The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-07

ulON Ol AOAAR1 ~ 49,
This is not a day of triumph; 1t Is
a day of dedication. Here muster not
the forces of party, but he forces OF
humanity. Mems hearts wait upon us;
mems lives hang in the balance; mems
hopes call upon us to say what we VIII
do. Who shall live up to the great
trust? Who dares fail 70 try? / sum
mon all honest men, all patriotic, all
forward looking men, to my side. God
helping me, will not fail them, II
they will but counsel and sustain me!
Vice-President Marshall's inaugural
address was as follows:
1.-THE proprieties of this occasion
probably require a few words from one
who is grateful to the American people
for the honor heretofore done him and
this day contaminated.
mo Senator has, | trust, a keener
appreciation of the necessities in the
way of tact and courtesy now devolv-
ing upon me than | myself. ! offer no
surety as to my discharge of duties
other than a personal pledge that I
will seek to familiarize myself with
them and will endeavor always to
exercise that c~omplaisance and for
b~earance which are essential to him
who ably presides over great debates
upon great public questions by great
men.
On All Sides.
Divergent views relative to this
body would be less divergent II the
American people would come to realize
that on all sides of real questions much
may truthfully be said, Such an at
titude of the public mind would elm
mate the view that this body is dis
tinctively deliberate and not thorough
ly patriotic.
Charges of bad faith based upon an
attitude of mind or upon conduct
should never be made ustil it is clear
ly established that the resultant ac-
ton is the outcome of personal inter
est or improper and dishonorable bust
ness or social relations.
"Your action has not always met
with universal approval, but Up to
this good hour no workable substitute
for the exercise of the functions Of
this body has been proposed. It Is
not needful for me here and now to
accept a brief in your defense. This
body will continue to stand not be-
cause of its presiding officer, but be-
cause of the patriotism and intelli-
gence of it, constituent members and
their devotion to our system of gov
eminent.
Likened to Harness.
"To my mind. government is the
harness with which a people draw its
load of civilization. If the harness
be properly adjusted the load, though
heavy. will be drawn with ease. and
no part of the people will be CALLED
The Senate is the binders, intended
to keep the people from shying al
imaginary dangers and topping into
the ditch our system of government
So long as the binders serve this
purpose they are a most valuable par
of the harness. but if they be draw
so closely to the eyes as to prevent
the seeing of real dangers, then they
should either be spread or done away
with entirely. / am one of those
who think that we can so adjust oul
binders as to meet new conditions ant
render us sanely responsive to ever!
reasonable demand of the people with
out disturbing the checks and balance.
of our system of government and pre-
serving. with loyalty and fidelity thu
ancient ideals of the republic.
with neither right o desire Il
infringe upon the p~rerogatives of tn
President so soon to be, | beg the eX
preston of the opinion that what
ever diverse views may be held reld
tive to the work of this body all per
sons are agreed that under the Con
stitution the Senate of the United
States is singularly the guardian o
the peoples honor; that more ant
more, as righteousness is exalte'
among this people, the idea is becom
ing more firmly fixed that 1t Is no
vast territory, great wealth nor larg
leaning which mark the real status o
America: that America is to be meas
ured by the golden metewand of h0/
or; and, as the idea in her formation
i, was the inherent right of men to rul
themselves, that now she can i'll al
: ford to announce this doctrine in he
own land and u it for an in
strument of oppression in other lands
I Standard of Honor.
Unfortunately there is no fixe
. standard of honor outside the dictioT
airy. The gambler may hold it to cor
sist in paying his gaming debts; tn
member of the smart set, in divorcin
his neighbours wife before taking he
unto himself; the Senator, in elm.
mating personalities. But when we er
ter the chancelleries of the world an
? summit to their judgments not onl
our right to be, but u right to b
: respected, we can hope to be measure
in but one way; and We must b
able to show that the solemn treat
obligations of this republic will b
kept with the same scrupulous hone.
q ty, both of spirit and letter, whethe
made with the humblest people
this continent, struggling for sci
= government, or with the mightie'
: monarch of the old world. This hig
sense of honor constitutes the canopl
h of the American people. Armies an
: battleships furnish no substitute &c
= it. These are valuable, but the pet
= pie never intended that authorit
a should use them as accessories to
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r Ascertain Facts.
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