Tuesday March 4th, 1913
Summary:
The Democratic Party had become a majority in the Congress, meaning the the assembling Senate was Democrat as well. As a result, the fate of the President and Vice-President's offices has been put into the hands of the Democrats, leading to some question on Woodrow Wilson's part.
In a sense, the growth of this political party may have also been interpreted as a warning that the Democrats would now be pressing their plans and views on the American people, including such things that had once been forgotten for the most part. Wilson claimed that the country had squandered a great deal of what it had gained, and had not stopped to consider the outcome for nature and the long run. The nation may have been proud of its industrial achievements, yet it had not considered what the cost would be for its population, and the general effects it would have on them. In a way, the government had forgotten its very people in doing so, having been overcome for private and selfish purposes. Wilson stated the bad must be seen with the good, that the duty of the American people was to 'cleanse, reconsider, restore, and correct the evil without impairing the good,' and to purify the processes of their lives without weakening them. He believed that America had been in such a hurry to be great that they had been heedless.
Overall Wilson asked for the country to offer him aid and support in bringing about change and revitalizing the nation, saying that the United States had to make up its mind. The tariff of the nation violated its taxation principles and put the government in the hands of private companies which in essence had the capital in its hands.
Reformation and 'righting the wrongs' was what American needed at the time of Wilson's Inaugural address, and that "We shall restore, not destroy." Wilson summoned all men to come and help him with mustering the forces of the party and humanity and swore that with them at his side, he would not fail.
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