LAD #28: Wilson's First Inaugural

Woodrow Wilson began his First Inagural Address by praising the industrial sucess and politcal integrity of America. But next he states how Americans are watseful and that they have not effectivley evaluated the physical costs of human life. He claimed the U.S. Government was not doing it's duty to properly protect citizens. In a response to that problem, President Wilson states that "our duty is to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, (and) to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it." He reminds the American people that the Government's duty is to serve and protect the people, rich and poor, being as fair as possible in doing so.

He directly addresses an unjust tariff, restricting the industrial system, a corrupt bank and currency system, as well as a misuse of natural resources, he seeks to restore security to a vulnerable society.