Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-03-11
Cleveland Inaugurated.


Grover Cleveland, Of New York,
thrice nominated for President OF
the United States and twice elected,
was on last Saturday successfully in
Quoted into that office for his second
term, with appropriate ceremonies.
i in the presence of q mighty multi
tude, despite the snow storm pre-
vailing throughout most of the day.
The inaugural ceremonies were very
impressive and the glittering lines of
soldiery (35. 900 or more) and massed
ranks of civilians on the grand pa
rade presented a scene never to be
forgotten.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Previous to taking the oath of of
flee President Cleveland delivered
the following inaugural address:
NY Fellow Citizens: In obedience
to the mandate of my countrymen
am about to dedicate myself TO
their service under the sanctions of
solemn oath. Deeply moved by
the expression of confidence and
personal attachment which has called
me to this service. / am sure my
gratitude can make no better return
than the pledge l now give before
God and these witnesses of unreserved
and complete devotion to the interest
and welfare of those who have
honored me. deem it fitting OH
this occasion, while indicating the
opinions I hold concerning public
questions of present Importance,
to also briefly refer to the existence
of certain conditions and tendencies
among our people which seems to
menace the integrity and usefulness
OF their government.
While every American citizen must
contemplate with the utmost
pride and enthusiasm the growth
and expansion of our country. the
sutficiency of our institutions to
stand against the rudest shock of
violence, the wonderful thrift and
enterprise of our people, and the dem
onstrated superiority of our free gov
ernment,it behooyes us to constantly
watch for every symptom of insidious
infirmity that threatens our national
vigor. The strong man who in the
confidence of sturdy health courts
the sternest activities of life and re-
joices in the hardihood of constant
labor may still have lurking near his
vitals the UNDECIDED disease that
dooms him to sudden collapse. 1t
cannot be doubted that our stu
pendous achievements asa people
and our country's robust strength
have given rise to a heedlessness
of those laws governing our national
health, which we can no more evade
than human life can escape the laws
of God and nature.
Manifestly nothing is more vital
to our supremacy as nation and to
the beneficent purposes Of our gov
eminent than q sound and stable
currency. Its exposure to degrade
ton should at once arouse to activ
ity the most enlightened statesman
ship. and the danger of depreciation
in the purchasing power of the
wages paid to toll should furnish the
strongest incentive to prompt and
conservative precaution. In dealing
with our present embarrassing sit
uation as related to this subject we
will be wise if we temper our conf
dence and faith in our national
strength and resources with the frank
concession that even these will not
permit us to defy with impunity the
memorable laws of finance and trade.
At the same time, in our efforts
to adjust differences of opinion, we
should be free from intolerance and
passion. and our judgment should
be unmoved by alluring phrases and
unvexed by selfish interests. | am
confident that such an approach to
the subject will result in prudent
and effective remedial legislation.
In the meantime, SO far as the ex-
ecutiye branch of the Government
can intervene, none of the powers
with which it is invested will be
Withheld when their exercise is deemed
necessary to maintain our national
credit or avert financial disaster.
G4ssH related to The eHaggera fss
ness. which tends to a disregard
of the rules of national safety, an
other danger confronts us not less
serious / refer to the prevalence of
a popular disposition to expect
from the operation of the Govern
ment especial and direct individual
advantages. The verdict of our vo-
tiers, which condemned the
injustice of maintaining pro-
lection for projections sake, en-
joins upon the peoples servants the
duty of exposing and destroying the
brood of kindred evils which are the
unwholesolne progeny of paternalism
This is the bane of Republican insti-
tutions and the constant peril of our
Government by the people.
1t degrades for the purposes Of willy
craft the plan of rule our fathers es-
tablished and bequeathed to us as
the object of our love and venera-
ton. 1t perverts the patriotic senti-
ment of our countrymen and tempts
them to pitiful calculation of sor-
did gain to be derived from their
governments maintenance. thunder
mines the self-reliance of our people,
and substitutes in its place Il Deepen (.
dence upon governmental favori*ism.
1t stiles the spirit of true American
ism and stupefies every ennobling
trait of American citizenship. The
lessons of paternalism ought to be I'M
learned and the better lesson taught
that while the people should pa
triotically and cheerfully support
their government, it's functions do
not include the support Of the peo-
pie.
The acceptance of this principle
leads to the refusal of bounties and
subsidies which burden the labor
and thrift of a portion of our citi-
zens, to aid i'll advised or anguish
ing enterprises in which they have
no concern. 1t leads also to a chal-
lenge of wild and reckless pension
expenditure which overleaps the
bounds of grateful recognition
of patriotic service and prosti.
tutes to vicious uses the peoples
prompt and generous impulse to aid
those disabled in their country's de-
Tense.
Every thoughtful American must
realize the Importance of checking