內(nèi)容摘要:amongthevicissitudesincidenttolifenoeventcouldhavefilledmewithgreateran*ietiesthanthatofwhichthenotificationwastransmittedbyyourorder,andreceivedonthe14thdayofthepresentmonth.ontheonehand,iwassummonedbymycountry。
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amongthevicissitudesincidenttolifenoeventcouldhavefilledmewithgreateran*ietiesthanthatofwhichthenotificationwastransmittedbyyourorder,andreceivedonthe14thdayofthepresentmonth.ontheonehand,iwassummonedbymycountry,whosevoiceicanneverhearbutwithvenerationandlove,fromaretreatwhichihadchosenwiththefondestpr
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foftheconfidenceofmyfellow-citizens,andhavethencetoolittleconsultedmyincapacityaswellasdisinclinationfortheweightyanduntriedcaresbeforeme,myerrorwillbepalliatedbythemotiveswhichmisleadme,anditsconsequencesbejudgedbymycountrywithsomeshareofthepartialityinwhichtheyoriginated.
suchbeingtheimpressionsunderwhichihave,inobediencetothepublicsummons,repairedtothepresentstation,itwouldbepeculiarlyimpropertoomitinthisfirstofficialactmyferventsupplicationstothatalmightybeingwhorulesovertheuniverse,whopresidesinthecouncilsofnations,andwhoseprovidentialaidscansupplyeveryhumandefect,thathisbenedictionmayconsecratetothelibertiesandhappinessofthepeopleoftheunitedstatesagovernmentinstitutedbythemselvesfortheseessentialpurposes,andmayenableeveryinstrumentemployedinitsadministrationtoe*ecutewithsuccessthefunctionsallottedtohischarge.intenderingthishomagetothegreatauthorofeverypublicandprivategood,iassuremyselfthatite*pressesyoursentimentsnotlessthanmyown,northoseofmyfellow-citizensatlargelessthaneither.nopeoplecanbeboundtoacknowledgeandadoretheinvisiblehandwhichconductstheaffairsofmenmorethanthoseoftheunitedstates.everystepbywhichtheyhaveadvancedtothecharacterofanindependentnationseemstohavebeendistinguishedbysometokenofprovidentialagency;andintheimportantrevolutionjustaccomplishedinthesystemoftheirunitedgovernmentthetranquildeliberationsandvoluntaryconsentofsomanydistinctcommunitiesfromwhichtheeventhasresultedcannotbecomparedwiththemeansbywhichmostgovernmentshavebeenestablishedwithoutsomereturnofpiousgratitude,alongwithanhumbleanticipationofthefutureblessingswhichthepastseemtopresage.thesereflections,arisingoutofthepresentcrisis,haveforcedthemselvestoostronglyonmymindtobesuppressed.youwilljoinwithme,itrust,inthinkingthattherearenoneundertheinfluenceofwhichtheproceedingsofanewandfreegovernmentcanmoreauspiciouslycommence.
bythearticleestablishingthee*ecutivedepartmentitismadethedutyofthepresident"torecommendtoyourconsiderationsuchmeasuresasheshalljudgenecessaryande*pedient."thecircumstancesunderwhichi ……(未完,全文共7438字,當(dāng)前僅顯示2612字,請(qǐng)閱讀下面提示信息。
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