The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-03-07
Inaugural Address.
Continued From FTrs' Pogs.l

nHtual covenant The officer covenants
% serve the whole body Of the people
by the faithful execution 81 the laws,
90 that they may BE- the unfailing de-
Tense and the security 81 those who 70
spect and Observe them. and that neither
wealth, station. nor power of combine
tiOna shall be able TO evads their Just
penalties OF 20 Wrest them from the
bsnehcisnt public purpose to serve the
ends Of cruelty or selfishness- Ny
promise il spoken, yours unsP0ken. but
not the lea real and solemn
The people Of every state have here
their representatives. Surely ! do not
misrsprcssnt the spirit 81 the "-casiOn
when I assume that the white bs'dy Of
the people covenant with me and with
each other to support and defend the
constitution aud union OF the states. 90
yield willing Obedienre To all laws and
each TO every other oitizsn hi~ Equal.
civil and political right Entering
thus solpmnly into covenant with each
other. we may reverently invoke and
confidently expect favor and help Of Al
mighty God. that he will giy'. in me Wis
dom. strength and fidelity AMI 20 our
people the spirit Of fraternity aud love
Of righteousness aud Tseare.
This o,rRsiOn derives peculiar interest
from the fart that the presidential term.
which begins tins dsy. i the twenty
sixth under our constitution TIE first
Inauguration a President Washington
took place in New York. wher" congress
WAs then sitting, on the sinh day at
April. lIsy. having ben deferred by
reason Of delays in amending the or
RaniZatiOn Of congress aud thu Canyass
Of the electoral vote. OuT p'oI'le have
already WUrthily observed the '"uten-
niAls OF IndepandeDCs. of IN" hattie nf
Yorktown and - the adoption e the
constitution. and will sDnn ,,.i"irrate IN
New York the institution Of the. second
great departure Of our constitutional
scheme Of government. When tie zen
tennial 0f the constitution ui ia" Judi
Cial department BY the organization 81
the supreme Cnurt shall haNeis-.n suitably
observed. a. trust il viii -. our ma
ton will have certainly entered it,
second century.
| will not attempt Ia nOir tn. marvel
Gus. and. in great part. hapI, contrasts
between our country a. IL u H. over the
threshold into its second century Of or
RaniZed eKistenre under the InnstItu-
ton. and that weak bui wI-l.lN ordered
yOung nation that lnOkrl unIuuntedlv
down the first century win all it, wears
stretched out before il. Our Is-,I,lr will
hot fail nj this time tn, r,--ill the inci.
dents Whi"h accompanied the iirstiLu-
tiOn Of the government und''T the con
stitutinn. or tU find inspiration and guId-
1ncs in the TEACHINGS AMI example 81
Washington and hI- great a->p'IateS.
and the hopr and courage IN the
contrast which the pr'->,.ui pop
..l
10 the thirteen states. weak ~ every
thing except courage AMI luv" uf liberty
that then fringed our Altar a.. ~,,abpard.
The territory Of Dakota hI~ now Q
population GREATER than any "f the orig
inRl states Excerpt Virginia IN greater
than a. aggregate of five uf the smaller
states in 1895 The center uf IrUpula-
ton when our national capital was iOcat-
ed was east Of BaltimDr. and q was
argued by many we'll informed persons
that IL would move east war'i atli'.r than
westward. Vet ia l-~'i it wa inund TO
De near Cincinnati and the New census
about TO h. taken will show another
stride To the westward. That whirh
was the bOdy has Cum" iu IT, only the
rich fringe % the nations r,l-
But our growth has not ls..u limited
" territory. population ami HE,regate
wealth. mHTyrlUus "A, IL la- been "a each
u these dir,1tiOns Tn. nta--.-~ uf our
people ara better fed. -luth'ri AMI housed
than their fathers were The G,rilitit-s
fOT popular eduCatiun have l,r.u vastly
enlarged and mOTr Centrally diffiIse,l.
The VIRTUES 90 courage and patriotism
have given recent pr,p,f ul their ron
tinusd presence aud inrr"l~iu- power in
the hearts aud over th,. live ui oar pep-
pie The iniluenC,'> Of religion have
been multiplied aud sir-ngilt,.n,d 4: the.
sW ss.i offices of charity ha.'. greatly in
creased: the VITtur at Temperance -
held IN higher Pstinatiun. W. have nat
attained the ideal r,rudIriur \'t all of
our people are hIppv AMI prosperous:
not all 81 them ar. viTtuOr- aud law
GhIding. hut on Ih, v irn,. tn. uliI,ur-
tunitIe, offered 1" tie. midi, Iiu4i tO So
cur the runfurt- "f lif'. az l-'Itrr than
arr found 'lSeW herr and i1r.,"IV letter
than thcV WrTr here uu, hundred wears
ago.
The surrender of llrI-'. In..a -ure Of
sovereignty tu th'. general ..uNrTnrnrut
effected bv thu. adoption 81 LIE. rnu~tiru-
ton wAS not accomplished until -ucg,.s-
tiOns Of rsaspn wer,. strunly n.infurC,ri
by the more imperative voice. Of capri
speedily demanded more perfect union.
The merchant. Shipmaster and manu-
fsCtuTer discovered and disclosed 10 our
statesmen and I" the Is-nplr that com
usrcial emancipation must ia' added TO
the political frre,lun winch had been
~ hFavely won. THE Ct'uInp.T,iSl pnl-
iCy uf the northern country had not re-
lAxed anv uf iis hard and upI rt-sSive
features Ia hold in cheek ia" develop
ments uf our commercial marine. tn
prevent or rctHrd the establishment and
growth of manufacturers IN the state:
and - Ia secure an AmcTit Az market
for their shops and carving trade for
their ships. was the ppliry uf the
European statesmen. and was pursued
With the most selfish ViguT Petitions
poured in upnn congress- urging the i'm
position Of discriminating duii'-S that
should encourage the production Of
needed things nj home The patriotism
of the pcuple which no longer found a
field for exercise In war WIS energetic
ally directed tn the duty al r,Iuipping
the Young republic for the defense uf ITS
independence 10y making it, people self
dependant SoCietieS for the pTnmution
% home manufactures and tor sncOurag-
ing the use of dumesti,-S in the 'lrsss Of
the people. we're ORGANIZED "a many Of
the states
The revival al the end of tlp.. century
OF the SAM patTi, iC interest in the
pressryatio and development uf ,lomes-
ttc Industries and thu defense of our
working people aga Isl injurious for
siRu competitIon. il incident worthy
Of attention. Il il net icpartur. tut a
return that We hav, witnessed The
nFf.fEarsfiWn TsslaFsE 81 fln.aFt
pOnsntS The argU mt VA made. ~
nov. that its heneh inur.I TO par
Iirular classes or seC iunS Il the ques-
hon bycame In sny s,.n-e or at any
Szs. seCtionrl Il was only Gerause slav-
egy existed In SOmsof the slatss hut Ter
this there WAS no reason WHY the cotton
producing states should not have led or
walked abreast With the NcN England
stGtss in the prOduCtInn "f cotton fabrics.
There was this reason only why the
states that divide with Pennsylvania
the mineral treasures OF the greal south
eastern and central mountain ranges
should have been ~ tardy in l.Tinging TO
the smelling furnace AMI To the mill
coal and iron from their near Teposing
hillsiJes The mill fires were lighted AZ
the funeral pyre Of slavery The eman-
clpatiOn proclamation WAS heard in the
depths Of the earth as sell A. Ia the sky
Men were made free and material things
became our betteT servants
The sectional element has happily been
eliminated from the tariff liS4'u sion We
have NO longer states that arr n.csssa-
rily only planting states. None are eN-
cluded from achieving that iiyeT-iiiCatiun
0f pursuits among the people which
brings wealth and COnientment. The