"My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.
I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it.
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I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept t...
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