ble with our welfare and the principles of our government. we decline alliances as adverse to our peace. we desire commercial relations on equal terms， being ever willing to give a fair equivalent for advantages received. we endeavor to conduct our intercourse with openness and sincerity， promptly avowing our objects and seeking to establish that mutual frankness which is as beneficial in the dealings of nations as of men. we have no disposition and we disclaim all right to meddle in disputes， whether internal or foreign， that may molest other countries， regarding them in their actual state as social communities， and preserving a strict neutrality in all their controversies. well knowing the tried valor of our people and our exhaustless resources， we neither anticipate nor fear any designed aggression； and in the consciousness of our own just conduct we feel a security that we shall never be called upon to exert our determination never to permit an invasion of our rights without punishment or redress.
in approaching， then， in the presence of my assembled countrymen， to make the solemn promise that yet remains， and to pledge myself that i will faithfully execute the office i am about to fill， i bring with me a settled purpose to maintain the institutions of my country， which i trust will atone for the errors i commit.
in receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided to my illustrious predecessor， and which he has discharged so faithfully and so
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