1-'
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Xl
VitVi money In tha Trtntury, T
.ihrrU appro;tUuult if or sums
ef money, to which any jersi, or the
leql representatives of mf ptrwn,
my he entitled, by vlrlee of the ic( au
Ihoiiiidx re payment for lands erroneous
ly sold by the UniteJ Sulci, approved
(lit twelfth day of January, In the year
eighteen hundred end tentyfie upon
tuck person, or hi or her legal represen
tadvee, complying with lh requisition
of that act.'- Z.Z. u:
IL CLAY,
Speaker lloua of Representativea.
J , t . JOilH CAILLABD, - ...
, fresiuVnt enai prouoipore.
WtMngtn, Tr. 2JA, 18JJ.
Approvals J A MM HONBOE.
On (ho arrival of Cao. U Fayette at Halifax,
' ha vm met by a deputation "frow RsW-h, eon
fully eiecute the ofTie of rcMent or
' tit. L ft. . a
the United btU- t md will, to tha lo.t
of T.I U:iiy, prcrve, protect, ami do
feml ih t nn,iltiiti.innf the Uni'cd Stale
ll.it ,,A..A lha aratilUiioni of
hundreds on lb. floor, ha Ui lH
and wa ra escorted by the militorf to hi
mansion, which had been thrown open to
the rccptlon of vWltere.
Tha day ended, at It began, with har
monr t and wa know of no KrioUl SCO
dent that occured; A ball was held at
nlijht, which li sld to have been nnconv
monlff aolemlid. '
While Mr. Adimi wat reading that
part of hU addrea which refer 10 tha
subject of Internal improvement, Mr
Clay, who had before remained in a fix
ed posture, In .a chair,, waa observed rt
I ptsicdl ...to give ajow assenting nwJ'
V y -ife m
Baylor, Cew. William
"Kit "ri6anitOen. Wiliuima, amfllaj.
7SuoIyijihe Xtlrf Weo Tayifoimlaed
the General m Mowi t
General L foyrlti I Wa are lent bf j
iht Governor to offer ou a warm and af-
fccrfonito rereption in the State of North
Carolina. Aiaociated at your name I
villi that of the beloved father of our
country, not leas In tha dark and dismal
nights of tha Revolution, than in the peri
ode of ita glory we cannot but greatly
rejoice at your arrival among us, that you
May receive tbt grateful ealutationt of a
fro people, eome of whom have witness
d your generotii exeniom In their cauae,
and all of whom have been accuttomed to
connect your name with whatever la juat
and elevated in aentlment, or praisewor
thy and beneficent in conduct.
Continently devoted aa your life ha
been to the cauae of rational liberty, and
liberal inatitutioni in two hemhpberc, it
mutt be a aource of the purest gratifica
tion to you to aurvey in l hie, that fabric
of political freedom which haa grown up
and flourished under the practical opera
lion of principles for which you have
made aa many sacrificea ; to witness the
powerful effect a of a juat government in
expanding the moral energies of man,
and laying deep the, foundations of bta
happtueie.
We rejoice, General, that after an in
terval of nearly half a century, you aee
JlIlSAUCURAL.APDnEp.
waaaiiaaroa. iiABca J
Ql'INCY ADAMS took the Oath of Office, aa
FrtaMciit of the 1'nited VUtea. at tbcCaratoL
and, on tlt occaaioo, dclivmd lha illowlug
Inaugural AdJrtw i '
In compliunre with an uaage coeval
with the eiUtence of our Vderal Cunaii
tution, and aanctloned by the Ciamle of
my predeceiaort in the career vpon
which I am about to enter, I appear, my
fellow cijjzen, in your pretence, end in
that ol lleaveo, to bind myaclf by tke
aolcmni U .f rtligiout obligation to the
faithful performance of the dutiea allotted
to me in the atatiuo to which I haye been
called.
In unfolding to my countrymen the
pnnciplca by which I thall be governed
in the fulfilment of thme dutiea, my fint
resort will be to that fonatitution which
I thall awear, to the bett of my ability,
to preaervc, protect, and defend. That
revered inatrument enumerate the pow
era, and pretcribce . the ilutiett of the
Eiecutive Magittratc ; and, in ita first
wordt, declare the purpotca to which
theae, and the whole action of the Co
ernment instituted by it, thould invaria
bly and aarredly be devoted: to form a
more perfect union, establish justice, co
aure domeatic tranquility, provide for the
' common defence, promote the general
if i .ii.i.l.. .:l a
..--... f tKMV v.. - "TTfiiwiecurexneDieisinKoi iiocr-
feuht and bled. In the tranoull enio- x1 fo lhe W of Union, in thetr
-went of H thoae blearing, deeply ten ruc"M' tM.r!,Kn' Stnce ,b! ?P
aible of their value, and firmly resolved Uon of .,h, ocul w"P. one of these
to transmit thrm unirrp .ired to their - Eow " P"S It U the
children and although in your long, ex-1 ork of our Torefather. Administered
tensive lour through our country, ,ou 7 """e of the moat eminent men who
wiil of courae, aee different degree of i contributed to ita formation, through a
Imnrovement. and find tome of our sister m0M nuui penoa in me annaia 01 tne
utea more happily situated to give you
reception suited to the unitrsl esti
mate of yourrortb, yet amid the thou
sands who hail your arrival, there are
- none to whom it affords higher sstisfac
. tion.ttun to purfcllow-cUijen. - can
a mind like yours view with indifference
the improvements made in the atate,
"slncaryoor-fbrmer- journey through h to
join our army in the moat hopeless critie
of the struggle! " You will now aee smil
ing viilugea and cultivated fields, and an
industrious population, where before an
almost trackless forest overspread the
country. -You will aee a nation of far
mers, unobnuMtely cherishing the do
mestic virtues, practiaing that of hospital-.
Ity In ita pnmiJve puiity, and gratefully
feeling that a more fit occasion for Its ei-erciatL-nevee
ian occur than n welcoming
to their hwt ani firesides, the Ust sux
"!ir'GMerafo their
Verifiable and beloved follow-cilizen, La
i'AUTTK. - -: -
world, and through all the vicissitudes of
peace and war, incidental to the condition
of associated man, It hat not disappointed
the hopes and aipirationaof those illustri
ous benefactor of their age and nation.
It has promoted the. lasting welfare of
that country ao dear to ua all ( it haa, ; to
an extent, far beyond the ordinary lot of
humaniiyi aerured ibe. freedom and hap-
I piness of this people. We now receive
pentliiur of other n.llor.s it a ilnjla
yesr.
S-i'H i the uneisjjserated picture
of ou ' '"oatilion, under a constitution
foundcn tlte repuUican principle
of equal rig its. To admit that this pic
ture has ill shade, is but to aajr that
it ia atdl tie condition of man upon
earth. Frtra evil, physical, moral,
and political, it is not our claim to be
exempt, ;Tve hi?e luHered, lome
time, by the- visitation of Jleaven,
through disease often, bjr the wrong
end injustice of other nauona, even to
the cxrcmUiei of war t and, laitly, by
disscosioos among ourselves disten
sions, perhaps, inseparable front .the
enjoytjent of freedom, but which
haeinomhaoonc,"appeired to
thrtatea thr disaoiution ol tne union,
andwith It the overthrow of all the
o jy menu l our prcaent lot, and all
our earthly hopes ol tne luture.j nf
cauaca of theae disaensiona have beeo
various t founded upon differences of I
aptculation in theory of Kepublicaoj
Government i-upon conflicting views
of policy, in our relations with foreign
nations f upon jelouiea of partial
aod sectional internets, aggrarated by
prejudices and prepossessions whicn
strangers to each other are ever apt to
ctcrtai.
(t ia a source of gratification and of
encouragement to me, to observe that
the great result of this experiment,
upon the theory of human rights, has,
at the cfosc of that generation by
which it was formed, been crowned
with success, equal to the most sangu
ine eiperltions of its founders. Un
ion, juitidr, tranquility, the common
defence, vie general welfare, and pie
bcssiogaof liberty, -all have been
promoted by the Government under
which we have lived. Standing at
this point f time, looking back to that
generation which has gone by, and
forward to that which is advaaciog,
we may, at oocr, indulge In grateful
exultation, and in cheering hope.
From the experience of the paat, we
derivcJnJtructive lessons for the f u-
ture. Uf the two great political pir-
hica. which Jiavc divided 1rte rminioria
and feeling of our country, the can
did and the juat will now admit, that i
both.have contributed splendid taleota,
apotleaa integrity, ardent patriotiam,
and disinterested sacrifices, t the for
mation and administration of this'
Governmenti and that both have re-
ti7Jt s literal H.lulv(n.c tor pot
tion of human infirmity and error.
The Revolutionary ware-oi.-Europe,
commencing preciaely at the moment
when the Government of the United
Statea first went into operation under
thia Constitution, excited a collision of
aentimenta and ofaympathiea, which
religious ojiinion sto Vid be invio.-.-.
Tht the policy of our country is
peace, and the ark cf our salvation and
union, are articles of faith tip n whith
we arc ail ooW agreed. If there have
been those who doubted whether a
confederated representative, democra
cy were a government competent to
the wise and orderly management of
the common concerns of a mighty ns.
tion, thoae doubts have been dispelled.
If there have been projects of partial
confederacies to be erected upon the
ruins of the Union, thev have Oeen
scattered to the winds If there have
been daugcruua mt.liinente to one
foreign nation and antipathies against
another, they have been extinguished.
Ten" years 6T peace, at"home and
abroad; hattf aisuiged the aoimoiitiei
kindled all the passions, and embitter
ed the conflict of parties, till the na
tion waa involved in war, and the
Union waa ahaken to ita centre. This
time of trial embraced a period of five
the
tona
' v . time oi iriai cmuraceti a period oi i
nsmit the same, un- , . . , . r , . ,
tedint generauon.. ?nf. twenty ye.r.f during which, .
of tlarTy-aU yeara r10'. Unton in its relati
TZT- JSJ UCURATIOX.
On "riday last, the interesting cere
inonrHnveting M ri Ank ms with the
important power of the presidency . of
the United State drew multitudes ol per
sons : to Washington, most of whom, how
ever, could witneaa nothing more than
theTiiere"paradebnhe railifaryout of
doors. We reached the capitol about 1 1
o'rlot k and found almost aa many retiring
as were advancing, in consequence of the
immense crowd iatli"gTkiHsrand''1t
wat- - with .considerable difficult v that .we
"Wew enabled 4o procure a good position.:
. During the morning, the fair were in
troduced on the floor in complete swarms
and the magnificent dressea of foreign
ininitera and American officers continu
ally a'tracted the eye in every direction.
- About the appointed rime, M r AD AM
entered the' house attended by he vari
ous officers of the day and in the order
it a a precious inheritance from those to
whom we are indebted for ita establish
ment, dcubly bound by the examples
which they have left us, and by the bless
ing which we have enjoyed, as the fruit
of their labora, to transmit the same, un
impaired, to the succee
aince thia great n.thnai covenant was InA"" Europe, constituted the principal
atituted, a body of law, enacted under ita
authority, and in conformity with ita pro
vision, has unfolded itf power; and; ear
rird into 'practical operation ita effective
ener(ie-s. . Subordinate departments have
Hitrimitede:ecuTiveTunction in
their various relations to foreign aflYirs,
io-the revenoe'and" expenditure i, and To
the military force of tbe Union, by land
and' ae". '"A co-ordinate "department of
the Judirary haa expounded the Constitu
tion and the law ; settling, in harmonious
coincidence with the Legislative will, nu
merous weighty question of the constitu
tion, which the imperfection of human lan
guage had rendered unavoidable. The
year of Jubilee, aince the first formation of
our Union, haa just elapsed j that of the
Declaration of our Independence, is at
tond The consummation of both--was
effected by Ithi ( bnatitotion
immediately conducted by one of the
marshal into the speaker's chuir, whence
he readr-with the utmost fremour of his
hands hja inaumiral -atdresr After he
had proKretaed mtv- well -with the d
..dresa, Jiia.,agitatiuuju4U4b-aha4ad aa to
be acarcely-perrepttblenind he becume
quite aniinateJ jiL the. conciubbnwwhich
was received with a general and raptur
ou ppltue.froni..t)i; audience, continue
ing we noppose itir tiiorel hajBtXiniOa
litesr'lleilien "ttcs; -t ntlcd Irom the chair,
and, Jo.ayery . Jo.,tl andJtUstinct.' voice,
took the follow trie oath (which was ad
ministered to hint by chief justice Mam-
' 1 do solemnly swear that 1 will faith-
Since that period a population of four
millions has multiplied to twelve ; a ter
ritory bounded by the Mississippi, has
been extended from sea to aea; new
states hl?e .been admitted to the Union,. in
numbera nearly equal tolhose of the first
Confederation ; treaties of peace, amity,
and commerce, have been concluded with
Jaid-dowo by the awangemenrartwHrav j the principal Ttomlnlonsof the earth; lhe
people of other nations, inhabttantaof re
gions, acquired, not, by conquest, but by
compact, have been, united with us. in
the participation of bur rights and dutiea,
of our burden and blessings J the forest
h-1 "Hen -by 1 hraxe ofr6odmeff j
the' soirha been made to teem by the
tillage. of our- farmers our - commerce
has whitened every ocean J the dominion
of n over; jy sic! nature; ha btenix;
tended by the invention of otlf irtista 'f
Liberty and Law have marched band in
hand t all the purpose of homan associ
ation have -been accomplished, ef
fectively aa , under . any . other Govern
ment un lhe glober and avt a cost Iktle ex
ceeding, in a whole generation, the cx- j
baaia of our political diviaions. and the
most, arduous jpart of the ac tion of our
rcieral Government. With the ca
tiktrophc in wJiich the wars of the
&eatli-jJlevoluuonrmiRedr:antl
our own subsequent peace with Great
Britain,.'. this -baneful weed of party
atrile waa uprooted. From that time
no vJHFerwte6f bnncipTerTonnettcd
euner wun vie tneory ot government,
or with our intercourse with foreign
nations, hai existed, or been , called
forth,, in force sufficient to sustain
continued combination of parties, or to
give more than wholesome animation
to public sentiment, or .legislative de
bate r Oar political creed Is -without
absenting voice, that can be heard,
t hat the will of tne people ia the
source and the happiness of the peo
ple, the end of all legitimate Govern
ment upon earthThat the best secu
rity for the beneficence, and the best
guaranty against the abuse, of power,
consists in tne freedom, the purity,
and the frequency of popular elections
iThat the" CeneralGovernment-of
the Union, and the aeparate gov
ernments of the State, are all sovtr
eignties of limited powers fellow aer
vanta of the same masters ; uncontrol
led ttir'i1ielQcJivegJ
UBCOifltfollatle by encroachments upon
each otherThat the firmest security
of peace is the preparatibn7"d
P555j.?L1.?.c aefencctotwarwiliata
ri"gorpOT y conomypandva
of public expenditures, should guard
gaint:the aggravation, and alleviate,
when possible, the burden, of taxation
That the military should be kept in.
raoorennatioa to tne civil power
That the freedom of the press and of
remains one effort of msgnsoimlty.
one sacrifice of prejudice and paaaion,
to be made by the individuate Uirougn
nut the nation, who have heretofore
followed the standards of political par
ty. It is that of discarding every
remnant of rancour against each nth
er i of embracing, as countrymen aod
friends, and of yielding to talents and
virtue alone, that confidence which, in
times of contention for principle, was
bestowed only upon, those who bore
the badge of party communion.
.The collisions, of party spirit, which
originate in speculative opinions, or in
dili'ereni views of administrative policy,
are. In their nature, transitory. Those
which are founded on geographical divi
aiona, adverse Interests of soil, climate,
and modes of domestic life, are more
permanent, and therefore perhaps more
dangerous. It is this which gives inesti
mable value to the character of our Gov
ernment, at once federal and national. It
holda out to us a perpetual admonition to
preserve alike, and with equal anxiety,
the rlarhta of each individual State in ha
own government, and iha rights of the
whole nation ia that of the union.
Whatsoever Is of domestic concernment,
unconnected with the other members of
the Union,' or with foreign lands, belongs
exclusively .to .the .idmbtistra'ioo. of. the
State Government. Waataocver di
rectly involves the right and intereat of
the federative fraternity, or of Foreign
Powers, is of the resort of this t.eneral
Government. The duties of both are
obvious in the general principle, though
sometime perplexed with dimcultie In
the detail. I o respect the riuhta of tha
Stat Governments, is the inviolable duty
of that of the Union ; the government of
every atate will feel it own obligation to
respect and preserve the rights of the
whole. -Tie prejudices every where too
commonly entertained against distant
strangers, are worn away, and the jeal
ousies of jarring Interests are allayed, by
the 7 Com posliloVahd" fuhcTionaTof "Hh e
great National Councils, annually assem
bled from all quarters -of the Union, at
thia place. Here the distinguished men
from every section of our country, while
meeting to deliberate i lipon the great in
te rests of those by whom they are depu
ted, learn to estimate the talents, arid do
juttKe - to the : virtue, of reach; other."
The harmony of the nation ia promoted,
and the whole Union ia knit logetherr by
ihe-aenument oLjnutuaJspf ctthe.
haltitaoFawIaTTntercourse, and the tie
of personirfrlendship, formedlbetw'een.
IBS Jt eprtentatives of t several rta,
: . l . . c ; i -
in tne performance oi ineir service at
this metropolis
Passing from this general review of the
pup and,' mjufrrtfans of the ftdent
Conatitution, and their result, as indicat
ing the first tracea of the path of duty in
the discharge of my public trust, I turn
to the administration of my immediate
predecessor, aa the second It has pav
ed away in a period of profound peace;
now much to the satisfaction of our coun
try, and to the honor, of our country's
name,- h known ifi oiT ill."" The ' great
feature of policy, In ceneral concurrence
wkJtuwlttaft
been to chensh peace,' while preparing
for defensive war; to yield exact justice
to other nations, and maintain the riehta
of our own; to cherish the principle a of
freedom and of equal rights,. wherever
theyrere proclaimed rto dischargtlwitb
all pbasible promptitude, the national
debt to reduce, within the narrowest li-roitliLxfficiencylhe-mWtarr
force rio
improve the organization and discipline
of the army ; to provide and sustain a
achoof tif mtltfary wlfflce r to extend
equal protection to all the great interests
of the natioiLi jo promote the civilization
of .the Indian uibes n4. lo-preeeed irr
the great systcra of internal improve
menta, within the limits of the copstitu
tiohal power of the-Union. Under the
pledge ofjbeie, promise made bv that
emiiWnt "ciH2en, artheTimeo
induction to this office, in his career of
ARhlje.?s
repealed; sixty millions of the public
debt bave .been discharged r provision
ha ben"rria'de for the comfort and re
lief ol the aged and indigent among the
surming warriors n thrRiforution ; the i
irt;u!ir srmeJ Lrce hat been rcJuci,
an its comtltution revived and perferti. i
the accouiiuUflty for the expenditur. r
public moneys has been made morse
icctive in r lortuas nava been peace
acquired, and our boundary haa been .
tended to the Pailfic Ocean the Ind,
nenaence oi tne aoutnern nations of lt
hemisphere has been recogniud and re
commended by example and by counsel
to the potentates of Europe progre,.
has been made in the defence of iL
country, by fortifications, and the Ineretw
bf the navy towards tha effectual iut.
alluring the aboriginal hunters of our
land to the cultivation of the soil andol
Ibe mind in exploring the interior r
gions of the Union ; and In preparing, by
scientific reseanhes and surveys,' for tk,
further application' of "our national r.
sourcea. to th Journal Imprevetnent of
our country.
rf nr1iikl rnnintinit- and blended
into harmony the most dUcordaot ele.LJaihls brief ontlina otthe promise M
meots of .public opiniow.! -There atiU rforwaiice of my Immsdiata pred
aor, the line of duty, for his successor, U
clearly delineated. To pursue, to their
consummation, those purposes , of im
provement iq our common condition, In
stituted or recommended by him," win
embrace the whole sphere of my oblip
lions. . To the topic of Internal Improve
ment, emphatically urged by him at hit
Inauguration, I recur with peculiar mi,
faction. It ia that from Which I am con
vinced that the unborn millions 'of our
posterity, who are, in future ages, to peo
ple this continent, will derive their mutt
fervent gratitude to the founders of the
Union ; that in which the beneficent ac
tion of it Government will be most deep
ly felt and acknowledged. The magnifi
cence and splendor of their publie works
are among the imperishable glories ot
the ancient Republics. The roads aad
aqueduct of Rome have been the ad
miration of all after ages, and have sur
vived thousand of years alter all hei con
quests have been swallowed up in despo
tism, or become the spoil of Barbariint.
Some diversity of opinion haa prevailed
with regard to the powers of Congress
for Legislation upon objeeta of thia n
turw. , The roost respectful deference is
due to doubts, originating In pure pi
tilotism, and sustained by venerated au
thority. But nearly twenty years hate
passed aince the construction of the first
National Road waa commenced. The
authority for its construction wa the
unquestioned. To now many thousands
of our countrymen ha it proved a bene
fit f To what aingle individual has it
ever proved an injury f Repeated liber
al and candid discutsions in the Legisla
ture have concilated the aentlment, and
approximated the opinion of enlithtenrd
mind, upon the queation of Conttitution
al power. I cannot but hope that, by the
same progress of friendly, patient, and
persevering deliberation, all Constitution
al obirciiona will ultimately be removei
tTbe exVeht anOmltaiion of the power
of the ueneral Government, In relation
to thia transcendently important Interest,
wiHbcjcu!cd and acknowlcdgedid. (lieJ
common satisfaction of all j and eve7
speculative scruple will be solved by a
practical public blessing.
Fellow-cltiaen, you are acquainted
who the peculiar circumstance of the re
cent election, which hat resulted in af
fording me the opportunity of addressing
you-atthU-Ume.-You . have -beard the
exposition of the principles which v. ill
direct .me in the fulfilment of the high
and solemn trust imposed upon me in this
irMloTTtfn
dcnceinadvaneflhaB isny of my prede
lessors, I am dreply conscious of the
prospect that I shall stand, more and of
tener, in need of your indulgence In-"
tendons, upright and pure ; a heart devo
ted to thev welfare of our xounuy, aod the .
unceasing application of all the faculties
allotted to me, to her service, are all the
pledges that I can give for the faithful
performance of lhe arduous duties I am
to undertake. To the guidance of the
Legislative Coancllt r to the assistance of
the Executive and subordinate depart
ments t to the friendly co-operation of
the respective State covernments t to tne
candid and liberal support of the people,
so far ax it mar he de served Vjjjionest in-;'
dust ry and xesl, fshall looat for whateveT'
aucccss may attend my public service i
and knowing that, except the Ixird keep
the city, the watchman wakcth but in
vain, with, fervent aunolications for his
favour, - to hia overrulingjProvidence I.-,:
commit', with humble but fearles cbnGT
dence, my own fate, and the future dev
ligieLofjnyioMPtry,
WAHlKGTOKt MAHCH &- -
We understand that the following nora-
inations," made by ihe,Presidcnt 'on Salur- ,
day last, were yesterday consented to by
theBenater r :--
Htmry Coyrof KentqckfTtobeiJecre
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Hit hard of Pennsylvania, Secrc
Jamct Barbour t of Virginia, Secretary
of War.
jUtmit.livtnUr!if Masiachuie.ttSirrr-
Mbistso-Spi."
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of the House of Repjceaeotativejf--warr'
yeMerday ttominated by the -President aa
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