The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-01-17
Gen. Jackson's Farewell Address
to the People Of the U. States.
FelloW Citizens:

HettoU CttlzehS'
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 l have received at your
hands. 1t has been my fortune, in the dis.
9hsrge of public duties, civil aud military,
frequently to have found myself in difficult
and trying situation, where prompt decision
and e~nergetio action were necessary, and
where the interests Of the country required
that high responsibilities should be fearless
ly encountered; and it is with the deenest
emotions of gratitude thatI acknowledge the
continued and unbroken confidence with
which you have sustained me in every trial.
Ny public life has been a long one, and l
cannot hope that it has at all times been
free from errors.
But have the consolation ofkncwing that
if mistakes have been committed, they have
not seriously injured the country / so anx-
iously endeavored to serve; and at the mo-
ment VIXEN l surrender my last public trust,
leave this great people prosperous and
happy; in the full enjoyment of liberty and
peace; and honorcd and respected by every
nation Of the world.
If my humble efforts have, in any degree,
contributed to preserve to you these bless.
ings, | have been more than rewarded by
the honor you have heaped upon me; and,
above all, by the generous confidence with
which you have supported me in every per.
il, and with which you have continued to
animate and cheer my path to the closing
hour Of my political life. The time has now
come, when advanced aye and a broken
frame warn me to retire from public con-
Germs; but the recollection Of the many "a
vo,s you have bestowed upon me is engra-
ven upon my heart, and l have felt that |
could not part from your service without ma.
king this Observation-Disclosures of the graf.
itude l owe you. And if | use the occasion
to offer to you the c%ounsels of age and ex.
perlence, you will, | trust, receive them with
the same indulgent Kindness which you
have so often extended TO me; and will, a
least, see in them an earnest desire to per-
petuate, in this favored lands the blessings
ofliberty and equal laws.
We have 10Y lived almost City years I'm,
der the constitution framed by the sages anc
patriots Of the revolution. The conflicts II
which the nations of Europe were engaged
during n great part Of this period; the spiri
which they waged war with each other; anc
our Intimate commercial connections with
every part of the civilized world, rendered
t a time OF much difficulty for the govern
ment Of the United States. We have had
our seasons of peace and war, with all tht
evils which precede or follow u state of hos
tility with powerful nations. We encoun
tered these trials with our constitution We
in its infancy, and under the disa vantage
which a new and untricd government mus
always feel when it is called to put forth it,
whole strength, without the lights of expo
rience to guide it, or the weight of prece.
dent to justify its measures. But we hav,
passed triumphantly through all these diff
~cultles. Our constitution is no longer
doubtful experiment; and at the end OF near
ly half a century, we find that it has pre-
served %unimpaired the liberties OF the PEG
pie secured the rights of property, and tina
our country has improved, and is flourish
ing beyond any former example in the his
tory O nations.
In our domestic concerns, there is every
thing tie encourage us; and if you are tru'
to yourselves, nothing can impede you.
march to the highest point of n%ational pros
perity. The states which had so long beer
retarded in their improvement. by the In
dian tribes residing in the midst of them
are at length relieved from the evil; and thi
unhappy race-the original jewellers in GU
land-are now placed in a situation wher,
we may we'll hope that they will share in til
blessings of civilization, and be saved from
that degradation and destruction to whic'
they were rapidly Fastening while they re
NAMED in the states; and while the safet,
and comfort of our W citizens have BEEF
greatly promoted by their removal, thu
philanthropist will rejoice that the rem
nant Of that i'll -fated race has been at length
placed beyond the reach Of injar7 or oppres
sion, and hat the paterual care OF the gen
eral government will hereafter watch owe
them and protect them.
IF we turn to our relations with foreig
powers, we find our condition equally graf
flying. Actuated by the sincere desire t
do justice 10 every nation, and to preserv
the blessing Of peace, our intercourse wit
them has been conducted on the pat Of thi
government in the spirit of frankness. an
1 take pleasure in saying that it has gener
ally been met in a cerre spending temper
Difficulties of old standing have been SUI
mounted by friendly discussion and the mu
2 tual desire to be just; and the claims Of GU
citizens, which had been long withheld
have at length been acknowledged and al
justed, and satisfactory arrangements mad