untry will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the supreme author of all good.
in a government which is founded by the people， who possess exclusively the sovereignty， it seems proper that the person who may be placed by their suffrages in this high trust should declare on commencing its duties the principles on which he intends to conduct the administration. if the person thus elected has served the preceding term， an opportunity is afforded him to review its principal occurrences and to give such further explanation respecting them as in his judgment may be useful to his constituents. the events of one year have influence on those of another， and， in like manner， of a preceding on the succeeding administration. the movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. if errors have been committed they ought to be corrected； if the policy is sound it ought to be supported. it is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that our fellow-citizens are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.
just before the commencement of the last term the united states had concluded a war with a very powerful nation on conditions equal and honorable to both parties. the events of that war are too recent and too deeply impressed on the memory of all to require a development from me. our commerce had been in a great measure driven from the sea， our atlantic and inland frontiers were invaded in almost ever
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