onduct of our foreign relations i shall conform to these views， as i believe them essential to the best interests and the true honor of the country.
the appointing power vested in the president imposes delicate and onerous duties. so far as it is possible to be informed， i shall make honesty， capacity， and fidelity indispensable prerequisites to the bestowal of office， and the absence of either of these qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause for removal.
it shall be my study to recommend such constitutional measures to congress as may be necessary and proper to secure encouragement and protection to the great interests of agriculture， commerce， and manufactures， to improve our rivers and harbors， to provide for the speedy extinguishment of the public debt， to enforce a strict accountability on the part of all officers of the government and the utmost economy in all public expenditures； but it is for the wisdom of congress itself， in which all legislative powers are vested by the constitution， to regulate these and other matters of domestic policy. i shall look with confidence to the enlightened patriotism of that body to adopt such measures of conciliation as may harmonize conflicting interests and tend to perpetuate that union which should be the paramount object of our hopes and affections. in any action calculated to promote an object so near the heart of everyone who truly loves his country i will zealously unite with the coordinate branches of the