It Affords Me Sincere Pleasure To Be

I Never Knew A Man More Free From Conceit, Or One To Whom It Was A Greater Extent A Pleasure, As Well As A Recognized Duty, To Listen Patiently To What Might Be Said To Him Upon Any Subject Under Consideration....neither, I Need Scarcely Say, Was He In The Habit Of Talking, Much Less Boasting, Of His Own Achievements.

On Receiving From The People The Sacred Trust Twice Confided On My Illustrious Predecessor, And Which He Has Discharged So Faithfully And So Well, I Know That I Can Not Expect To Perform The Arduous Task With Equal Ability And Success.

In Time Of Peace There Can, At All Events, Be No Justification For The Creation Of A Permanent Debt By The Federal Government. Its Limited Range Of Constitutional Duties May Certainly Under Such Circumstances Be Performed Without Such A Resort.

In Receiving From The People The Sacred Trust Twice Confided To My Illustrious Predecessor, And Which He Has Discharged So Faithfully And So Well, I Know That I Can Not Expect To Perform The Arduous Task With Equal Ability And Success.

It Seems Proper, At All Events, That By An Early Enactment Similar To That Of Other Countries The Application Of Public Money By An Officer Of Government To Private Uses Should Be Made A Felony And Visited With Severe And Ignominious Punishment.