The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-03-08
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESSES.

President Mckinley, on taking the
oath of office, delivered his inaugural
address as follows:
My Fellow CitiZens-When we assembled
here on the fourth Of March, 1887 there
was great anxiety with regard to our cur
rency and credit. None exists now Then
our treasury receipts were Inadequate to
meet the current obligations of the gov
eminent. Now they are sufficient for all
public needs. and we have a surplus in
stead of deficit. Then / felt constrained
to convene the congress in extraordinary
session to devise revenues to pay the or
binary expenses of the government. Now.
/ have the satisfaction to announce that
the congress just closed has reduced tax
alton in the sum of forty-one millions of
dollars. Then there was deep soIicitude
because of the long depression in orr
manufacturing, mining. agricultural and
mercantile Industries, and the consequent
distress of our laborin,y population. Now
every avenue of production is crowded
with activity, labor is well employed. and
American products find good markets at
home and abroad. Our diversified produc-
lions, however, are increasing in such XII
pIeceueHleu NOiunlS as 70 admonlSh US OF
the necessity of still further charging oar
foreign markets by broader commercial
relations For this purpose reciprocal
trade arrangements with other nations
should in liberal spirit be carefully cuIti-
waited and promoted.
The national verdict Of 1886 has for the
most part been executed. Whatever remains
unfulflled is continuing obligation rest
ing with undiminished force upon the exc
cuuNe and the congress. But, fortunate
our condition is. its permanence can
only be assured by sound business meth
DDS and strict economy in national adj
ministration and legislation. We should
not permit our great prosperity to lead
us to reckless ventures in business or
profligacy in public expenditures. While
the congress determines the objects and
the sum of apprOpria lions, the officials of
the executive departments are responsible
for honest and faithful disbursement. and
1t should be their constant care to avoid
waste and extravaganza.
Honesty capacity and industry are no.
where more Indispensable than in puoIic
EMPLOYMENT. These S1OIIld he fund now
tai requisites to original appointment and
the surest guarantees against removal.
Four years ago we stood on the brink
of war without the people knowing it.
and without any preparation or effort at
preparation for the impending peril. 1 did
all that III honor could be done to avert
the war, but without avail. 1t became
Inevitable, and the congress at its first
regular session, without party division,
provided money in al ticipation of the
crisis, and in preparation to meet it. It
came. The result was signany favorable
to American arms, and in the highest de-
gree honorable to the government. 1t i'm
posed upon us obligations from which
can not escape and from which it would
be dishOnorable to seek to escape. We are
now at peace with the world. and it is lny
fervent prayer that if differences arise De
tween us AMI other powers they may he
settled by peaceful arbitration. and hat
hereafter We may be spared the horrors
of war.
instructed by the people for a second
time with the office of president, enter
upon its administration approaching The
great responsibilities which attach to this
unreserved devotion my part to their
faithful discharge and reverentIy invok-
vor of Almighty God. 1 should shrink
from the duties this day assumed if I did
not feel that, in their performance |
should have the cooperation of the wise
and patriotic men of all parties. 1t en-
courages me for the great task which 1
now undertake. to believe that those who
voluntarily committed TO me the trust i'm
posed upon the chief executive of the
republic, Will give to me generous sup
port in my duties to preserve, protect
and defend the constitution of the United
States and to care that the laws be
pose is indicated through national eIe.,-
ton. II is the constitutional method of
ascertaininG the public will. When ouce
it is registered il is Il law to us all and |
faithful observance should follow its de |
CreeS.
Strong hearts md helpful hands are
needed. and. fortunately. we have them in |
every part of our beloved country. We |
are reunited. Secuonalism has disap- |
peared. Division on public questions can |
no LONGER be traced by the maps of |
1861. These old diferences less and less |
disturb the judgment. Existing problems |
demand the thought and quicken the con- |
science of the country, and the RESPONSE
bility for their presence as we'll as Tor |
their righteous settlement rests upon us |
aIl-no more upon me than upon you
There are some national questions in the |
solution of which Patriotism should Cy-
clude partisanship. Magnifying their dll- !
1icuties viii not take them off our hands |
nor faci1tate their adjustment. Distrust |
OF the capacity, integrity and high pur- |
an inspiring theme for future political |
contests. Dark pictures, and gloomy fore !
bodinSS are worse than useless. These !
only becloud, they do not help to point !
the way Of safety and honor. Hope |
maketh not ashamed " The prophets Of !
evil were not the builders of the republic.
nor in its crises since have they saved of !
served it The faith of the fathers was a |
mighty force III its creation. and the faith |
of their descendants has wrought its prog
are obstIuctionists who despair, and who |
would destroy confidence in the ability !
OF our people to solve wisely, and for |
civilization, the mighty problems resting !
trenched in freedom at home take their |
love for it with them wherever they so |
and they reject as mistaken and Un-
worthy the doctrine that we lose our iwn |
liberties by securing the enduring founda-
tons of liberty to others. Our inStitu- |
lions will not deteriorate by extension, !
and our sense of justice will not abate an
der trOpic suns in distant seas. As here
tofore, so hereafter, vii! the nation dem
onStTate its fitness to administer any new
estate which events deVolVe upon it, and |
in the fear of God will take occasion by !
the hand and make the bounds of free
dom wider yet"
II there are those among us who would
make our way more difficult we must not be
disheartened, but the more earnestly dedi-
cate ourselves to the task which we have
rightly entered. The path of progress is
seldom smooth. New things often
them so. We find them They are in
convenient. They cost US something. But
are we not made better for the effort and
sacrifice, and are not those we serve lift
ed up and blessed?
We will be consoled too, with the fact
ward movement Of the republic from ITS [