Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-08-16

| promising 10 oC oo- P-oop@iou" CIV ""PPl
rs any. which the annals of ofhstory has ever
BROUGHT 10 our view that our interest
however diversified IN local and smaller
| matters, is the same in all the great and cs-
sential concerns Of the nation that the
extent Of our country, the diversity OF our
! climate and soil. and the various produc
tions of the States consequent Of both. are
such us to make one part not only convc-
nicnt, but perhaps indispensably necessary
to the other part and may render the whole,
at no distant period, one of the most lnde-
| pendent, (nationS) i'll the world; that the es-
| lablished government being the work Of our
! own hands. with the seeds otamcndment en-
grated in the constitution, may, by wisdom,
good dispositions, and mutual allowances, al
! dcd by experience, bring it as near perfection
| as any human constitution ever approzina-
ted, and, therefore, the only strife among us
ought to be, who should be foremost in i'd
cita,isg and finally accomplishing such
great and desirable objects, by giving every
possible support and cement to the Union,
that, however necessary it may be to keep
watcMul eye over the public servants and
public measures, yet there ought to be limits
for it. for suspicious unfounded and jealous
les too lively are irritating TO honest feel
| ings, and oftentilnes arc productive gilmore
evil than good.
"To cnumcratc the various subjects,
/ which might be introduced into such an ad-
dress, would require thought, andto mention
them to you would be unnecessary, us your
| own Judgment will comprehend all that will
be proper. Whether to touch specially any
of the exceptionabe parts of the constitu.
ton may be doubted. All / shall add, there
fore, at present, is, to beg the favor of you
to consider First the propriety of such an
address; Secondly, ifapprovcd, the several
matters which ought to be contained In it;
Thirdly, the time it should appear; that is,
whether at the declaration of my intention to
| withdraw from the service ofthc public, or
to let it be the closing act ofmy admlnistra-
ton, which will end with the next session Of
Congress the probability being, that that
body will continue sitting until March, when
the house Of Representatives will also dis.
| solve.
"Though do not wish tohurry you, (the
case not presSing.) in the execution ofc!ther
| the publications. before mentioned, yet |
should be glad to hear from you generally
on both, and TO receive them in time, IT you
should not come 10 Philadelphia before the
session commences, IN the form they are
finally to take. beg leave to draw your
attention also to such things as YOU shall
conceive fit subjects for communication Oh
that occasion: and, noting them as they oc-
cur, that YOU would be SO good as 10 fur.
nish me with them in tinclo be prepared and
cngraftcd with others for the opening of the
session.
With ;erv sincere and a.i;cc :onate regards.
am ever Yours,
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
/ At the time ofrccciyiag this letter Mr..
, Madison was at his residence in Virginia.
In compliance with the request contained in
/ ii. he drew up the following paper. carried
| it with him when he returned 10 Congress,
and gave it into the hands Of the President.
Mr.. Madison'& Draft.
The period which VII! close the appoint
mcnt with which my lcIow citizens have
honorcd me, being not vcry distant, and the
time actually arrived al which their thoughts
must be designating the citizen who Is to
administer the executive government Of the
United States during the ensuing term, il
may be requisite to 4 more distinct express
sion Of the public voice that should apprizc
such of my fellow citizens as may retain
their partiality toward me, TINT | am not
to be numbered among those out Of whom
u choice is to be made.
Il beg them TO be assured that the reso-
| luton which dictates this intlmalon has not
been taken without the strIctcst regard to
the relation which, as a dutiful citizen, /
bear to my country and that in withdraw
ing the tender my service which silence
in my situation might imply, ] am not infu-
cnced by the smallest deficiency of zeal for
its future interes.s, or Of grateful! respect for
It's past kindness; but by the fullest persua-
sion that such a step Is compatible with both.
"The impressions under which entered
on the present arduous trust, were explain
cd on the proper occasion. In discharge
of this trust, l can only say that contribu-
ted towards the organization and admins
tration ofthc government, the best exertionS
of which q very f;,lliblc Judgment was capa-
bic. For any errors which may have flow
ed from this source, feel all the regretwhich
an anxiety for the public good can excite;
ao: without the double consolation, however,
arising from consciousness Of their being
involuntary, and experience Of the candor
which will interpret them.
"lfthere were any circumstances, which
could give value tony inferior qualifications