Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-06

oath bI Office in the presence OF the people
But there i 20 manifest an appropriate
ness ia The public induction OF the Office 3
the chief executive officer Of the natio
that from the beginning Of the goyernmen
the people rs whose service the Official oatl
Ic0nseerates th5 officer have been called b
witness the solemn ceremonial. The Oatl
taken 7n the presence Of the people become
a ms1tual c0yenant. The officer covenant
to serve the whole body of the people by
the faithful execution OF the laws, &c
| that they may be the unfailing defense an,
security 81 those who respect and observt
them. and that neither wealth, station
nor power Of combinations shall be abls
to evnde the inst penalties, or wrest then
from their beneficent public purpose t.
serve the ends of cruelty or selfshnese.
Ny promise il spoken, yours unspoken
but it il not less real and solemn. TIL
Ipeople of every state have here their repre-
Hentatives, and surely / do not misinter
pref the respect Of She occasion when
assume that the whole body OF the peopl
convenEnt with me and each other to-da,
TO support and defend the constitution ant
union of states, TO yield willing obedienc
to all laWs, and each to every other citizel
his s.
EQUAL CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.
Entering thus solemnly into convenan
witls bach other, We may reverently invok
the aid, confidently expect the favor ant
help OF Almighty God, that he viii give tt
me wisdom, strength and fidelity, and to
our people spirit OF fraternity and love o
righteousness and peace. This occasion
derives peculiar interest from the fact thai
the presidential term which begins this day
is the 26th under our constitution.
The first Inauguration of President Wash
ington took place in New York where Con
gress was then sitting, on the 3Oth day oil
April, 1889, having been deferred by reason
Of details attending the organisation oil
Congress and the canvass OF the electora
vote.
Our people have already worthily OBJ
served the centennialS OF the Declaration
OF Independence, OF the battle OF Yorktown
and OF the adoption Of the constitution
and will shortly celebrate in New York the
institution OF the second great department
oil our constitutional scheme OF govern.
tion OF the judicial department by the
organization of the supreme court shall
have been suitably observed, as trust it
win. our nation will havetully entered upon
it's second century.
I will not attempt 20 note the marvellous
and in a great part happy contrasts be-
tween our country as it steps over the
threshold into the second century OF or
ganized existence under the constitution
and the weak but wisely ordered young
nation that looked undaunted
DOWN THE FIRST CENTURY,
when all it's years stretched out before it.
Our people will not fail at this time to re-
call the incidents which accompanied the
Institution OF the government under the
constitution, or to find inspiration and
guidance in the teachings and examples OF
Washington and his great associates, and
the hope and courage in contrast which
thirty eight populous and prosperous
states offer to the thirteen states weak in
everything except courage and love of
liberty, that then fringed our Atlantic sea-
board.
The territory OF Dakota has now a pop
ulation greater than that OF any of the
middle sta tes Except Virginia) and greater
than the aggregate of five Of the smaller
states in 1890. The center OF population,
when our national capital was local ed, was
east of Baltimore, and it was argued by
many well informed persons that it would
move eastward rather than westward.
Yet in 1880 it was found to be near Gin
cinnati, and the new census, about to be
taken, will show another stride to the
westward. That which was the body has
come to be only the rich fringe OF the ma
ton se.
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 peol le
are better fed, better clothed and housed
than their fathers were. Facilities for popu-
lar education have been vastly enlarged and
more generally diffused. The virtues Of
courage and patriotism have given recent
proof OF their continued presence and in
creasing power in the hearts and over the
lives OF our people. The influences of
religion have been multiplied and strength.
ened. The sweet Offices OF charity have
greatly increased. The virtue OF temper
ance is held in higher estimation. Yet we
have not attained an ideal condition. Not
all our people are happy and prosperous;
/ OF all are virtuous and law.abiding:
but, on the whole, the opportunities offered
to secure the comforts OF life are better
than found elsewhere, and better than they
we're here 100 years ago. The surrender OF
o large measure Of sovereignty to the gen
eral government, effecting the adoption OF
the constitution, was not accomplished until
the suggestions OF reason were strongly re-
;nforced by the more imperative voice OF
experience.
The divergent interests OF peace speedily
demanded more perfect union" Mer-
chants, shipmasters and manufacturers
discovered and disclosed to our statesmen
and to the people that commercial emanci-
patton must be added to political freedom,
" which had been SO bravely won.
The commercial policy OF our mother
country had not relaxed any OF it's hand
and oppressive features. To hold III check
the development of our commercial marine,
to prevent or retard the establishment and
growth of manufactures in states, and SO
to secure American markets for their Stops
and carrying trade for their shil 8, was the
policy OF European statesmen, and was
pursued with most selfish vigor. Petitions
poured in upon Congress urging the imposi-
tion of
DIsCRiMINATINATING DUTIES
that should encourage the production OF
needed things at home. The patriotism of
people who no longer found a field of exer.
else in war was energetieally directed to the
1uty OF equipping the yeung Republic for
the defense OF it's Independence by making
it's people self-dependent. Societies for the
promotion OF home manufactures and en-
the use Of domestics in the dress
OF the ,.eople we're organized in many OF the
states. The revival at the end of the GEN.
tury OF the same patriotic interest in the
and development OF domestic
Industries and the defense OF our working
people from injurious foreign competition is
an incident worthy OF attention.
Itis not a departure. but q return that
we have Witnessed. The protective policy
had then it's opponents. The argument
was made, and it is now, that the benefits
Injured to particular classes or sections. II
the question became in any sense or at any
time sectional, it was only because slavery
existed in some OF the states. But for this
there was no reason why the cotton pro-
ducing states should not have led or
walked abreast with the New England
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