South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-18
FAREWELL ADDRESS
of Andrew jackson,

FAREWELL ADDRESS
of Andrew jackson,
To the People Of the United States.
FELLOW CITIZENS: Being about to
retire finally from Public life, l beg
& leave to offer you my grateful thanks
for the many proofs of kindness and
confidence which I have received at
your hands. Ithas been my fortune,
in the discharge of public duties, civil
i end military, frequently to have found
8myselfin difficult and trying situations,
where prompt decisions and energetic
action were necessary, and where the
interest of the country required that
4 high responsibilities should be fearless
4 " encountered and is with the deep
est emotions of gratitude that j acknowl-
q edge the continued and unbroken con-
fdence with which you have sustained
me in every trial. My public life has
beena long one, and cannot hope thai
it9, h.. OF all times, been free from err
rors. But I have the consolation of
knowing that, if mistakes have been
committed, they have not seriously in
iured the country I soanxiously endea-
yored to serve; and, at the moment
when surrender my last public trust,I
leave this great people prosperous and
happy; in the full enjoyment of liber-
" and peace ; and honored and respec-
fed by every nation Of the world.
Ifmy humble efforts have, in any
degree, contributed to preserve to you
these blessings, / have been more than
rewarded by the honors you have heap
ca upon me and, above all, 4 BY yyJtahf f s1a
nsro,,T 9o me in every peril, and with
s Inch YOU have continued to animate
md cheer my path to the closing hoar
! ~ ,. ea. life. The time has
now come, when advanced age ana a
hoken frame warn me to retire rom
ss,hl;c concerns; but the recollection OF
fhe many favors you have bestowed &c
MON me is engraven upon my heart,
Nd I have felt that could not Parl
from your service without making tnls
nublic acknowledgment ofthe srau1ooe
{ owe you. And if use the occasion ssa SO
q offer to you the counsels Of age anu ~
synsrience YOU will, trust receive
M, With he same indulgent kindness
hich VOL, have so often extended t
ne: and will, at least, see IN them a!
sarnest desire to perpetuate, m TN
| favored land, the blessings OF hnert,
| and equal laws.
We have now lived almost fifty yea
under the constitution framed by tn
sages and patriots of the Revolution
RE conflicts in which the nations
Enrope were engaged during a gre
mart Of this period the spirit IN who
they waged war against each othe
md our intimate commercial conne
IONS with every part Of the ciylil n
world. rendered it time OF much dll
. Guilty for the Government OF the on I'M,
gtates. We have had our seasons
peace and of war, with all the e'
which precede or follow a state ,s o. n ,
tility with powerful nations. we
eountered these trials with our con.
lion vet in its infancy, and unoer -
!, disadvantages which new and uh IN
1 ii Govayni31ent must always feel WI
- called upon to put forth its WI
&Hyth, without the lights o. EXP ,slS
!. knce to guide it, or the weight o. p pre-
Aents to Justify its measures;-bu,t
= have passed triumphantly through l.o
these difficulties. Our conS'ltuuol
y IA LONGER doubtful experiment,
4 the end of nearly half a century
Snd lint it has preserved unimpaa
HE Liberties Of the people, secu ae,,
lights ofproperty, and that our h; eou
hss improved and is fourlshing
a0' sond any former example ~ 'Ae =
ar, by of nations.
OF In our domestic concerns Wy ~
~ xve err to encourage u.s. al al
u" Van sre true to yourselves, nothinl
Impede s5s You your n march to the highest js
r. . II national prosperity. The e. :
which had 50 long been retaIoe
r g. ,he; r involvement We by the Indian
IN residing in the midst Of them, :.
~. Ieagth relieved from the evil an IN
{" ,tnbanpy racs--ths original q d"
- as,r piissnaware now placed IN q
~. atio ooa where i we may well hope
~" shsv viii share in the blessings
r on s.i s and be saved from that q: ,
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