Evening journal., 1900-02-14

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juncture be deprived of the inestima-
pie advantage Of having you at the
head of its councils"
Nevertheless, there was the incep.
ton OF the Idea later embodied in
what is undoubtedly the greatest
american state paper, the Tooth an
nNersary OF whose PRONUNCIATION was
celebrated recently throughout the
length and breadth of the land by
patriotic meetings of citizens. exer.
cises in schools and the display of
flags Mr.. Madison, however. was not
the collaboration in the Farewell AID.
dress we cherish as our inheritance
from Washington.
II is we'll known that early in
1886, with -four more years of trou.
blesome and laborious administration
Of the young nations affairs, in the
] face of waring factions, Washington
made the unalterable determination
to retire, and with it returned the idea
Of a farewell expression to his coun-
try. He had now a wider range OF
experience and more extended appre.
hension of the dangers threatening
the republic. This time he did not
ask favor of Mr.. Madison, from
whom he had become estranged, but
turned to the ablest of his cabinet,
that most polished statesman, Alex.
ander Hamilton.
In q letter from New York. May 10.
i Hamilton said: when last in Phila.
delphia you mentioned a certain pa.
per which you had prepared. As it is
important that such a thing of this
kind should be done with great care
and much at leisure, touched and re.
touched, | submit a wish that as soon
as you have given it the body you
wish it to have 1t may be sent to me-"
Washington, on the 18th, sent the ad.
dress, of which he retained a draft,
asking Hamilton to curtail If too yer.
bose, and relieve it Of all tautology not
necessary to enforce the ideas In the
original"
Repeatedly the manuscript passed
back and forth, with marginal notes,
! thoughts added, phrases cut out, crit.
cisms exchanged. One day he quoted
from Washington, who ran his pen
through the clause with this remark:
"Obliterated to avoid imputation of
affected modesty."
The Daily Advertiser, of New York,
was selected as the medium of pub.
LEGATION. On Sept. 10 he sent for his
editor, David c. Claypoole, explained
to him the Manuscript and requested
to see the proofs before publication.
On the morning of the 18th of Sep
TENDER the Advertiser contained tho
address-that Of the first printed
cory. There was no display about it.
not even a postscript" as important
news was headed in the newspapers OF
those days.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant Johnston,
the historical expert on Washing
tonia. and the author of that curious
volume on Washington lore Wash
ingtOn Day by Day" writing recently
OF the final destination of the manu-
script. said: When Claypoole re-
turned the manuscript he begged and
received permission to retain it. On
his death it was purchased by James
Lenox, of New York, and is now in the
Lenox Library among it's treasures.
Mr.. Lenox printed for private circula-
ton. an edition de luxe of the address,
with the two portraits of Washington
in his possession"
On this paper was Endorsed the fol-
lowing words in Washington's hand
writing, which were designed as an
instruction to the copyist. who re
corded the address In the Letter book:
: The letter confined in this gazette,
addressed To the people Of the Unit
ed States. is to be recorded, and in the
order Of it's date. Let it have a blank
page before and after 1t, so as to stand
distinct Let it be written with a let
ter larger and fuller than the common
recording hand. And where words are
printed in capital letters, 1t is to be
doRe SO in recording. And those other
words, which are printed in italics.
must be scored underneath and
straight by a ruler"
Historian Sparks testified to the pa.
per's being whole In the handwriting
Of Washington, and a sample page is
herewith produced in facsimile to
illustrate how this famous manuscript
looks. Printer Claypoole thus de-
scribed It:
THE manuscript copy consists Of
thirty-two pages Of quarto letter pa
per sewed together as a book, and
with many alterations, as in some
places whole paragraphs are erased
and others substituted; in others.
many lines struck out; in others, sen.
fences and words erased, and others
interlined In their stead. The tenth.
eleventh and sixteenth pages are al.
most entirely expunged. saving only a
few lines, and one-half OF the thirty.
first page is also efaced