My Fellow-Citizens: In obedience of the mandate of my countrymen I am about to dedicate myself to their service under the sanction of a solemn oath. Deeply moved by the expression of confidence and personal attachment which has called me to this service, I am sure my gratitude can make no better return than theContinue reading “President Grover Cleveland’s Inaugural Address, March4, 1893*”
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President Benjamin Harrison’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1889*
Fellow-Citizens: There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the people, but there is so manifest an appropriateness in the public induction to office of the chief executive officer of the nation that from the beginning of the Government the people, to whoseContinue reading “President Benjamin Harrison’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1889*”
President Grover Cleveland’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1885*
Fellow-Citizens: In the presence of this vast assemblage of my countrymen I am about to supplement and seal by the oath which I shall take the manifestation of the will of a great and free people. In the exercise of their power and right of self-government they have committed to one of their fellow-citizens aContinue reading “President Grover Cleveland’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1885*”