Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-07-29

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ANSWER
OF the President Of the United States d i.
address Of the minority Of the Legislature i
Massachusetts, sc.
TO Henry Dearborn, Benjamin Austin. THIN.
as Melvill, William Little, Russell S.uws
John Brazier, Jacob Rhoades, and W9.
liam ingalls,, Esquires.
have received with great satisfaction
the very friendly welcome which YOU b,v
given ne on the part of some Of the raesnlsv
Of The legislature Of Massachusetts, and d
others, Citizens Of Boston, who had depussa
you, to offer me their congratulations On nv
arrival in this metropolis.
Conscious Of having exerted my best facug
ties with unwearied zeal, 70 support therighs
and advance the prosperity 81 my fellow.
citizens, in the various important trusts viii
which have been honored by my country.
the appreciation which you have expressed 4
my conduct, is very. gratifying to me.
1t has been my undertaking effort, IN ever
situation in which have been placed, %
promote, 10 the utmost Of my abilities, lie
success Of our republican government. j have
pursued this policy, from thorough conyIt.
lion, that the prosperity and happiness Of lie
whole American people, depended on The
success Of the great experiment which Tier
have been called to make. All Impartial
persons now bear testimony to the exiraordI
nary blessings with which we have been q.
vored. Well satisfied, am, that these ble.
sings are TO be imputed 10 the excellence Il
our government, and to the wisdom andpe
rity with which it has been administered.
Believing that there is not section ofm
union, nor citizen, who is not interested Il
the success of our government, INDUCES
strong hope, that they will all unite in fuue,
in the measures necessary TO secure it. FG
this very Important changed consider lie
circumstances Of the present epoch peculiarly
favorable. The success and unaxampled
prosperity with which we bave bitherto been
blessed, must have dispeIled the doubts ofaH
who had before honestly entertained any, 4
the practcability Of our system, and from
these, firm and honorable Co operation may
be fairly expected. Our union, has also &C.
CURED. of late, much strength. The proofs
which have been afforded, ofthe great alvsu.
tages communicated by il, 10 every part, and
Of the ruin which would inevitably sM |
promptly oyerwhelm, even the parts most f. |
vored, if il should be broken, seem to have |
carried conviction home to The bosoms Of the |
most unbelieving. On the means Necessary
10 secure success, and TO advance with il.
creased rapidity, the growth and prosperity |
OF our country, there seems now to be byI |
little, if any, difference of opinion.
Il is on these grounds that indulge
strong hope, aud even entertain great cont.
dence, that our principal dangers and dithcuF
ties have passed, and that the character d
our deliberations, and the course Of the gov
eminent itself, viii become more harmoBiou
and happy than it has heretofore been.
Satisfied as | am, that the union Of
whole community, in support of our Repse !
liCan government, by all wise and propsiI
will efectualiy secure il from aaa |
ger, that union is an object to which | l& |
with the utmost solicitude. consider i n'
duty TO promote it, on the principles and y |
the purposes stated and highly grat6a
shall | be, if It can be obtained. In franklf |
avowiag this motive, owe il to the iniegnE |
OF my views TO state, that as the support
our republican government is my sole obltc. |
and in which | consider the whole comnrai'
~ equally interested, my conduct will be 2
variably directed TO that end. In seeking
accomplish % great an object, ] shall I
careful 10 avoid such measures as may by any |
possibility sacrifice il.
JAMES MONROE |