The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-21

tic, and interests So anoJner, tt4itU luull-
dations of our national policy will be laid in the
pure and immutable principles Of private NOR
al1ty and the pre-em1nence or tre3 government
be exemplitied by all the attributes which can
win the affections of it's citizens, and command
the respect of the world. dwell on this pros
pect with every satisfaction which an ardent
love for my country can inspire; since there is
no truth more thoroughly established than that
there exists in the economy and course of nature
an indissOluble union b< tween virtue and hap
piness-betWeen duty and advantage-between
the genuine maXims of an honest and ma9nani-
NOUS policy, and the solid rewards Of public
prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no
less persuaded that the prOpitOus smiles of
heaven can never be expected on nation that
disregards the eternal rules of order and right
which heaven itself has ordained and since the
preservation OF the sacred tire of liberty, and
the destiny of the republican model of govern
| ment, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps
as finally, staked on the experiment intrusted
to the hands of the American people.
Besides the ordinary OBJ ects submitted to
your care, it will remain with your Judgment to
decide, how far an exercise OF the occasional
power delegated by the fifth article Of the Con-
stitution is rendered expedent at the present
Juncture, by the nature of objections which
have been urged against the system, or by the
degree of inquietude which has given birth to
them. Instead OF undertaking particular rec
concentrations this subject, in which
could be guided by no lights derived from official
opportunities. shall again give way to my
tire confidence in your diScernment and pursuit
of the public good; for, assure myself, that
while you carefully avoid every alteration which
might endanger the benefits Of an united and
effective government, or which ought to await
the future lessons of experience, q reverence
for the characteristic rights of freemen and q
regard for the public harmony, will sufficiently
influence your deliberations the question,
how far the former can be more impregnably
fortified, the latter be safely and advantage
Ously promoted.
ITO the preceding observations have one to
add, which will be most properly addressed to
the House of Representatives. 1t concerns my
self, and will, therefore. he as brief as possible.
When was first honored with O. call into the
service Of my country, then on the of an
arduous struggle for it's liberties, the light In
which l COM emplated my duty required that
shou renounce every pecunary compensation.
From this resolution have in no instance de-
parted and being still under the Impressions
which produced it, l must decline, inappli-
cable to myself any share in the personal emol-
uments which may be indispensably included
in @ permanent provision for the executive de-
partment; and must accordingly pray that the
pecuniary estimates for the station in which /
am placed. may, during my continuance in it,
be limited to such actual expenditures as the
public good may be thought to require.
Having thus impaired to you my sentiments.
| as they have been awakened by the occasion
which brings us together, I shall take my pres
emit leave; but rot without resorting once more
to the benign Parent of the human race, in
humble supplication, that, since he has been
pleased to favor the Americ an people with OPP
portunities for celebrating in perfect tranquil
lily, and dispositions for deciding, with unpar-
alleled unanimity, on q form of government for
the security of their Union and the advance
ment of their happiness, so his divine blessing
may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged
views, the temperate consultations, and the
wise measures on which the success of this
Coy eminent must depend"
COMMANDER OF THE ARMY.
After the expiration of his second Presden-
tia1 term. Washington retired to he tranquil
shades of Mount Vernon fondly INDUCING the
hope that the remainder of his days would be
peacefully enjoyed in his much cherished home ;
but these pleasing anticpations were not al
lowed to remain long undisturbel. In 1898 the
conduct of the French Directory and it's ennis
saries led to frequent difficulties with his coun-
try, which were calculated to provoke war
and the opinion universally entertained that