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Political.
INAUGURAL, SPEECH.
Ysteiday, at IS o'clock, on tak
ingtho oath to Support the CodhII.
lu'Iiun of theU. States, the filhvi
jri' Speech was delivered by Jamks
llnnaz, President of the Umin,
States :
TELLOW CITIIlNS :
I shall not attempt to describe the
grateful emotions which the new and
very doslinguished proof of the con
fidenceof ray Mlowcititaens,' eviu
' ced by my re-election to this high
trust, has excited in my bosom.
The approbation which it announces
of my conduct, in the preceding
ue PrwouinK
terra, an rds me a cons
olatlOU WltlCll
I shall profoundly feci th Ough li.m (?!ths only the wh .lo expense cf
The gpneral acco d wi'b which it . the const ruction of the wotki would
liasbeiicxpressrU. anus i lue great
amlnever-caasingoUlisi'ionH wlitcii
itimutses. lomerii the continu
-ance of this good opinion, and to
carry it with me in;o my rrtirerrwnt,
as t lie s lace of advancing ye.irs
will be the object of roy m-si zeal
ousand unceasing elfoita.
Having no pretensions to the high
ftritl commanding claims f my p e
deerssnrs, whuso names are s muc h
cmre cotHpicuou.sly ideiitiQ'd witt
our levolii'inn and w!n con rihu .
cd so jirt'-cminently to promote i
auicchs, I rotitridef myself rathei
r U thS iSaCrtinent than the cans? ol
the union which has prevail d in the
lata election. In surmounting, in
fivor of my hnmble pretensions, the
(uiliicultics which so often produce
division in like occurrences, it i
obvious that other powerful causes.
Indicated the great strength and ata.
bility of our Union, have cssemial-
ly contributed to draw you together.
That these powerful causes
f ttd that they are permanent
fiX'-d opinion : that they m
duce a like accord m all q
toucbiner, however remoiel
liber y, prosperity, aid happiness,
01 our country, will always u toe
object of my most fervant prayers .,urtf tt0 6, . UIJ present to oer
o tho Supreme Author of all to'd.!,...wrra an armed front from St.
In a government which is f mini
ed by .the ieople, who possess ex
rlnsiuolu lha ont.ri'imflv it cpvma
v " tS"J
j'liiiier niai inv in iii.wn iuhi u anii. ana even in ine wars 01 ner -........ .v. ... . .
Wed by their sUageain thi, high pUrs. in which we were iieul. M - "V Tat
ust. should declare, on co.nmenc- lh,y w,,uld be f.und eminently us - Of ( ,,,, dwht hlM into office,
in? US duties tho .principle, on fulf H9, by- keeping their Public- 7;; f " f?r B;;ry' rff d d A- early a 1801 ir w found neee--Which
he tntends to conduct the tvl Hm at a distance fron ..ur cities. ,heeaabi s'.'nertt at Amelia Is- ary to send a squadron iu the Meifi-
Hinistration. 11 wie peram 111m
elected, has served the preceding
f
term, an opportunity is affoded
him to review i'a nrincinal occur-
fences, and to'cive such furtoer ex-
Dlanal inn reaiinrlinry them a. in his
lndsement, mav be useful to his
constituents.
The e6nf of one
year hare influence onjh.ise of n
therj and, in like manner, of a
preceding on the succeeding idin
iatration. The moveraenjsf f a
great nation are connected in all
their parts. If errors have h en
-Mi tvuf J Q "violin -
ted ; if the policy is sound,, it outfit
lo bo supported. It is by aj thorough
knowledge of the wholo sjibjoct that
fur fellow citizens are enabled to
jodge correctly of the past, and to
J give a proper direction to the future.
' Just before th commencement f
(he last terra the U. Slates had con
had f nonv t ra Ka rim
cluded (a war with a very powcrfdl,
, nation, on conditions equal and
hoiiorablo to both parties. Thce
ents of that war are to;i deejdy
impressed on the memory of all, to
require a devcopement from me.
Our commerce had been, in a great
deasuredrivjcn from the sea j our
Atlantic and inland frontiers wero
invaded irTalmoSt every part; the
of life alonK on coast, and
some parta of our inland frontiers,
In the defence ot which our gallant!
........ ...
ami pftliioliC ru I2iis were Called,
was immense ; in addi ioa to which.
Mt less th n one hundred and twentv
nilltotis of dollars were addi'd at P Jlce' w,l'n nappny tm vhsmu me reiauans ei ine two ccunitiea ci
ts end to the public debt iWpw with the powewith whom a basis ef permanent trieodabij)
As soon as the war had tfrmtD.Uro h en engaged, ba'ajsobeen The provision made ky it for cl
ard, thernstioo, admonished by its Vlf W8 .i?T "l VV V 6 '
. ,, . , .' ,-"7. awl te eolonies in South; ?Amenea rpain, of the eharaeier described.
v, nts. renolu-dt. p are tte!F in a which enmmeneed mn,.year. will, it is prctainrd, te very atis.
ituation which should he better cm- before, waa then the onlv cor Hie! faeterj 10 ilum ; and H e b'ui dar
. ill -ted to prevent the recurrence of thai rei.air,fJ unarnM. Jhis beioe whieh is . stabliU ed between the ler
UK' vii, a'Kj in iisiiouKi re
"', in iiimjiu- i3 uiami irs.
k i . 1 a r 1. a
With this view, after tcduring our.
land fore to the bisis of a peace
'-Riabiislimrnt which has been fur-
her modihed smre
... . - -
prnvisiun Was
"(1 'its of forti-
marlf Til ihn Aikiia Punfl
Qoation, at proper points, through
1 1 ' '
the wfi .e extent f our coast, and
. r ' ,
:u. h an au-mentati..n of o.tr naral
f.n'.i AO nlt.tiilfl Im nr. II m.I .itfl
. iiun, a-, on-uiu u ii 11 i'
l it h purposes. The'ldws, in k 'iff
his provision, ere passed in 1815
.ok to. and U has ocen, since, the
onstnnt elfort of tin.- Executive, to
any them into efiVrt.
The ndvantaee of these fortifW-
ions and of air augmented naval P'L 'iav'"S m''e " ehungo in oor
fop e', in the extent' contemplated, ?li' with Hr part,. O.r at
io point or econ -my. ha5 been fully'!,lu,,! r " ha '
" , . fii 11 1 iiu lit si katuiBAn ihnm svhiK liusi
... ' . , . 7 . ... ,
de rated, by a report f the B ard
o. E.r.uieer nu iiava, v.orutni3.
hiimm'i-. i-ucijr 1. illinium. ai.-u i-F
Congress, by which it apppars
that in an invasion by twenty hm
tgan(j (nPn with a correspondent na
I f . .. :,, ,.ft, ,,,;,., ,,f civ
jjjj, jfj.jj..,.,! by the diff rence in the
sum nWmwy t mintam lhe f ore
. 111 .1 1..
which would, he ad'-q'iateto our de
fence with the aid "I rlmse works,
and lb at which wmtld U incurred
...uk,... ik-.-.. ti. ..... :.r ..: -
wiiuui iiivik. !. i "",p1,,nii0fc ,,f War, and evury other j hioh was ub'iut eipirins;, was re-
diffeieinc ifi oluinus. If f -h nfl a. : s,l(,pivihe eipo ttiiioii or nil urti-j vived and contiuoed for iiio term ol
ti 'tis are jtldici .uslv pland mi our Cl whaiever bung ierniltej under ten years from the time of its expira.
eat inlets, ns distant from our (, . wtiich were paed loi g before tion. By that treaty, also, the dif
ci ies as rrctiti'ari' es will K'i mit.l h- e n'iieneement of tte lonte.t, ferences which had arisen under thi
hev will firm the only iioiu'iof at- 011 ec z 11. have truded t-qoaiy w th treaty of G hunt, reipctin the right
tatk. and the enemv wi'l b detain-
e.l hete by a small. regular foic, a
sufficient lime lo enable our militia
' : - .1 .
-o coitrrta uri r-iwir 10 umi fn;.... . . ... i at,Bl
win h theat aikwmado. A force
adequate t ihe enmy, rollr.fed at'
thwt sitiplo potn With suitable pie-1
paration for such 1 thers as mih iff ' tralily heretofore hserd. sitoulil ed into re.si'etine the commerce be
menaced, is all that would bo rt-trjui-! i ill be udhered to F-iinjhe ehmige''tween the United States and the B i
sne. Bu', if there were no f.r:ifi-j,, the governmeni o Spaft, and ir.eTiish dominion in the U ett Icdic.
ra ions. Ilian the enemy might go
wherr,he pleased, and, changing his1
.nfi aailSnir l'riri id t
w n.viwu, ..... f ....... ...
tj,,,, supporte,! ', by our navy, to
w.: 1, they would afford Lke sup
Undx to the Sabine, which would
pr(,fert, in ihe event of war, our
i. i S :... f..m ;Mir..
, wnoie iiisii miiu iii'n i'ii ii"iu'Mi
m.ACP anil order in them woiilUL ,oe
Lit" fit. r ami miH'l lit ei n'...wv
MeeHerved. and the eovernmeut be
protected from insult.
li n...,l ar, l h, rennrlced. that
these measures have nri been res-ift
p I in in u .mrit of hostility to other
p w r.. Sueh a di.po.iti ndoea not
et lowira any p'iwr. riafltsanu
Z ion win ime urcu, auu w.ii ue. E. -
. : 1 . ....... ....... .. .. . . ........
iff hp. enltivaied wiib all and bv
ti. raiihfnl rennl to ijstiee.
i-.T - p
Tliue? Krttfaa Kiiisrt I.Rif .ft hv a lave of
peaee,lf economy, and an earnest
d-si e losav- Hie live ofoorfelliw
cilia n fto'in tha' de traction, end
v - w . - - j - - -
m 1 .a
nur country from that devastation,
whieh are insep-rable fr-nn war,
w'ten ii fi-Kls us u iprepared for i.
It I Dioieveu. umi xpermiic- un
ahnwn. 1 hut such a ureoaration is ihe
h,..i , -rn-ltPiit that can be resorted
tn, jo pr-vent war. f add, with
mueh pleasure, that e risid rabl-' n o
res uas already been in vie in lii-te
uieasuren of defeoce, a d 'ha hey
will be eomplft-d ia - fw yeur,
e'tuiiuVin(C ' e eat exieut and mi-
J..L . . .... ' ... 1...
p iriaiiee 01 1 n o j 'O', 11 ini' p i'i u -
Z 'alotisly ;id te lily persevered in.
nr.. Ill f I nf I W if iur 1 hl'lll. ill
' , . . 1. . .. .I.
I Hlilt r . IIUI t'S' US IUU ' v ia
and . spread, in vaa, numbers along tj.e ..;ru,a proposed by eo ouie. , s-.-- ... . ? .-..-.
. my mewh-de cl. and on bo'h- sides " e'th; X:: ':.
M"0f every, bay and tiver, as high up "V" ' " I- 7 ,he wo ...ntries.
ie8tnns i in varh as it might be navigable for ' ...... .... whieh. in the eoiitse of the last sum
,!. - n , V n power u nvnui aurn uaiuin .v.- - - -
t "e a ilna of war. UV these lortifica I -. .. .r.,..- t J i mar. hml Utm eninmeneed at Prts.
wvs ao obi et of to- lnah-t i-npir- the cnmiriuliy of toe ads they hid pealed soon af.er ihe conclusion 0 for Heir inatiuetion id tht aria of-u-ieoio
the ii iti.1i I aa-ieunu-e, e.nrp fd, and suit-ring th law to the late war, and the rem.-e appliuandty, and la provide sn.ten.
..'m..rPM. ma-iana-ii 'fineries, take effee, 00 llio.se mil, in w Ose ed to these greal ohjots having b.eb'ance lor them un'ill they e old pr.
,.,e, n .or. its pve. n.y all
be t,ff,-.ed by . tioa u, there-
fare, dae le tnu saoject.
At; the period advened to, the
powers of Europe, arter having been
ef,ggd in lone and destructive War?
w,h eh ether, bad ; eenslodad
a eootesi between d fferenl pirla
ip mmeomruunii). in w ifu omer
a f "a
power had not interfeid, was not
auVcN'd by' their aeeotnijindatiops
1 hia contest waa considered: at aa
1 1 t .1
ear'j sta;e, bj my predecessor, a eji..
v'w"rfin whieb the partTea were
fl'i equal n5ht. ...ur ports,
I Ilia rlAniairio lha ffirsil rvtuilk hv unfl
an?
i .
power, bein;; formed on greal e
Jera,io(1 0, lh, eomnarative st.e
eoni
nnral ivn at 1 1! l li
.
anil resources or the parlies, iin-
renth or time, and soecessful oppo-
siumi mad by the eolonies, and of
all other eirrumktaoeea on which 11
ouglit to depend, was in strict aeeord
who the itw -f naiious. I ougres
has mvArmblv actcii on tics priuci-
neutrality between ihem, whieh has
b-ei.B ni,inUinH, ,,y the gl)Vernn,enl
wi,h tu- lilricksKti impittialilv.
,d lttl been ..ft.irdtd ,0 ailher, nr
,tt, any privilege been enjoyed by
ih one, whieh has not been tqualiy
on-a lo the o'her party t and every
uxrlinn luttt hei-n mmlc in ill mwrr.
to entoree the execution of ihe laws'
pr'hibitiiis illegal eqaiprntntSj with
rir;or ua;iint iwiili.
By I In equality between tie par.'
tie, their public vessels liave neen
received in ur itoris on tht fame
foolins : iSiey have etii v I at equal
rtl ti tiiri.lih. hiiiI n.(t m rum
! v .
h th, in l their eomiiiMe- nilt eieh
" va, l.een al.k p oteeled by the go-
vo'iiment. , I , .
ki-wi.eiiii? the altitude Hrueh it
. . . .
f,,, ,tl.re.ir,,r bJw,en the
. , baV8 ie.italj,u in ttt.
1" -. ..niuion. thn the neu-
negotiation now. depend)
invited
by the Cortes aid aceerfd by the
..l.iuieit it m u v he nieAmed that
- - - - - - . , T . .
their dR-reiets will bejset'iea on
- ,
tiho.nly alter the general peace a
band of adveo ure look advantage
dr this conflict, and ot'lhe Ttacilitv
winch 11 mTorded, loestaalish a s).-
tem of huccaneei ng in ike neighbor-
mi i.m. in' ihn .rmt annnvane ' of
a- ? - o j
Mip.
,u11j 4...l ih mi h
.... j ... ., ..i..k ;.
' . int,r,ini.n,Hi' i.,;, hand
i 17 bv lh occurrences,
. nikr nu
iri .rjda. in 18tS. the detlsof
,(.;. i. , h.itli n..ini.a. are ln well
k,,,,,, trt r q lire to he now recited,
d(n .41 la K.Jia'l a le. Ut'?iive
, 1 , . . . . . 1. .......
ouujie neen aa'tuieu. inai itm wo '
riiiainiiunAJl OiiU i1 h.va resulted
f .. - iv. h... .n ih.i il.pnf
If llf I v v, .. -
.1...1,. ,i.:.;. .. tvr. wpre
rioi:aa itr'i.saiiu , t v ' w - v - -
... . ... . '
nnt suffi "ieni to erush that piratical
HJirit. Many eulpriis, brought with-
,u nur limits, have been eoudemned to
auftjr death, (be oadishment due to
ihat atrocious crime. The decisions
0f iip-nrbi and enlightened tribunals
f .qiaity Oil ail, wnose cri uti
...hi-m them, bv a fair interprets,
,;,. ,,r ih. law. m its at nun re. 1
belongs lo the Ex eutive not to suff r
(be exeeu'ions. under these decisions,
lo (cma-end the greit parpose for
wtHCii p mihinenl isneeessary. the
u ben fit of example being secured,
D ,v. tt wall a hum .mly- equally
V . ... 1 ..J l- -
r
neeuoz 11 mt ir uuuur auu tun - .
irbnls lliav joey snuum ne rarrieo wneu 11 is rerun -i-m u i.miiu'ar
furiher. I hive acted on this prinpenditurea have been d frayed, wilh-
HI
nle. nit'dunine ihosft who appear lo ooi a burthen on the pe-ple, Ihe di
1. -1. hHati led astrav bv ienoranee of
fivar . xte.iuat.ng eireiooees
euu.1 be -rj-d. ... j
j. ureal. aquutteaea is aaieriejcu,
thar the late freely with 8paip.
whieh haa been ratified by bothwtltt
parties, and the rulificatibis where-
a of have been exchanged, Ji'aa plaeet)
r rilori a of the pn.iies, westward ot
me ii 6iif eirpi, uerfioiore in am
. . a ..1
pu'e, has, it is thought.- been settled
101 eooduinin just and , advunmeeuu
4' tuili. 'pa to the ai qu s 'iiojii
1M-:J- t
Florida ton oiuth impftr lauci-; eanntl
'be ntiaehed.' itseeunsto tl.e L'm-
ted .ae. a terr t.,fy ,.-Prtar ,a i.
fif SAflfl ta. hitb iniiiArlmiao is smai. I
self, and whose imtioriauee is mud
inereasid bv its bearing on ninnj ot
Hie hichril inlwrrata tt lU ITi.inn
v . - - ...
11 pern to at vera I r Ihe neighbor
ing slaiea a tree pssmje to ti c
oe.-aii, "thrcagh ihe province eeded,
by apteral rnera haviug tbeir sour
ret high up within their limits. 1
s rmes us against all futora annoy
anee irom powerrui Indian (ribee. I
gives us several excellent harbors
the Gulf of Aleiieo for whips of
f ,e -If; bJ
ltilfln in lha listlr Ilia H.1 s m a a u at 1 i
in
its
p sition in lha 1 Gulf, the Missinsipp
aod other great water, within our
Ienhd limit.,-and thereby enable
ins United mates to tfttord eorapltt
proiectinn to the vast and very valu
able production, of our whole west
em enontry, which hud a marker
thrnush those Streams.
By a treaty with the, B itish gov
erhmoni, hearing date on the twen
ill mil uetober onetheui-and egl
hundred and eighteen, the eouvenltnr:
n gtnuting 1 ne commerce Ot tween lot
United-Siotes and Urwat Urita n.
Iconeluded on the third of Julv, 011
thnilfland rir?r hlidrpil ntwl ftTippn
- - '
eiaur.eu uy ttie United oiitcs fin
their eit zn, to take and euro, fis
on the coast of I111 Q iti'ine Majesty's
dominions Jn America, with other
diflVrehc. ? vm importa'r, ;ei-,
we e adjusied to the satisfaction ol
both p.rties.
No aireerannt has yet been enter-
de-Hie
and on this eontineot. The resiraimsi
imposed on that eommere ly Great
Britain, and rieiproeated by the U-
C JJ
n'vru o'i, iiiiiipic .
baa sinee been traasfered to (bis city
.... m... i .. .1,. , .r
ami m or iur.cu, u .UD
I the Unied States, in the spirit ol
! w,,h an TMI1
desire !hat it may terminate in ian iar-
rangemem sausiactsry iu uoiu yir
ties.
. , . .. - .. n . . i, ,.
J uur relation won me uiroarj
terrancan. for the nroteetion of our
commerce, and no period has inter
vened, a short term exeepted, whet
f it wav thought advisable to with
,1, Ihe great m erest wm.ei'
',e United S ates h ve in the lei
fie, in commerce and in the fisheries.
h"a..w mo..v s.a.j..
man a ii.vhi irrn in.ri. .. u iuui
--- - r -
ine of this force, in both instances
the most flvetual measurfs ia ou'
'i , -j
tnwer have been taken. Wlthnol IB
In
le fering with ils other dutie., for the
snpprcasion of the slave rad, aadof
pi-ac . in the neighboring seas.
. The i-i' nation of the United States,
in regard to their resources, the ex.
lent of tloir revanue, and the facili- i
iy wiiu wihcu ri taiacu, ou-nu-.ji '
most aratifyins p-ctaele. Jib'-pay 1
merit of nearly still-seven niiliton4ou Unioa. "I heir svertigntynver
ol dollars of lite public dab;, wUh
tho great pn gre. made in measures
of defence utid in other improve
meols of various ktods. siiee tbelat
war, are eouelusive proof of ibis ex
iraordinary pruspeniy, espeeirtl j
l 1. .. II. ...J . L... ..... I
rect tax and excise haviua been re-
raised in a manner not to he f It
Our -
mam kaiouvtKut r nr.v
whieh may efleei He vilal iketistsof
HftaaticB. for al such, purposea
fC'nex- a pat ible. Tley are
amt fipteially l0 be foonil in bo
virtue, patriotinn, aud inleliieeice.
of nor fellow iii-Bers. and in thf da.
todeti with nliidi they would yield
ui,, by ai j jiisl nensureof uxaiitn. ?
lltle r iiperty it, sti jicrl of tit
rig! ts ai d I m,r oi their country.
Urder il;e cresinl deDreiaion of
prices, fl.elii r all the , rrcductiohB
ol iLe eciry, and every branch of
irduslry proceeding lrr:ni chusfs ax.
plained ou a former oeeation, ilie re
venue has ronsiOerably nimmishid
b- fl'cl i t which Las bt en to com.
pd trgti iii(r 10 abandon thosa
guar shtatuie ot dehno-, or to report
lu loaua dr luteri nl uxts. lo suniilr
the defieieixy. On the presitOt) lu a
ilai this depnstion, and ihe difi
c-eney in the re. nue arisii e frtnt it.
w o'd belenporary, loans were all
Hionied fur the dt niood ol the last
ou nrisenl tear. Ai, tin. re
lieve oty fellow eirizms ii 18!7, fn oi
vvery burthen whn h c uld bedisien .
scd with, and Ihe slate ot the Trea
mry perroitiiog i . 1 recoil maided
the repeal ofihe internal taxes, know
f ftwailingtbat such relief was then peculiar
iy necessary, ia constquenco or th
reat exertiocg wade in the late war.
( made tbat"reeaaBicndaiii)D under a
pledge thai, should the public ex
'gencies n qoiro a recurrence to ibeai
it ai y iime tvitue 1 remained in - Ihia
rust, J wtald. wiih roual nroinn-
Mtude, perforai Ihe duly which W old
iVn be alike ineumbent on me. Br
the experiment row meking, it will
tie seen, hy (he uext siusion of Con- '
(jress, wheiher ihe revenue shall
have been so aagmeuted, as to be ,ad-
quitto to all those necessary pur
poses. Sliould the defieienev still
continue, and especially should it br.
roitaois that it wcnld be permineul,
lie course to ba persued appears to
e to be obvious. I am satisfied that
inder certain eircafflstanees, h ana
nay be resorted to wiih geat i,d,an
lag". I cm equally .well satisfied, as .
a general ru!c. that the demauds of
the euneut tear, especially in Iidoi
of pi ace, should e provid d for by
the revenuaof theyenr 1 have never
dreaded, nor have, 1 ever shune'd. ia
placed mftking appeal, to Ihe virtue
ind patriot :m t my fcllow-eniz-ni,
Ufll tiAaina fliaf tliav jtmilil nAV.Fv
made ia vain, e.peeialtv- in i'imes
nf great emergency, or fur purposes
of hiqh natural imp-nance ods
p'Ddently 0 Ihe exigBney if I he
oau.e, many considerations of g at
weight u g a policy, having in view
provision of revenue to over, tit a
(certain extent The demanda of the
oatioo, without mlying altogether
on tho precarious resources of foreign
ommeree. I nui satKSed that inter
nai duties a d exercises, with cor.
responding imp sts on foreign arti
eles or the same kind, woold, without
iQipostDg any senoa burthen on the
pepte, enhance the price' of pro.
luee, promote oar manufacture, and
aagment the revenue, at the lima
ime that they made it more secure
and p?rniioenf.
The care of the Indian tribes with.
inonr limit, has la; been an essen
tial pirt of our system, bat, unf.ir
luuatcly, it has not b en exeeaied in
t manner to aeon jalisli ail the "b.
heets iatended by it. We have trea.
'ed them as independent nations with,
out their having any substautitl pre.
leotton to that rx k, 1 he disiina
iou has flatterd their pride, retard,
d their improvement, and, in many
instances, praved the way to their
ilestraetion. The progress of oar
settlements westward; aupportcd as
they are, by adt-pse population, .bas
jeonstanfly driven them back, with aU
most tbe total aaerifiee of the landa
whieh tTiey have been ompelld to
abandon, Tley have claims oa tho
magnanimity, and, I may add, on tha
juitieis of this nation, whieh we most
all . feel. We sboold become then
eal benefactors, we should perform
ihe isfiee if their Great Father, the
ndearinf'lille which ihey emphatic
eo II v give to the Chief Magistrate of
vasMerritories shsaid eea.e, in lien
of which the right ef soil should b
- cured to rash individual 'and h
Ip'.gieri y in eomp' tent portions,
and. lor the territory thai'' eeded by
eaeh irib,f inaie reasonable . i-quiva
lent shonld be gran ed, to be v-sied
in permanent ful for the iflpport
or civil government over them and
for the edaetit'on of their elnldpn,
vid it Tot llieniselve... ly anesj
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