▁U . S . ▁president . ▁In ▁his ▁speech , ▁Benjamin ▁Harrison ▁cred ited ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁growth ▁to ▁the ▁influ ences ▁of ▁education ▁and ▁religion , ▁ur ged ▁the ▁cot ton ▁states ▁and ▁min ing ▁territ ories ▁to ▁att ain ▁the ▁industrial ▁proport ions ▁of ▁the ▁eastern ▁states ▁and ▁promised ▁a ▁protect ive ▁tar iff . ▁Conc ern ing ▁commerce , ▁he ▁said , ▁" If ▁our ▁great ▁corpor ations ▁would ▁more ▁sc rup ul ously ▁observe ▁their ▁legal ▁oblig ations ▁and ▁duties , ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁less ▁call ▁to ▁comp lain ▁of ▁the ▁limitations ▁of ▁their ▁rights ▁or ▁of ▁inter ference ▁with ▁their ▁operations ." ▁Harrison ▁also ▁ur ged ▁early ▁state hood ▁for ▁the ▁territ ories ▁and ▁advoc ated ▁p ensions ▁for ▁veter ans , ▁a ▁statement ▁that ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁enthus i astic ▁app la use . ▁In ▁foreign ▁affairs , ▁Harrison ▁re aff ir med ▁the ▁Mon roe ▁Do ctrine ▁as ▁a ▁main st ay ▁of ▁foreign ▁policy , ▁while ▁ur ging ▁modern ization ▁of ▁the ▁Navy ▁and ▁a ▁merchant ▁marine ▁force . ▁He ▁gave ▁his ▁commit ment ▁to ▁international ▁peace ▁through ▁non inter ference ▁in ▁the ▁affairs ▁of ▁foreign ▁govern ments . ▁ ▁John ▁Philip ▁S ous a ' s ▁Marine ▁Band ▁played ▁at ▁the ▁In aug ural ▁Ball ▁inside ▁the ▁P ension ▁Building ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁crowd ▁att ending . ▁After ▁moving ▁into ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁Harrison ▁noted , ▁quite ▁proph et ically , ▁" There ▁is ▁only ▁a ▁door ▁– ▁one ▁that ▁is ▁never