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v AL- ; " . LETTl.il II. ;lriJarrd arts to Ihc:Ianoral)te V " JOSrPH STOTiV. 1 v.";." v fy2 V Ulif - .' V Vernon; Jtav7,:-f&7 " rp rati. Sir -1 Haingin aforhier; letter presented ynii with a briefaYcount of-the t -::chnfaci ? r an il; Jin porta nc e ;)f; GenWa ShV - inyton's papers,' as thcif ate.pii?erveil ; at ' M i;tmt ;Vernon, li iyijtpp '.-t'htr nVannr." in which Tills contemplated . U -prepare 'rtiemlFor.tlie pres aricl sjtn.il" "ijiein outto the publics ViuvlU xecnUfCt that . -early lUe-.to retain "copies of Iris JeNerVaiitl 'other paperOT. rbeiercus .aTnfl'unr to nrothan srxfy manuscript folio volume r-crjliedj foe, whiie;embracins; vhnV pub- expedient lo print, :invuetarV eth mass. " 'or:"papet wliu hV tKfepubtie -ca'nJiif hVr ;t.rc"mnev t(iurchtf ior;tirrie to reaif j vet.' cveiV: A'tituVy.ilL cjesif.fi 4oL have, . flect hr.fjor'cintfiecduntrv ,whnse'tiafinnal 4c amrprivatc;ieticrneny aw newrn'e,, : fuel,, on nJilifaf- polijicsJdvHyngri-. . v If is; obvitfuy, tjiat it. wodjd -be qutc - in - J-.pTcitss-'rretiM iiUnW.iirmsuch;.ri'rtitns ' - vVif lli e w p i iiVs .cit' Wash in pro ?, a s i J i u s t ra t e -vis's oVn jfrmt i!eeJs and 'chars fcter arid re qxi.trjncV apd 'pt?pcrrt jr. his ;seryicesTn" ' "i tr-binedstt .mitch 'thereat r and .establish., -v A fl rcif'UH sHe!ctii froai the whole iherrr C i v . vl s 1 1 ; t h k t: c a V t h p'roprle J y ,b e n t- f leniplVdJtimits shauid bfised; uhiCh .'jAvill v.ut 'bes'tarrow as to exclude anj - ' 'thirtuf " es-enjial ; value, ur et so broad . tu incuDibt'r ihe vviilwih'materitsh t - ; v, 1 1 1 ?.I d,, mr to its bu' k a nd rxpc nsev-tb a n, .... -i : to its : ttVtcfel.t ahcl.titiUviv? A 'this ' tried U uni ir is trry intcntiori..tVaim t Ajiudl such :v jrisdjitude of papers tteaJij'gVri topic"' vr.HMtt 4ind relatins'tii events ofC4he first - v : m a nij ucie- as. u a s .i.ia mi e . l n n u rue ra ui e ;l:cifertts f private life the ta-sk offleec.- rjion : id': cIas4Sca tion wiH.' not-belwithout it ent)orrasineutv-:.I lw 1-r.f these may li c 3Vc t u a 1 1 y- o y ercyni iriqsit'rcmain to be f f,J -roveihby iheJeponiti'enV ;J, '- "'XfA nrhhorical;additiohs'wi)l be in-' sctiifd throujouf fhfc work, tending to elu cj'Ut'e the-text and to place in; the clearest viwj tie'rntlrv'es Jt'pimons nnd actjons .of Va(iir.,!rtoni'". disearinj; his Tduty,' Ik-' V ef,' special eare -will be taken to avoid V"j:'id; jtiy mt l?ifitniduce' riothiriHvhich shV'S not (vae 'a.clireri'.bea.iinjr'on the, ub " jcVi rC n a n 1, ; - f or, 1 1 i s sTj i ot . ni y - pu rpose. to cttr.eclvtfillr the.wrimrr of iVr; Ahhlngton'a liutY to le;(! vouto'a' more1- ex ct under . : 1 1 rt iVd i A'' of - in v ; pfa'nv I lhal I esceud otne- ; ivji:; t 4 - .particulars" and .clrawout the. VscTuMwt; v.luch. upntL mafure rWle-c'ionCJ ; ' i. jwivludtM.rta Tallow A general me . i if dVv uhtch the m,iteri.N may be thrown l"!l?, i - ' 1tiee iicco ir par, it tl by p p t; o j ? r ta l e n o t e s .fit leaf fiucictations I'combjS b(;h eudsi the' wirk.' -uill'be -divided, into t Thi-W-titl wtlf occhitt; i -irrinparaf ively small : lHtTy oithejtKnes, afly-rar;ner inantnat - ' lHtotVnV8y;-'be''-cleve'loped by ihe writings .V i.MiTeyesVa1tlljjr tbe introduction, of Ucl) - , t sas have'duftiruhatealllarice witinhein. r iM(-piterrcrasses i the rt.xcuiRjrte '.'Va"'(;''ljf .Tiftxt ia silfif ai'rineuient'of : ,.Y',KieM:.'afcr?ais fiVihefrK-Xpcciive' ditif V "-part,Jh each oMxhichy p'apet's of sfii i f: 1 tii hfr tt r !c i jtt Ip n w U be i n c Tu : d e d ; a c c or d ' Kv to the'titIiirnoW,tP be.:Mccified. ; "V ' J.dicrk pnl hTfPtriTr elating (6 7"jA: .' v - fyn-iQg ipjfiuri icfrten in ' lh e Yj-7 ;Ire'naVJFcir$3 xi?id, ChmmanJct of Ike -.: ' '' Virginia forces ?u - i- . Mk;, .""'poriroii of t& wok'yetit will by no means be -' .the kail vwUKible. Whcjii it is"recolSeced, that .V;,I.Mc;ton wjvs'theu a'niere youth, -evgage.d in -v - lr-7:.!d.nts t-nierpfisesrft vi'hich he -w;s led by, J v T U t -a tve tlof and 'tiirlt j thut, from the :ge pf 'r-22-t "'vfr iliuiwted force of the largesfcofojy on the v AMtphf ' Wi.rl was' reouired to,c-fc"nd a daniier- ffn;ier. hrv he asexposeo to txie pvr-i --TcX7ots fp f b?s 'o.od Conduct wfu hpthese cu I r5.hrc;ilxtt ta iirtd,- lc mvictioi nviction ..-rnvtmi oe-resjsiet!'iiuis: ,n such a tra n raivd;whUc e mncfi in it ije perSaanent .eh'ce that earned him suVcesfudy throat he great " - ifvch:tninarv-etiuesL. couivw5f vnc-v -" Iv- cm';VM',1e tested hiaily on the rcsomces i of his own mind' and ra ?lnVen bvTiettessity, as . - pct'al vinrur-sicns of l!e J-reiiCli a-tU. luai ns; tat 1 .-f -he'fiCouiticd himself hori".iUly;tiaII occasions. r n r.d received the'pupi thaugjirf -hj Goven " ' -ttun and Ijii unanimous, prpfays-disel ow- ; P'Ofrt'Cci fences, "wriMett-py Jus vg a: vorthv to bt. trcjwuted p aiudug -1 rectr.ts or the cfcuntry, foKhe.Tiopdte. , J ret-t- and -cf -' futip-e generations. either ; V ."shoVCfl U be 'forgo-ten,.t;tis was the, rthfa,tre - " in -a hich he cr'ufed tht. knov K'dge and, expert re i ? v'cll An Tnel'ft.'fit'n, to titniiarize iwmseU, not inore-witt he, tactics aivd skill of military Bciei.ce, -:th: Viih thelrinlcate; d.d cmb:rrssinj duties ; .-w of- prn Idirg supplies for -rtn army., alienee .t wasiE thwVld'years afterward,' wheh he took 'r-'H' cemii 'aid c tLepontinenJal forces at Cambridge, 1 be wjs jteparekl to enter at once upon tju- cluire ; "vf a, station beset with ldjfircultie9;wid li, it. is 7, - plorssble., no -oilier man -in the cpuntvy ba eX-' .-" perVncerttiumf.uulrhowcv.r vejl armed, he " -I 'm'h i. hare1 bcfen'witnriidecevand foilitude. " ,,;V?tcravdcdih.tbw-ligb fafibnlin th best hi. ' '"'ttMV t f the events to wf teyrtfer, mid ofthe ' ' joVmetlon roCWashingtCn's- mriiiiii-.CMracter, , the-e'paperaome us vir.i".higl cUins . Iiiit - ri t' - liave votht rqualUiehrtlKif.wumtnts, twit but :pe .sricMouS -and teiurj?etic. style, replete ' r." witUm'u.d'ob'sei-s'at'OnSy.al y fy h e re Juw V " inrr the same elevation U mind he sarov in ' . :t g.'.t Ak'o human ;ijavnre,TtJie-' same- um1eia 'A' '-nZ ser?e. of insiice, .vlrstem if grd To.-mo- lU principlev the Yame iperseyenince m the tis--" Tr-lv'Ttr- f duty,? wtileh marked' h:f future ; yearts. WiH ftf l cdtO he snbit nceanj liist6rea.t-ehari V vvcV,rri s Oi;ded at thif period, ;y t re mcnlioiied " V nv fi.rmer letter" fwt- V ' -Y -? i V -Jn n akitf the seWhn for, this part, regard .... . .' .v. - .... -. n .0 ... . f- .. . ........... .J . I 1 " f Vl. 1 !.a.yitv int,i'.d fvHit'g?, ainj special views- of "-J--tpe--v. .iej-, ..vK.v-".::;v' l'v .rcfc-uiar-a nwrtaiive .. "V-; of occurrences,;, as -can be attaiiictl by YucJi a nre - thodH. 'I he -noses wUf br designed chJefiyto ex ..f;Hptan Ribtwonstt tlie-text 'to'- particular necessa j ly nuttd, t'Jdl tait Sreaks in the-narrative, - -at d occa.su naify to'tr.iCcr tfie Connexion betweeii f i: tl.r r'occtd.ns oii !jii 'Virginia frontier, and o- f peraponsin othf r coloijes, with remarks on the . ccloiifut. f olicy 'of . the Enelish Govtirniiient thVn prcVr ying.' - i. , - ..i'.zqr to I'clution 11 ITere is c; 'f rre so aumu. mcrton's- directions. .ld,bnt.Abe papers .ccordihg1 to". Wash e diCicultj .will be the . letters, "wbethef , V fe i t 1 ; exp Torjn ; . i nMrntAM niiUlie t. . OfderS JlTStrUCtioTlS 4 ad; dresses and other - document, wlicl may nd. pTftcMn'der thi1iviipn, .will he-printed in trict cUronnlopeal orderi lln some respects a classify catH"hbvyobjects'Rrd-.carniffns, would be pre fernbleV'Ibut . takbiff i the".. who?; tpjretherr . this ioiild ' create a, cotiiision-aud-vtransposUiort ot Tates jtht AvotiM nvejbilaifce.any axlvantaie iha' Triljrht ' be ixjerjred ifrom, suclv an Arrangement. Fty kf-epinur in the onler c-f tihne.the "thread ot history will epre'seVedentleatTlolgh,3ome Tt)mB 'obscured hy. extrarieottsr matter. Letters; totbe 4'residenV Members,; and CommUteesof "Conpftess,- tri tbGoyernors of ..-States, ofRcer" of' "the army, ind piivjue; individuals,, 'will be insrt ed collttivelY in f Jiejexaet order of thqir dates. 5ubiects," partiquar trams; of events;, distinct mil-? itary operations the Ttoins of the, Sates in rela tion to the rmy, vprf'ceeding-s of dommittees of Corigress,' "while- visi'in $ t he i army, defence of fftriification ajd mjlit'arr pos's'-correspondence of the Commander in phief witlv the French offi cers,J arCnunfs of detachments and of -'.the- sepa rate, line's, of tire army !;Vall these antl similar sub ect'Vb'ch extend through a considerable space pftime mav, be, easily lexamitied bv the aid'of n index,- whhtwill bet added at ' t":eiid of the vtVTa make a choice t? the best materiuls; from so voluminous a mass! as forty-fuur- volftmcs of maV5scriptsis the main dtffjculty to be encoun--. (erecT ;n "prep.irinff this part. . The two volumes of Washington's officii! letters, which' have Jjeen prtntet embrace those) only to the President of Congress for about three years and a half of the war." Some , of the. others to the same .' officer vere also-printt t in he newspapers. ' Yel, all these together. - constitute a very .small .part of -the.revolatioii.ary lettejrs, and hardly .-any of the remainder were ever made public. In selecting papers 'indc;r. this larg'js division, , I shall be dliy nne rule only, ithat of. ..-choosing' . suth as shall seem most wort Uy of lasting- preservation in tlie- shape of historical annals. - These -will not always be the letters t persons highest in office j on the contrary many ofittie privati. letters are rtfore aluable than tiie public ones, because Uie .wrifer utters ,; his thouL tts more fully and with .!W reserve; -There is for instance, a letter from AVaahirigton to -his brother, soon after .the battle of Germantown, vhicH gives a more satisfactory account of tIat-HrTair for a . mider of the prrs. nt day, than his public communication to Congress. The same may -be said of a similar le tter, con cerning the captur- f Vort V;shiigton. H.s prit atei. letters to the officers of the army, parti Culivrly 'to Grtene and Iifayeite, an'd indeed to most of thel?Kjor Geeral8, often . throw light upon. his official -despatches, vby expressing his .pnions and. purpstis with more freedom., and confidence. - No distinction will be made, there fore, between official jand private 1-etters during the Jlevoiurion, "but whatever is most pertinent will'claim the'prference. " ''" ' : .The notes to this division will , be frequent, growing-out Of a fruitful stock- of rriatenals. Four abundant sources of.thj;se exist among. Washing ton's papers.; first, thej books of ordeis, in which the- d tily - procet dings i of tlie ' army through tlie whole war are entered ; secondly, the results of Councils of War, and the opinions of tlie gene ral officers in writing, on important topics su!k mlttedto them ;byj! the Mpommander in Chief; thirdly, the tetters received by . the --Couimander in Chief from the officers of the aroiy, which are alt ; preserved t fourthly, returns ! of thq army weekly '"and monthly,! reports of the ilnspect ors, the ,iuarter".. masters,; and "othir officers far superintending 'the 'arioiis-.. departments of the army, and minutes j-respecting the arrange- meiits ot tlie rditierept jlines. Use "will also be made of a large and yalu able collection, of matt- 1 rials, wliich ; I have obtained, by a personal i in-1 .spectiort of the revolutionary papers in the public cjfrces pf -ull tfte 6ld SiuifS. As these are manu scripts, ami have-never-, been printed, it may be presumed, that they "will not be consulted withr. out priifiu ;v-Tne private papers ofseveral of the Maior Generals of the army, and members of the old Congress have likewise been examined, and . the 'results will be'reider d subservient to the same puiosel "The papers of the old Congress itself have aH been kept, and are now in the of fice of the Secretary of State. ".They are of tlie highest importance in connexion with this; sub ject, and will be carefujiv consulted. ".To guard aga.iitsviii'C i tiii'iKcr . vi j 1 truuiiuuii'-tr, 'w ncrc ll-eme is so fertile and piatttr so full, I shaJl en "deavor to conYine the notes strictly to facts and plain deductions, .illustrittive of the.text, keeping clear' 6 conjectures,'. speculations ,and theories, which may "safely be "left to Lheirnaination ot the reader."' rVA tV'w inciidents,"' which produced considerable excitenicn whin they; took pLce, and in .l.ich the charaeter of.'Vashington was concerned,' will pei hxps. be examined an-.w, such hs the cast s of Andre and of Asgil!t' tle an'air'of 'Conway' and G:t-e., aridjihat of General Chatles Lee. Tlie origitml papers relating ta these snb jectssome of which were never published,' are on fde.' i The policy of Vashiiigton, in a few of iiis military movement -vjmayidsj receive further Investigation;: . Bat these are only hints, and to 'what extent ihey. will bej verified, .it may not be Wise "now to p'euict. f , , PART iil. Privale Corresp'jndaice on Public S fairs Y;u are already informed, that, after the lie' rolution, "' vVrashingtoi took a deep interest; in public concerns, although living and acting, in retjfement. 'His letters jbqtray die- secret work 'ipgs of his mind, and; thep;unrul emotions 1 witn wiiit h he- contemplated; rthe prospects - of the Country under the Old .Confederation. To his friends in Eucope and America,- he wrote mutji- ami reelingiy otitius suDjeci. .jus letters upon the internal navigation of thef States may like .wisfe be considered of a publicnature ; and 'par-' ticnhrly Ivis correspondence with several persons on the Convention for forming tlie .new Consti tution,' aKd the pj Ogress jof" the State Conventions :forvadopting the'stmc j To the: letters; bf this i3eScriptionrwiich will come' under this third -division; may be addeiYi'iis private letters to our M:nisters ' in foreign. cotjintries, to. the members" 'of the cidmct, .and to'several of bis, other inti mate friends, while he was President, If there were any such thing as a secret history of Wash i rig J o i . s" Ad mi nistrat : o n , I i t mi g fit be e x pe cied l o be- developed in this correspondence but, in truth, there is no stjch thiug.y The contents of these letters; itSjs triuV have not been made known,'.' -and l this is : jthe wh de amount of their secrecy t when taken in connexion, with oneanother,iio, can i yi fs- retturedr' in' submit ting -them to the piidicj eye ; and to - witiitjold' thejn, -would be to koeploat of sight s me of the strongestestimonies'otyhis sinful r virtue nd patriotism. 'Another class"fdetters,-which inav ,he ranked under tins head, ate those- written - ii President Adams, Col Picke ring,- and "t lie: ot her ' leads orDrpartmenls and, horf to lUmiltoh and Tinckney, during thei two last ears of his life.-. v .. v. -l i -j -;; , - his : Parts of this diyiwon w,ilt require a good mkny rioleSj'eSp'ecially the", letters, to Ministers -abrond .and f Members of the Cabinet t These involve -ttipkrs that will ied "Tso-rrie fuithl&r explantiort than is cohtaineo. i n t he.detters -4hemstives. s "but w man may otteo - o e- tt en vea trom the answers, and other documeuti:,n ie records of intercourse' between the . Presidijnts and the- departments, menticneii " tn-roy dast letter, will ."be consulted 1 for th for the iame pm-p.osei" nd also the official cor 1 respondciice duriftff - Washington's s Presidency" on file inthe OfSc cftbe Sc6retaxy f Statci l X , In the first years of the nev Government, the; Ire si d e rit's Tco m mii i pica tion f?t fth fe , op'erringf of the sesiprisH bfiConigresw & those transmitted afterward sessfon vwererdeno'thrnatecl messagesXAll th?se. will come into this fourth PMA-torth.'wit --4 - - . t -v r -J '-full , proclamations, an't a seiequwu viuuie w uic best addresses,; or rather replies, to . addresses, thatwere rriaxle fo Wishihottit-ffejreht"'peTU. odsrof hi! lifera -T0 tlds part free additl by Way of riotesJr the character bfCWashiiigt; iQn tnere was .noi a more: .jreoiutMi'iir irat:iici . t raj t;-.f1iah;h is e xtr era ecare to" pVssess' fiim sel fp j thwew's 6f;periVji.bori$ had c'oiBdence. respeclin.-i'ariy,public"m ceeded to actliThis iwas his urttforrnpfactice in: tne army;.w ana? one to w'tnen ii e aciuereii xmore rigidly; - if possible after; h e was placed 4at vthe ' hal of the;Govern ment. -'-'A speech, or message, wasYrtiT ely composed,' before He; had" consulted the members'of th e Cab met, p rid solicited their; opinions separately in" vj iting,( b points suitable to be inttduced, arid the manner of introducing themvWhentlese opiafons had beeri. compared, deliberately i examined,-, and weighed, - he - would construct his message ac jcordingvtb -the dictate of ids judgment, hus enljghtehel, somet imes making free; use of what h ad been f u r'nisb ed, 7 at oth ers cboost h g 1 n pr e fe r ence"the suggestions of his own. mind."-. It; was a' rvtle with him, to adopt what jVe;deemed t tie best thoughts -yoiwlsand expressions fmm cpjarter'they might cotne." ; S ments'of messages are preserved, arid are curious, as showing the steps by which a mind like iW.sht ingto.is was gradually led to results; "on subjects of delicacy and magnitude, 'and the invariable caution; tvith which he I submitted ; his -views to the public. ' Among the persons, whom he ap pears to have consulted with special confidence, were Hamilton, Jefferson, Randolph,' and Pick ering of the Cabinet,, arid .also Jay and ' Madison Even after HsrmiUon retired from the "cabinet, be was applied to ith scarcely1 less' freedom and frequency than whlle in'a public station.h tit The; opinioiWof "the members of the cabinet, commonly written out with care and labor: oh varinis important subjects brought tip from time J to t ime for hscussion, possess much . value as connected with the history of the evenfs'of tthat d iy. It was a peiiod when oine of the most in teresting". points; relating to ih; interconrse be tween' the United States and other countries had not been settled,- aiid when pur infant republic was not of-an age to have gained wisdom and character by experience. On the question whe? ther a Minister from France; during the distract ed state of that 'country, slvmSd be received without qialification, it is well known tlie.Cabi net.wt re divided : Hamilton and Knox being on one; side, arid; JefTerson and Itandolph on the other. This invot red another question, whether the treaty with France was binding on the Uni ted States, or w he her the dissolution of the old French Government" had made it null. This question was argued with great ability; by Ifam- ilto and Jeff: rson, "on. opposite; sides. ; Other important opinions of the respective members of the Cabinet were those relative to the ratifica tion of the treaty with Great-Hritain ; a!s?, re; specting.the rt-call of the American Minister from France ; ' nd a series ; of opinions on the. resolu tion of the House-of Representatives requesting papers from the President,-which he refused to ejranv ? In these subjectsi and others of a similar kind, the public, took a deep concern, and the papers iri question afford the fullest testimony,, that they were not acted Upon by the President without earnest inquiry and deliberation", and the use of all' the means that could be -obtained for informing and guiding hisjudgment. -These papers will be freely consulted as occasion may require. : ; v';:;: 4':.:.'-'v v. 'V'" -:"vi ;T-: ; -;-' v:' ' -V'-." PART ; 2Tiscetluneott8 Private Letters. 1 , ; ; i Compared with the o' her materials, ' the num ber of letters strfctly private, arid suited for pub 1'catiori, is not'l irge lt-is presumed tliat letters of this sort, being deemed Jess important, . were .. not copied wijh sp: much scuipulous curias others. -tv" Taking in the whole; series, however, there will be found Hot a few which, are, in all respects, w-orthy , of the ; w riter, arid will add to the value and dignity of the work. The , bene-, vole nee and kindness of his naturewhich ciuld hardr' be manifested. in the correspondence of a public man, sent put : from a camp, or the ;high-' est' office of stte,; will here be disclosed. His remarks on human life in its connexions with re tirement .and the social principle, his interchange; of feel'ngs an I seiitiments with Tel tions, friend,' and neighbours, his advice' to the young, ; coun sels to the imprudent, consolations to the. afftMct edj his reflections and practical hints on the pro per economy of time and means--all ihese have attractions .which' wilV makeVts Jpri vat e i letters h'ghly vahn cU ' They prt-sent his character as a private oan in ari eul;airirig l?.:ht, and one' w hich will. riot be eclipsed, by Jiis pttblic virtues.' ; ! V' a- '---" JIgricifL'vral Papers. ... i ?,.?; . ; ' 7'h era was no f sta t io ri in .' ;' w hich "Washington totik more delight; Orthe dttties of ivbich hedis-I c!i ii ged'wi'. h more ?eal and activity, than t hat of a poetical farmer. Ills. ; achievements -viri;; tKis' walk were prodigious. , It may b'e fairly ques tioned, -whether . any other individual in the country,- riot yxceptingthe-most ii nclustriuis. and enterprising who has beenr devotedJtp-this;-pur-; suit alone has eyer accompft w as commander of an army, arid 'af the, liread c of a nation; for a few years only a'a time, but a day never passed in which his farm was out t of his mind-.;Duri ng the whole war he w:i s ' plan ning improvements, directing them, and often, writing letters of minute Instructions to his manager. While President" of the United -States-it; was Ids standing custom to write Weekly v and to receive weekly returns, iri wJiich he required great par ticularitv- a nd exa ctness i n speci tying occurren-; ces, and the employment and progress of the la borers, i I havb before 'me a volume . of press cb pies of letters, wr tten in pneV yar, during the Presidency, to his manager and overseers. - Some of them. extend to several paes, and they ave rage inore than one a week. Th y are written in his own . harid; with itstisually fair and regular charactt r, and C bear very mark of baving been as much studied in expression and style as any of his composition?.; . In.some cases, and probably in most,, they -were written and copied, out by himself before the tpress i tipressins were takefa x OUC1I WRS.iiis iiiikiii iui jrcitia ainitist ujc utlHICH or Jiis public cares; ;There is also before meat c'uriotisr agricultural" document, dated fimr days before his death. It is a manuscript amphlet of twenty-four folio pages, written in a close uand, con-! tainirig instructions to his manager far the culti vation of three farms on the estate at --Mount Vernon, the following ear. "Each firm was di y'tded "mto lots,- which were numbered."' In the pamphlet very full instructions are' given !hcrw to cultivate everyllof in the three -farms during t tie mvxt 3Tear,. stating the crops;with t emarksr on the soil,' the products f former years aridthe results of former experiments.' Washington "died, ydu-v-'ill recollect, in the middle .of De'cemUerj-arid this parriphkt drawri-. up evidently 'with much labor and j-efiectioiv wasidready prepared to b!e hahded xo'the-'manager'at the " begin ni hg of ,t he yeir;'prefaced by,j?Ietter of general directions, on the Importance- 6f method ands forethought & farming operations, 'and this, not with standing, he was himself to be on thev plantation, and exdir cise a dady supervision; '.-y -"' These instances are mentioned only W 'exanfj' pies ;-iu--v iiHiicate ine iiari, ami ii is unqece i sarv tr a Id more. 'or i tiuie he '.kept an-agri- cultural journal i'an , was engaged , 1 'pca- i : -.enlst.i a rotat t . - series ofyearstlie cropsci" c I t, vitli r on the comndralive'succesi r .YU.i'ert'i.t rc lon5. f le was at.mueh piins to stock hia fUrms tb t!ie best tied;of; animals',; and his aground i were adorned withirare collected from various parti of the, UnitedjStates, and from foreierft coulitries. ;IIis corTesporidenc Witb SJoh" Smc Young; jn agriculture, has' b een ' printed. It is upderthis hleacVt ed andsucb yiustr.an bibitiin their V4sbmgfoti on Jits farm,'ajd liist humbler con cerns jpT IifeA;v ; v : iHere.l brih-jtti 1 a clHenar I proposed to say in' reply.: to your luqutne.s and ! you c patie ri ce yi as ea rri ed n 1 " ti JM fK tn e;ll i u A fit r j y ouvi 1 1 posses as I til 1 ra . tit! ac ? cu r lie a 'rrjc comt t olY t hepreseti ti ctmiUti uir o fthrpa per plfGe ri e'ni Vj . W "toVab j !. ,the niann er in " wh ich the v a e;ta b: prepar- eu r cor p.uDiicaTian, as l na veoeen . epauien to - e rri b race w ithitiY the ; f i iri i 1 9 wl ii c U I p re bribed TtoKiriy sel f- -:vjYu i w i I t.uibser V e lie reat idyec o f., Vashi nto ti'yt ri t in g-akwillh-ojl a pec: niaueriyyh!C" tiivtlie historicity UteratUre; of hql couatt"y aridjrariii o tie; fiim lyttbe" b'es- m e m o nil 1 s o f h i s ' c h a r ter;& jtctions Jiric! thifYhst fruit js of.hi'uyjn'iU that ; were ;fecrdi tjtl: by hiriise) f.'l?wi(tl.ij that ; th e I e xieisXreceive'd- byj )u rii ; .fctttisUr tute a oiass . of " iriateria" : inore" exfeViHiye 'and i tnportarit than vx'oiild be inferred fnini the eas:uaMriariiier t?Kw to t jte rri arid t h ii it t h k'yi Wi I C i Jt ;rd " me yery eetiaiaijds throulHiut thevirk T a tnou nt i n n u m bey to ;niore - thai if :' twenty thousand and the literary luerits of a; por t torvo f them a re o f a tn u c h Jiiher ord er thiit is coin mon in letters of the same - promts cu ous c.n a i ac i e r ; ; com paraiiveiy . i e y sons wrote to Va,;hmton on trifl iects. and. few without m o re t ha tr rd t nary care, in regard .to - ideas a nd style. ; "A i'ud d ista n t d ay .i t is presu roetLa sel ec t Fori froui these letters will be published V Kacli,.vril u rri eJ f ut ( , t h e .wU vk C i 1 1 ; ; ycn t e tn pi a t io n , wi 1 1 pnbab! v ha yea n ; :a ppend i x, n ; which extracts ; front .v the'm - will r occasion iilly be'lrisertetlirbartllyiiet you .twhat.iymi, know- a 1 re i d y i t ha t , C hie f J u s 1 1 ce M a rsha 1 1; niost crd i;i lly up pro v cs rijy s U-fiderfakirig.; and ;!yil; fayor ne;witlr such assistance by hiseourisiel aruUrither wise,1 as his intimate knov ledgeof . the pa pers will make. it easy for him to Vender. If you ask me hivlarg theVwnrk wilt be when fitiished on. the afoye plan, I cannot r eply vvith certaifity to you r: c u estion. ' -1 may venture to predict, ho we vir,that it wiH riot be less th aii eight volumes nor niore t batf t we I v e ; a n d these' boo ': d s ha v eV sugRs ted themselves in .accordance with the pririci-'. pie h eret o fore stated, t h a tit wi In o t be a d -visabje to print stijmMch a tn ericniach on a p ropeJrecin omj o f purse and time in; the feader, nor stT little as C.to : leave nriaterials of .substantial' value Itebinc!." If you ?ain vihen the publication; will. be closed,' I am equally at a lts for a definite ansVei. I ha v en early comptetfedX'riiv assort ment ot the pa p ers ; a n d pre pared the nV lor a v rem V val to B;stcn, where I shall a p ply tnys-l f t the. task wi t h as much ex ped itiorV as ine nature of. tne unnertaKiDganu ipy ther pursuit s- w ill admi t. . I -'r l : j As) the work is rifa kiriH toj hayejaneqliai i uteres t v 1 1 h yea f e rs i n ev ery pa rt of the U. Sit wilt be prililislied by subcrijition, and everV perso n so 1 is post; 1 "w il I ; h a ve a nop 4 portunity of pmcrirtjj ;i cupy wi th : fact It t y Trom the - ha ri d s of ae i t j s t o" be employed fo r th e pu rpose. ?Wi thin a few -weeks a piwic.iu win uc ij5?uci aijii pui .1:1 ClfJiiM- iatTori-1': If is intended that the-' st vie of prtri ting "shall be Kind AoinK& wortli y of the S'luiect out noi so expensive as, to impose an unreasonable tax pri he'purcbasefs. 'The vol u rives w) 1 1 be ; p u hi ish eir. on Vj" I Wo or f h reej a t a tiiri.e, a I at sue h i perl ikl s a Spc i r 'ctihistari resttri ayretitleicotiyeiii nt'i&&. ;Af workthus ciimnrifin':; the best-jof the furm a rid man ri er h e re . d escri betl,' w i 1 1 ; iavcj c I aims, it is huped, to general appro ba ri oo , . and ' t o '. a . liberal ';' pa tro n ae , from i 1 1 e : America n, p u blic. j - -1 a i.ifVsi rj-ikcW f i"-; Hon.- "JoSEPir Story.: fU-'ix'v'b:;: '1 JlfpssrsJ'tlitorS'.X s thn Prpil p n f J ! canyassd;1828;bexiri able excitement - thnvighout . the rUni'ted States, ;aritl especially as ihe frieiids of Geri: Jackson seem to be; indefaigable: cn their exertions ;tbTsecure;Jiis'eW t wjiuld well r com port wi tjiril sf atnlirig Uidjthe respectabd existing Atlmtnistra'ti'in, to-call a'.; meeting or riteetings for .tlie purriose rirradoptin such measures as; tnay be, deemed v neces-C VaVvHri p'i'rinioline a reetection'ofourpfe-; eri;CluA;tM;3'gtstrit wi I E dec ry Vu ch a' prlipoai t ion as ? vai ri aUl y i s i on a ry u m i e r toe i ui p res j io h s ipar tlie frierids of Mr. Adatris arynrit sufficient I y iiumerouito' jusri -bu f I pfifessi -M essrs. : .VA i t ors, to krio w soneiuingroiane popular isen ii me ii inire-. ard : tt t h e a pproachutg 1 in portati t el ec t ion i rr- se vera! sec t i oris; of JNr h; CarcUi ri a t nd I baza rcjf 'Tri'rithihffiti say in 2V t h a t -t lie ld berltn iustify such a'measure; antl that, it tney display, tnat zeat ajiu acuyiiy in : pro moting his vievys which Ihe opposition fr ces here have lorig exhibited for Gen Jack son I we may reasonably .hope th a t. the, A d -ministration. . wd I jret.'trjuinph irt North-Ca-roliha. Av any'rate,;wejeel disposed to try iuristrt'tithi Ut the cpritest ..event uate as't may. AV'e will therefore 'at alUevenrs; form a Jti cfcei' i ri this s late lor :JSlr. 'Ad am s, for the purpose lof giying;h(m2anerual chance with l)is couipetitor juasj;. we ybe lieve tbat tbe-active . and zealous exertions t)f his fH'ends will make hjni the successful candidate in North-Carolina.'; Mr.r Adams haslnnuentiar friends m;yery scctitirj ot the'statri;arid Tiothing but -.'their' 'influence' 19 now.-waiuin'r iu.;&ecaru mi access- Washi rigi on's w ri t i rigs; fat t ii fu J ly prepared tn its literary 'execritiririv and publislVeilin -1 i Nohvulnfandlr ; thcycnslirit UIU. ilMlUUl i 'i v: t (if 1 !;.! a - H- forJ$. friends ar riiost numerous : to,-xthe friends of Mr.Adams WL lVt that-Stand lor him in-this S?at,. Y had a .ri-h t to exi.ect", yet - we confiS V opehatAthetmt-Jriot -distal nd,sctrsferiotitiH that' Rreatman tyho ntiw-directs the de ? l'f ofTciuyctyUimHr Cmntry,.:.R standing tip.;h4ckwar4uesW6fMc.-,da -V Abie in ; fuH Mvumbrs;vlri one distr jvi h e B la t eV i ri.wb ic! we.; kreacoa i rf itve KnowMhat Mr. Adams lias a Inri tHii-iiuIhat th other.distric tyj n the, State Trir which he I ? hsj lujriesIWe but the ous;eiertions.;riChi-W to secure it thevrite urtlielStatearidHhis aid w bel5riyen. -Fue yisdNMiv anii;uisf0Pin 1 1 sin ;'4r tzeci1 atiUiNy'e-.s-t y. ari ;unDfirieinr r..t e vjerV ihe liisj t 'lctiun b the Huuse , Rp'resentlliy'e beeatise it is;devoUI;ot rcason'or nrinriJ (tWpuid seen 'Ufe'iJevVfed l the serytcf!hui untryis not sufficient to s !i i e I d h i in-, fro i n the : slanderous stons of this opposition, - -'rhey find a s,' h'asVep;iflei;iromi track cf ihi s - pred e cers -55 ) ,; ;Messrs.;EiliigrSj w h e r e t s, t h e ma teri.il di fie re nee' be t u- L ., roe? "Ve say"the;e isiorieit exists qJ- 'Brituni-'tiuf.rl y(,a wy hear fniin ne;fijain ..Fare iVeil. .. v MayUlScJ.V:; ;.';: H C. s. i"tcf-?v -'.-;y". ?, n ; : .' "; .- - - j ;;;;;;v;p;iroR.-.THBjREcsisTER.; -; -J -.-! 3fersGa!m Spju-Xh old friend U : Lhoe0lepiub1 p n rieip! es you have ul. Xva vs! i nfcu Icatetl.' arid th rif d su hscrihr t. you r very usef'il vpaperbrin nevessarifr in ; j htugbtf,Xvy.hidif yjU yare;.:-.a tiliberty to use ! asvyuuvpl ease.:''--?-:' V- , : , J? nayeseen,wiir great, pleasure jfftha Ilegisfer;(aid ihould; cause of gratu lai ion to theVeflecririg ptirtioii of the cora. iri u ri i ty) n ot a 'd 1 rect . ad lies i i ri gi v e n i a to tlipreserit General -ttfmeiit of'tlie ; same d einnc rat iy sejUjmeritsl an adherence ' t ol th e same.A tiiericatr pri n ci pi es t h a t ha beeti;SocharactHsiicOh Jf icy rthek j;vhici lias. prospereil in;i u(tiaiiiiied drjgrjfe tht nation audof yvbicliy the"temperate,though iog suprrtersy; lias lipta .cnsis in uauoa aV affairs cJme abuteri- those who have colrrecFpriricipies stand ti p j ri .: th c i r d eie oce; Is-;it ; toot ''attferelic-: ,;!tdn riruty hav witriesseJ the wholesoriieinfluericri the Goyemriieritj'Tnpr utiheard- sttf growth 'riftiai.riale4itTjssi;triseethes put. to fl'gTif," to see them scouted froin the ;uaiiu a sworrfMs glitter of4 'it.huutc3r'. dea vriti ringtolirrest t lis ! ritarcfi- of error I Is it .not cnnitnarjn thosevho are'well ac tjriairifed wittlie history; Hihe Govern-1 riie n ts we I t'a equairitedwn t h those who hate adriitnitereditj v fyota jts;ongjri, well ac-1 qiiain ted 1 too,;-wj th tlr;prpm i nent - men tf j :tle'fcd'n jioldinj ; of Us Veihs tu iur-tlietnsetvek to be taken by s'uqirTsej.wbil in conscious securi ty,'u n wining to be I i eye: d a nge r h ear. ;t?at,-nar 01 taq-crie'irtiiti -;sach a .qiiar ti;r.?r.trntil; those; wh(, jas it were, were JnirhTbu toyesterdayirho; ta keuup' opinions i fv' ri ill J t-fc.' ? a 1 1 it, Ii t....! ...ri 1 1. riii nrrv- ' i -r.: f " ' . 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I?i tt not titne aliattheioral strength, ye J UteUef tualejghtj rilt every 'gWd ciu zerii shou til bexertecl itL onobsifiuh 'toer-! fcriowytjieir riunci tiles rieed the slarU ; re peaj yu propping o . su pport t hem, nm so impressUiMin thelmthirikins mind, op- (fti itbose who diTlj farbjick fuWthe'f trwitticaIkHoSved i annual. uy . tnipresion especially - .ulp tlie cover of imriusin tikmesas to renuef theuiliiScuItio displrice.ls it.no not titne, he' a:systeiiv-tjf r-polilical "swindli li pracnej, weji an ert ts .maKinj; tq pfiye; fheppfe 5; wflJ ; jh'ey; the" bread , arid tneaf hey haye tieeri; siibsisiing on f these; Uur'y years, iir the greatest consul s;ii(ojTger wHol e o tit e and n u t ri ti ou s,-f himesinejri advis ;therirhoK continue io j 1 h e 4Cu rjs'fr ex per 1 en c e has ta uh t t hetn to ibea (y Sriljtru st- worth yF.-vNot" toive'up ; a?su b taut is lfoo'd for it prepara tiOt;J y'J 1 i e v ; ca 1 f e d w a t c r ir ru el ' t h ou jh i t be eef thexnres.inn'7f iMunrm thev" have 0-'- gotten in the proper ordeal ; ' when alm5 cverv. schhfd-b.jv" is hresuiriiituous enoo j Jt Sjieak-of his wish,' ancf everi of n'sa . ciiytu remodel' ihz fj:iddm's'hta!s;f l,' I government, in it; jmi ' ti ne tlut those v ' havc takenalrii-wiih them some nbs: tiln, soju hf . pe.i k ' ou tr?' Tu ch is ; the ' criAitt' mmIjI K . 1 tn Jt I'll m BlltH liajl.). II. at .ltl CM .llJ.-'ll'""- Lf ! -:.u-V.-..: ' : .v. . . .t; ii fTrinsrthst is iijc Jiwui.sm jJ.Mti 111 incurs! - fir Samud'SU - iy.J..VJ. is,Jcjfcrsbn.frP': ingtonynl InnLWi could; bequeath their country, by thoe whori'ivv aspir the first plucc4 uiicr us pruriiiaus, ness with, wiiun r. Adams has! liiscba- a tit tftf ry viOe jHreidcritia't :.Ch? flne plight Jc( "ua&iiteie to! him ; the ;," port of.tiie iNauoa.Jor a re-yiection t' I'M uaiet:UTur a norr xime, in order tofi up aiw; icisufe- moiupn.isr js-..-qcMrous iz hist'-plaiti.:; wayi itVricrimtriuriieate a ' fPw Js .tt.'Crt1 titnpiNwhen. youn'nien, .J nave grjo wii u p liame u Uy ; tgnoran 1 history of :, 1 fie Country, are -crowding t! it -councils. Avho are free, arid forwiru. W
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 1, 1827, edition 1
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