Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-11-15
FATHER MATHEWS FAREWELL ADDRESS.
To the Citizens of the United lStates:

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f To the Citizens Of The United &ates:
Dearly Bsloped Friends My mission amongst you closes
.odsy cannot take my final departure from the shores Of
your great and country without publicly recording
deep and grateful appreciation Of the generous
the delicate attention, and the unremlttng Kindness which
have experienced In every section Of this vast Union The
noble reception which you have spontaneously rendered 70
stranger known only as humble missionary in the cause
Of moral REFORM proves the devotion OF your people 20 ne
interests Of humanity however feeby ang mas
endeaed Amerca and her people TO me by thousand ties
sacred for uterance Though the renewed stacks o.
painful and nsdous pslady have rendered impossible hat
could (wihout imminent danger to my e) make those
public exerions which spared by me IN the
Of my health and Of my vgor yet thank Heaven have
been in adding to the ranks Of temperance over
sx hundred thousand Disciples in America. have been
much heered during the past week BY the receipt Of
from all parts Of the States. bearing unmpeachable testimony
the strict fidelity with which this voluntary obligation -
observed need scarcely add that virtue and the duties
which religion nculcaes together with peace plenty, do
mesic comfort health, and happiness have every where fo
lowed in its train sE s8t ie tia1ka#4all ax {44.
cannot omit this opportunity Of bearing my grateful est
mony the generous and valuable cooperation which have
received in the prosecution Of mission nom the public
press America Whatever may be the party or sectional
diff that separate those influential expostors OF public
opinion all recognised in the simple principle which enun
cisted common ground Of paternal union, and acting In
that Christian spirit have, with scarcely an excepion ever
Of temperance emphaicay the cause Of virtue, paot-
ism, and morality. If the aectionse sympathy and knd-
Of the American people have a All times been
y extended during my tour how much more intense
has this noble feeling the period approached for
departure How find language 10 hank the generous
the hgh-soued the noble Henry Cy-my dsnteresed ad
vocae my dearly cherished friend How express the
measure Of my obligation to the benevolent William Corco
ran, Of Washington to the pubcsprted and philsntho
pic Henry Grlnne to your merchant princes, E. X Collins
and Robert Kermit to the amabls and gifted archbishop Of
New York. whose delicate and unTemittng attention will
never be forgotten BY his honord guest to the host Of kind
friends in this city, in Philadelphia Boston, Albany, New
Orleans St. Louis Cincinnati and through the Union. who
have responded Mr. Cays appeal and in their farewell
present have furnished memorial Of gratitude and generosity
too highly appreciated object of their sympathy and
soctudetoo deeply engraven his heart to be acknow
lodged n the hscknyed phrases sanctioned BY conventional
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There emotions ofgratude inense for language to-
convey were it otherwise, gladly would attempt give
expression Of my profound thanks to my gifted and amiabe
country woman, Miss Catharne Hays Never will forget
the sympathy felt by that undetermined lady, the spona
neous generosity (so characteristic Of her Irish hearty which
prompted her recent grateful and substantial compliment
Never will this noble act be forgotten by Father Mathews and
when his earthly pilgrimage over, when his sewardshp
ceases. and be is called to state Of future existence where
even the envencmed shaft of the sandeer each long
may her honored name be pronounced with gratitude and
respect BY the sons and daughters Of that beaueous isle
most afectionaey tender few words Of parting advice.
You have my dearly beloved friends relinqushed the land
your BIRTH endeared you by thousand fond "reminiscences
to seek on these distant shores that for industry
here With 5oundess field Of profitable employment and
every nducement held out to perseveng industry You are
received and welcomed into the great American family with
feelings Of sympathy kindness, and friendship After few
years you become citizens Of this eat republic, whose vast
teorai extent abounds in all the materials Of mineral
Aculura and commercial wealth the to honor and
fame are Literally thrown open you and your children, and
impedment save Of your own creaon exists TO prevent
attaining the highest social and civic distinctions and
will any longer permit those glorious opportunities pass
unnproved rather, will you BY studying self respect
and acquiring habits suited your position, aspire
reflect honor alike the land oyour birth and Of adop
ton? implore you as would with my dying breath,
discard forever those foolish divisions those nsensae
res those facous bois oo often, alss the fruits Of ntem.
Perance 10 which your country is disgrced the peace ani
order Of society violated and the laws OF Heaven amped
and outraged Oh how painful is the contrast between the
feelings which generate those foolish local anmosies amongst
the common inhabitants of country the entire Of which
would buform nconsderabe section of some Of the larger
States Of this Unon and that broad and comprehensive spirit
of patriotism which makes every inhaban of this mighty
public from the Atlantic the Pacific, from Maine Cali
fornia, glory in the title Of an American citizen
Friends and fellow -countrymen now bid you reluctant
6nal farewell few hours will separate from
the hospable shores Of America forever Icary with
the poor old country feelings Of respect and attachment for
Its people that neither time distance obliterae C
zens OF the United States erveny pray that the Almighty
Dsposer OF human events whose hands the desniee
OF nations, may continue those blessings and yors which
you have 50 long enjoyed that your progress in every p
and public virtue NAV keep pace with your
prosperity that you and your chdens children may
true to the destiny that awaits you and TO the spirit Of
those Institutions under the fostering Of which you
50 rapidly progressed May your country still extend the
hand OF succo to the helpless exile, afford asylum the
persecuted and home to the oppresed and thus nsepar
ably connect her future destiny with the interests Of universal
humanity. l etHffe 81 fa s3i t Ff sq s. aaT
Citizens of the United States, and beloved countrymen,
again adeu May Heaven pour its choicest bessings on
favored land is the farewell prayer Of your devoted and
af,cdonate friend, THEOBALD MATHEW.
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