The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-06
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 Is
Using Democratic Patry for
Large and Definite Purpose.


marty as the mandate of the nation to
lowed to grow up in our 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 a decisive majority.
It has now been completed. The SEN
ate about to assemble will also be
Democratic. The Offices of president
and vice-president have been put into
the hands of Democrats. What does
the change mean? That is the Ques-
ton that is uppermost in our minds
today. That is the question 1 am 60
ing to cry 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 party. The success of a
marty 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 1t to In
terpret change in it's own 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 our
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 new insight into our own life.
We see that in many things that
life is very great. 1t is incomparably
great in it's material aspects, in its
body of wealth. in the diversity and
sweep of its energy, in the industries
which have been conceived and built
up by the genius of individual men
and the limitless enterprise of groups
of men. 1t is great, also, very great,
in it's moral force. Nowhere else in
the world have noble men and women
exhibited in more striking form the
beauty and energy of sympathy and
helpfulness and counsel in their efforts
to rectify wrongs alleviate suffering
and set the weak in the way OF
strength and hope. We have built up
moreover, a great system of govern
ment, which has stood through a long
age as in many respects a model fol
those who seek to set liberty upon
foundations that will endure against
fortuitous charge, against storm and
accident Our life contains every
great thing, and contains it in rich
abundance.
Human Cost Not Counted,
But the evil has come with the
good, and much fine gold has beer
corroded. With riches has come in
excusable waste. We have squan
dered a great part Of what we nigh
have used, and have not stopped tt
conserve the exceeding bounty of ma
ture, without which our genius for en-
rerprise would have been worthless
and impotent, scorning to be careful
shamefully prodigal as well as admir-
ably efficient. We have been proud O
our Industrial achievements, but WI
have not hitherto stopped thought
fully enough to count the human cost
the cost of lives snuffed out, of ener
gies overtaxed and broken, the fear
full physical and spiritual cost to thu
men and women and children upol
whom the dead weight and burden o
it all has fallen pitilessly the years
through. The groans and agony Of 1
all had not yet reached our ears, thu
solemn, moving undertone> of our life
coming up out of the mines and fac
tories and out of every home wher'
the struggle had it's intimate and ia
miliar seat With the great govern
ment went many deep secret thing
which we too long delayed to lool
into and scrutinize with candid, fear
less eyes. The great government W.
loved has too often been made use o
for private and selfish purposes, ant
those who used it had forgotten tn
people.
At last a vision has been vouch
safed us of our life as a whole. w
see the bad with the good, the de
based and decadent with the soun'
and vital. With this vision we ar
proach new affairs. Our duty is t,
cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, t.
correct the evil without impairing tn
good. to purify and humanize ever.
process of our common life withou
weakening or sentimentalizing II
There has been something crude an,
heartless and unfeeling in our haste t,
succeed and be great. Our thought ha
oeen Let every man look out for him
Self. let every generation look out To-