The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-15

Rrsolde1t. Jachsonss Farewell Address.
0snSsal Jactson, following the example Of
washinglon, at his retiring from the Prssi-
descy, issued farewell address, which was
principally devoted to the danger of disuuion,
and the preservation Of harmony and good
fseling between the different sections Of the
country. His exclamation was:
Has the warning voice Of Washington been
forgotten or have designs already b<en form
ed TO sever the Union ! Let II NOT be supposed
that impute u all Of those who have taken
On active part In these unwise aud unprotta-
BILE discussions, q want Of patriotism or Of
public virtue. The honorabie feelings Of State
pride aud local astachments find place In the
6osoms Of the most enlightened and pure
But while such men are conscious Of their own
integrity and honesty of purpose, they ought
never to forget that the citizens OF other Stares
are their political brethren, and that, however
mistaken they may be IN their views, the great
body Of them are equally honest and upright
with themselves.
"Mutnat sus picions and reproaches may, in
time, create mutual hostility, aud artful and
designing men will be always found who are
ready u foment these fatal divisions aud to
infiame the natural jealousies of different sec-
tons Of the country. The history of the world
is full Of such examples, and especially the
history Of republics.
"What have you to gain by division and
dissensionl Delude not yourselves with the
belief that a breach, once made, may be after.
wards repaired. II the Union is once sever
cred, the line of separation will grow wider
and wider, and the controversies which are
now debated and settled in the halls of legisla-
tion will then be tried in fields OF battle, and
determined by the sword. Neither should you
deceive yourselves with the hope that the first
line Of separation would be the permanent
one, and that nothing but harmony and con-
cord would be found in the new associations
formed upon the dissolution of this Union.-
Local Interests would still DO found there, and
unchastened ambition. And il the recoliec-
ton OF common dangers in which the people
of these United States stood side by side
against the common foe the memory Of VIC
tories won by their united valOr; the pros
perity and happiness they have enjoyed under
the present CONSTITUTIONS the proud name
they tear as citizens Of this great Republic-if
all those recollections and proofs OF common
interest are not strong enough to bind US TO-
gether as one people, what tie will hold
united the new division of empire when these
bonds have been 6roken aud the Union dis
severed
"The first lines cooperation would not last for
a single generation; new fragments would be
torn OH, new leaders would spring up, aud this
great and glorious Republic would soon be
broken into multitude OF petty States, with
out commerce, without credit. jealous OF one
another, armed for mutual aggressions, loaded
with taxes to pay armies and leaders, seeking
aid against each other from foreign Powers,
insulted and trampled upon by the nations OF
Europe, until, harassed by conflicts, and
hum bed and debased in spirit. they would be
ready to submit to the absolute dOminiS of
any military adventurer, and to surrender
their liberty for the sake OF repose.
sit is impossible to look on the conseQ uen-
ces that would inevitably follow the destruc-
tion OF this Government, and not feel indig-
nant when we hear cold calculations about
the value of the Union, and have SO constant
ly before us u line OF conduct SO we'll calcu.
lated to weaken its ties.''