have been admitted into our union in equal participation in the national sovereignty with the original states. our population has augmented in an astonishing degree and extended in every direction. we now， fellow-citizens， comprise within our limits the dimensions and faculties of a great power under a government possessing all the energies of any government ever known to the old world， with an utter incapacity to oppress the people.
entering with these views the office which i have just solemnly sworn to execute with fidelity and to the utmost of my ability， i derive great satisfaction from a knowledge that i shall be assisted in the several departments by the very enlightened and upright citizens from whom i have received so much aid in the preceding term. with full confidence in the continuance of that candor and generous indulgence from my fellow-citizens at large which i have heretofore experienced， and with a firm reliance on the protection of almighty god， i shall forthwith commence the duties of the high trust to which you have called me.
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