LAD#22 - Wilson's First Inaugural

Delivered by Woodrow Wilson on Tuesday, March 4th, 1913. He begins by first addressing the fact that there has been a Democratic shift in government. That the change should be welcomed as a time when the people can be refreshed by new insight. Wilson reminds America that the United States has become a body of wealth due to the rise of industry, diversity, and swept with energy. Yet, even with its strongest attributes is the "gold that has been corroded", referring to corrupt. Thus new visions helps the nation to approach new affairs with the duty to cleanse and to restore; correcting evil without impurifying the good. Wilson addresses specific points that should be alter. Such as the tariffs, which he believes cuts the U.S. from her proper part in world commerce. Also, the protection and guarantee of the well-being of the American people have been left unguarded. "The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serve."