New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-05
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS
MUruAr oBI1GATroSs OF rRRsIDErr Am
PEOPLE


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Washington, March 6.-5eneral Hsrriaae. e.
panied BY Senators HOAX and 0oclren. Of tAs Ssn4
ate Inaugural Committee. was driven to ths Wits
House shortly sitter 1s O'clock, and the pArsa
was soon joined by President Cleveland snd fhe
members OF his Cabinet The Presidential party
ct once proceeded to the Senate Chamber, and ~
entrance was made amid great hush. The oeth
Of Office was first admfnisbered "a the vire-RreG-
ddnteiech Mr. Morten, by tho presiding o1lcsx.
Immediately sftex the reocsasSun TO tie maakufA1
stand was formed. The OATH Of o4ace was ndnin-
istered to the Prcssdentelect General Hsxzsson,
ana he then read from manuscript his Inaugural
Address ss follows:
There is no constitutional or legal requirement.
that the President shall take the cath Of oace Al
the presence Of the people Bat theze s 50 nanfees
an appropriateness In tho public Induction to Of
flee Of the chief executive ocficer Of the Nation,
that fron the beginning Of the Governments the
people, to whose serssce Che Official oath cea-
socrates the ofaeer, have been called to witness
tho solemn ceremonial The oath taken IN ths
presence Of the people becomes mutual covcnznr
1.-The officer covenants to serve k1s whole body
Of the peopls by faithful execgtson Of The
laws so that tbay may be tis unfaslipg defencs
and security Of those who respect and obserye
them, and that neither wealth and station nor
she power of combfnssaons shall be able 10 svsds
their just penalties or to wrest them from d
teneacsat public purpose to serve the ends Of
cruelty or selfshness Ny promise h spoken
years unspolsen but not the less reel and solemn.
Tho people Of every State have here their repre-
senfstaveS Surely do not misinterprct the
spiris OF the occasion whea assume that the whole
body Of the people covenant with me ard with
each other to-day 70 suppcrt and defead tho Con-
ftstutscn nnd the Union Of the States; to yiefa
willing obedience to all the laws and each to
every other citizen his equal civil and poIitical
rights Entering thas solemniy In covensnt with
each Other we may revcrently invoke. and con-
ndsutly expect the favor and help Of Amight1
Cod-tbat he win give 10 me wisdom, strength
and fidelity, and to our people spirit Of fraternity
and love OF righteousness and peace.
This occasion derives peculiar interest from shs
fact that the Presidential term which begins this
day, Is The twenty-sixth under our ConzdtutdcB.
The Hrst inauguration Of President washfnstes
took place In New-Yorl- whore Congress was tn a
sitting, on the 3oth day Of April 1889, having
been dEferrcd by reason Of delays attending the
Organization Of the Congress and the canvass OF
the electoral vote Our people have already
worthily observed the csutennials Of she Declaxar
tinn Of Independence, OF the Battle Of York;
sown, ana Of the Adoption Of the Ocnstitutioni
and VII shortly celebrate in Ecw-York tbs In
stzxxzs1cn of ne second great department. af our
l3csstisa1i> >4as sszSsns of government Whsn Ne
centennial of the fnst1sasd0n - the Jndtclst De<
psrtment by the organization of the supreme
Court shall have been suitably observed. as =
trust it will be- our Nation win have fully entered
fits second century
A.. If1x aaG
in great part happy contrasts between our country
a. h stems over the threshold into its second
century of organized existence under the Con-
stitutton. and that weak but wisely ordered young
Nation that looked undauntedly down the first
century. when all It's years stretched out before
IL Our people win NOT fail at this time to recall
the incidents which accompanied the institution
az eoyernnent under the Constitution. or 10 hnd
insuiration and guidance in the teachings and ex-
ample Of Washington and his great associates, ana
hone and courage in the contrast which thirty
eight uopuloas and prosperous States ofs9 to the
tbirtesn States weak In everything except courage
ana the love Of liberty, that then fringed eur
Atlantic scaboard.
Tho Territory Of Dakota has now popuia-
.,or greater Than eny Of the original
States, except Virgins, and greater than
the aepresate of ave of the smaller States
IN 17ao. The centre Of population, when our
National eapital was located, was east OF Baiti-
more. and IL was argued by many weilinformed
,a,sona that it would move eastward rather than
westward. Yet in 1880 it was found to be Near
Cineinuat, and the new census about TO be taken,
will show another stride TO che westward That
which was the body has come to be only the rich
fr,nse Of the Nations robe. But our growth has
not been limited to territory population and ag-
orerate wealth, marvellous as tt has been In each
of those directions The masses Of our peopk are
halter fed clothed and housed than their fathers
were. The facilities for popular educatton have
beep vastly enlarged and moro generally dnused
The virtues of courage and patriotism have given
rsceut proof of their continued presence and in
craasins power in the hearts and over the lives Of
our neople. The Influences Of religion have beea
,nultiped and 5trengthened. Tho sweet Offices
of charity haye greatly increased. The virtue of
temperance is held in higher estimation We have
not attained an ideal condition Not al Of our
people are happy and prosperous; not al Of them
ara virtuous and law-abiding But on the whoie,
the opportunities offered to the indiv1duAi 70
secure the comforts OF life are better than are
found elsewhere aud largely better than they were
here one hundred years ago.
THE AMnaIuAN PRoTBurIvE sYsTEM-
The surrender Of large measure Of soveregntS
to the General Government effected by the adop-
tion of the Constitution was not accomplished
until the suggestions of reason were strongly rc-
inforced by the more Imperative voice OF ex-
perience. The divergent interests OF pescs
sDeedily demanded o @mon perfect rnion"
The merchant. the shipmaster and the. manu-
faesnrer discovered and disclosed TO our states-
men and to the people that commercial enancipa-