Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
HARRISON'S INAUGURAL.
The Presidents Views Upon Inn.
 pOrtant Public Questions.
Discussing the Tariff, Civil Ser
 vice, the Surplus, Etc.

The following is the inaugural address of President Harrison:
 There is no constitutional or legal require ment that tine President shall take the oath of office In the presence of the people. But there Is so manifest an appropriateness in fhe public induction to office of the chief executive officer of the nation that from the beginning of the Government the people, to whose service the official oath consecratss the officer, have been called to witness the sol the presence of the people becomes .a mutual covenant. The officer covenants to serve the whole body of the people by a faithful execution of the laws, so that they may be the unfailing de fence and security of those who respect and observe them. and that neither wealth and station nor the power of combinations shall tbe able to evade their just penalties or to Wrest them from beneficent public purpose to serve the ends of cruelty or selhshness My promise IS spoken; yours unspoken, but Tot the less real and solemn. The people of every Stats have their repre- fsrnasl ssn6asivss the Surely do not misin, when I assume that the whole body of the people covenant with ne and with each other to-day to support and defend the Constitu- ton and the Union of the States, to yield willing obedience to all the laws. and each to every other citizen his equal civil and poiti- cal rights. Entering thus soiemnly in GOV e0Ant with each other, we may reverentlv invoke and con6denrially expect the favor and help of Almighty God-that He will give to me wisdom, strength and fidelity, and 10 cur people spirit of fraternity and love of Righteousness and peace.
 This occasion derives peculiar interest from fhe fact that the Presidential term which be- Constitution. The first inauguration of President Washington took place in New York, where Congress was then sitting, on the SCth day of April, 17S9, having been de- 2 r2.r-x> hwrr, I1J-
 ,ganization 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, rana O, the adoption of the Constitution; and wi1 shortly celebrate n New York the in- stitueion of the second srsar o,p=sr -msat os dur Constitutional scheme of Government When the centennial of the institution of the Judicial Department, by the organiz ation of the Supreme Court, shall have heen suitably observed, as I trust it will be, our nation will have fully entered its second century. 1 will not attempt to note tie :Iiar Tel5Iis, and, m great part, happy contrasts between our country as It steps over tine threshold into its second century Of organized existence under the Constitution, and that weak but wisely ordered young nation that looked undaunt- edly down the first century, when ell its years stretched out before it. Our people will not fail at this time to recall ths incidents which accompanied the institution of gov ernment under tine Constitution. or to find inspiration and guidance in the .teachings end example Of Wash ingtoI and his great associates, and hope and courage in ths contrast which . thirty-eight pop1Ious and prosperous States oHer to the thirteen States. weak in every ts::ns except courage and the loTe of liberty that then fringsd our EAtlantic seaboard.
 The Territory of Dakota has nov a popu- lation greater than any of the original States except Virginial. and greater States in isso. The centre of popuia- tion, when our National Capital 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 it was found to be near CC..,- {cinnati, and the new censls about to be taken will show another stride 10 the Vest ward. That which was the body has come to be only the rich fringe of the nations robe. But our growth has been limited Co ter 'ritory, 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 were. The facilities for popular education have been vastly enlarged and more general ly diffused The virtues of courage and pa- triotism have given recent proof of their con tinued presence and increasing power in the hearts and over lives of our people. The in fiuences of religion have been multiplied and strengthened. The sweet offices of charity have greatly increased. The virtue of tenn perence is held in higher estimation. We have not attained an ideal condi- tion- Not all of our people are happy and prosperous; not all of them are virtuous and law abiding. But, on the whole, the oppor- 'tunities offered to the individual to secure the comforts of life are better than ara found elsewhere, and largely better than they were .here one hundred years ago.
 THE TARIFF POLICY.
 The surrender of large measure of sovs- ,reignty to the general Government, effected by the adoption of the Constitution, was not accomplished until the suggestions of reason iperative voice of experience The divergen: interests of peace speedily demanded { more perfect union." The merchant the ship-master, and the manufactures .men and to the people that com mercial emancipation must be added to th' political freedom which had bean so bravelJ won. The commercial policy of the mother -tcountry had not relaxed any of !ts hard anf oppressive features. To hold ln check the de velopnent of our commercial marine, to pre- vent or retard the establishment and growtl of manufactures in the States. and so to se cure the American market for their shop and the carrying trade for their ships, was tn
 policy of European statesmen, and was pur sued with the most selfish vigor. Petition poured in upon Congress, urging the imposi rion of discriminating duties that shou
 encourage tine production of needed things a
 home The patriotism of the people, whic
 no longer found field of exercise in wal
 was energetically directed to the duty o
 equipping the young republic for the defens
 of its independence by making its peopl
 self dependent. Societies for the promotIo
 of home manufactures and for encouragin
 the use of donestics in the dress of the pee
 pie were organized in many of the States.
 The revival at the end of the century o
 the same patriotic interest in the preservatio
 and development of domestic industries, an
 the defence of our working people again:
 injurious foreign competition Is an inci0er
 worthy of attention. It is not departur,
 but return that we have witnessed. I'll
 protective policy had then it's opponent
 The argument was made, now, that Ii
 benefits inured to particular classes or sec
 tions. If the question became in any sense.c
 at any time sectional, it was only becau: slavery existed in some of the States. Bu
 for this there was reason why the cottoI
 producing States should not have led
 walked abreast with the New England Statt in the production of cotton fabrics. Thel twas this reason only why the States that d vide with Pennsylvania the mineral Urea lures of the great southeastern and centr: mountain ranges should have been so tard in bringing to the smelting furnace ar the mill, the coal and iron from their ne. opposing hillsides- Mill fires were lighted