Show I 1 ADDRESS N t r the government of our laud land transferred to a now keeping kacki 7 1 i p j YeT ea still remains the govern men f af J all jill the people I 1 topics viles of general Li interest ferest L bouc touched upon by tho 0 new pre president aident I 1 alto I 1 ya I 1 I 1 boin kopines opines 1 eg out in strong I 1 terms A against kai n st poly I 1 I 1 I 1 eamy gamy I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 to the av ASHINGTON I 1 march 4 atho tile fol losing lowing Is is the ibs full inaus gural address of president grover cleveland FELLOW citizens in the presence of ibid lawt vast a assemblage i sim blage of my country i tryman roen I 1 am about to supplement and aga seal by the oath I 1 shall take the manifestation manifest alion of the will of thio thi great and free people in the exers exer s ciso cise of their po right of self sela government they have committed to td abne one of their fellow citizens a supreme and sacred trust and he lie hero here coni consta crates a t es himself to their service this impressive ceremony adds little to the solemn sense of responsibility with which I 1 contemplate the duty I 1 owe own to all the people of the land g can relieve me from anxiety lest by any act of mine their interests aay may suffer and nothing is needed to strengthen my resolution to engage every faculty and effort in the promotion ro of their welfare AMID bakty STRIPE the peoples choice was made but attendant ten clant ci circumstances acu th stances have demonstrated a new strength and safety of government bytho bythe by tho the people in each succeeding year it more clearly ap P peara ars that our democratic principle needs no apolony apo apology lofy and that in its ta fearless and fait I 1 is to be found the surest guara guaranty fity of government wherein every citizen haa a share largely depending upon the tile proper dimita limita limitation vion of purely part izan zeal and effort and a correct apiou ot of the time when the heat of par tiza should be merged into patriotism of every citizen today to day the executive branch of the government is transferred to a new now keep keepings ingv but this is still the government of all theL people and it should be none the tile solicitude jea ces an object of their affectionate solicitude at this hour houi tho tile animosities of political strife the thi bitterness of part izan de defeat reat and the exultation of bf part izan triumph should be supplanted by ah ungrudging acquiescence in tho the popular will and sober conscientious idus concern cern for the general weal blore moreover over effrom if from this hour wo we cheerfully and honestly ABANDON prejudices and distrust ind determine with manly confide confidence nea in one another to work out harmoniously the achievements of oui our national destiny we shall deserve to realise nealise all the tho benen bene fits which our nappy fori form of government cabi bestow on t this is auspicious occasion i N we ve may well renew the pledge of olour our devotion to the tile consal tl tuti on which IL launched by the I 1 r f the republic and consecrated cr e hiyi their prayer and patriotic ovo 0 i as L for or almost a c century borne orne t the e hopes and find aspirations of ibis this great people through pros parity perit yand and peace and od through the tile aock hock of foreign n conflicts and the M perils effla of oro estic strife and tilde by the father rather of hia his country our constitution loll 1011 was corni commended for ud option as the tit spirit of amity and mutual concession t 11 in that same spirit it should be iz administered mi J als in order ordet to promote the OF THE and to secure th the full fell measure of its priceless benc benefits tits to us and to those who wilt will succeed to the blessings of our national life lik the large variety of diverse and competitive interests interest subject to federal control persistent ly seeking recognition of their claims need give us no fear that the greatest est good to the greatest number will fail to be accomplished if it in the ellb of national legislation that spirit of or amity and mutual concession shall prevail evoil in which the pr iad its birth and if this in involved the surrender or postponement of private interests and the abandonment bf local advantages tile compensation will be found la ili the assurance that thus far uie common interest Is sub served and the general welfare advance J in the discharge of my cial duty I 1 shall endeavor to tr bo be guided by a just and unrestrained construction of the constitution and tho the careful observance of the lion tion between the powers granted to the federal government ament and those reserved to the states and to the tile peo pie and by the cautious cauti oua appreciation of those functions chich by the con ution and laws have been especially assigned to 0 o alio tb executive branch dranch of df the government but hp jp who tates takes an oath today to day to preserve and protect and DEPEND ME constitution of tho tile united states only a assumes entries the solemn obligation which eyer every y patti patriotic otic citizen on the farm I 1 in n the workshop in the busy marts of trade and everywhere should share him the which prescribed bia MAI oath my county jp ip your 1 I 1 the government you ou have cha chosen ep hip hi to administer adminis er for a dimeis time is yours 8 tho tl suffrage which I 1 executes the w 11 II of free men ia is yours tile laws and 1 tho cu entire tire scheme of our civil rala from the town ine meeting eting to the state capt L tots and the national capitol 31 is your yours ilief your our ever every y voter as 0 surely furor bi as your chief magistrate it Is under er the bame arne his high h sanction though in a dlf dif ferent sphere he lie exercises a public pi trust not is this all every citizen owes to his country a vigilant watch watt and 40 scrutiny of its lt public ie ber aei van t 8 A wr abw reasonable estimate bimat oft of h air fidelity and T thus ling ia Is t the h a peoples coples will im impressed unga th the e whole framework of our civil policy municipal state and federal and this is the i I 1 or OF oun OUR LIBERTY I 1 and the inspiration inspiration of your youe faith in the tile republic it is the duty of those 0 serving theaople the people in the tile public place I 1 csc toj closely ly 1 limit t t 1 ti p b i i P t to ti t i 1 d ai 0 ern penti economically adamini I 1 cause us e tah bounds the lighton eglit light of gov i crement to tri tribute ute from the ini earnings fis of labor or t the e property of citizens and because of tho the public extravagance trava gance among the people we should never be ashamed of simple simpli city and prudential i economies which are best suited to of a republic an form of most com pa tible maion of cf the american people those these who are selected tor for a limited time tr toll manage the are still of ot I 1 the paplo and way do much q by t their heir example to age roe consi ayr ja wit the diga dig digi i anity of their official function that plain way of life which atop among their fellow citizen aids inai integrity p and Tro promotes motes thrift and prosperity thy genius of our ur institutions the il needs of our people iii in their homo home life and trie the 7 hilten Henon lohl 1 chidi is ua ue mall 1161 fur for mhd settie went and de dej I 1 M ii tho I rt es af pf ouri our vast territory pry d alit ta a scrupulous I 1 mus a avoidance of any dc from that foreign policy b by y his hiss S tory tradition aud and ilie bro prosperity of bf our it in aib the policy of in t depend onre favora d 1 11 our position and iy ay our ur kuo n lovo love 0 of justice ja ice and by our power it Is the policy poll y of peace I 1 suitable to t 1 I our c ur interests inter erts it is tho the policy or neo tr tra allty lity rejecting reject ini any shara mare in fureigh broils br aap ambitions r continents tinen ts and repelling their here it ia 18 the policy bf Illon roo and Was washington Lington end prid jefferson peace peat commerce and honest friendship frienda hiu with all nations ent tn alliances nonet due regard forthe fur the inter esta ests and pros prosperity perit of fall all people dov man maud d that 4 OCR OUR FINANCES shall be established upon such a sound and sensible sen sibie basis as shall se cure the safety and confidence of ot business interests and make na k e tl the wages of labor sure and steady an anu that our em ern of re yenne shail b so 80 adjuster adjusted us at to relieve abe people ea le from unnecessary taxation I 1 hadine ing duo due regard to the interests inte resti of capital invested and add 1 employed in industries Indu an azad d linC trie the accumulation of a surplus in the prevent extravagance and waste I 1 1 the care for the property prop oy of to nation and for the needs of future settlers require that tho imbue al to in main aill should be I 1 rom por pur loaning fes and unlawful fal bacu pation aaion tho people demands that indians without our boundaries shall be fair lyland 1 estly tre treated 1 abed a as wards of the government and their education anat civilization I 1 promoted noted with a view to their ultima ultimate ate citizenship I 1 I 1 1 I 1 in ill the territories is is destruct destructive yo of the I 1 family religion and anti to the tile moral sense of tile civilized word world and shall be repressed i the lawa laws should ba be rigidly y j enforced which prohibit it of a servile class to compete with american labor with no intention of acquiring citizenship and bringing with and arid retaining retain irig habits and customs ro to our civilization i tha tile demand for a reform iri id tile adibi administration 1 n ration of government in llie the application of business principles to public affairs aa as the means to this and civil civi service reform should be in good faith enforced our citizens have haic the right to diw pros lection fr aroi m the tile of public employees who hold their places es solely as a reward of partie partisan an service service and from the corrupting influence of those who promise and the tile vicious Illeth methods of osa who ha expect I 1 such rewards and those who worthily seek public employment have the right to insist that merit and shall shail be recognized instead of party bederin iii tion of a government pledged todo to equal arid exact ex au justice to med men T there here should ba be no pretext for anxiety touching protection of freedee n ill in their ri gilis or their kl in alie enjoyment of f thair their privileges legda under the constitution aud its amendments all discussion as to their fitness for place accorded to them as american Is s idle and table as it suggests necessity for improvement the fact fac t that tie they v rrb entitles them to all rights due their relation and charges therewith them thern With ith all its duties obligation obligations and responsibilities these topics land the constant and ever varying wants of an and enterprising population may inay well receive attention ind the patriotic e en a of all who and execute the federal law our duties are practical fend and call for industrious ap privation an intelligent perception of public office and above all a firm determination termination le of united d action to secure all tile people of tiro land tho the full benefits of the tile best beat torm of gov eminent orni nent ibber 1 vouchsafed to man and let us not trust to human effort alone but ahti let s go the tle and rand r of almighty ali god 1110 presides over the destiny of pa eions and who has at all times timea been revealed in our country Lount ryn hi history story let us invoke his aid and 11 his Is blessing n pon our labors tho chief justice was first to coh congratulate grat prudent Wept cleveland and ex president arthic was the others then pressed forward forwar 0 but finally the president retired from the scene and moved to his carriage to 0 o be bre escorted to the t |