Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-03-22
WASHINGTON.

"I'he end OF the snme year O796) witnessed
the resignation the Presidency OF the United
States of America by General Washington and
his voluntary retirement into private life. Mo.
dern history has not so spo,lcss character to
commemorate. Invincible in resolution, firm in
conduct, incorruptble in integrity he brought
to the helm of a victorious republic the smpi.
city and innocence of rural life he was forced
into greatness by circumstances, rather than
led into it by inclination, and prevailed over his
enemies rather by the wisdom of his designs
and the perseverance Of his character, than any
extraordinary genius for the art of war. a
soldier from necessity and patriotism rather than
disposition, he was the first to recommend re.
turn To pacific councils when the Independence
of his country was secured and bequeathed TO
his countrymen an address, on leaving their
government, to which there is no composition
OF uninspred wisdom which can bear a cornpa.
rison. He was modest without dlfiidence, sen.
slbc to the voice of fame without vanity; in.
dependent end dignfcd without either asperity
or pride. He was friend to liberty, but not
RIGHTEOUSNESS, not to dreams of enthusiasts but
to those practical IDEAS which America had in.
hcrted from her Enolels descent, and which
were opposed to nothing so much as the extra.
vagnnt love of power in the French Democracy
Accordingly, after having signaized his life by
successful resistance to Enelis oppression, he
closed it BY the warmcst advice to cultivate the
friendship of Great Britain and by his casting
vote. shortly before his resignation ratified
between the mother country and It's emanci.
pated offspring. Tie was Cromwell without
his ambition Sylla without his crimes: and,
after having raised his country, by his exertions
TO the rank of an independent state, closed his
career by voluntary REIMBURSEMENT of the
power which grateful people had bestowed.
| IL is the highest glory OF England to have Civ.
en- birth, even amid transatlantic wilds to such
a man and if she cannot number him among
those who have extended her provinces or
augmented her domlnions, she may at least feel
a legitimate pride in the victories which he a.
chcved, and the great qualities which he ex.
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with satisfaction in the reflection that the vast
empire, which neither the ambition of Louis
! XIV nor the power of Napoleon could dismcm.
bcr, received It's first rude shock from the cou-
rage which she had communicated TO her ow n
offspring; and that, amid the convulsions and
/ revolutions Of other states, real liberty has
| risen in that country alone which inherited in
It's veins the genuine principles Of British tree
dcm.--Aiison's History Of Europe.
SINGULAR Cure pcR llrAp.CHE II had a
violen, headache, which the captain undertook
TO cure, and he certainly succeeded. lie madc
me sit down, seized hold of my caput and, pa.
cling a thumb on each OF my temporal arteries
pressed them in such way as to almost s,oT
the whole circulation ofmy blood; lie then d.
rectcd me To heare as Tong a sieh as I could
and | walked in TO dinner completely cured
have seen ladies' IN this country, whilst sui
ferlng under such malady, appear with wafe
stuck on each temple, which, presume, wa
only m'lder way than my friend the captai,
employed of driving off this tnrrnen,or M,
Adventures, by Colonel Maxwell X. II.
SPEAK KisDly.-Speak kindly to thy bro
ther man, for he has many cares thou dost III
know many sorrows thine eye hast not seen
ard gre' may be knawlng at his heart.stringS
which ere long will snap thcm in sunder. q
speak kindly To him Perhaps a word from the,
will kindie the light ot joy IN his overshadowe,
heart, and make his pathway 10 the tomb plea
cant one. Speak kindly to thy brother man, e
ven though sin has marrcd the spirits brant,
aud turned into dscurd the once perfect harmo
ny Of his being IIarshness can never reclaim
him. Kindness will, For Tar down, beneati
all his dcpravily, there still llnyp:s spark q
the spirits lovelness, that one word from the,
may kindle to flame which Will eventually pu
rify the whole man, and make him what he wa
destined To be, the true spiritual image of IN
God. Speak kindly, act kindly to all, wirhou
asking who he may be. 1t is enough for the
10 know that he belongs to the curnmon brother
hood of man, and needs thy sympathy. The
give it to him treely--ah, freely as thy Father
t who is in heaven, giveth TO thee.-LOtoeH Qj
r Jering.
PROFOUND RErLY-A stranger asked a coun
tryman, whom he saw mendng a road nea
\ Ross, where the road went to = The country
: man replied, 4 don't know, eur ! finds II her
when comes to work in the morning, aud
leaves it here al night, but where it goes to i