The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-09
Till INAUGURAL Address.
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acter.
/ II Is plain dictate of honesty
and good government that public
expenditures should be limited BIZ
public necessity, and that this shonld
/ be measured DY the rules OF strict
economy; and il is equally clear that
frugality among the people Is the
! test guarantee of a contente1 and
/ strong support Of free institutions.
ADHERIsG TO CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
| One mode of the Misrepresentation
| OF public funds is avoided when ap-
/ pointments to Office. instead OF be-
ing the rewards of partisan activity.
are awarded to those efficiency
/ promises a fair return of work for
the compensation paid to them. To
secure the fitness and competency of
appointees TO office. and TO remove
| from political action the demoraliz-
ing madness for spoils, civil service
reform has found place in our pub
lie policy and laws. The benefits
alre adv gained through this iustr1-
mentality and the furtuer useful
ness II promises cntit.e ii To the
hearty support and encouragement.
of all who desire IL see oar ptf,
service well performed or who hot.
for theelevation Of political semitic
ment and the publication of politi-
cal methods.
The existence of immense aggte-
cations of kindred enterprises and
combinations Of business interests
formed for the purpose Of limiting
production and fixing prices is in
consistent with the fair field which
ought to be open to every independ-
ent activity. Legitimate strife in
business should not be superseded
by an enforced concession to the de-
| mands of combinations that
have the power to destroy; nor
| should the people to be served lose
the benefit of cheapness which usu.
ally results from wholesome COM
binations frequently constitute con-
spiracies against the interefts of the
people and in all their phases they
are unnatural and opposed to our
American sense of fairness. To the
extent that they can be reached and
restrained by Federal power, the
general Government should relieve
our citizens from their interference
and exacrions.
| THE NEGRO AND THE INDIAN.
Loyalty to the principles upon
which our Government rests posi-
lively demands that the equality be-
fore the law which it guarantees to
every citizen should be justly and in
good faith conceded in all parts of
the land. The enjoyment of this
right follows the badge Of citizen
ship wherever found, and uninpair-
ed by race or color, it appeals fol
recognition to American manliness
and fairness.
Our relations with the Indians To-
Gated within our borders impose
upon us responsibilities we cannot
escape. Humanity and consistency
requires US to treat them with for
bearanee, and in our dealings with
them to honestly and considerably
regard their rights and interests.
Every effort should be made to lead
them, through the paths of civiliza-
ton and education. to self-support-
ing and Independent citizenship. In
the mean time, as the Nations
wards, they should be promptly de-
Tended against the eupidlty Of de-
signing men, and shielded from every
influence or temptation that retards
their advancement.
HOW THE TARIFF WILL BE REVISED.
The people Of the United States
have decreed that on this day the
control of their Government in It's
! legislative and executive branches
| shall be given to a political party
pledged In the most positive terms
to the accomplishment of tariff >c-
form. They have thus determine
in favor OF a more just and equitabl
system of Federal taxa.i n. The
agents they have chosen to carry
out their purposes are bound by
their promises, not less than by their
command of their masters, to devote
themselves unremittingly to this
service.
While there should be no surren
undertaken wisely and without VIM
dictiveness. Our mission is not pun
ishment. but the rectifcation Of
wrongs. If, in lifting burdens from
the daily life of our people. we re-
duce inordinate and unequal advan-
tages too long enjoyed, this is but a
necessary incident of our return to
right, and justice. If we exact from
unwilling minds acquiescence in the
theory of an honest distribution of
the fund of governmental benei-
cence treasured up for all, we but
insist upon principle which under
lies our free institutions. When we
tear aside the decisions and miscon-
ceptions which have blinded our
countrymen to their condition under
!; vicious tariff lgws. we but show them
how far they have been led away
from the paths of contentment and
prosperity. When we proclaim that
the necessity for revenue to suppo1t
the Government furnishes the only
justification for taxing the people.
we announce truth so plain that
it's denial would seem to indica Re
the extent to which judgment may
, be Influenced by familiarity with
t pervisions of the taxing power; and
when we seek to reinstate the self
confidence and business enterprise
of our citizens, by discrediting an
abject dependence upon government
al favor, we strive to stimulate those
elements of American character
: which support the hope of Ameri-
, can achievement
2 Anxiety for the redemption of the
, pledges which my party has made,
and solicitude for the complete JUS
tifcation of the trust the people
have reposed in us, constrain me to