incident worthy OF attention. 1t is not de-
par5ure, but return, that we have witnessed
The protective policy had then it's opponents
The argument was made as now, that its benefits
Injured 60 particular classes or sections. If the
question became in any sense or at any time
sectional, it was only because slavery existed in
of the states. But for this, there was no
reason why the cotton producing states should
not have led or walked abreast with the New
England states in the production of cotton
FABRICS. There was this reason only why the
states that divide with Pennsylvania the mineral
treasures of the great southeastern and central
mountain RANGES should have been SO
tardy in bringing to the smelling furnace
and TO the mill the coal and iron from
their near opposing hiilsldes. Mill fires were
lighted at the funeral pile of slavery The
emancipation proclamation was heard in the
depths of the earth, as well as in the sky-men
were made free and material things became our
better servants. The sectional element has hap
PLY been eliminated from the tariff discussion
We have no longer states that are necessarily
only planting states. None are excluded from
achieving that diyersification of pursuit among
the people which brings wealth. and contenI-s
ment. The cotton plantation will not be less
valuable when the product is spun in the coun-
try town by operatives whose necessities call for
diversified crops and create home demand for
garden and agricultural products Every new
mine. furnace and factory is an extension of the
productive capacity of the state more real and
valuable than added territory. Shall the preju-
dIces and
PARALYSIS OF SLAVERY
continue to hang upon the skirts OF progress?
How long will those who rejoice that slavery no
longer exists cherish and tolerate the incapaci-
ties it put upon their communities? look
hopefully to the continuance OF our protective
system and to the consequent DEVELOPMENTS of