ut aunion of the whole country for the sake of the whole country， for the defense of its interests and its honor against foreign aggression， for the defense of those principles for which our ancestors so gloriously contended as far as it depends upon me it shall be accomplished. all the influence that i possess shall be exerted to prevent the formation at least of an executive party in the halls of the legislative body. i wish for the support of no member of that body to any measure of mine that does not satisfy his judgment and his sense of duty to those from whom he holds his appointment， nor any confidence in advance from the people but that asked for by mr. jefferson， “to give firmness and effect to the legal administration of their affairs.”
i deem the present occasion sufficiently important and solemn to justify me in expressing to my fellow-citizens a profound reverence for the christian religion and a thorough conviction that sound morals， religious liberty， and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness； and to that good being who has blessed us by the gifts of civil and religious freedom， who watched over and prospered the labors of our fathers and has hitherto preserved to us institutions far exceeding in excellence those of any other people， let us unite in fervently commending every interest of our beloved country in all future time.
fellow-citizens， being fully invested with that hig
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