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2926. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Preservation of.—[continued].

The preservation of the
General Government in its whole constitutional
vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at
home and safety abroad, I deem [one of the] essential principles of our government, consequently
[one] which ought to shape its administration.—
First Inaugural Address. Washington ed. viii, 4. Ford ed., viii, 4.
(1801)