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President Jachson,s Farewell Addres,

President Jackson's Farewell Address.
General Jackson, following the example Of
Washington, at his retiring from the Presi-
denoy, issued Farewell Address, which was
principally devoted to the danger Of disuniou,
and TO the preservation Of harmony and good
feeling between the different sections of tho
country. His exclamation was:
"Has the warning voice of Wash
ington been forgotten 2 or have de
aigus already been formed to sever the
Union2 Let 1t not be supposed that i'm
pute to all of those who have taken an active
part in these unwise and Improbable discus
sions, want Of patriotism or Of public virtue
The honorable feelings of State pride and local
attachments find place in the bosoms of the
NOSE enlightened and pure. But while such
men are conscious Of their own integrity and
honesty Of purpose, they ought never to forge,
that the citizens Of other States are their po.
nticai brethren; and that however mistaken
they may be in their views, the great body OF
inem are equally honest and upright With
themselves.
Mutual suspicious and reproaohes may in
tune create mutual hostility, and artful and
designing mon will always be found who are
infame the natural jealousies of different sec
tions of the country The history of the
world is full of such examples, and especial.
the history of Republics.
"What have you to gain by division and dis
aensionf Delude not yourselves with the be-
lief that breach, once made, may be after
ward repaired. IL the Union is once severed,
the line Of separation will grow wider and
wider, and the controversies which are no.
debated and settled in the halls Of legislation
will then be tried in fields of battle, and de
termined by the sword. Neither should you
deceive yourselves with tho hope that the fir.
line Of separation would be the permanen'
one, and that nothing but harmony and con-
cord would be found in the new associations
formed upon tho dissolution OF this Union
Local interests would still be found there, and
unchastened ambition. And if the rec0llec-
tion of common dangers, in which the people
ofthese United States stood side by ideagains'
the common foe; the memory of victories wen
by their united vaor; the prosperity and hap
piness they have enjoyed under ti.c
present Constitution /; the proud nanle
they bear as citizens Of this great Repub
lic--if all these recolections and proofs Of
common interest are not strong enough to bind
us together as one people, what tie will hold
united the new divisions Of empire, when
these bonds have been broken and the Union
discovered? The first line of separation
would not last for single generation; new
fragments would be torn of, new Leaders
would spring up, and this great and glorious
republic would soon be broken into a multi
sude of petty States, without commerce,
without credit, jealous Of one another, armed
pHRe Sfesn powers nsuteS and
trsmpled upon by the nations Of Europe until
harrasssd by conflicts, and humbled and do.
based IN spirit, they would be ready 20 sub.
NIT 70 the absolute dominion Of any military
aoVentlrer, and to surrender their liberty fn,
tpe gake of repose.
"ltis impossible to look on the censequeu ces
that would inevitably follow the destruction
OF this government, and not feel indignar
wnen We hear cold calculations about The
value Of the Union, and have so constantly y
oetcre us line Of conduct so well calculate
to weaken its ties."
The hiPpant remarks made by disputsn,s
daily in the halls of Congress, is peculiarly =
unerateful from the degenerate sons Of
American patriots, who would have proferre d
thst their tongues should have blistered, an
that their arms should have palsed, than i,
breathe the upfraternal mutterings and NAL,
the wicked adjurations of disuniou, that SHOCK
oa SO frequently since the attempt has been
making to organize Congress.
We hope the warning words of washingto
and those ofJackson will be re-read, and that
wholesome public opinion will operate as a
check on any continuance Of sectional strife.