Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-08

American Citizen. His career Of slo.
nv through life was unstaincd BY
crime and his death was felt rs a
loss by every individual Of that com.
munity, whose political existence was
the Fruit of his cxcrtions.
The FAREWELL ADDRESS Of Gene.
raj Washington is the condensed result
Of long experienced. matured reGec.
ton and strong anxiety for the pcrma.
nent prosperity Of his country. Hi,
advice concerning the great impor.
lance Of MISUNDERSTANDING the
federal Union: the danger of indul.
girg too much in party feelings -
the necessity Of supporting public
credit al home of maintaining pub.
lie faith in all our transactions with
foreign nations: of encouraging for.
eisn intercourse free from foreign at.
tachmea's are so many lessons of
prudence which we should do well 10
bear in constant remembrance. Why
therefore should not his legacy of wis.
dom and affection, be so published. as
10 admit Of being constantly before
our eyes? An ornament to our apart.
ments. while it serves as a memento
to guide our public feelings, and 70
manifest that the author lives in our
memories?
To make it such, is the aim of the
proposed Edition.
The Publishers are determined that
tie Address shall be printed on paper
Of the same quality and size as the
splendid edition of the Declaration of
Independence now engraving. q shalt
in all respects be companion worthy
that great State paper.
As errors are known from various
causes to find their way into the most
experimenting. the publishers feel
it their duty. not only TO satisfy them.
selves. but to satisfy The public, ofthe
authenticity of the copy from which
this splendid Edition of the Farewell
Address shall be published.
Mr.. GEORGE BIrDpoRr will com.
plete the Design /; ofwhich the follow.
ing is an outline The Introductory
part of the Address, in highly finish.
cd ornamental! pcnmunship, shall fory'
the upper part :-the other paris Of
the plate, shall be appropriate orna-
ments ;-in the centre below shall be
engraved, from an historical design
for this publicationoy Mr.. SuIly tn,
Surrender of tho 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 pur.
pose by Mr.. Fairman, and TO be cut
End cast by our best artists. No more
Of the type shall he 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" n
him who lived and died. first in Har;
first in Peace. and first in The hearts q
his COuntrymcn.
The paper. Of the first quality. Sc
by &c inches, will be made by Mr
Amies. The INK shall be carefully
prepared. and of the best materials.
The signature of General Washing.
ton from which it is proposed to eI.
rcute fac simile for this publication,
is that which he aaixed to the Consti.
tuition of the United States, when he
signed il as President Of the Conycn.
ion in which it was framed Thus
associating ard concentrating some Of
he greatest events in the life of this
great man and in the history of bis
Country.
TIE ornamental writing will be de.
signed and executed in the very best
the ornamental parts ofthe
lcsign and vigncttc. will be engrsv.
d by G.. FAIRMAN: and the Typo.
partcxecuted by John Bins
They will take especial care Of the ex.
cution of their several duties in this
and they will call to their aid
II that libcrality. zeal and industry
an command from the Sciences and
Irts, so as to make the "Farerdi
address" no mean specimen of the
tate Of 7thc Fine Arts in tile United
states.
As much progress has already been
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