The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-03-07
TIRE xuanenra. Aaarasa

gural address.
| The Ensusurai Address.
| There is no constitution al or legal require
| ment that the President shall take the oath oil
| Office ia the presence OF the peorle BUtthere
| is so manifest ar appropriateness IN public
| Induction To office OF The Chief Executive Of
| hcer Of the nation that from the oeginning of
| the Government the people. to whose service
| the official oath eoEsecraues the officer. have
| been called to witness the solemn ceremonial
The oath taken III the presence Of thQ people
| nants to eerYe the whole body OF The people by
| the faithful execution of the laws ~ that theJ
may be an unfaiiing defence aud security OF
| those who respect aid observe them, and that
neiIher wealth. station nor power OF combina-
| tiOns shall be able to evade their just penal
| ties or to wTes' them iiom the 5enedrau5 Pr b.
lie purpose to seize tie entis ct cFyeitS o. sell
fish nesc. Ny promise is epokens yours nn-
snoken Init not iess rea, and lensn The
| people of every State have here their repre-
sentativeS. safely do not nis!ntarpret The
spirit of the occas ion, when assu'n That the
whole BODY of The paople covenant with me
and each other to-uay 10 support AND defend
tile Constitution aud the Union Of States; 10
yield willing obedience to all the laws, ana
each to every other citizen his equsl civil and
political rights Entering Thus so!emniy Snto
| the coyenaut with each oller, %e nay IsIer,,
entity invoke, ana oonGld ently expect favor and
help of Alulghty Goi, that he Wiil give to NE
Wisdom, strength and fidelity, and 10 orr PEG
pie the spirit of fraternity aud love Q! Tiant-
eousuess and peace. This oeGas; zen qar1Vts q
peculiar INTEREST fTe!li he fact mat the pIssl-
denilai te, "a tshicl Eegns this day is the 26th
under our Conatitutton. The hist tnaasura-
tion OF Presidesit Washington took slaee In
| New York, whore Congress was then sitting. on
the Goth day oI pal, l1SS. having heen Ce-
| ferrt bv reason OF the delays attending The
organization of Congress and canvass OF the
worthlly observed The cenienniais Ct tie
| Declaration of independence OF ti4e baffIa q
iorkioYp ;nI % tne aa2pti2n OK we ..
the Institution of the second gr' ut depart
he nj OF our constitutional scheme Of cove m
ment When the centennial OF IL z 'hatitntio4
9th judicial depait IleDt, by the "fgali 24tion
of the gu prersia DiErg, ehal SaVa beau s9itaoiy
observed, as i tin55 1t will be, our naftoa viii
nave fully entered its aeco d century. Will
not attempt to nefe the marvellous. ana, ~
great part. The hapny contrasts pei wTsu our
country as IL steps over this Threshold into lis
second century OF Its organized Xlstence
under the Constitution. ANA THAT weak Dat
wisely ordered young ; alton III ~ looked Un-
dauute down the first century. when all its
yeai street hsd out before It. car Iatftits viii
not FIJI y: fgis s!Iae q feeat VI ;uctus s
which accompanied the institution or the COY
ernnaeiit under the Consultations, ar 8" ma III
spiratiou ana guidance ia the !sachi;tss aua
| example OF Washington anu ms great $50
ciatas, and the hope and eoarsi&e III 2''{ii Fast
| whsl thirty eight pnpl 'ous ai4i .tospefcn,
states offer to thirteen sta es, " IN ia ever;
| thing except cotira e ana love OIL ilasrfy. ta&t
| then frinsed our Atlantic aaanoard: f.''7 ! III
tory of Dakota hsa now popaiA'!oi. sftnfei
than any of the original STATS, except Nif
ginie. and greater than tae aggregate OF I'VE :'i
the smaller States in 1850, the cenifeof poiu ID
ton, when our National Capital Wa9 located
east of Baltimore and it was ag' eed by many
well informed persons 1t would move eastward
sana 10 ohsn neag and the De@
aus ABOUT Co be taken viii show another stride
TO the westward. That whit h was the body
has come to be only the rich fringe OF 1879 Sa-
tons robe.
Bat our growth has not been limited to ter
ritory, porulaiion and aggregate wealth, mar
vellous'a s il has neen 10 each OF those difeo-
tons. The masses OF our people ats oettpf ed
clothed and housed than their iathe1s we're
| The facilities for popular education have been
| vastly enlarged and .ooFe generally difnsed
The vir1ues rf courage and patriotism have
yiy ran q their presence
| and increasing power in the hearts ana over
| the lives OF our people. The influences OF re-
| The sweet OFFICES 'bf charity naNa ggt@fiy In
| creased The virt'ien ~ teinperahos is hAid IA
higher estimation We have not attained tn
| ideal conditIon. Not all OF ocf people are
| happy and prospe rous nor all OF them are
the opportunities offered to the Individual TO
| secure the comforts of life are better than are
found elsewhere, and largely better than tna>
| render Of a large measure of the sovereignty
| tn the general government, effected by the
adoption of the Constitution, w&s not accom-
plished until the suggestions Of reasoo wn,e
strongly reinforced ~ me llo. Q IN psfaal a
voice Of exrefienoe nne ulVetgs ,r nafsci
| Union" The merchant, shipm8ster and man
ufacturer discovered and disa osed 10 GU,
statesmen aud to the peoul" that cen nerciai
| emiancipatio must be added 10 political ftee-
DOM which had beer 81 bravely won.
TIE commercial policy Of the motner coun-
| try had Tot reiaxeu OF any of its hand and OPP
press;ve feat ures..@ 4, hold III cheek the deVel-
Opu2nt OF eott fls9fG49i ts tftfSilt
or retaid the estepi sb ilierii aaq GROWN OF
| maul factures in the States, ana so 10 secure
| the American market tor their shops ana me
carrying trade tor tusir shta. was The policy
of European St. teameu; aid was pHrsca1 win
| most aelasEi vigof. i'fiii.nne po'.tsd "a Mpon
mating duties tGat should encourage si,e pro
duation of needed things athome,
| The patriotism of q people. which no longef
found Held of exercise IN war, was energeticaiiy
directed to the drty Of eqntppitg The young
| Republic for the d-fence OF It's Independence
Is fI..v,GT
for the promotion of home manufactures afd
70: encouraging TIE uae of IQnieeti4s Ill iGe
dreaa OF ths~ people, were organized in many
The revival at the nd OF line century OF the
same aatriotie interest in the preservation alfo
development of cor domestic Industries and
the defence Of our working people against III
furious foreign competition is an incident
worthy OF al tention 1t is not a dep altn' e, pat
| return that We have witnessed, The pr,tec-
| tive policy had tneD its opponents. the argu
ment was made, liz now, that ita benefits Injured
10 particular clsasss ar sections. II the ques
.on became III auy sense, or at any time see
| tional it was only becal.se slavery existed in
some of the States. But for this there was no
| reason why the cotton producing States should
not have led, or walked abreast with the New
| England Atafe5 Ia the production OF cotton
| brics. There was this reason only why the
States that divide Win Pennsylvania the min
erai treasures OF Tue great sonineaatefn ano
| central mountain ranges shoold have been so
tardy In bringing to The smelling iufnace AMI
| to the mill coal and iroa from lheir near op
| posing I'LL sides. The mill fires were lighted
| at the funeral pile of slavery. The Enanclf a
| ton proclamation was heard In the depths OF
the earth as we'll as in the sky. sIen were
! made free and material tnlusa became our
| better Servants. a.
ins sectionaI element has happily heen elm
mated from the tariff discussion. We baye no
longer states that are necessarily Gully planting
| states. None are excluded from achieving
that liberalization Of pursuit among the peo-
p which brings wealth and contentinent.
| The cotton plantation will not ne less valuable
| when the product l. spun IN y country town by
operatives whose necessities cal! Tor diversified
crops, and create a home demand for garden
and agricultural prodpc $. Every new niue,
inrnaee aud faetoIy Is an extension OF the prs
qusfiEe capacity of the state, more real and
valuable than added territory. snail prelude
and the paral ysis of slavery continue to hang
upon the skirts of progress;
How long will those who rejoice that slavery
nc longer exists cherish or tolerate the inca
| pacities 1t put upon tn cir communities. look
hopefully TO the continuance of our protective
system and to the consequent development OF
the manufacturing and mining enterprises ID
the states hitherto wholly given to agriculture
as potent influence in the perfect utilization
of our people, Men who have invested tnelf
capital in these enterprises, farmers who Ielt
| the benett of their neighborhood, and men
who wor9 n the shop or H-id. VIII NOT ia.t 70
End and defend a coni munity g! iEeereet, IL "
Eog quite possible thaL the farmefs ana pre-
meters of The great mining and manufacturing
enterprises which have recently heen estah
lshed III the SOUTH may yet lind thaf the nee
ballot OF the WoI kinsman, without DISTINCTION
Of race. is needed Tor their defence. as Wen as
for his own? do not doubt that II those men
| in the South VINO now accept the tarlH views
OF Clay and the constitutional expoSltlons OF
their real onvictiOns, they would not hnd IL
difficult. by friendly instruction and Gc-ousFS,
t;on, 10 maze the black man their eiilciaht ana
safe ally, not only In establishing correct pm
cIples in our national administration. nut II
| preserving fDr their loyal oonmuniHes the
| benefits Of social order and eeonom;cai anq
! honest government at least until the GO
Ofiices OF Kindness and education nave Deeh
ialrly tried, q contrary conclusion cannot %
plausibly urged. / have altogether rejected
/ the suggestion OF Il special executive poi1cy ior
any section of our country. 1t is Inc du'y OF
! ths executive 10 gil ainlste{ and enFifpe, ~
;,.ethpde and by !u4truan nta(! tieR potIted cut
| and provided by tie Cons ttnti0n, all laws en-
! their administration should be uniform ana
| ECU /. AS citizen my not elect what Avs
! he vii Gtey, neitner IF ay the executive eiecl
/ which ne VII enforce. Cue duty TO obey ana
/ to execute 2 NIL Faces he Constitution III lts en-
/ !irety and the whole code or laws enacted
| pntier IL. The evil example Of permitting 'nd-
VljuG!S corporal IONS or com inunlleS TO ntlitily
/ the laws because they cIoss some selgsh u
| local interests or prtiudioes ia fill of Danger.
| net only TO the nation at large, but much more
| to those VINO use this pernioous expsdient 10
| escape Just obligations or To obtain an UNJUST
! vantage over others. They will presently
! themselves be compelled 10 appeal TO tue law
| for protection and those VINO use The law as
| defence must not deny that use of ii to others.
| II our great corporations would more scfnpu-
! lously observe their legal limitations and
duties they Woald have less cause to complain