CONTENTS.

PAGE

I

15

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1776

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, 1789

WASHINGTON'S CIRCULAR LETTER OF CONGRATU-

LATION AND ADVICE TO THE GOVERNORS OF

THE THIRTEEN STATES

WASHINGTON'S FIRST INAUGURAL, 1789

WASHINGTON'S SECOND INAUGURAL, 1793

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS

LINCOLN'S FIRST INAUGURAL, 1861

LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL, 1865-

. 177

LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, 1863

APPENDIX

. 185

. 189

INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION

201

THE DECLARATION OF INDE

PENDENCE