The Government Should Not Be Guided By

I Tread In The Footsteps Of Illustrious Men, Whose Superiors It Is Our Happiness To Believe Are Not Found On The Executive Calendar Of Any Country.

I Tread In The Footsteps Of Illustrious Men... In Receiving From The People The Sacred Trust Confided To My Illustrious Predecessor.

The Condition Of The Tribes Which Occupy The Country Set Apart For Them In The West Is Highly Prosperous, And Encourages The Hope Of Their Early Civilization. They Have For The Most Part Abandoned The Hunter State And Turned Their Attention To Agricultural Pursuits.

Those Who Have Wrought Great Changes In The World Never Succeeded By Gaining Over Chiefs; But Always By Exciting The Multitude. The First Is The Resource Of Intrigue And Produces Only Secondary Results, The Second Is The Resort Of Genius And Transforms The Universe.

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.