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mntial interests, I repair to the post assigned me,
with no other discouragement than what springs '
front me own inadequacy to its high duties. if I
do not sink under the weight of this deep ecinv:e-
Cum, it is because I find sonic support in as con-
seionsuessof the purposes, and n confidence in the
principles, which I bring witli me into this :min-
ons service.
T.. cherish peace and. friendly intercourse with
all nations, baying correspondent dispositions; to
maintain sincere neutrality towards belligerent na-
tions; to prefer in all cases amicable discussions amtl
reasonable uccoininodirtion of differences, toe deci-
sion of them by nn appeal to arms; to exclude
foreign intrigues and foreign partialities, so de-
grading to all countries, and 1,0 INltiellll to free
ones; to foster a spirit of independence, too just
to invade the rights of others; too proud to
anr-
render our own; too liberal to iodulge unworthy
prejudices ourselves, and too elevated not to look
down upon them in others ; to hold die union of
the States as the basis of their peace and Implant ss;
to support the constitution( which is the cement of
the union, as well in its limitations. its in its autho-
rities; to respect the rights and authorities reservo
to the States and to the people, as et-pi:illy in-
corporated wit:l,mA essential to, the of the
general sestet') ; to avoid the slightest interference
with the rights of cemscience or the functions of re-
ligion so wisely exempted from -civil jurisdiction
to preserve to their full energy the other salutary
provisions in behalf of pirate and per.onal rights,
and of the freedom of the press ; to observe econo-
my in public expenditures ; to liberate the public
resources by an honourable disclurrge of the pub-
lic debts; to keep ‘‘,itliir. the requisite limits a
standing military force. always remembering, that
an irrineil and trained militia is the firmest bul-
a urk of republics, that without standing armies
their liberty can never be in danger; nor with
:urge ones safe ; to promote, by authorised means,
improvements friendly to agriculture, and to exs
terns', as well as internal commerce; to favour,'
in like inant.er, the advancement of science amid the
diffusion of information, as the best elitist:lit to true
liberty ; to carry on the benevolent plans which
hale been so meritoriously applied to the conver-
sion of our aboriginal neighbourscfrom the degra-
dation and wretchedness of savage life, to a parti-
cipation of the improvements of which the human
mind and manners are susceptible iu a civilized
date. As far as sentiments and intentions such as
these can aid the fol fitment of my duty, they will
be A resource which cannot fail me.
" It is my good fortune, moreover, to have the
path in which I am to tread, lighted lay examples
of illustrious services, successfully rendered in the
most trying difficulties by those who have ingiched
before me. Of those of my immediate predecessor,
it might least become me here to speak. I may.
however, be p 'Mooed for not suppressing the
sympathy, with which my heart is full, in the
rich reward he enjoys in the benedictions of a belov-
ed country, gratefully bestowed for exalted talents,
zealously devoted, through a long career, to the
ailvanceinent of its highest interest and happiness.

.•
•• But the .source to which L look for the aid,
which alone can supply my deficiencies, is in
the well-tried intelligence and virtue of my fel-
low-citirens, and in the counsels of those repre-
senting then in the other typortraents associated
in the care of the national interest. lit these my
confidence will, wider every difficulty, be best
placed ; next to that which we have all been en-
eoaraged to feel M the guardianship and guidance
of that Almighty Being, whose power regulates
the destiny of nations—whose blessings have been
so conspicuomly dispensed to this rising Republic,
iissd to whom we are bound to address our devout
gratitude for the past, as well as our fervent sup-
plications and best hopes for the future."

CIRCULAR.

Trrassery Dcpattesent, Marti, ad, snO.

Mt herewith transmit a printed copy uf an art to inter-
dict the commercial intercourse between the United States
and Great Britain and France sad their dependencies, and
for other purposes.
The pieviaiono of the Ist and ed sections extend to pub.
lie ships and Tenets Of France, t►e regulation already in
force is relation to public ensels of Great Britain.
The 14th, 13th, lith, 1511,, And 16th mellitus, take effect
after the t3th day of this month t after which day, vessels
owned by citizens of the United States may be cleared fee
say poet we place, °titer than those excepted by the 1,21 h
prelim, en riving hoed in a sum double the value of the
cruel and cargo, and is other respects complying w ith the
requisite of the ,ait section of the Art of January last. It
follows, that the provision in the Imit-nimitioned section, re-
quirire bond In six times the value of the vessel sod cargo, is
repea'ed from sad after the 13th of this mouth.
The law remains in full force in relation to vessels owned
by foreigner+ ; and in additiim thereto, bonds in four times
the valet of the vessel and cargo must be required from such
vessels, whether they sail in ballast or with the cargoes which
they had brought in, that they shall not proceed to fm hidden
ports, Soc. is the forts prescribed by the nth section. Nut
even English vessels can, after t►at day, be cleared fur the
domialinis of England, or Preach vessels for the dominions
of Vraues. Pselets and other vessels, excepted under the
let keetwea of the Aet, may, however, be permitted to pro-
ceed. No foreign vessel wha , sad wherever booed, eau
take any cargo as board.

The coalition trade w, by the tnth sect. reknit. Oiwin
every impediment laid by the Embargo iam%, such provisions
excepted ss are continued is t►e loth sect. All iustrue-
lions, therefore, on t►ae snlueet, are revoked, sod portico-
lorly those reeperting re-shipments. Detentions an still
however anthorised io eases where there is sofrwieat nese to
apprebsod that an *Tadao of t►e taw is handed. ♦ad