The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-06
GRIM DETERMINATION
SHOWS ITSELF TO
PREPARE FOR TROUBLE
But Address Carries With Il
Prophecy That the Clouds
Which Now Darken Our
Way viii Soon Be Dis
PEELED
IN j.. X. NNRTWELI.,
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Washington, March with a
plea for a united nation to meet
future fraught with dire posi-
bilities. Woodrow Wilson. OF New
Jersey, to1ay formally assumed
the presidency of the United "
States for second time. Gravciy
the president In II sober inaugural .
address told the vast concOurSe
of people who crowded the his
tcric plaza before the Capitol
what tho Tuis44l states must I
stand for. whether in war Or n I
peace" SoIcmniy he warned tho X:
vast thron3 who reDrcsenfed tire
hundred millions OF america NJ
the induction OF thcir cI1tcf
magistrate into Office that sit is
imperative that we should stand !
together"
Not I'm half n century has an
innucuration ceremony been sur.
rounded with such quiet. de-
termincd patriotism. such cvi-
dcnccs OF grim preparedness for
war. Not I'm half q century has
president faced four wears 81
power With the future OF tho ma
dangers 81 vast and - pressing.
Not i'm the memory Of the present
generation has I'm inauguration
evoked the spirit Of soicmnity
that lowered over tc.iay's pro-
ccttings From the tall. angular
form Of the president rs Inc cx-
pressed the nations hope for
peace on tho galc-sweDt In.
augurat stand at the Capitol. to
the last "ncw citizen" In the
differentiation section Of the
inaugural parade. there was ans
nar.ut III" Hogan Of the d..
..smcris~, first"
THE po\Sr on HIRALDRI
AND THE POMP OF POWER
All the pomp and grandeur of gov
ernn1ent surrounded the newiy-mads
president as he arose before his Gel
low citizens to swear that he woulf
execute the duties OF his Of
ace. The membership Of the hol~s
ana senate. with their direct mandate
from the peopi2. the black gownet
justices of the supreme court, headef
by Chiet Justice Edward Dougiai
White. who administered the oatn, thu
cabinet heads Of the executive de
all sat behind the prekt.
dent on the big stand, BF.0S
line Of armed New York infA4
kept back the ssa Of pe0rlS
times slrged aiH0s1 I&f(
toward the stand, The
filled with american liN4EN
the tall. historic clms al41
square and tho rnof of atisas
itself became temporary galleries IN
enthusiasts.
Il . ist Ssfl "A
long lines cf military. naval and civlf
ian organizations ready for the IN
augural parade. The trim West Potn'
and Annapolis cadets, he brown
faced militiamen back from ",loins
their Bit on the border. the variou'
branches OF the regular army. waitff
for the long march past. From tn
armored motor cars of the New 4 CIT
gleamed the wicked narfsrt
guns, grim reminders of war, EVERY
" here was the American tag,
MULTITUDE VOICES ITS NV
APPROVAL OF PROCEEDINGS
The,i. as. the great throng nar44
It's approval at the conclusion % tts
presidents oath. and Vice Pre- sEiki4l
Marshall wrung the hand of his chink
Woodrow Wilson stepped forth tn Va
down his plans for his second term
Ht Iolu tItF NsahA VIII otal<sa M
words that we're swept TO heav@a Oh
an icy gale. the difficulties which tn
European war had forced upon this
-.-,;on. Calmly he aDs.s % 'ist03g
cradle injuries done US upon sne scti&
His voice rose as he declared: ~
we have been obliged to arm our
selves TO make good our claim to
certain minimum of right and Of free.
dom of action. We stand frm u
armed neutrality. since II seems thei
In no other way We can dcmoraxtrAtl
what II Is we insist ripon ana essnszfl
forego. We may even be draws NM
by circumstances. not by our own 49,
pose or desire. TO more aSAeftl00
Of our rights as we see them -
more immediate association with Nla
great struggle itself. We desire uAtl
err conquest or advantage. we
nothing that can BE- had only eS,J
cost Of another people VI s2g| Il
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