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 faithful performance of the duties allotted to me in the station to which i have been called.
in unfolding to my countrymen the principles by which i shall be governed in the fulfillment of those duties my first resort will be to that constitution which i shall swear to the best of my ability to preserve， protect， and defend. that revered instrument enumerates the powers and prescribes the duties of the executive magistrate， and in its first words declares the purposes to which these and the whole action of the government instituted by it should be invariably and sacredly devoted——to form a more perfect union， establish justice， insure domestic tranquillity， provide for the common defense， promote the general welfare， and secure the blessings of liberty to the people of this union in their successive generations. since the adoption of this social compact one of these generations has passed away. it is the work of our forefathers. administered by some of the most eminent men who contributed to its formation， through a most eventful period in the annals of the world， and through all the vicissitudes of peace and war incidental to the condition of associated
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