Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-09

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,encc SO Important, whose cooperation
I essential as bis, who harmonized, conc;s
ated and united every description Of :
| fellow citizens in one common sentim.,
| of ad miration, esteem and love Of his ri,
raGer. WAsHiNGToN, therefore, rls,.
superior to the Roman patriot and hem
left retirement ana presided in that Az B
gust assembly eff enlightened and iust,f
influential statesmen, the fruit OF Who's
! labours is the constitution OF governmsne
under which we now live a free, proso.
rous and happy people. A representaey.
free and efficient government formed {, !
our happy country, and ready to BE- sob. |
mitted to the test Of patient and far
course of experience, who was there 8
completely qualified to preside over ltsa
ministration in that truely interesting
state OF infancy and insipient experiment
| WAsHlNGToN was, by the unanimou,I
suffrage of his countymen, elected pres,
dent his administration of the newly
formed government Of his country furnish,
ed luminous commentary on the virus
of his motives as late commanders in chief
Of her armies. The complete protection
ard security cur liberties enjoyed under
his government, the revival OF political
harmony, therapid increase Of public cre-
dit, industry Of every species and wealth,
the promising, though Infant growth Of
arts and sciences, and the general mora,
lily and happiness Of the people furnished
the most satisfactory evidence, that the
objects for which he had fought and Con.
ouered were rational liberty and the well
protected blessings of good society. In
the latter most difficult and trying period
of his administration, when his increasing
love Of retirement, III consideration Of
thlcatenlng dangers, had again given place
to the paramount love OF country, tht
maintenance Of social order and trauqai
lity at home, ard the relations OF peace
and amity abroad--as far as the spmt o
| foreign politics, and the designs CT party
both at home and abroad, necessarily
fencing TO involve us N the dlstrattiE
! yoreex of their influence, would possibl
| permit, uneeuivoca'ly proved bis transcer
! dent and peculiar ralen.s as political
| to protecta ard even cultivate and improv
! in the face Of all the n3ost adverse cIrcum
| stances, the blessings lie hid SO virtuousl
| fought fo5 and gloriously obtained-ah
| experiment patiently and fairly mace
cur government proven adequate &c ii
protection of liberty and the blessings
| society, even in the worst OF times, I'll
twice saviour of his country announce
| by lis valediaory address, that vaIuab
legacy of correct political principles, b
intention of retiring to the enjoyment
those tranquil blessings ct social intel
course, with which the republican Writ
! and simplicity of his nature even sympa
| thised, and tie constant enjoyment {
| which nothing had induced him TO fore9
but TIE good of bis country. But thong
he had long, ard with transeendent vlrtI
| and ability, served her in the importaf
characters IF General and Statesman, Y,
such was the variety and extent OF his G.
pacity TO do good, such the force Of h
propensity 10 exert it, that he was no
only changing the sphere of his utiht
For in retirement, still consistent wiz
that character, Of which the calculation
of sordid self made no part, he unreni
tingly continued TO advance the improv
ment of his country-he was the friend
learning, arts, sciences, and all the efilc
ent means Of alueliorating the condition {
man destined for society and Happiness
some of those means he cultivated az
improved himself, others he promoted b
his patronage-wi,h all he had tie liyel
synapathles of an ardent friend--his ch;
rader as retire citizen most beautiful
illustrated those of the General and State
nlan-its features obviously proved, tn;
he. fought for rational liberty, that be 9,