...of the first executive office of our country." Thomas Jefferson declared those principles to be—" Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political ; for having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and...

...advice given by Washington on this subject. Its policy, to use the language of Jefferson, has been : "Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever State...; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none ;" and it is most devoutly to be hoped that there must be other...

...administration." — " Equal and exact justice to all men" — " Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none....support of the State Governments in all their rights." " The preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor...

...reserved to them. One of the most distinguished of my predecessors attached deserved importance to " the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administration for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwark against anti-republican tendencies...

...understand what I deem the essential principles of our government, and consequently those which ought to shape its administration. I will compress them...political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nations—entangling alliances with none ; the support of the State governments in all their rights,...

...understand what I deem the essential principles of our government, and consequently those which ought to shape its administration. I will compress them within the narrowest compass they Avill bear, stating the general principle, but not all its limitations. ^Equal and exact justice to...

...understand what I deem the essential principles of our government, and consequently, those which ought to shape its administration. I will compress them...general principle, but not all its limitations. Equal aud exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce,...

...understand what I deem the essential principles of our government, and consequently, those which ought to shape its administration. I will compress them...and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persnasion, religious or political ; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling...

...reserved to them. One of the most distinguished of my predecessors attached deserved importance to " the support of the State Governments in all their rights, as the most competent administration for domestic concerns, and the surest bulwark against anti-republican tendencies ; "...

...that which Mr. .Jefferson expressed so compendiously in his first inaugural, namely: — ' To support the State Governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for their domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against aijti-Republican tendenries,' combined with...