Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-22
SATURDAY. F'EBRu AIRY y. 1915.
WAShINGToN'S FAREWELL
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ADDRESS.
 Here. perhaps, 1 ought to stop; but a sulicitudr for your welfare. which cannot end but with my life. and the apprehension of dan ger natural to that solicltude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn rontemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments. which are the result of much reflection, of no lncon- siderable ubserVationn. and when appear to me all-important to the permanency of your fellclty as a ueople. These will be afforded to YOU with the more freedom, as you can only see in them the dls- interested warnings of a parting friend, who can possibly have no personal motive to bias his cOun- sel: nor can I forget, as an en- rouragement to it, your lndulg- cnt reception of my sentiments on a former and not dlsslmllar occasion.
 Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of yOur hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
 Preservation of the Union:
 The unity of government. which constitutes you one people. IS also now dear to you. It IS just ly so; for it is a main pillar III inc edifice of your real lndeppnd- cnce--the support of your tran- nuility at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to fOresee that, from different causes and from differ ent quarters, much pains will be taken, many artitices employed, to weaken in your minds the con- viction of this truth: as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of ln- ternal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (thoueh often cnvertly and insid- iously) directed--it is of infinite moment that you should properly. estimate the immense value of your national union to your col Iectivr and individual happiness: that you should cherish cordial. habitual and immovable attach ment to it: arcustomine yo'lr- selves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your pnlitic safety and prosperity: watching for it's preservation with jealous anxiety: discnuntenanclng what ever may suggest even suspicion that il can. in any event. be aban- dOnpd: and indignantly drowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest. OF to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various
 Fdr this yolI have evrryinduco- meht of svmDathy and int"rest. Citizeffs 43y birth OF choice of a common country. that country has right to concentrate your affections. The name of Amer ica. which belongs to you in your national rapacity.must always "x-- alt the just pride of patriotism, more tlran 'anNa appelfa ion derlv- cd from local discrimmatlonS. With slight shades Of''difference, you have the same religion. man. ners. habits and political prin- ciples. You have. in a common cause. fought and triumphed to- gether: the independence and lib. erty you possess are the work Of joint counSels and joint efforts, of common dangers. sufferlngs and successes.
 Encroachments by the Govern-
 ment.
 It is important, likewise. that inc habits of thinking, in free country. should inspire caution in those intrusted with it's adminis- tration. to cOnfne themselves within their respective cOnstitu- tional spheres, avoiding, in the exercise of the powers of one de- partment. to rncrnarh upon an other. The spirit of encroach- ment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one. and thus to create. whatever the form of government. a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power. and pron"nrsS to abuse it which pr"dominates in the human heart. is sufficient Io satisfy Us of the truth of this position. The necessity of. reel, procal checks in the exercise of political power. by dividing and disfrihnting it into different de- posiforirs. and ronstituting each inc guardian of the public veal, against invaSinnS by the others. has been evidenced by eXperi- mnnfs. ancient and modern: some of them in our own country. and under our own eyes. To prcscrv" Them must be as necessary as tn
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