against intrigue and wrong, I shall at the proper time ask Congress to
fix the tenure of the minor offices of the several Executive
Departments and prescribe the grounds upon which removals shall be made
during the terms for which incumbents have been appointed.

Finally, acting always within the authority and limitations of the
Constitution, invading neither the rights of the States nor the
reserved rights of the people, it will be the purpose of my
Administration to maintain the authority of the nation in all places
within its jurisdiction; to enforce obedience to all the laws of the
Union in the interests of the people; to demand rigid economy in all
the expenditures of the Government, and to require the honest and
faithful service of all executive officers, remembering that the
offices were created, not for the benefit of incumbents or their
supporters, but for the service of the Government.

And now, fellow-citizens, I am about to assume the great trust which
you have committed to my hands. I appeal to you for that earnest and
thoughtful support which makes this Government in fact, as it is in
law, a government of the people.

I shall greatly rely upon the wisdom and patriotism of Congress and of
those who may share with me the responsibilities and duties of
administration, and, above all, upon our efforts to promote the welfare
of this great people and their Government I reverently invoke the
support and blessings of Almighty God.


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