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To LOME lII.] GEORGIA, LOUISVILLK Pbbliftied every Saturday, by AMBROSE DAY & JAMES HELY. at * dollars per ana payable aa.f yearly :~Where Eflays, Articles of Intell.g-ence. Alvertifcmems. &c. &c. ate thankfully and HUNTING in all its variety, is cxectitedwith ncatnefs and dilpatch. WASHINGTON CITY, 'Wednesday, March 4, 1801. PRESIDENTS SPEECH, THIS DAY at twelve o’clock, THOMAS JEFFERSON, Prefidenr of the United States, :00k the oath required by the Conflitution, in the Senate Chamber, in the prefence of ihe Senate, the members of the Houfc ofßeprefentatives, the Public Officers, and a large concourfe of citizens. Prevtoufly to which be delivered the following Addrefs : tRLENDS & FELLOW CITIZENS, CALLED upon to undertake the duties of die firft Executive Office of our country, I avail myfelf of the prefence of that portion of my fellow citizens which is here afternbled to ex prefs my grateful thanks for die favor which they have been plea fed to look towards me, to de clare a fincere confcioufnefs that the talk is above my talents, and that I approach it.with thofe anxious and awful prefentiments which the greatnefs of the charge -and the weaknefs of my powers fo juftly infpire. A rifing nati on fpread over a wide and fruit ful land, traverfmg all the Teas with the rich productions of their induftry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing ra pidly to deftinies beyond the reach of mortal eye ; when I contemplate thefe tranfeendant objedfs, and fee the honor, the happincfs, and the hopes of this beloved country committed to the ilfue and the aufpices of this day, I Hi rink from the contem plation and humble myfelfbc fore the magnitude of the un taking. Utterly indeed fhould I defpare, did not the pre fence of many, whom I here fee, remind me, that, in the 0- ther high authorities provided by our Conllitution, I fhall find refources of wifdom, of virtue, and of zeal, on which to rely tinder ail difficulties. To you, then, gentlemen, who arc charg ed with the fovereign functions of legiflation, and to thofe affio «iated with you, I look with en couragement for that guidance and fupport which may enable ps to freer with fafety the vcffel in which we are all embarked, amidft the conflicting elements a troubled world. During the ccntefr of opinion trough which we have pafr, animation of difeuffions and °f exertions has fometimes worn Sn afpedt which might impofe 0n ft rangers unufed to think free- THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE; AND REPUBLICAN trumpet SATURDAY, Mafc b h 28, iSot. LIBERTY IS OUR MOTTO D TRUTH OUR GUIDE ly, and to fpcak and to write what they think j but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the Conllitution, all will ofcourfe arrange themfelves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All too will bear in mind this facied princi ple, that though the will of the majority is in all cafes tn prevail that will, to be rightful, mull be redfonable ; that the minori ty poflefs their equal rights, which equal law? mull protect, and to violate would be flert. Let us then, fellow' citi zens, unite with one heart & one mind, let us refrore to focial in tercourfe that harmony and af fcdlicn without which liberty, and even life itfelf are but drea ry things. And let us reflect that having banifhed from our land that religious intolerance, under which mankind fo long bled and fuffered, we have yet gained little, if we countenance a political intolerance, as des potic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloodyperfecu tions. During the throes and conVulfions of the ancient world, during the agonizing ipafms of infuriated fnan, Peeking through blood and (laughter his lon# lofr D O liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows fhould reach even this difrant and peaceful fhorc : that this fhould be more felt and feared by feme and lefs by others : and fhould divided opinions as to meafures of fafety ; but every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the fame principles. vVeare all republicans : We are all fe deralifts. If there be any among us who would wifh to diffolve the union, or to change its re publican form, let them fraud undifrurbed as monuments of the fafety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reafon is left free to combat it. I know indeed that fomc honefr men fear that a republican go vernment cannot be ftrong—- that this government is not ftrong enough. But would the honefr patriot, In the full tide of fuo cefsful experiment, abandon a government which has fo far kept us free and Arm, On the theoretic and vifionary fear, that this government, the worlds befr hope, may by poffibility, want energy, to preferve itfelf ? 1 truft not. I believe this on the contrary, the ftrongefr govern ment on earth. I believe it the only one, where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the landard of tire law ; and would meet invafions of the public order as his own perfonal concern Sometimes it is faid that mar cannot be trufted with the government of himfclf. Can he then lie trufted with the go vernmen: of others ? Or have wc found angels in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let hif tory anfwer this quefrion. I et us then with courage and Confidence, purfue our own fe deral and republican principles; our attachment to union and rt~ prefentativt go\ eminent. Kind ly leparated by nature and wide oCean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter ofthe globe —too high minded to endure the degradations of the others ; poflefrmg achofen country, with room enough for our defeend ants to the thoufanclth and thou - fandth generation, enteitaining a due lenfe of our equal right to the ufe of our own faculties, to the acquiution of our own induftry, to honor and confidence from our fellow citizens, refultingnot from birth, but from our adtions and theif fenfc of them, enligh tened by a benign religion, pro fefie cl indeed and praclib d in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honefty, truth, tem perance, gratitude, and the love of man, acknowledging and £- do rn i n g a n o v c r r u 1 i n g p r o v ide n ce —which by all its difpenfaiions proves that it delights in the happinefs of man htie, and his greater happinefs hereafter— with all thefe bleflings what mbre is neceffary to make us a happy and profperous people ? Still one thing more, fellow cit izens, a wife and frugal govern ment, which man drain men from injuring one another, fnall leave them ntherwife five, to regulate their own purfuits of induftry and improvement, and fnall not take from the mouth of labour the bread it has earn ed. This is the fum of good go vernment ; and this is neceffary to ciofc the circle of our felici ties. About to enter, fellow citi zens, on the exercife of duties which comprehend every thing dear and valuable to you, it is proper you fhould underftand what 1 deem the efTential prin ciples of our government, and confequently thofe which ought to fhape its adminiftration. I will comprcfs them within the tawe ft compafs they will bear, Hating the general principle, but not all its limitations. Equal and exaft jufticc to all men, of whatever ftate or perfuafion, re ligious or political: peace,com merce, and honed friendfhip with all nations—entangling liances with none ;—the fup port of the ftate in all their rights as the mofl' competent adminiftrations for our domeftic concerns, and the In re ft bulwarks againft anti-rc~ publican tendencies •> s -thc iervation of the general govern ment in its whole conftitutional, vigour, as the fhett anchor of our peace at home, and fafety abroad : a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and fafe corrective ofa bufes which are lopped by the iword of revolution w here peace able remedies are unprovided : abfolute acquicfcence inthedc cifions of the majority, the vita! principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to foreci the vital principle and immedi ate parent of defpotifm :—a well difciplineti militia, cur beft re liance in peace, and for the firft moments of war, till regulars may relieve them : —the lupre rnacy of the civil over the mili tary authority crconomy In the public expence, that labour may be lightly bvrthcned : —the Itoheft payment of our debts and facred preservation of the public faith ;—encouragement of agri- Cultuie, and of commerce as its handmaid ;—the diftufionof in formation, and arraignment of all abufes at the bar of the pub lic reafon :—freedom of rciigir on :-“freedom of the prefs and freedom of perfon under the protection of the J labeas Corpus t and trial by juries impartially feleCtcd. Thefe principles form the bright confle llation, which has gone before us, and guided our fteps through an age of re volution and reformation. The wifdom of our fages and blood of our heroes, have been devot ed to their attainment :—they fhould be the creed of our poa litical faith ; fhe text of civic inftrwCtion, the touch-ftone by which to try the fervicesof chofc we truft ; and fhould we wander from them in moments of error or of alafrn, let us haften to re trace our fteps, and to regain the road which alone leads Co peace, liberty and fafety. f repair then fellow citizens, to the poft you have afagnedme. With experience enough in fuhr ordinate offices to have feen the difficulties of this the grcaceft of ail, I have learnt td expeCl that it will rarely fall to the lot ofim perfcCc man to retire from this nation, with the reputation, and favour which bring him into it. Without precenfions''tothat high, confidence you repofed in our firft and greaceft revolutionary character whofe preeminent fcf-* [No* in.