On Tuesday March 4th, 1913, Woodrow Wilson gave his first inaugural address. A majority of congress had become the democratic party. This meant that the fate of the president now rested in the hands of the democrats, leading to some questioning on the part of Wilson. The growth of his political party may have also been interpreted as a warning that the democrats would be pressing the plans and views on the american people. Wilson said that America had squandered a great deal of what it had gained and did not stop to consider the outsome for nature in the long haul. While the nation was very proud of its recent industrial achievements, it disregarded the possible effects on the population. The government had forgotten the people that it was working for, and became private for selfish reasons. Wilson claimed that the job of the typical American was to cleanse, reconsider, restore, and correct the evil without impairing the good. He wished to purify the processes of life without weakening them. America, according to Wilson, had been in such a hurry to be great that they had been heedless. Wilson asked the country to support him and help to bring about change. He wanted to revitalize the nation. The tariff of the nation violated its taxation principles and put the government in the hands of private companies. Reformation was what America needed at this time, not destruction. Wilson summoned all men to come and help him with mustering the forces of the party and humanity and with them at his side, he knew he would not fail.
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