The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-11


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ceptance ol the Embassy 10 England.
From the National Lttiigencer, .lfurch s.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Yesterday, nj the appointed hour JOHN
QUINCY ADAMS took the Oath of o.
flee, az President Of the Uated States, AT
the Capitol, and, on the occasion, delivered
the following Inaugural Address.
| IN compliance with an usage corval with
the existence of our Federal Consultation,
and sanci,oned by III. example of my pre-
decessors IN the career upon which nm
about to eater appear my fellow citizens,
IN your preserve, and in that Of lleayeo, To
bind m, self by the selrmnliles IF religious
obligation, IN the faithful performance OF
the duties allotted to me in the station TO
which have been called,
In unfolding Ia my conntrymen the
principles by which ! shall be governed, In
the hllilmeDt ot those dutics, my first re-
| sort will be To that Constitution. which !
shall swear, 10 the best of my ability, to
preserve, protect, and defend. That re-
y-red instrument -numetatcs the powers,
and prescribcs the duties, Of the Executive
Magistrate and, in its first words, declares
the purposes to which these, aud the
whole action Of the Government, instituted
by it, should be invariably and satredly
devoted to form more perfect union,
established justice, ensure domestic tran
guilty, provide for the common defence,
promote the general welfare, aud secure
the blessings Of liberty 10 the p, Cpl. of
this Union, IN their successive generations.
Since the adoption of this social compact,
one Of these generations has passed away.
Ii is the work of our forelaihers. Admin
isiered by some of the most eminent men
who contributedto it, formation, through a
most eyenttul period in the annals of the
world, and through all the yicissitudrs OF
peace and war, incidental to the condition
of associated man, it has not disappointed
the hopes aud aspirations oflhose illus ious
oenetactors OF their age and nation. 1t has
promoted the lasting welfare ofthat coun
try So dear TO Us all it has, to an extent,
far beyond the ordinary lot of humanity,
secured the freedom aud happiness Of this
people. Wen receive it Is a precious
inheritance from those TO whom we are in
debt-d for Its establishment doubly bound
by the examples which they have left MS,
and by the blessings which ". have eujoy
ed, as The fruits Of their labors, to transmit
the same, unmpaIred, to the succeeding
generations.
In he compass ofthirty six years since
this great national covenant WAS instituted,
a body flaws, enacted under its anthori
| ~, and in conformity with its provisions,
has untoded its powers, and carried into
practical operation its effective energies.
Subordinate departments have distributed
the Executive functions in their various re
lations to foreign affairs, To- the revenue and
expenditures, and to the military force OF
the Union, by land and sea. A Cd ordinate
department. of the Judiciary has expound
ed the Constitution and the laws setting,
| IN harmonious coincidence with the LII
| gislatise will, numerous wcighty questions
! OF construction, which the inprrTrction OF
human language had rendered unavoida
bic The year Of Jubilee, since the first
formation of our Union, has just elapsed ;
that OF the Declaration of our Indepcn
drncr, is at hand. The consulnmation of
both was effected by this Constitution. >
Since that period, a population Of four
millions has multiplied To twelve , terri
tory bounded by the Mississippi, has been
extended from sea I" Sea new states have
been admitted to the Union, in numbers
nearly equal 10 those of the FIRST Conicde
ration treaties Of peare, amiiy, and com
nercr, have been cone ldd.d with the prln
cipai dominlons Of the earth the people
of other nations, inhabitants Of regions ac
CURED, not by conquest, but by compact,
have been united with us in the partClpa
lion of our rights and duties, of our bur
dens aud blessings the forest has fallen
by the axe ofour woudsmtn ; the soil has
been made to TEEN by the iIllage our far
mfrs our CONNER &c las whltenrd every
ocean the dominion of man over phJsi
cal nature has been extended by the Inven
ton Of our artists Liberty aud Law have
marched hand in hand all the purposes
of human association have been accom-
plishcd as effectively, as under any other
Government ON the globe and at cost
little exceeding, in a whole generation, the
expenditure of their nations in IA single
year.
Such is the unexaggerated picture of
our condition, under constitution found
ed upon the republican principle of equal
rights. 10 admit that this picture has its
shades, is bul TO say that it is still the con
diton of men Upon earth. From evil, physi
cal, moral, and political, it is not our claim
IL be exempt. We have suffered, some
times by the Visitation of Heaven, through
disease often, by the wrongs and inJus
tice OF other nations, even To the extreni
ties Of war and, lastly, by dissensons
mong oursrl,es--dsseiisib perhaps, in