Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-22
EXTRACT FROM GENERAL WasalsGroy's
FAREWELL ADDRESS.

The unity OF government which cOns,imp,
you one people, is also now dear to vou III,
Justly so; for it is main pillar IN the ed6ce If
your real independence, the support Of yoDr
tranquility at home, yosr peace abroad; of your
safety; Ut your prosperity; Of that very liberty
which you so highly prize But as il Is easy 10
foresee that, from different causes and from diff.
ferent quarters, much pans will be taken. many
articles employed, to weaken in Your mind, lie
conviction of this truth; as this is the point in
your political fortress against which the batteries
of internal and external enemies will be most
constantly and actively (thoueh often coverrv
and insidiously directed, it is of in6nte momeai,
that you should properly estimate The immense
value of your National Union. TO your collective
and individual happiness; that you should che.
rsh cordial. habltual, and immoyeabie attach.
ment to il; accustoming yourselves to think AMI
speak of it as of the palladium Of yuur poil,iCa.
safety and prosperity; watching for It's preseni.
ton with Jealous anxiety; dlscountenanciDg what.
ever may suggest even q suspicion that can
in any event be abandoned; and Indignantly
frownIng upon the first dawnlng OF every attempt
to ALLEVIATE any portion OF our country from The
rest. or 10 enfeeble the sacred ties which nos
fink together the various parts.
For this you have every lnducement OF sympa
thy and interest. Citizens by birth or choice, ola
common country, that country has right to Con-
centrate your affections. The name Of AMtR'
CAN. which beIuDgs to you. in your national ca
pacity, must always exalt the just pride Of pa
triotism. more than any appelatIon derived IRON
local determinations. With slight shades o.
difference, you have the same religion, manners
habits. and political principles. You have ma
common cause fought and triunphed together;
the independence and Liberty you possess are
the work OF joint councils. and joint efforts
common dangers. sufferiogs. and SUCCESSES
But these considerations. however powerful
thew address themselves to your senslbilty, are
greatly outweIghed by those which apply more
Immediately to your interest. Here every pot'
tcn Of our country finds the most commanding
motives for carefully guarding aud preser'ustAe
union OF the whole.
The North. in an unrestrainPd intercourse Win
the South, protected by the equal laws OF com
mon government, finds, in the production OF the
latter, great additional resources OF maritime
and commercial enterprise aud precious materials
of manufacturing industry. The South m The
same intercourse, benefittng by the agency "
the North. sees its agriculture grow and us corr
merce expand. Turning partly INTO rs ""n
channels the seamen of the North. IT trd' 10
particular navigation invigOrated-and "hle
contributes, in different ways, % nouii>h aHd W.
crease the general mass Of the national na'lsa'
ton, il looks forward 10 the protection ot ma
rtlme strength. to which itself is unequally adapt
ed The East. in q like intercourse with Tie
Wesi, already finds, and in the progressive I'M
provement of interior communications. BY aHdS
water, will more and more find valuable vent
for the commodities which it brings from abfOaI'
or manufactures at home. The Ue't derive
from the East supplies requisite to it. s'oan
and comfort-and what is perhaps OF still creii
er consequence, it must Of necessity owe VIZ
secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets f@r
own productions to the weight, influence ano
the future maritime strength Of the Atlantic '"'
of the Union, directed by an Indissoobir com
munity of interest as one nation. Any Other r.,
nure by which the Wea can hold this e''e0''''
whether derived from Its o"n spa
rate strength, or from an spostate and unDau."
connection with any foreign power, mg'' ~
trinsicalIy precarious. -
While, then, every part Of our country ''u'
feels the immediate and particular Ine'e', u
Union, all the parts combined cannot tai 10 npu
in the united mass OF means and Efforts graz
strength, greater resources, prop"rtlonably sre',
er security from external danger. less lrecup".
interruption Of their peace BY foreign "a''OIs'
and, what is of inestimable value, they must ",
rive from Union an exemption from those o'u"'
and wars between themselves, which so ireq'v".
ly aflict neighborng countries. not tied 'ose"'I'
by the same government; which their own '' az,
ship alone would be sufficient to produce ".
which opposite foreign alliances, attaehne""
and intrigues, would stimulate and emo'te'.
Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity
those overgrown military establishments "nl.",
under any form Of government, are inau'p'''o,'
to liberty, and which are to be regarded as p t.
ticuIarly hostile TO Republican Liberty: IN WV
sense it is, that your Union ought to oe IV" n.,
dered as the main prop Of your liberty. anu ', ss
the love Of the one ought 10 endear to you nv
preservation Of the other.