Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-23


choice ot one of these alternatives,
either to refuse them altogether, or to
annronriate a time for the reception of
them The former would, we'll knew,
he digusting to many; the latter, ex-
pect would undergo animadversioD
and blazoning from those who would
6nd fault. with or without cause. To
please everybody was impossible. l
therefore adopted that line of conduct
which combined public advantage with
priyate convenience, and which in my
Judgment was uDexceptionable in itself.
That I have not been able TO make bows
10 the taste of Colonel b. who, by the
by. | believe never saw one 'Nem)
is TO be regretted especially
upon those occasions, they Ne. s
criminstely bestowed, and the
master OF. Would il not
better to throw the veil Of c
them, ascribiDg their stifint
effects of age, or to the nnsk
MY tescher, rather than TO
dignity of Office, which God
no charms for me, For | car
| had rather be at Mount Vernon -..-
friend or two about me, than to be at
tended at the seat of government by the
oficerq Of State and representatives, of
every power in Europe.
"rhese visits are optional. They are
made without invitation. Between the
hours of three and four every Tuesday
am prepared to receive them. Gentle
men, often in great numbers, come
aid 90, chat With each other, and
act IS they please. A porter shows
them into the room, aud they retire
from il when they please, and without
ceremony. At their first entrance,
they salute me, and | them, and
as many as | can talk to, I do. What
pomp there is in this, | am unable to
discover. Perhaps il consists in not
sitting. To this, two reasons are OPP
posed First, it is unusual; secondly,
which is a more substantial one, because
have no room large enough to contain
third Of the chairs which would be
suffieient to admit it. If il is supposed
that ostentation, or The fashions OF courts
(which, by the by, believe originate
oftener in convenience, not to say ne
cessity. than is generally imsgined)
gave rise to this custom, will boldly
sfFirm that no supposition was ever more
enoneou.: for, il / we're 10 give indul-
gence to my incinalion., every moment
that | could withdraw from the fatigue
Of my station siuuld be spent in retire
ment. That it is not, proceeds from the
sense | entertain of the propriety of CIV
ing to every one as free sccess as con-
sisis with that respect which is due to
the chair ot government; and that re-
spcci, | concesye, is neither to be ac-.
qured nor preserved but by observing
q just medium between much state and
too great familiarity"
Washingtou's farewell address Ia The
people Of She United States. delivered
in September. ! z9G, Nhich = Being read
in the Capitol in Washington today,
wss fitting climax to his wonderful
public career. 1t should he read aud re-
read on as many occasions as possible.
1t is IS applicable today as when de-
liyertd He warns US in that address
agairst many dangers which he ioresaw.
Ia the most solemn manner he c9u-
lions succeeding generations against
the baneiul effects Of the spirit Of party. In
these days when there is so much talk OF our
becoming a world power the words OF WASH
ington in this last address should be carefully
studied. In it he sal l.
"The great rue of conduct for us, in regard
to foreign nations is, in extending cur com.
mercial re elions. to have with them as little
political connection as possible.
" 'Tis our true policy TO steer clear OF per-
manent alliances with any portion OF the for
egn world"
Ii seems as though Washington was ordain-
ed and set apart by higher power 10 perform
the great mission which gave to the world a
government. which became at once and sun
remains the beacon light, the hope, the IN
spiraion for all the peoples Of the world who
are struggling for liberty and fDr freedom OF
thought and conscience. I'm no other way
can YOU satisfactorily account for the fact
that he was th- trusted guide who lead these
early patriots, equipped with such won ierful
but diversified intellectual powers, through
the seemingly insurmountable obstacle whicE
confronted them, until he dew them safely
into the possession of free republic, the like
Of which the world has never known. aud
which rests on such stable foundations that
time has strengthened rather than weakened
our all but divine constitution.
Nature needs only Little Early Riser now
and then to keep the bowels clean, the liver
active, and the system free from bile, head
aches, constipation. Early iiiser Pills never