nd opinions； and perhaps there may be some in this assembly who have come here either prepared to condemn those i shall now deliver， or， approving them， to doubt the sincerity with which they are now uttered. but the lapse of a few months will confirm or dispel their fears. the outline of principles to govern and measures to be adopted by an administration not yet begun will soon be exchanged for immutable history， and i shall stand either exonerated by my countrymen or classed with the mass of those who promised that they might deceive and flattered with the intention to betray. however strong may be my present purpose to realize the expectations of a magnanimous and confiding people， i too well understand the dangerous temptations to which i shall be exposed from the magnitude of the power which it has been the pleasure of the people to commit to my hands not to place my chief confidence upon the aid of that almighty power which has hitherto protected me and enabled me to bring to favorable issues other important but still greatly inferior trusts heretofore confided to me by my country.
the broad foundation upon which our constitution rests being the people——a breath of theirs having made， as a breath can unmake， change， or modify it——it can be assigned to none of the great divisions of government but to that of democracy. if such is its theory， those who are called upon to administer it must recognize as its leading principle the duty of shaping their measures so
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