from this as well as from every other anticipated cause of difficulty or danger. have not recent events made it obvious to the slightest reflection that the least deviation from this spirit of forbearance is injurious to every interest， that of humanity included？ amidst the violence of excited passions this generous and fraternal feeling has been sometimes disregarded； and standing as i now do before my countrymen， in this high place of honor and of trust， i can not refrain from anxiously invoking my fellow-citizens never to be deaf to its dictates. perceiving before my election the deep interest this subject was beginning to excite， i believed it a solemn duty fully to make known my sentiments in regard to it， and now， when every motive for misrepresentation has passed away， i trust that they will be candidly weighed and understood. at least they will be my standard of conduct in the path before me. i then declared that if the desire of those of my countrymen who were favorable to my election was gratified “i must go into the presidential chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt on the part of congress to abolish slavery in the district of columbia against the wishes of the slaveholding states， and also with a determination equally decided to resist the slightest interference with it in the states where it exists.” i submitted also to my fellow-citizens， with fullness and frankness， the reasons which led me to this determination. the result authorize
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