The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-03-09
THE INAUGURATION ADDRESS.
President Harrison on the Important
Questions of the Hour.

IHE INAUGURATION ADDRESS.
President Harrison the Important
Questions of the Hour.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 4-Gen.
Harrison, after taking the oath of office,
read his inaugural from the east portico
of the capitol. 1t WAS as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: There ls 10 constitutional
or legal requirement that The president shall take
the oath OF Office in The presence OF the people.
But there is go manifest an appropria eness in
the pubic induction to Office OF the chief execu-
tive officer OF The nat ON that from the tesinning
o. the government, the people, To W hose service
The olncial oath onsecrates The officer have been
cal .ed 10 witness the solemn ceremonial The
oS IA taken in the presence of the people becomes
Il mutua- covenant. The officer covenants TO
serve the Ahole body of the people by ia ithful
execution OF the laws, so thai they may be he
untaling defense and security of those who
respect and observe them, and that neither
wealth, station nor the power OF com pin5tion
shah be able 10 eyade their just per sties or 10
wfest them IRON a henehcent public purpose to
serve the ENDS OF cruelty or selhshneSs. My
promise IS spoken; yours uuspoken-but not tie
less real or solemn. The people of every stat
have here their representatives. surely do not
mlsinterpret the spirit OF The OCCASION when l
assume that the whole body of the people cove
nant with me and with each other to-day
to support and defend the constitution
and TIE union of the states, 10 Yield
willing obedience o all the laws and each 10 ey-
rights. Entering thus solemnly into covenant
with each other, we may reverently invoke and
confidently expect the favor and help of l.
mighty tIOd-that He Will give to me wisdom,
strength and fidelity, and 10 our peop G a spirit
OF fraternity and a love ot Righteousness, and
peace.
This occasion derives peculiar interest from
the fact that the presidential term, which begins
this day, IS the 26th under our co lstitutioa. The
INST inaug uTation Of President Washington took
place in New York where Congress was then
nrN ha h 6aU lf AfArTf ha,-f mo
been defer Ell by reason of delays attending In
organization of the Congress ans the
canvass OF the electoral vote. Our peo-
pie have ALREADY worthily observed the centen-
mails 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 de-
partmeut OF our constitutional scheme of gov
Crnment. When the centennial OF the institu-
tion of the Judicial Department, by the organ
lZatl0n OF the supreme court, shall have been
suitably observed, as trust it viii be- our ma
ton VIII have fully entered its ecoud century.
Will not attempt TO note the marvellous, and,
IN great part. happy contrasts between our coun-
try 1t steps over the threshold into its second
century OF organized existence under the consti-
tuition, and that weak but wisely order ed young
nation that locked undauntedly down the first
century, when all its years stretched out before
IL.
Our people will not fail at this time to recall
the incidents which accom- panied the institution
of government under the constitution, 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 popuIous and prosperous states ofer
10 the thirteen states, weak IN everything except
courage and the love of liberty, that tLen iringed
our Atlantic seaboard.
The territory OF Dakota has now population
greater than any o. the original states [eNcept
Nirginia). and greater than the aggregate OF five
OF the smaller states in 1850. The center of pop
ulati1n, when our natIonal ca pital was located,
was east OF Baltimo re- aud II argued by
many well-informed persons that it would move
eastward rather than westward. Yet in 1850 il
was toIld to be near Cincinnati and the new
census, about 10 be taken, will show another
stride to the westward. That which was the
body has come 10 be only the rich fringe of the
nations robe.
But our growth has not been limited to terri
tory. population and aggregsle wealth, marvellous
as II has been IN each OF those directions The
masses OF our people ale better ted clothed and
housed than their fathers were. The facilities
for popular education have been vastly enlarged,
and more generally dtusad. The virtues Ci
courage and patriotism have given recent proof
of their continued presence and increasing pow
er In the hearts ana over the lives OF our people
TIE influences Of religion have been multiplied
anu stTengthed. Tie sweet Offices of charity
have greatly increased. The virtue of temper
6nce is held ia hig her estimation. We have not
attained ideal condition; uoT all OF our yeO.
pie are happy ard pTospeT0us-not all of them
are YiItuoHs and lAw-abtding. But Oh the whole,
the opportunities off red to the individual TO
cure The comforts OF Iieare better than found
elsewhere and largely better than they were l0(
years ago
The surrender ofe large measure OF sovereign
ty To the general government, effected by the
adoption OF the constitution. Was not accom-
plished until the suggestions Of reason were
strongly reinforced by the more imperative voice
OF experience.
The divergent interests of peace speedily de-
mRnded a ''mOre perfect union The merchant
the shipmasteT Hnd the manufacturer discovered
and disclosed to our statesmen, snd to the peo
pie, that commercial emanci patton n ust be add
ed to The political freedom which had been SC
walk T4-4 g,ATsa saTfF.lT al .F
mother country hsd not relaxed any of its hard
and oppressive features. To.hold in check The
Development of our commercial marine
iishmenI and growth of manuiac-
tures in the states, and SO TO secure
the American market Tor their shops and the
carrying trade tor their ships the policy o
Euro pean statesmen, and was pursued with the
most selfish rlgor. Petitions poured in upon
Congress, urging the imposition OF discriminst.
ing duiies that should encourage The production
OF needed things at home Ine patriotism OF
the people, which no longer found field of ex-
eTcise in war. Was energetically directed 10 the
duty of eCulppiHg the young republic for the
de ense Of IT, indePcndeuce toy making its people
self dependent. Societies lor the promotion oi
home manufactures and for encouraging the use
OF domestCs il The dress OF the people were or.
gsnzed in many Of the st.tes.
The revival az the end OF the century OF the
same patriotic interest in the preservation and
development of domestic industries, and the de
fense OF our working people aEainst injuriou,
foreign competition, Is an incident worthy o1
tttntion. II Is not a departure but a return
that we have witnessed. The protective policy
now that its benefits euured to no particular
classes or sections. If the question became il
any sense or at any time sectional, it was only
because slavery existed IN some o.
the states. But for this, there was nc
reason why the cotton producing stale.
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 Pennsy ivsnia the mineral
treasures of the great Southeastern and centrA
mountain ranges, should have been tarGy in
bringing TO the smelling furnace and 10 the mill
the coal and IRON from their near opposing hill
sides. Mill fires were lighted st the funeral pile
Of slavery. The emancipation proclamation Vat
heard in the depths OF the earth as well In the
sky-men were made free and material things
became our better servants.
The sectional element has happily been elm
mated from the tariff discussion. We have nC
longer states that are necessarily only planting
states. Noue are excluded from achieving thai
liberalization of pursuit among the people
which brings wealth and contentment The cot
ton plantation wiz not be less valuable when the
product is spun in the country town by opera
tiYes whose necessities cal for diversified crops
and create A home demand for garden and agri-
cultural products. Every new mine, fu mace and
factory is al extension of the productive ca pac
ity OF the state more real and valuable than added
territory. shall the preludiCes and paralysis ol
slavery continue to hang upon the skirts OF
progress How long will those who rejoice that
slavery no longer exists. cherish and tolerate he
incapacities it put upon their communities?
l look hopefully TO the continuance OF our
protective system, and to the consequent devel
opment Of manufacturing and mining enter
prises In the states hitherto wholly gwen TO ag-
rfculture. as potent fniueDee in The perfect
unification of our people. The men who have
invested their capital in these erterp-1ses, the
farmers who have felt ths benefit Of their neigh
borhoOd and the men who WORK In shop or
field vii not fail to find and TO defend COM
munity of interest. Is II not quite possible that
the farmers and the promoters Of the
great mining and manufacturing enter
prises which have recently been estab-
ii.hed in the South may yet fIId that
the free ballot of the working man, without
distinction OF race is needed for their defenss a
wei az for his own dn not douot that if those
men ia the South who DOW ACCEPT the tar Il views
OF Clay and the constitutional expeditions o.
Webster would cOurazeousiy ayov and defend
their real coufiCtions- they would not find
difficult. by ri ndly destruction and co-opera
tfoTl, to make the BLACK nan their efficient and
safe sIIy, BOT Only ia establishing correct prln
cip]es in our national administration. bur II
preserving, for their local communities, the
| benefits OF social order snd economical and hon
eat government. Al lesst until the good oftce'
Of kindness and educstioG have been iafriy tired
| the contrary conclusion cannot be plausibiy
urged
Ihs7e altogether rejected the suggestion OF .
special executive policy foT any section OF oul
/ country X il the duty Of the e1' cuiiFe 70 ad
| minister and enforce in the methods ana by thE
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