urn to the administration of my immediate predecessor as the second. it has passed away in a period of profound peace， how much to the satisfaction of our country and to the honor of our country's name is known to you all. the great features of its policy， in general concurrence with the will of the legislature， have been to cherish peace while preparing for defensive war； to yield exact justice to other nations and maintain the rights of our own； to cherish the principles of freedom and of equal rights wherever they were proclaimed； to discharge with all possible promptitude the national debt； to reduce within the narrowest limits of efficiency the military force； to improve the organization and discipline of the army； to provide and sustain a school of military science； to extend equal protection to all the great interests of the nation； to promote the civilization of the indian tribes， and to proceed in the great system of internal improvements within the limits of the constitutional power of the union. under the pledge of these promises， made by that eminent citizen at the time of his first induction to this office， in his career of eight years the internal taxes have been repealed； sixty millions of the public debt have been discharged； provision has been made for the comfort and relief of the aged and indigent among the surviving warriors of the revolution； the regular armed force has been reduced and its constitution revised and perfected； the accountability for the ex
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