New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-05
rur 'TN1OoURAL ADDRESS.

TIE NAU9URAL ADO"
President Harrison's Inaugural Is "oIOny %
a.. sraat Nation whose first century Oh prog
- - he reviews. Eloquent and in every way
- ,,,.,-.hla In tone, breathing spanf Oh gem
nina nat,,ot,sm appealing to the higher mo
tsveu and hetter feelings of political opponents
Il q n the only praaseworthy sense non-psr-
tsSan. and vet seeks no shallow spproVat y
any oonceslnent or sacrifice Of CONVICTION. !"
tast ,esr,sot II ydll remind the Nation OF tne
earnest appeal which made President LSno'Al
first inaugural Address powerful ana n'e-
orable paper. 1t speaks unheata"ngp slAu
without compromise for those whose oohyN. ,
t;ons have preyailed In the late ebecSion' Dul
vnaaks for them only a. they sincerely S'ek
The uvelfare of the Rapuhho. Feiicitousu ene
PRESIDENT begins by referring 10 washington
,naueuration century ago, and to the grown
of the Nation In teritory, in maternal oonol'
items. In education and oozfors OF the pecpe
From this he passes, with briet recital o.
events which is a powerful argument In issel1i
70 The duty of maintaining that American IN
dnstrial nolicy which engaged the first thoughts
of the patriots who founded the hepuOn
eft is not departure, but return, tnao We
have Witnessed says the President. NO oCnei
answer could be so effective to the plea that
nroteotion of home industry is uncoust1tunonai'
or without the example Of the Fathers Their
n,rnose is ours, though changed circumstances
call for different laws. With strong reasoning
and a warmth of feeling which dses to eio-
mence. the President celebrates the cenoer-
NAL triumph of the National cause no Longer
sectional for mill fires were lighted az one
funeral pile of slavery. we nave no
longer States that ara necessarily only planning
States.u Earnestly Southern men arc utgeo
mot 70 cherish or tolerate the tncapacitieS
which slavery put upon their ccr'munlaes'l !,
and reminded that those who ont fono"eo
Henry Clay have now only TO assert enear CON
yfctions manfully TO enlist victorious SolioW-
ing in some of the Southern States.
Most happily, too, the Ppesidens oonneo0a
the necessities of the New South, and the Do
uands OF it's new Investors and workers. toH
nrotectdon. with theYital issue OF freesutfrage'
saying:
IA II not cutie possible thas the farmers ma ths
pnomcters of the great mining and MISUNDERSTANDING
entsrvrises which have recently been established N
the south may yet find that the free balict OF tne
workingman without distinction Of raee, 70 needed
for their defence Is well as for his owni
There Is stern warning, as well kindly
courtesy, in the declaration, 81 have alto.
eether rejected the suggestion OF spoda
executive policy for any section of our coun-
try.D In all parts of the country alike the
President holds it his duty to see that the law
are enforced. But he pleads with Southern
men to remember that community which
denies to portion of It's members their plaiT
rights under the law has severed the only SAT-
bond of social order and prosperity
The language of the address on foreign
affairs will be closely studied beyond our owl
boundaries. While in spirit, as well rs II
word, ii looks toward peace with all nations
it states with great distinctness the Preddent'
purpose NOT TO suffer the rights or interests O
the Nasion to be disregarded The reference
to Samoan affairs may well be observed: A
concession having been obtained, " our consen
will be necessary to any modification or i'm
pairment Of the concession With equa
frankness the President declares his purpose u
seek a genuine reform Of Civil Service, en-
TO expect hearty enforcement OF tAe Law
from all gubordinates
No one win be surprised, who read Presiden
Y h2IIiSUu 5YDcCutc WuS1u u SoANAh0eOb -
| strongly urges the propriety Of not poSponfnI
| expenditures which win presently DO neceSsar,
for the National welfare or development. tn
existence of surplus revenue shows that thi
| is Of all others the time to consider what ma,
| be most wisely done to anticipate futur
needs, and in connection with that fac
the navy, the foreign mail service, the pen
sions, and the state of popular education
are briefly considered. Finally, the Pres
| ident fifty closes with a strong appeal 70
thorough reform in election methods, no
forgetting that the Constitution gives to tn
general Government very large power on thi
subject, which, in any emergency, 1t shout
be ready to exercise. For, he rightly says
all districts have an equal interest in the purit
of elections in every district; the man VIII
has come to regard the ballot-box asa juggler'
hat has renowned his allegiance"
The Inaugural Address will be criticize
angrily by those whose hereSes or misdeed
| it rebukes. The President will not have
complain, as DIR. Johnson once did, that hi
| speech had not been sufficiently attacked, add
ing, never think have hit hard unless
rebounds" But the strong and patriotic ap
peal of the President will 60 to the hearts an
the convictions Of the American people, an
! will produce results hareafter.
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