Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-09-08

crime ; and his death was felt as
loss by every individual Of that Com.
munity. whose political existence was
the fruit of his exertions.
The FAREWELL ADDRESS of gene.
raj Washington is the condcnsSdresult
of long experienced. matured reaec.
ton andstrong anxiety for the perma.
nent prosperity If his country. His
advice concerning the great impor.
tan e of maintaining indissolubIy the
! federal Union: the danger of induI.
giug too much in party feelings -
the necessity of supporting public
credit at home of maintaining pub.
liz faith in all our transactions with
I foreign nations of encouraging for.
eign intercourse free firm foreign at.
/ tachments ARE so many lessons Of
prudence which we should do we'll TO
bear in constant remembrance. Why
therefor should not his legacy of wis.
dom and affection, be so published. as
to admit OF beias constantly before
our eyes? An ornament to orr apart.
ments. while il serves as a memento
to guide our public feelings. and To-
manifest that the author lives in our
memories?
To make it such, is the aim of the
proposed Edition.
The Publishers arc determined that
the Address shall be printed on paper
of the same quality and size as the
splendid edition of the Declaration of
independence now engraving, & shall
in all respects be companion worthy
that great State paper.
! As errors are known from various
causes to find their way into the most
important writings, the publishers feel
it their duty, not only to satisfy them
selves, but to satisfy the public, of the
authenticity of the copy from which
this splendid Edition Of the Farewell
Address shall be published.
Mr.. GEORGE RRIDP0RT will com.
plete the Design ; ofwhich the follow
ing is an outline The introductory
part Of the Address, in highly finish.
ell ornamental penmumship, shall form
the upper part ;-the other parts Of
the plate, shall be appropriate orna.
ments i'm the centre below shall be
engraved, from an historical design
for this publication by Mr.. sultg the
Surrender of the British Army at
Yorktown, October 10, 1881.
The Address itself shall be printed
with type of a peculiar and appropri.
ate character, designed for this pr
pose by Mr.. Fairman, and to be cut
and cast by our best artists. No more
of the type shall be cast than will be
necessary to execute this Address ; &
when it shall be complicated, the type
and the matrices in which it was cast
shall be utterly destroyed; so that no
other work shall ever be executed by
the same letter which shall have prin.
ted the FAREWELL ADDRESS" Of
him who lived and died, first in Hdr;
first in Peace, and first in the hearts Of
his Countrymen.
The paper, of the first quality. Sc
by e6 inches, will be made by Mr..
Amies. The INK shall be carefully
prepared, and IF the best materials.
The signature of General Washing.
ton from which it is proposed to eI-
i ccute fac simile for this publication,
is that which he affixed to the Consti-
tuition of the United States, when he
signed it as President of the Convcn.
ton i'm which il was framed Thus
associating and concentrating some Of
the greatest events in the life of this
great man and in the history of his
Country.
The ornamental writing will be de-
signed and executed in the very best
manner; the ornamental parts ofthc
design and vignette, will be engrav-
ed by G. FAIRMAN and the Typo
| graphical partexecuted by John BiEns.
They will take especial care ofthe ex-
ecutiOn of their several duties in this
respect, and they will call to their aid,
all that liberality, zeal and industry
can command from the Sciences and
Arts, so as to make the Fare1cfH
address" no mean specimen of the
state of |the Fine Arts in the United
States.
As much progress has already been
made in designing and procuring ma.
terials for this SPLENDID edition oil
Gen. Washington's "FdreweH Id