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4,i.v..-...vr' x ; t: rr.:'--j 'i ' ': ".'.7-, TXiP--- z-.' w v. . ; v 1 J ...v . r tPWM'W! -V ' .. ;- v v; r ! Washington's Farewell v ; ; Jn the present dearth of new$ we believe no thing would be moreacceptable than the Visf Farewell Address tfjfret&ntfVashliig. To the People of the U. State?. ; "Friends and Felhxo-Gtizens;-- ; . J. HEs period for a new election of t Ci'ti -ijeotaadlflaiaiater the Executive g rc rai rteot'of the United Sutes, heiog not far u . 4 , ... ..... .! r 8 r- '"T. , aistaat aname lime aexuay amyea, when jour thbughts must be emptpved hx desig. natiog the person,' who is- to be cloithed with that important trust, it appears' to me more distinct expression of the public voiced ' . that I should now apprise you of the reso lution I have formed, to decline being coo. sidered among the number, of those, out of 'whom a Choice is to be made. v v . V I beg" you, at the same time, to do me 4he justice to be assured, that this resohi- nun uas nut vesu, w.cn wiuivui avgirici regard to all the considerations appertaining 1 to the relation,' Twhich binds a dutiful citi sen to his country and that in.withdraw ing the tender of service which silence in my situation might imply,' I am tnRuenced -f by no diminution of xeal for your future if7 terest ; no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness : but m supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible " with both. i ; ' ;,::-v. -v- ' The acceptance of, and continuance hi therto in the office to which ybor luSrages.' ; .ave twice callefl me, have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of du ty, ad to a deference for jarliat appeared Iq be your desire. I constantly hoped, that It would have been much earlier in my pow er, consistently With motives, " which I was not at libettytp disregard to return to that ; retirement,tfrbm which :T had beeni reluc tantly 'drawn. The $trengthof my inclina . tion to do this, previous to the last elect.. tionY had even led t tlie preparation of an address toclare it to;you jj-biit mature "reflection on the then perplexed: and critit al posture of oar iuTairs with foreign; nati ons, and, the unanimous advice of persons enttded to ray confidence,' impelled me to -;' abandon jhe idea. ' :. v .,X 4- ? ' rejoie that the state of your concerns, t external as well aaf i nternal, no Ion gerWn dersthepursuitof inclination imcompatiblc . with the sentiment of duty, or propriety and am pursuaded whatever partialit' may be retained for my services, that in the pre sent circumstances of our country; y"ou will not disapprove of my determinatiotrto re tire., ';rl':;: : :.rti v l: efforts,' & a guarantee of the plans by which tney were eltected---rC9ooaiy penetrat ed with this idea, I shall carry it With me to my graved as a strong lncttemcnti tc uo ceasing vows that tfavcn may 'continue to you tne cnoicest tokens tits oenencencc j iihit .your toSoit '.and brotherly.', a'tfectlott may o perpetuatrtiut.Uie rtee coasiuu tion, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintaincd--that i ad minis tration in every, department may be sump, ed with r wisdonf add Virtue l.hat in fine. L the ' haDoIriess of thtneoble-of these States unaxr tne auspices ot noeriy,1 my e muc completej by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of thsff bless incr, as will acquire lo, them the glory of recommend in'git to the "applause, the affectioh 5t '..adop tion of every nation which is yet i itrangerj; - - The impressions ;with which I first ub '." dertook the arduous trnst, were explained on the proper occasioo. In the discharge of this trust, i5I wilt only sayj that I have with good 'intentions, 'contributed towards the organ:zation and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible, judgment was capable. 1 Not unconscious, ":in the out-set, of the inferio tity of any qualifications, -experience in my own eyes perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to di$dence of myself and every day the en: creasing weight of yearsadmonTshes ; trie fliore and-raore, ihat the shade of retire- . went i as necessary to me - as it Will be' wtkomeJ, ,r Satisfied that if any circumstan ; , ces have given peculiar value to my servi ces, they were teropbrary , I have the cob f salatioa to believethatrwhile' choice and s prudence invitee me to uit the political scene, patriousm does not ' forbid it. - - - In looking forward to the : moment, which 15 intended to . terminate -the career ot my public life,", my feelings do not permit me tPviuspend the. deep; acknowledgment of - that debt -of gratitude, which I owe to my gloved countrytfcr 'the many honours it his conferred upon me " still more for. the 1 stedfast confidence . with which it .hassop porteji me . nd for 'the opportunities I have hencenjoyed btTnanlfesting mv inviola- bje attachme n.t, fey Services Taj thfuf and pe r " severing, .though in usefulness' unequal to . niyeal.T if benefits have resulted to -our country from theSe-servteesy-le?t always ' V'weiinoertote.odr praise, and as'an in structive example inur annalsj that under: circumstances. jn which Ahe passions a$V t?d in every direction, were liable trnis ltMd;;amldst appcarances sometimes ubi ousvicissitudes of fortane often discou ragingin situations In which, ijot unfre r q'iently want of success has cbuntenanced jthe spirit of cridcismhtlconstaocyf. yoor support was the sennal of .the J. : Xere,1 perhaps,-1 ought to stop! " But a solicitude of your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the inprehensibi ot oanger,; natural to that soucituae, urge me on an occasion like the present, to offer to Your solemn contemplatiorf, and to re commend to your freqneht review, some Sentiments f which are the result of jErruch reflection, of no inconsiderable observatioa and which appear to me all important to the; permanency of your felicity as a people- These wilfbs offered tb you with (the more freedom, as you : can only feel in them the, disinterested warnings of a parting tnenq, who can possioiy nave no peTsnnai thouvc to bias his counsel. '. Nor can I forget,' as an encouragement to it, j our indulgent re ception of my sentiments on a former abu not dissimilar occasion. j 1 Interwoven as in the love of liberty with every ligament pfiyour hearts, no recora-: roenuaiiunoi mineis necessary co luruiy or confirm the attachment. - ' w ? t - ,The unity Of government which const? tutes you one people, V is &lso now dear to you. .It is justly so j-for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your reat independence, the support of your tranquility1 at home, your- peace abroad i of your safety i of 3'0ir prcspcrity t of that very liberty whicl fox io highly prized But as' it is easy to foresee that from different causes & from different quarters, much pains will be takeri luuuy aninccs employes, 10 wtaicen in your minds the conviction of this truth : as this isjihe point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constanly and actively (though often covertly and insiduously) di rected, it is' of infinits moment,' that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union, .to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial,- habitual and iin moveable attachment T6vit rccustominflryourselves to think and speak of it 'as of; the palladium of your political "safety arid prosperity watching for its preaervation with jealous anxiety discbuntenancing; whatever may suggest eveq a suspicion iliat it can in any event bealwfidon'ed. ; 8c indignahdy frOwn- ing upon tlie first dawninjj of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which" bw link together the, various partsi For this you have'every.. inducement of sympathy and interest.1 Citizens'by birth or choice,' of a com moh countrythat coun try has a right jto concentrate your affecti iorisr The name of Ameeicj ak, which be longs to you, in your- national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriot ism, , more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. -- With slight shades of differenceyoa have1 the samT religion, manners, habits and political prin-ciples.- Youhave in a ComtnOn cause fought and h-iumpheoftOgethrj,.the Independence and Liberty you possess are the work and joint councils, and joint rttof common dangers, sufferings and successes.;! " " -' "V But these considerations, however pow erfully they address themselves tarour sn- siDility, are :greauy onrweignea .Dynose 'which applyjmore immediately to your in terest. 1 Here eyeiy portieH of finds the jmost &m manding, ?lnoti ves for car efully guarding and preserving the Uni on of the whole. fL:;. ; f15. heJjvrfA-in annrestrain?edu"tnfer-i course with the South; protected by the" equal laws-of a common government finds in the productibnof the latter; great addi-i' tiohal resources of maritime and commer cial enterprise jand precious raeferials of manufacturing industry. Hie". South in the '"aarofe intercourse, ' benefitting by. the agency of the i'North, aeesits- agricrdture giow and its commerce expand Turning partly into its ova channela the seamen of the Worth, itKfin4s its peculiar navigation (invigoritedu3d while ; it contributes, in different ways' to nourish and increase the general mass of the aational navigation, it lOoks iutwarU to tne protection of a man time strength,; to which itself is unequally adaptediThe East in a like intercourse. Keith theiifVilf; ralreadj finds, raod In; the progressive improve tneut ot interior communications,- by land and water, will more and more find a valuable vent fr the com- modllles" which itings manu faet ures at homer- The WetttiitlVi from the East supplies requisite" to its giowth and "colnfbrt-and what is perhaps of still greater tonsequence, it must of ne cessity owe the secure enjoyment of indis pensible put le ts for its own productions to the weight, Influence and the future mari time strength of the Atlantic-side of the Union, v directed by an; indissoluble comi munity of interest as one nation J Atiy other teBure ly which the West can hold this es senlUl advanbge whether derived- irbm its own separate strength, or from an apos tate and unnatural connection with any lb4 reign power," must be intrinsically prccarir OUS.'.r- ;'''" '-V-.V-'hi ." .' ; -; ' f"--" 7 -VVhilebeeve country thus feels in immediate and particular in terest in Uiiion, all the ;pasco(nhjnc'd Cannot fall to-5nd ju the united mass, of means and tfforts greater strength, greater, resource, proportionally .greater security from external danger, a less fu quent inter ruption ot their peace by foreign nations ; and what, is of inestimable value ! they must "derive from Uuiou ah exemption from those brous and warsLctween themselves, which so frequently afflict neighbouring countries, no tied together by the same government ; whjch their own nvaisbips alone would be feufficiertlo produce, but which opposite foreign alliances, afttachmtuts and intrigues. would stimulate and embitter. Hence like, wiie they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, fhich under any lorm or government are uuau. snicioiis to liberh', and which are to bere gardeduB particularly hostiloto Repubiicab Liberty i In this sense It is; that your Uni on buEht.io.be considered as a mam prop of y our liberty, and that the lov e of the on e ought to endear to you the preservation ot the Other w ;! ' -. ' ;- t ' I . These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting .ana virtuous mind, and exhibit the continuance ol the Unios as a primary-object of Patriotic W- sire, is tliere a aouDt, wnetner a common government can embrace so large a sphere I JUet experience soive 11- ,4ri;ji oxusitu w confirmingtheir prosperity -yH po be their, wisdom tp.Ttly for the preaerfati-i on of these advantages oh "the Union by Which they were procured r " Will they not henceforth be, deaf: to those Advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from , their brethren and connect them wiih al- " - 'TO.the efiicacv and nermanncvfF oii Unioo; a Qovernmtnt for the whole ts in dispensableNbaUiahcesIlhowBverstricti - ueiwcen tne parts can be an adequate sub- -ilT-:-t.r-. "'-:':. . . i . .. . . - . .v. 3 mere speculation in such a case were crimi- K'lWe'str. naW We are .-.auise.dld'hope.ihatarb fscr oranieauon of . the vholef ' with the .Auxiliary agency of governments for the re spective bdivisions, . will attord a happj- issue to the experiment .- 1 1 well worth fair and full experiment. , With such nowcrfui and obvious motives to -.Union, affecting all parts cf our country, while ex-" perience shall not have demonstrated its impfacticability, there , will j-ahvays be reaii son to distrust the patriotism of thoserwhe- irt any quarter may endeavour to weaken its hands-'; ; ';;"T '' ',.V;:v;--;- In contemplating the causes which rfiay disturb our Union, 'it occurs as matter of senous concern, that any groundshould lave been furnished for characterising par ti es by Geo graphical discn in 1 nati otii-North- ern anu southern Atlantic ana western ; whence designing men miy endeavoiir; to xcite abeliel that there is a real ditlercnce of local interests and views, 'c-One of the entdienta of baftv- to acouire influence. within particular districts, is to misrepre sent the Opinions & aims of other districts. You cannot sh icld youiselves too much a-' gVinst. the jealousies' .and. lie art-burnings "ftilulej they must inevitably experienct the " infraction and inifrrnmlnnt nrK;-K WH 1KJ'';..' ; ances in all timea have experienced; )5ftt- ' : 't siMe of this mbraentous truth.yoif nave. y. V improvedupbp your first essays by the adop. V 1 tion of a Constitution of Government befc 1- ? ter calculated.thanour 'forme? for ai intl : i mate Union, -aad for uVefficacious manage- ' p'eht.'of 'your commou concerns. Thi$ : ;; Government, the offsnrine of our own choice, "uninfluenced and uoawed, adopted) : I upon full ihveitiiation"Cmamre delibeii ' iI:t'V tioo,4 completely I rec in its principles, in u"iuH,uvu vi ii powers, unitrng.se. curity with energy; and containing within itself a provision for its dwn -amendment. - has a just clai tn to your confidence & vbdr - support. Respect forTits authority, com- pHancewith jta laws acquiescence m its -1 measures, are duties enjoined bjr tbeffun daraentalmaximsof true Liberty, ,,Theil3a. . sis of our political systems h the right of W 1 1. - ' I V- IV. .' . - l ... uiv jjvupic iv uc ana 10 aiier meir won atitutions f Government But, the Con stitution which at any time exists, till chang ed by an explicit and authentic act of the . wtTole pitopievis sacredly obligatory upon, all. - ; Tlie Very Idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, . presupposes the duty of every individual ; to obeye established Gbvernmenttii , All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations & associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct,' controul counteract, ;cr " awe the regvdar deliberation and action Tuf the constituted authorities, are destructive of ; this fundamental principle, ' and of fatal tendency "They serve to orgainiae faction, " to give it an artificial and extraordinary force to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community i ; and, according to the alternate triumphs of :'dilTerejn;;pardes: td make tlie public administration the mirror jf the H concerted and incongruous projects 01 lacuon, ratner tnan the organ of consist ent and wholesome plans digested by com- "--"" wuiivits, uu uiuuiueu uy muiuai in- 1! 21 n' I ons : they tend to render alien to each othet those who ought to be bound - together by fraternal affection. The inhabitants of our' welter n.country have lately had a useful lesir son on this head? :- they have seen" in the riegociation; the ExecuVive, and in unanimous Vatlfication by ihe Senate, bf the treaty witbiftiiif''aod in this universal latistaction at vw event, throughout the United States, ' a decisive proof Jhow un founded wt re the suspicions propagated among thenvof a policy, in the general go vernment & in die Atlantic States unfriend IjTto thctr interesu in regard to the Mis- t, t'sstPirrv they hayejbeen witnesse j to the formation -of two treaties, that wna yreat Brium and thatrwith Spain, wbictt seciire to them eVerythingthiy jcould desire, "in; respect to our foreign relation However combinations - br associatinnii ' of the . above description may now ahd the4 - answer popular ends, they are likely in the . course of time and things,ito become po tent engines, by which cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled to sub vert the power of the people, and to usurp i jut vt'ciiisqivtuuicremoi povernmeiit t des- uoyiug afterwai ds -,th very engineswhich' have Med them to unjusiJonaidion'. t "; , Towards thinservationoiburco:'' vernment, and the permaqehcy of ybur pre1 srin. iappy eiaie, u is requisite, , not,Oniy th at ybu steadily ,d Ucoun teoance itegular -pppositioos to its icknwledeftd authoritv I.... -t .U-. i i.. .1 ' ' ' uuk maiN uu rcsisi wiiu care tne spirit of innovation upon its principleThpwever; specious uie pretexts. -une method of as sault may be to effect in the forms of ; the constitution alterations which will impair 1 he nergy.W'tncyrsttmaod thus to un- ucriiuuc wnai-cannoi" oe,- curcctiy . over thrown. In all the chances to which vnii may be invited, remember' that time and4 " habit are at leas t as necessary to fix the truev ' 1 "'i man institutions that experiencsvr is ! tbft'. which apring from those 'mis'retreseutt7l0tattdard by which to test the real 1 tendency ..of .Jhc '"existing constitution of a country;- that facility in changes upon the, credit of mere "hypothesis and opinionex, i poses, to perpetualchangei from the endless variety of hypothesisand opinion' rjand re -member, especially, that for the efiicient management f your common interests, ia country soextensive afouM7bvrn-: ment of as much vigor as is consistent with -the perfect security of liberty, is- indispen-; .sible. r Libertyitself will find in such ago i. vernment, ' with powers properly distribute ed and adjusted; its surest guardian. X It indeed, little else than a, name, where" th ' government Js vo feeble, to" withstand the enterprises of fac tion, .to confine each menU - ber to ithfc .'society - within the Kmiu "pre-", desire, "in I !ctibe.d by the laws, and to mamtain iaJl :;.;-''r. i;;toardd;!:'! -"".v - : ;':-; -V .;.-:V;. ..... s , . v..:. r
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