Fellow-Citizens: Under Providence I have been called a second time to act as Executive over this great nation. It has been my endeavor in the past to maintain all the laws, and, so far as lay in my power, to act for the best interests of the whole people. My best efforts will be givenContinue reading “President Ulysses S. Grant’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1873*”
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President Ulysses S. Grant’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1869*
Citizens of the United States: Your suffrages having elected me to the office of President of the United States, I have, in conformity to the Constitution of our country, taken the oath of office prescribed therein. I have taken this oath without mental reservation and with the determination to do to the best of myContinue reading “President Ulysses S. Grant’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1869*”
President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865*
FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations haveContinue reading “President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865*”
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