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WILLIAM WRIGHT,
JON ATHAN MELTON,
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STROTHER,
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PETER RANDOLPH.
March 4, 1809.
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WASHINGTON CITY,
March 4.
, This day at 12 o’clock, James
Madison took the cath of office
as PRESIDENT of the United
States y and delivered, in the Cham
ber of the Houfe of Reprefenca
tives, in the pretence of the Sen
ate, mote of the late Reprefenra
tives, and a large concourfe of Cit
izens, the following
SEE E C K :
Unwilling to depart from Ex
amples, of the mod revered author
ity, I avail myfeif of the occafion
now prefented, to exp refs the pro
found tmpreffion made on me, by
the call of mv country to the Na
tion, to the duties of which I. am
about to pledge myfeif, by the rriofl
fclemn of famftions. So diftin
guiffied a mark of confidence, pro
ceeding from the deliberate and
tranquil fnfFrage of 0 free and vir
tuous nation- would, under .toy cir
cumftances, have commanded my
gratitude and devotion ; as well as
filled me with an awful fe n fe of the
trull to be a Turned. Under the
various circumfrances which give
peculiar folemnity ro the exiting
period, I feel that both the honor
and the refpor.fibility allotted to
me are inexpreffively enhanced.
The pit; rent firuattun of the
world is indeed without a parallel :
and that of cur own country full of
difficulties. ‘ The preffure of thefe
too is the more feverely felt, becaufe
they have fallen upon us at a mo
ment, when the national prolperky
being at a height not before attain
ed, the contrail refill ting from the
change has been rendered the more
ftriking. Under the benign influ
ence of o-ur Republican inih'tutiofß,
and the maintenance of peace with
all nations, whilft fo tinny of them
were engaged in bloody and wafte
ful wars, the fruits of a juft policy
were enjoyed in an unrivalled growth
of our faculties and. refources.—
Proofs of this were Den in the im
provements of agriculture 3 in the
fuccefsfui enterpriles of commerce ;
in the progrefs of manufactures and
uftful arts ; in the increafe of the
public revenue, and the ufe made
of it in reducing the public debt,
2nd in the valuable works and ef
tablifhroents every where multiply
ing over the face of our land.
It is a precious rdkflion that the
tranfition from this profperqus
condition of our country, to the
feene which has for Tome time been
diftrtffing us, is not chargeable on
any unwarrantable views, nor, as I
trufl:, on any involuntary errors, in
the public councils. Indulging no
paftions which trefpafs on the rights
or the repofe of other nations, it has
been the true glory of the United
States to cultivate peace, by obterv
ing juft ice 3 and to entitle them
felvesto the refped of the nations
at war, by fulfilling their neutral
obligations, with the rooft ferupu
lous impartiality. If there be can
dor in the world, the truth of thefe
aftertions will not be queftioned j
pofteritv, at leaft, will do iuftice to
them.
This unexceptionable courfe could
not avail again ft the injuftice and
violence of the belligerent powers.
In their rjge againft each other, or
impelled by more direct motives,
principles of retaliation have been
introduced, equaMy contrary to uni
versal reafon, and acknowledged
law. How long their aibitrary c :
(lids will be continued, in fpite .of
the demonftrations that not even a
pretext for them has been givvn by
the United Stares, and of the fair
and liberal attempt to induce a
re vocation of them, cannot be anti
cipated. Alluring myfeif, that un
der every vicifitudr, the determin
ed fpirit and united councils of the
nation wiF be fafe- guards to its
honor and its eftential interefts, I
repair to the pc ft affigned me, with
no other difcouiagemcnt than what
fprings from my own inadequacy
to its high duties. If Ido not
link under che weight of this deep
convidion, it Is becaufe I find fome
lop port in a confcioufnefs of the
purpofes, and a confidence in the
principles which I bring with me,
into this arduous fervicc. •
To cherilh peace and friendly
intercourle with all nations having
correfpondent difpo'fitions j to
maintain fincere neutrality towards
belligerent nations j to prefer, in
all cafes, amicable difcuffion and
reafonable accommodation of diffe
rences, to a dedlion of them by an
appeal to arms ■, to exclude foreign
intrigue and foreign partialities, fo
degrading to ail countries, and fo
baneful to free ones 3 to fofter a
fpirit of independence, too juft to
invade the rights of others, too
preud to Jurn.nder our own 3 too
liberal to indulge unworthy preju
dices of ourfeives, and too elevated
not to look down upon them in
others 3 to hold the union of the
Hates as the bafis of their peace and
happinefs] to iupport the conftitu
tion, which is the cement of the
union, as well in its limitations ns
in its authorities 3 to refpefl the
rights and authorities referved to
the ftates and to the people, as e
qually incqrporared with, and ef
fential to the fuccefs of, the gene
ral fyftem ; to avoid the Oightcft
interference with the rights ot con
fcience or the funiTions of religion,
fo wifely exempted from civil ju
rifdidtion} to preferve in their full
energy the other falutary piovifions
in behalf of private and perfonal
rights, and cf the freedom of the
prefs i to obferve economy in pub
lic expenditures 3 to liberate the
public refources by an honorable
difeharge of the public debts 3 to
keep within the rcqusfite limits a
Handing military force, always re
membering that an armed and
trained militia is the firmed: bulwark
of Republics 3 that without Hand
ing armies their liberty can never
lie in danger; nor, with large ones
fafe 3 to’ promote by authored
means improvements friendly to
agriculture, tb manufactures, and
to external as well as internal com
merce 3 to faVor in like manner,
the advancement of fcience, and the
diffufion of information, as the be ft
aliment to true liberty 3 to carry on
the benevolent plans, which have
been fo meritoriously applied to the
converlion of cur aboriginal neigh
bors from the degradation and
wretchednefs of favage life; to a
participation of the improvements
of which the human mind ci and
manners arc fufeepible in a civilift'd
ftate i As Jay as tenements and in -
tentions, fuch as thefe, can aid the
fulfilment of my duty, they will be
a refource which cannot fail me.
It is my good fortune, moreover,
to have the path, in which I am to
tread, Lghted by examples of illuf
trious krwices, fucceisfully ren
dered in the molt trying difficulties
by thole who have marched before
me. Of thafe of my immediate
predectfTor, it rrjght leaft become
me here to fpeak. J may however
be pardoned for not fuppreffing
the fympathy with which my heart
is full, in the rich reward he enjoys
in the becedidlions of a beloved
country, gratefully beftoued for ex
alted talents, zcaloufly devoted
through a long career, to th* ad
vancement of its hi ghe ft: intereft
and happinefs. ,
But the fource, to which I look
for the aid which alone can fupply
my deficiencies, is in the well tried ,
intelligence and virtue of my fellow
citizens, and in the councils of
thole reprefenting rhen, in the
other departments aflbdated .n the
care of the naßonal inn reft. la
thefe my confidence will under
every difficulty be beft placed
next to that which we have all been
encouraged to feel in the guarch'an
ftiip and guidance of that almighty
Being, whole power regulates the;
deftiny of nations, whose, bleffings
have been fo confpkuoully difpt us
ed to this riling Republic, and to
whom we are bound to addrefs our
devout gratitude for the paft, as weft
ns our fervent fup plications and
bell hopes for the future.
C^OC'——
SPE E C H
Delivered by the Prdident of the
United States to the Deputies oi
the Cherokee Upper -Towns,
My Children , Deputies of lbe
Cherokee Upper Towns ,
I have maturely confide red the
fpeeches you have delivered me,
and will now give you anfwers tu
the teveral matters they contain.
You inform me cf your anxious
defires to engage in the induftriouj.
purfuits of agriculture and civilized
life 3 that finding it impracticable
to induce the nation at large to>’
join in this, you w’ifti ?i line of fe
paration to be eftabliffied between
the Upper and Lower Towns, fo
as to include all the waters of the
HighwalTee in your part 3 and that
having thus contrrefted your focie
ty within narrower limits, you pro
pofe, within thefe, to begin the ef
tabUfiment of fixed law;; and of
regular government. You fay, that
the Lower Towns arc fitkfied with
the divifion you propofe, and on
thefe feveral matters you alk nay
2dvice and aid.
With to the line of divi
fion between yourftlves and the
Lower Towns, it muft reft on the
joint confent of both parties. The
one you propofe appears moderate,
(No. 44.