assure them， therefore， that it is my intention to use every means in my power to preserve the friendly intercourse which now so happily subsists with every foreign nation， and that although， of course， not well informed as to the state of pending negotiations with any of them， i see in the personal characters of the sovereigns， as well as in the mutual interests of our own and of the governments with which our relations are most intimate， a pleasing guaranty that the harmony so important to the interests of their subjects as well as of our citizens will not be interrupted by the advancement of any claim or pretension upon their part to which our honor would not permit us to yield. long the defender of my country's rights in the field， i trust that my fellow-citizens will not see in my earnest desire to preserve peace with foreign powers any indication that their rights will ever be sacrificed or the honor of the nation tarnished by any admission on the part of their chief magistrate unworthy of their former glory. in our intercourse with our aboriginal neighbors the same liberality and justice which marked the course prescribed to me by two of my illustrious predecessors when acting under their direction in the discharge of the duties of superintendent and commissioner shall be strictly observed. i can conceive of no more sublime spectacle， none more likely to propitiate an impartial and common creator， than a rigid adherence to the principles of justice on the part of a pow
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