The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-07
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
lsenjamin Harrison Makes His Initial Ad.
dreAs - President.

Henjamin Harrison Makes His Initial Ad.
dreas - President.
There is no constitutional or legal re.
auirement that the president shall take the
oath Of Office in the presence Of the people.
But there is 50 manifest IN appropriateness
in the public induction to ONCE Of the chief
executive officer Of the nation that from
the beginning Of the government the
people, to whose service the official oath
consecrates the 0fficer, have been called tC
witness tho solemn ceremonial. The oath
taken in the presence OF the people be-
comes mutual covcnant-the officer GOV.
people by faithful execution
Of tho laws, 50 that they may be
the unfailing defence and security Of those
who respect and observe them, and tha,
neither wealth, station, nor the power OF
combinations shall be able to evadc their
just penalties or to wrest them from ben.
eficent public purpose to serve the ends oi
cruelty or seltshness. Ny promise /.
spoken; yours unspoken-but not the less
real and solemn. The people Of every state
have here their representatives. Surely
do not misinterpret the spirit of the occa-
sion when assume that tho whole body Of
the people covenant with me and with each
other to-day to support and
DEPEND THE CONSTITUTION
and the union of the states, to yield willine
obedience to all the laws and each, to every
other citizen his equal civil and political
rights. Entering thus solemnly into cove
nant with each other, we may reverently
invoke and confidently expect the favor
and help Of Almighty God-that He will
give to mo wisdom, strength and fidelity,
and to our people spirit Of fraternity and
. love.of Righteousness and peace.
This: occasion derives peculiar interest
from the fact that the presidential term,
which begins this day, Is the twenty-sixth
under our constitution. The first inaugura.
tion Of President Washington took place in
New York, where congress was then sit
ting, on the soth day Of April, l7s9,
having been deferred by reason oi
delays attending the organization 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 and of the adoption Of the
constitution, and will shortly celebrate in
New York the institution of the second
great department OF cur constitutions
scheme Of government. When the centen
nial Of the institution Of the judicial de-
Farlment by the organization OF the su-
preme court shall have been suitably OBJ
served, as trust it will be, our natiou will
navo fully entered its second century. !
will not attempt to notc the marvellous. and
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country as it steps over the threshold into
IS second century Of organized existence
mder tho constitution and that weak but
wisely ordered young nation that looked
',ndauntedly down the first century, when
all It's years stretched out before it.
Our people will not fail ut this time to 70
tsall the incidents which accompanied the
institution Of government under the con-
stitution, or to find inspiration and guild
anco in the teachings aud example of
Washington and his great associates, and
hope and courage in the contrast which
thirty eight populous and prosperous states
offer to tho thirteen states, weak in every
thing except courage and the love Of lib
erty that then fringed our Atlantic sea-
board.
TIE TERRITORY or DAKOTA
has now q population greater than any Of
he original states Except Virginia), and
.;;reatcr than the aggregate of five of the
smaller states In 1890. The center Of popu-
!atlon, when our national capitol was lO-
Gated, was east of Baltimore, AID II was
argued by many well-informed persons
that 1t would mOye eastward, rather than
westward. Yet in 1850 it was found to be
near Cincinnati, and tho 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 nation's ribs.
But our growth hes not been limitAd to TER
EitorY.- population ana Aggt1katA. .WlaltAA