Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-07-25
ANSWER

C}the President Of the United States to the
address ef tie Minority Of tie Leeisla-
ture of MaSsachuSeitS, Sc.
To HENRY DEARBORN, BENJAMIN
AUSTIN, THOMAS MELVILL, VIII
LIAM LITTLE, RUSSELL STURGIs,
JOHN BRAZER, JACOB RHODES, and
WM. INGALLS,, Esq'rs.
have received with great satisfaction
the very friendly welcome which YOU have
given me on the part of some of the mem
bers OF the Legislature of Massachusetts,
aud of others, Citizens of Boston, who
had deputed you to offer me their con-
CALCULATIONS OH my arrival in this metro
polls.
Conscious of having cxcrted nv best
faculties, with UNMARRIED zeal, 10 support
the rights and advance the prosperity of
my Fellow Citizens, in the various i'm
portant trusts with which have bcenlIo-
hored by my Country, the appreciation
which you have expressed of my conduct
Is very gratifying to me.
1t has been my undertaking effort, in
every situation in which have been pla-
ced, to promote, 10 the utmost of nv a.
blIItIes, the success of our Republican
Government. have pursued this poll
cy, from thorough conviction, that the
prosperity and happiness of the whole
American people, depended on the sue
cess OF the great experiment which thew
have been called to make. Allimpartial
persons now bear testimony to the extra
ordinary blessings with which we have
been favored. Well satisfied, am, tIat
these blessings are TO be imputed 10 the
excellence OF our government, and 10 the
wisdom and purity with which il has been
administered.
Believing that there is not section of
our union, nor Citizen, who is not inte-
rested III the success of our government.
thdui ,,e strong hope, that they will ali
unite III future, IN the measures necessa-
~ to secure it. For this very importdnt
change, ! consider the circumstances of
the present epoch peculiarly favorable
The success and unexampled prosperity
with which we have hitherto been bless
ed, must have dispeIed the doubts of all
who had before honestly entertained any.
ofthe practica bility of our system. and
from these, a firm and honorable co-ope-
ration may fairly be expected. Our uni
on, Jas also acquired of late, much
strength. The proofs which have been
Afforded OF tie greatadvantages commu-
hlcaied by 1t, 10 every part, and of the
ruin which would inevitably and prompt
~. oyerwlelm, even the parts most favor
ed, It i should be broken, seem TO have
carried conviction home to the bosoms Of
the most unbelieying. On the means ne
cessary 10 secure the success, and TO adj
vance, wlthincreased rapidity, the growth
and prosperity of OHr Country. there
seems now 10 be but little, if any, differ
ence of opinion.
1t Is on these grounds that indulge a
strong hope, and even entertain great con
ildence, that our principal dangers and
difficulties have passed, and thai the cha
Iacter ofOur deliberations, and tllecoursc
OF the government itself will become
more harmonious and happy than it has
heretofore been.
Satisfied ~ am, that the union of the
whole community, III seaport of our Re
publican Government, by all wise and
proper measures, will efiectuAlly secure Il
irOiu ngeT, that union il an object
TO which look with the utmost soiici.