The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-03-07
His Inaugural Address Calls on
All Honest Men to Aid in
His Task.
WILL RESTORE, NOT DESTROY
New Chief Executive Says Change Of
Government Means the Nation 10
Using Demoeratle Patry for
Large and Definite Purpose.

Washington, March 4.-Looking {
Upon the victory of the Democratic
party as the mandate Of the nation to
correct the evils that have been al
lowed to grow up in u national life,
President Wilson in his inaugural ad-
dress today called on all honest men
to assist him in carrying out the will
Of the people. Following is his ad-
dress:
There has been a change Of govern
ment. 1t began two years ago, when
the house Of representatives became
Democratic by q decisive majority.
It has now been completed. The SEN
Rte about to assemble will also be
Democratic. The ofices Of president
and vice-president have been put into
The hands of Democrats. What does
The change mean? That is the Ques-
hon that Is uppermost in our minds
Today. That is the question I am 60
ing to try to answer. in order. If I
may, to interpret the occasion.
New Insight Into Our Life.
It means much more than the mere
success of a party. The success of a
party means little except when the
nation is using that party for a large
and definite porpose. No one can
mistake the purpose for which the
nation now seeks to use the Demo
cratic party. 1t seeks to use it to in
terpret a change in its W plans and
point of view. Some old things with
which we had grown familiar, and
which had begun to creep into the
very habit of our thought and of u
lives, have altered their aspect as we
have latterly looked critically upon
them, with fresh, awakened eyes;
have dropped their DISCUSSES and
shown themselves alien and sinister.
Some new things, as we look frankly
upon them, willing to comprehend
their real character. have come to as
sumo the aspect of things long believ-
. ed in and familiar, stuff Of our own
convictions. We have been refreshed
by a new insight into our own life.
We see that in many things that
life Is very great. It is incomparably
great in it's material aspects, in iti
! body of wealth, in the diversity ant
sweep of its energy. in the industries
which have been conceived and bull
up by the genius Of individual mel
:. and the limitless enterprise OF groups
of men. 1t is great. also, very great
. in its moral force. Nowhere else II
the world have noble men and womel
exhibited in more striking form tn
:. beauty and energy of sympathy an
~ helpfulness and counsel in their effort
,d to rectify wrong, alleviate suffering
and set the weak In the way G
II strength and hope. We have built VI
=, moreover, a great system OF govern
h. ment. which has stood through a lon
age as in many respects a mode &c
:. those who seek to set liberty upo
~ foundations that will endure agalns
rs fortuitous change, against storm az
accident. Our life contains ever
nj, great thing, and contains 1t In TIC
of abundance.
Human Cost Not Counted.
But the evil has come with IL
a. good, and much fine gold has bee
corroded. With riches has come l
,,x excusable waste. We have sQua
dered q great part Of what we mig
have used, and have not stopped
IN conserve the exceeding bounty of n
~, ture, without which our genius for e
oh terprise would have been worthle
ars and impotent, scorning to be caref'
tar shamefully prodigal as well as adm
ably efficient. We have been proud
The our industrial achievements, but
+bo have not hitherto stopped though
in fully enough to count the human CO
ird tho cost of lives snuffed out, of en-
gies overtaxed and broken, the fe'
,lv full physical and spiritual cost to t
men and women and children up
whom the dead weight and burden
its 1t all has fallen pitilessly the yes
through. The groans and agony OF
nat. all had not yet reached u ears,
solemn, moving undertone of our II
le." coming up out of the mines n I
tories and out of every home wh'
the the struggle had its intimate and
yes miliar seat. With the great COVE
ment went many deep secret thir
lore which we too long delayed to le
into and scrutinize with candid re
,tly, less eyes. The great government
nee. loved has too often been made use
and for private and selfish purposes,
.oke those who used It had forgotten
ight people.
light At last q vision, has been YOU
.ere safed us of our life as a whole.
our see the bad with the good, the
t so based and decadent with the Sol
here and vital. With this vision we
p, II proach new affairs. Our duty Ia
the cleanse, to reconsider, to restore,
need correct the evil without impairing
good. to purify and humanize ev
he' process of our common life with
ar weakening or sentimentalizing
'onn There has been something crude
heartless and ~unfeeling in our hast
ne succeed and be great. Our thought