American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-03-08

A. quarter before ~ O'clock the President elect, &C
n,ed bv the President of the United States, and
.d hv considerable body of gentlemen, composed OF
ger and citizens, and the military of the District re.
nred to the Capitol where he was received by the Com
mee Of Arrangement OF inc Senate ana conducted mo
senate Chamber from whence he proceeded with the
,e IN the Hall of the House OF Representatives, at
ended BY the Heads of Departments the Marshal of the
nsrc, of Columbia, and the gentlemen selected as his
ssoca,es for the officers OF the cay, and the Mayors OF
Il ,he three Corporations OF the District
The President Of the Senate, with the Secretary of the
cna,e we're placed the right of the Chair the Ex
President on his right, and the Speaker of the House oil
prentatyes with the Clerk of that House, his left
,h Heads of Departments we're seated on the right and
he Foreign Ministers with their suites the left of the
Chair. 80 -. .:, -,
The Judges OF the supreme oour' oecuPeua .apie ~
front Of the Char
The Senate filled the seats Immediately in front; mem
hers Of Congress, including the Judges OF the Circuit
Court of the District of Columbia, with their officers anc
snch persons as by III, andng rules OF Congress- adj
mtted to seats within Chambers occupied seats on the
aoor Officers, civil military, and naval were also admit
ted in the Hobbies and upon the floor OF the Hall.
In compliance with an usage, coeval with the ex
isence of our Federal Constitution, and sanctioned
BY the example of my predecessors in the career up
q on which | am about to enter, appear my fellow
citizens, in your presence, and in that OF Heaven, tc
Jbiod myself by the soemnities Of religious obga
8ton to the faithful performance of the duties alot
lied TO me- in the station to which have been called
y In unfolding to my countrymen the principles
Inv which shall be governed, in the fulhlment o
#those duties, my first resort will be to that consru
*on which shall swear, to the best OF my ability
#,o preserve, protect and defend That revered in
stIument enumerates the powers and prescribes tn,
duties, of the Executive Magistrate and in it
FIRST words, declares the purposes to which these
81 and the whole action Of the Government, instituted
I'M it, should be invariably and sacredy deyoted-t
&r .ptn qto lph
8domestic tranquility. provide for the common de
IN fence, promote the general welfare, and secure tn
BLESSINGS OF liberty to the People of this Union, il
- their successive generations Since the adoption
I'D this social compact of these generations ha
n passed away. 1t is the work of our foreiathers
IL administered by some oil the most eminent mer
IL who contributed TO its formation through mos
#eyentful period in the annals of the world. an
&through all the vicssitudes OF peace and war, Incl
dental to the condition OF associated mau, II has nc
8dsapponted the hopes and aspirations OF those II
#luslrious beneIactors Of their age and nation.
HAS promoted the lasting welfare Of that country
Hso dear to us all it has, to an extent far beyon
the ordinary lot Of humanity, secured the freedom
land happiness of this People. We now receive
8as a precious inheritance from those to whom VI
sare indebted for its establishment, doubly bound b.
4the examples which they have LETT US, and by tn
BLESSINGS which we have enjoyed, as the fruit
8pf their Iabors, to transmit the same, unimpairec
% the succeeding generation.
n In the compass of thirty years since thi
great national covenant was instituted, body q
laws enacted under its authority, and IN contormt
with its provisions, has unfoded its powers an
arried into practical operation its effective energies
MSubordinate departments have distributed the Elk
fcutive functions in their various relations to For
(Fign affairs, to the Revenue and Expenditures, an
4o the military force of the Union, by land and sex
M CO ordinate department OF the Judiciary has eX
1 Sbounded the Constitution and the Laws settling
IN harmonious coincidence with the Legislative will
! 4umerous weghty questions OF construction, whic
Ahe mperfeeton Of human language had rendere
unavoidable. The year OF Jubilee since the hr:
FORMATION of Union has Just elapsed that OF III
ADtcaration of our Independence is at hand. Th
REORGANIZATION of both effected by this Conslt,
ton Since that period, population OF four mi or
8has multiplied to twelve. A Territory bounded by til
3Nlssissippi has been extended from sea to Sc
3New States have been admitted to the Union,
8numbers nearly equal to those OF the first conedt
E#ralion Treaties of Peace, Amty, and Commerc
X3haye been concluded with the principal dominion
#ni the earth. The people of other nations, inhab
ants OF regions acquired, not by conquest, but
&compact, have been united with US IN the partlcP
#lion oil our rights end duties, OF our burdens ar
8blessings. The forest has fallen by the axe OF o,
3woodsmen-the soil has been made to TEEN by tt
llage OF our farmers our commerce has whtent
EVERY ocean. The dominion of man over physlc
&~ature has been extended by the invention OF OF
ma fists. Liberty and Law have marched, hand
Hhand. All the purposes oil human association ha'
8oeen accomplished as effectively as under any 9th
8government on the globe; and at cost little excee
Mng,In whole generation, the expenditures OF 9th
nations in single year.
Such is the unexaggerated picture OF our conc
8Inp, sl,o
3'can principle of equal rights. To admit that til
picture has its shades, is but to say that it is st
&he condition Of men upon earth. From evil, phi
Steal, moral, and political it is not our claim to