With his first inauguration, President Woodrow Wilson notes the change that has occurred in government. As the president stated, the government has become filled with Democrats. Despite this previously underrepresented party gaining power, it did not mean that it would be coupled with a transition of ideals. Quite to the contrary, the Democrats assumed the aspects of things that had become normal and familiar and were reinvigorated by new perspective. During this time, the United States was dealing with several problems including conflicts against the Progressive platform. Wilson then goes on to praise the morally strong and then lists the problems that had to be addressed. One of these was the need to preserve natural resources in the midst of hostile competition in industry. This mentality led to a lack of control in the corporate sector. Rather than perpetuate this harmful condition, justice should be the new goal of government. Before this can be realized, the wrongs that have been a result of this mentality including a tariff that violates the principles of taxation, a banking system that is poor at adjusting to changing times, an industrial system that does not had the rights of labor and natural resources as a top priority, and an farmers that have never been given the benefits of big business. To Wilson, government has become an instrument of justice where it will ensure equality of social classes and in the other areas that had been wronged. Despite this, Wilson remains practical and asks for the help of humanity rather than a party.
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