since He has been pleased to favor the
American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect
tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity
on a form of government for the security of their union and the
advancement of their happiness, so His divine blessing may be equally
conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the
wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON, SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS

IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1793

[Transcriber's note: President Washington's second oath of office was
taken in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4,
the date fixed by the Continental Congress for inaugurations. Before an
assembly of Congressmen, Cabinet officers, judges of the federal and
district courts, foreign officials, and a small gathering of
Philadelphians, the President offered the shortest inaugural address
ever given. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court William Cushing
administered the oath of office.]

Fellow Citizens:

I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the
functions of its Chief Magistrate. When the occasion proper for it shall
arrive, I shall endeavor to express the high sense I entertain of this
distinguished honor, and of the confidence which has been reposed in me
by the people of united America.

Previous to the execution of any official act of the President the
Constitution requires an oath of office. This oath I am now about to
take, and in your presence: That if it shall be found during my
administration of the Government I have in any instance violated
willingly or knowingly the injunctions thereof, I may (besides incurring
constitutional punishment) be subject to the upbraidings of all who are
now witnesses of the present solemn ceremony.

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JOHN ADAMS INAUGURAL ADDRESS

IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1797

[Transcriber's note: The first Vice President became the second
President of the United States. His opponent in the election, Thomas
Jefferson, had won the second greatest number of electoral votes and
therefore had been elected Vice President by the electoral college.
Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth administered the oath of office in the
Hall of the House of Representatives in Federal Hall before a joint
session of Congress.]

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