The Government Should Not Be Guided By

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.

There Is A Power In Public Opinion In This Country - And I Thank God For It: For It Is The Most Honest And Best Of All Powers - Which Will Not Tolerate An Incompetent Or Unworthy Man To Hold In His Weak Or Wicked Hands The Lives And Fortunes Of His Fellow-citizens.

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.

The Law Increasing And Organizing The Military Establishment Of The United States Has Been Nearly Carried Into Effect, And The Army Has Been Extensively And Usefully Employed During The Past Season.

I Only Look To The Gracious Protection Of The Divine Being Whose Strengthening Support I Humbly Solicit, And Whom I Fervently Pray To Look Down Upon Us All. May It Be Among The Dispensations Of His Providence To Bless Our Beloved Country With Honors And With Length Of Days; May Her Ways Beways Of Pleasantness, And All Her Paths Be Peace.