Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-16

Mr.. Hapley, of the Bucyrus, CO..
Journal. has collected with great care
and patience the writings and say
ings Of George Washington touching
the question of whether we are ma
ton or not. The result of his careful
labors has n special intcscst in these
times since the ruling Democracy ESQ
called of to-day has so pointcdly af-
tirmcd from the lips of many of its
oraclcS. very recently. that this is not
Il nation.
j., Washington. in letter TO the Gov
crnOr of the several States. dated
June 8. l773, said:
/ First. The foundation of our En-.
PRE- was not laid in the glowing age
of Ignorance, etc.
Second. At this anspicious period
the United States came into existence
rs nation.
! Third. there is still an
option left to thcCnitrd States wheth-
or they will be respectable and pros
porous or contemplate and misera.
bic as a nation.
! Fourth. II is only our united char
actor as an Empire that our indcpcn.
dencc is acknowledged.
Fifth. Let us then as a nation he
just.
The letter closes as follows:
Sixth. The Divine Author
Of our blessed religion. and without
an humble imitation of whose exam.
pie in these things we can never hope
to be happy nation.
In these quotations there is afford.
cd ample evidence that Washington
had but one opinion as to our unity
and nationality. Again. on the DC.
casion of the resigning of his com.
mand TO Congress. Dec %. 1871,
said:
/ Seventh. n And pleased
with the opportunity afforded the
/ United States Of becoming a respccta.
bic nation l resign, etc.
Two years later, Oct. .l7S5. in a Let,
ter TO James Warren, he used the fol.
lowing language:
Eighth. Sufficient pow.
ers TO order and direct the affairs OF
the nation.
Ninth. That we have il in oni
power to be one of the most respccta-
Bile potions upon the earth, etc.
On the 3Oth November, same year
in letter to Madison, he wrote:
Tenth. We are either a united pco.
pie, or we are not so. If the former,
let us in all matters of general con-
Germ. act as a nation, which has a na-
Hoa0l character to support,
Eleventh. do not see as we can
long exist as a nation without, etc.
TO Charles COieswOrth Pipckncy.
June IL. l7SS:
Twelfth. To render the
nation happy at home and rcspccta-
BILE abroad.
Then, as President IF the United
States. he said. in his inaugural ad-
dress, April 30, 1888:
Thirteenth. Every step by which
they ttho people of the United Statcs)
advanced to the charactpr Of an indie
pendent mutton, seems 10 have been.
etc.
Again, October -, 1901, in his mes
sage TO both houses Of Congress, hc
remarked.
Fourteenth, and YOU will
have obscrycd,'with no less interest.
new and decisive proofs Of the in
crcasing reputation and credit a.
nation.
In announcing National Thanks
giving, the following significant lam
guage occurred
Fifteenth. that we NAV
all unite in rendering unto Him our
sincere thanks for His kind care and
protection Of the people of this conn
Try. pfcgfops 70 Nrir bcromiog no-
HQ0.
And IN his farewell addrcsssslhc fol- /
lowing significant and memorable |
words occur:
Sixteenth. The combinations to
control the acts % constituted author
itics) serve 10 put the will of party |
in the place of the delegated will of
The nation.
Seventeenth, II will DO worthy of
a free, enlightened, AMI at 10 distant
period great D0tion, 10 give man
kind the example, etc.