The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-04
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- Farewell Address.

pOlLlcdl llIcs my loOAiAoS w Aio'
me to suspend the deep acknowledge
ment of that debt of gratitude which
owe to my beloved country, for the
many honors it has conferred upon me;
still more for the steadfast confidence
with which it has supported me; and for
the opportunities I have thence enjoyed
of manifesting my inviolable attach
unent, by services faithful and perse-
vering, though in usefulness uneqoai
ito nv zeal. IF benefits have resulted
to our country from these services, let
it always be remembered to your praise
and as an instructive example IN our
annals that under circumstances IN
which the passions, agitated in every
direction, were liable to nislead amidst
appearances sometime dubious, vicissi-
tudes of fortune often discouraging--in
situations in which 'Vnot unfrequently,
want of success has Icountenanced the
.pirit of critica thatthe constancy OF
your arrows awas the essential prop of
.ybeS eh.leveeand guarantee Of the
: plans bb5g'9 (Which they were effected.
Profoundly penetrated with this idea'
shall carry it with me to my grave as a
strong Indictment to unceasing vows
that heaven may continue to you the
choicest tokens of it's beneficence-
that YOUR union and brotherly affection
NAV be perpetual-that the free con-
s+;tptia. which is the work of your
/ hands. may be sacredly maintained
TINT iii administration in every depart
, ment nay be stamped with wisdom and
y;rtue4-ti,at, iii fine, the happiness OF
u the rople of these States under the
ausoi les of liberty, may be made COM
plete ,y so careful a preservation and
10 nr,dent use of this blessing, as
will a.quire to them the glory of recon-
mendng it to the applause, the affection
and adoption of every nation which is
vet stranger to it.
Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But
:. a solicitude for your welfare, which
J cannot end but with my life, and the
/ ,nnrehension of danger, natural to that
4 solic;tude, urge me, on an occasion like
the present, to offer to your solemn
contemplation, and to recommend to
vour frequent review, some sentiments
-rb;cb are the result of much reflection,
,f no inconsiderable observation, and
which appear to me all important to the
permanency of your felicity as
neople. These will be offered to you
with the more freedom, as you can only
seq in them the disinterested warnings
ef a parting friend, who can possibly
hive no personal motive to bias his
counsel. Nor can | forget, as ar
encouragement to it, your indulgeni
reception of my sentiments on former
md not dissimilar occasion.
..Tnterwomen as is the love of liberty
with every ligament of your hearts, M
recommendation of mine is necessary
TO fortify or confirm the attachment.
tTAe unity Of government which con
I s,itu,es you one people, is also now dea
asou. 1t is Justly so; tor u Is ma'i
in. the ediice of yonr real indePen'
ie; the support of your tranquility a
-. e; your peace abroad; OF your safety
;our prosperity; of that very libert.
hich you so highly prize. But, as it i
Law to fotesee, that from different causes
q from different quarters, much pain
1tbe taken, many articles employed, t
AIKEN in your minds the conviction c
!, truth as this is the point in you
tcalT fortress against which the bate
1 { internal and external enemies wi
Mslost constantly and actively (thosS
sn covertly and insidiously) dire
Sis Of infinite moment, that you sh' \,
petly estimate the immense value
national union to your collective
"a yidual happiness; that you sho0ld c
,st a cordial, habitual and immoves J