Washington telegraph., 1849-03-21
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
By O'RlELLY's TELEGRAPH LINZ.
Reported expressly for the 4Appeal.
PRESIDENT ia YLOR'S IN
AUG URAL ADDRESS.

lyered to the Senate and Members Of the
House of Representatives, and Thousands
Of American citizens, the following Inau-
gural Address:
FelIoa0-Cita1ea,s Elected by the
American people to the highest office
known to our laws, ]. appear here to take
the oath prescribed by the Constitution,
and In compliance with a time -honored
custom to address those now assembled.
The confidence and the respect shown by
my countrymen in calling me to the Chief
of the Republic of the United
States, holding high rank among the
nations of the earth, have inspired me
with feelings of the most profound graft
tude. But when | reflect that the office
which their partiality mas bestowed i'm
poses the discharge of the most arauous
duties, and involves the weightiest obi
cations, l am conscious that the position
which [ have been called to fill, though
sufficient to satisfy the loftiest ambition,
is surrounded by painful responsibilities.
Happily, however, in the performance OF
my new duties, | shall not be without the
cooperation of the Legislative and Judi
cial branches of the government, who
present prominent examples of distin-
guished civil attainments and matured
experience. And it shall be my endeavor
to call to my assistance in the executive
department individuals whose talents, in
tegrity. and purity of character furnish
ample guarantee for the faithful and hon.
orable discharge Of the trusts to be COM
mitted to their charge, With such aids,
and an honest purpose to do what is right,
I hope to execute diligently and impair
tally, for the best interests of my coun-
try, the manifold duties devdving upon
me, Ju
In the discharge of these duties my
guide will be the constitution which l
this day swore to preserve, protect and
defend, For the Interpretation of that
instrument, | shall look to the decisions
of the judicial tribunals, established by
its authority, and to the practice of the
government. To the earlier Presidents
who had so large a share in its formation,
to the examples of those illustrious pat
riots, [ shall look with reveience, and
to his example who has been
by SO many styled the Father Of his coun-
try
70 command the army and navy Of the
United States, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate-to make treaties and
appoint ambassadors and other officers,
to give to Congress information of the
state of the Union, and to recommend
such measures as he may deem necessary,
and to take care that the laws shall be
executed, are the most impor-
tant duties entrusted to the President by
the Constitution, and it may be expected
that | shall chiefly allude to the princ-
pies, which shall control me in their eX-
ecution.
Chosen by the body of the People, un-
der the assurance that my administration
will be devoted to the welfare of the whole
and not to the support of any par
;icular section or merely local interests
this day renew the declarations | have
hitherto made and proclaimed my fixed
determination to the extent of my ability
% administer the Government in its orig
nal purity, and to adop. as the basis of
ny public policy, those great republican
doctrines which, constitute the strength of
,ur national existence, In reference to
he Army and Navy lately employed with
20 much distinction in actual service, care
shall be taken to secure the highest con-
lition of efficiency, and in furtherance OF
hat, object the military and naval schools,
by the liherality of Congress,
halI receive the especial attention Of the
AS American Freemen, we can but
in all efforts to extend the
blessings of civil and political liberty;
)ut at the same time we are warned by
he admonitions of history, and the voice
If our beloved Washington, to abstain
rom all entangling alliances. In all dis
,utes between conflicting governments,
t is our interests no less than our duty to
emain perfectly neutral, while the geo.
graphical position, the genius of our po-
itical institutions, and the habits of our
people, the advancing spirit OF clvillza-
ion, ard all the doctrines of religion, di-
ect us to the cultivation of peaceful and
riendly relations with all other powers.
1t is 70 be hoped that no International
question can soon arise which govern
neat, confident of its own strength and
esolved to protect its own Just rights, may
lot settle by wise negotiations; and 1t
becomes a government like our
wn, founded on the morality and intelli-
,ence of its citizens, and upheld by their
Elections, to exhaust every resort of hon
rable diplomacy, before appealing to
rms
In the conduct of our foreign affairs, |
hall conform to these principles, as | be-
eve them essential to the best interests,
nd true honor of the country.
The appointing power vested in, the
President imposes delicate and onorons
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