Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-15

aAlL PtOOS0U6u 10 5uS OuG5lQS pL9GIGELQ,
where the president Rt 1915 began the
delivery of his inaugural address.
Before beginning the address the oath
OF Office was administered 70 General
Harrison and the president then deIiv-
cred the following address:
HARRIsON's INAUGURAL.
There is no constitutional or legal requirement
chat the president shall take the oath Of ice In
the presence OF the people, but there is SO mani
Test an appropriateness IN the public induction
to Office Of the chief executive officer al the M
ton, that from the beginning of the government
the people to whose service the official oath con
socrates the officer have been called to witness
the cOIemn ceremonial. The oath taken in the
presence of the people becomes mutual cove
nants The officer covenants to serve the whole
on Of tRe I s%gg so 0y tb 5l5h fBev ezgog
be the unfailing defense and security OF
Lno5e VINO respect and observe them and that
nelGhef Wea1tn, station nor the power of Counbi-
nations shall be able to evade their lust penal
ties or to Wrest them from a benefcient public
purpose 70 serve the ends or cruelty or selfish
ness. My promise is spoken; yours unspOken,
but not the less real and solemn.
Inc people OF every state nave mere the repre-
sentative. Surely / do not misinterpret this Oc-
cas1on when assume that the whole body of the
people covenant with me and with each other to-
day to support and defend the constitution
and the union of the states, to Weld
willing obedience to all the laws and each to
every other citizen his equal civil and political
rights, entering thus sOlemny into covenant with
each other We may reverently invoke and conf
GOds that he vail give to me wisdom, strength
and fidelity ana to our people spirit of fratern-
ity and a love of a righteousness and peace.
ms occasion deserves peculiar interests from
the fact that the presidential term which begins
this day. is the twenty-sixth under our constitu-
1On. Inc nrsG inauguration OF President Wash
ingtOu took pla g in New York, where congress
was then sitting, on the Both day of April, I769.
having Deen deferred by reason OF delays at
tending the organization of congress and the
canvass of the electoral vote. Our people have
already woIthlly observed the centennials of the
declaration of Independence, of the battle OF
Yorktown, adoption of the constitution and Will
shortly celebrate in New York the institution OF
constitutional scheme of government. When
the judicial department by the organization of
the supreme court shall have been suitably OBJ
served, as 1 trust it Will be. Our nation viii
attempt to note the marvellous and in great
part the happy contrasts of our country as 1t
steps over the threshold into its second century
OF organized existence under the constitution
and that weak but wisely ordered young nation
that looked undauntedly down the first century
Wnen ali Jus years sGreUcned ont before tt Our
people viii not fail at this time to recall the incl
dents which accompanied the institution of the
government under institution or 70 ind lnspiTa-
ton and guidance IN the teachings and the
example of Washington and his great associate
and hope and courage in the contrast Vh!ct
thirty pOpulOus and prosperous states offer to
the th1E teen states, weak IN everything except
courage and the love of liberty that then friuged
our Atlantic seabOrd. The territory of Dakota
has now a population greater than any of the
original states Except Firginia) and greater than
The center Of population when our National cap
ital was located was east of Baltimore and it was
by many well Informed persons that it
would move eastward rather than westward.
Yet IN 1880 1T was found to be
about to be taken viii show another stride to the
westward; that which was the body has come to
be only the rich foliage of the nations robe.
But our growth has not been limited to terri
tory, population and great wealth, marvellous as
it has been in each of these directions. The
masses OF our people are better fed, clothed and
their were.
popular education have been vastly enlarged and
are generally diffused. The virtues of
courage and patriotism have given
recent. proof of their continued presence
and increasing power in the hearts and
religion have multiplied and strengthened. The
sweet offices of charity have greatly increased.
ton. We have not attained an ideal condition.
Not ali OF our people are happy and prosperous;
But on the whole, the opportunities offered the
Individual to secure the comforts of Life are bet
ter than are found elsewhere, and largely better
than they were one hundred years ago.
OF. sovereignty to the federal 60vernmentN
effected by the adoption Of the constitution
was not accomplished until the suggestions of
reason were strongly reinforced by the more i'm
paratiVe voice of experience. The divergent
interests OF peace speedily demanded
more perfect union. The merchant, the
T and the ugnufacturer diseOvsred
and disclosed to our statesmen and to the people
that commercial emancipation must be added to
the political freedom which had been so bravely
country had not relaxed any of It's hard and OPP
pressiYe features, To hold in check the develop
ment of our commercial marine, to prevent or
retard the establishment and growth of manu-
features IL states and so to secure the American
market for their ships and the carrying trade for
their ships was the policy of European statesmen
and was pursued with the most selfish Vigor.
imposition of discriminating duties that should
encourage the production of things needed at
home. The patriotism OF the people which no
longer found a field of exercise in war was
energeGCally directed to the duty of
PQuiPping the young republic Tor the de-
Tense of its independence by making its people
self dependent. Societies for the promotion OF
of dOmesUiCs in the dress Of the people were Or
gRniZed In many of the states. Many OF the re-
WHAT'S at the end of the century Of the patriotic
Interest IN the development of domestic indus
tries and the defense of the working people
against injurious foreign competition Is an Incl
dent worthy of attention. 1t Is not departure
but a return that we have witnessed. The pro
ment was made, as now, that It's benefits Injured
to particular classes or sections. If the QUes-
ton became IN any sense or at any time sec
tioual it was only because slavery existed IN
some OF the states. But for this there was no
reason Why the ton producing states should
not have led or walked abreast with the New
England states In the production of cotton
states that divide with Pennsylvania the mineral
treasures of the great southeastern and central
mountain ranges should have been so tardy IN
bringing to the smelling furnace, to the mill the
coal and iron, from the opposing hIllsldes and
mill fires were lighted at The funeral pile OF sl8-
very. The emancipation proclamation was
heard IN the depths of the earth as ven IN the
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