The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1823-1824, 1824-03-04

! I'es5 " CIV u'Vi u''"Il 'opan " ~ Tie etlr+o,,
elenes, nor itlnSe NE rsihg eiapie with ,,
hood If HI, d ed and frerds, unpr, f,ahv :, s's
| n civil wartaie. Nor permit the dark nrsra;'
% sue, ed by s,ra'' I'm to pull ,,un tbs, lh.!
i ami fine. which The Il rec Of his arm ,' .ys
| ct prevent being cs,ab she. The off c.,a a
\ he Amy soticned by his eloquence, and b,Y;.a
1.-The fullest confidence in his Justice and u,,,'S
II unity, entered into a resolution, Wherein g.
declared that no circumstance of ds,r."
danger, should induce conduct that mvl, 10y,
i o. uay the glory and reputation the, had acms
u ID that The army continued TO have uu.b.L
! onfdence in the justice Of Congress and ,la.
Irountry, and That they viewed with abbo,,crs'
and rejected with disdsn, the Infamous n,n,.:
l,ion OF late anonymous address to the ,a'ca.,
/ II The army"
i Here instead Of making the tlisconten, If H..
llrmy a stepping stone to power, like sc,,,.
md a Rnonapa-te who, after having conops.,
heir countries enemies, returned to concv,
md enslave their country. This magnauilnnu.
;IChief soo,hei the angry passions nf.his soLI;.,.
md preserved pure as the source from which ,Ls'
sprunl, The liberties Of his country.
Wa,hiiston took leave of the army on q ~
u November 1888. and pointed ,u the MANY "A
lvantarcs hat would result 10 their country frnn
their successful services, and the many soircesS
wealth aid happiness that was now open 10 The
soldier, ,ho must soon become citizen.
4 To tbs address the army and navy At Wr,,
Point orthe Hudson sent an afFec,ipnste r,eI
.lconcludng in these words Regardless Of pr..
.lsent sutrrings, we looked Toward 10 the end at
bur TOD and dangers. to brighter scenes in prc.
acct. There We beheld the genius of our coun.
ry di,nihed by our Sovereignty and indepen.
Illencr, supported by justice and adorned wila
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.Ibandr, fearless extend her cultivated field. AMI
l.nimand Commerce sprea her sails to ever
-lwipd, There we saw tair9cience lift her ,e,i
tlwi,h al the Arts attending her train. Their.
lbest Nth freedom, we SAW the human mind e..
lpand,and throwing aside the restraints which
lconticd il to the narrow tyinds OF couptry. !,
slen,brced the world. Thos Eliminating prospeels
:, are pw changing to reaties, and actively 10
haveontrbuted to thcv pnduclion is our ptis,
s our sory"
nj Aiain did the American dcinatus RESUME In.
-plo,th, to cultivate the soil 1e had so nebly de-.
elfendd. lie patronized learhg and the arts, and
ylheld)ut 10 the necessilous Il open hand Of char,
lhty. Happiness prevailed nhe society where h.
d Ipresed, and he himself vas happy and fsip
c Iwoui he hsve spent what ,uained of bis after.
lnoorof life, amid those sceces Of pexee and re-
8 Iposein the bosom of his fsiily.
,lI hit his country could noyet dispense withha
s serves, and he was calleeto preside over The
of the United SITES.
Il Aver the adoption OF thennstitution, he WAS
eltwic unanimously chosen lesident of the Uni,
i tied aates his countrymen bus practically de.
lcIar,g tina. all his actions NJ given entire salts,
I facson TO all. And yet sgairpight he have filled
~ 1.-The Presidential Chair. but Ne pure republican
, priv.iples with which his I'll WAS embued fo,.
is bad the idea, and he deckd q reelection
S Anc thus was set that invalbie example, which
K has ince been followed by Jserson. Madison and
l. Moroe, and which is abnuts become part OIL
, our 'onssi,ution. that eighlears 10 the longes,
e perhd that any one man ght to preside over
s he uunsels of the Republic
III bring his administrat ian GAGE was preserved
IF With all nations national VI individual pros
lperiy greatly increased; fcgn alliances dis.
n lcouaenan .ed, (Which has sin. happily for the
;linteest our country, continN 10 be q rue Of
D ,ctbn,) and the Governmental transmitted 70 his
successor unshackled by foreh compacls, and
lire, from internal dissention.
Not America alone gloried he fame OF her
n. lWahington-He was the adnaion of world.
II 1--we, his enemies were compeA TO acknowl.
. ledge that no man, OF either aient or modern
toltime came so near human perftion. The cuL
AZ lturet European beheld in him,resh as he was
isIfrom he hand of nature, one, snpior in wisdom
land prudence, to their most POLISH sons: And
II 1.-THE savage of Our western wds, No had hlther'
Sc to coupled with the name of the wte man, that
otlof DESTROYER of his race, looked VITO him for
e. protection, and called him father.
no But the fell destroyer, unmindfulF virtue, o.
he honor, of tame, has thrown the fat dar and
rs Washington is no more And thong successive
wears and the calm lights Of reason d philo'''
ng ply, which teach US quietly to yieldo the deI
he crees of Heaven, has arrested the curnt OF oul
otl,ears, and dssipatcd the intensity ct r grsl-
CHI his memory shall live in the hearts o,s couG
N. ltrymen, and descend from sire TO soihrolgtI
countless ages, till time shall cease to @e LsE
ng spheres, or Jill liberty loses her empe I'm 'sI
e-lheart Of every American.
of To have lust view of the many advange,v'I
to have gained, by the bravery and suffering o. u
ID, Heroes of Revolutionary memory. OF whnn"s.I
Iington was Chief il may be useful 10 takoeu I
he cse view OF our present situation, and 10 ce''E
ii lii with that of other nations
TO-. Here we have a country greater IN exten'
ce ANY kingdom Of the earth, embracing everyp,I
ur md climate possessing vast resources'ot eu
ntllocace or war = population of more than ten,
v ions of freemen, still rapidly increasing M'|
m government that yields equal protec.i'h 'y y
m, Here commerce spreads her snow white saw
watt our surplus products to every cIin'e'
,h. Hour, our cotton, our rice and tobacco, N'J
H. changed for the productions Of Eastern Ioans
ps British workshops, and West India pian4a;"s
lie Here we have the spices OF Arabia and Inc"
ar. dicinal gums, without their burning desetI
ia poisonous winds; and the fruits OF tropc.,
vs., mates generated under vertical sun, S%
of their hurricanes, paslilenccs and ear'n'o ~
gn The mines of Peru and OF the African gou, ns
Ca GLADLY exchange their gliitering ore tor ou'
IN. useful commodities the sinews ct conn'e'"; ss
by plen'ifully supplied, and no son OF Coiump,iIt