Second inaugural address.

The article presents the text of United States President Thomas Jefferson's second inaugural address given March 4, 1805. Regarding foreign affairs, Jefferson says that he has cultivated just friendships with America's most important allies and is convinced that America's interests are inseparable from its moral duties. A just nation, he says, is trusted on its word. Regarding domestic affairs, Jefferson points out that by trimming the government he was able to discontinue internal taxes that he feared would otherwise become excessive. Instead, the government get its revenue from luxury taxes collected from wealthier citizens along the coasts and on the frontier. Jefferson notes that Native Americans are overwhelmed by the increase in population and claims that it is the responsibility of the U.S. to teach them agriculture and domestic arts.