In compliance with an usage coeval with the existence of our Federal Constitution, and sanctioned by the example of my predecessors in the career upon which I am about to enter, I appear, my fellow-citizens, in your presence and in that of Heaven to bind myself by the solemnities of religious obligation to the faithfulContinue reading “President John Qunicy Adams’ Inaugural Address, March 4, 1825*”
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President James Monroe’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1821*
Fellow-Citizens: I shall not attempt to describe the grateful emotions which the new and very distinguished proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, evinced by my reelection to this high trust, has excited in my bosom. The approbation which it announces of my conduct in the preceding term affords me a consolation which I shallContinue reading “President James Monroe’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1821*”
President James Monroe’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1817*
I should be destitute of feeling if I was not deeply affected by the strong proof which my fellow-citizens have given me of their confidence in calling me to the high office whose functions I am about to assume. As the expression of their good opinion of my conduct int he public service, I deriveContinue reading “President James Monroe’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1817*”