Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-26
(kansas City Times. }

When Washington entered upon his
second term as president, the Euro
( pean continent was ablaze with the
| French revolution and just entering
| upon an era Of war which was to con-
| tlnue for twenty years and ultimately
| involve every nation of Europe. Sue
ceeding the French revolution, the
| French republic was proclaimed, and
near the close of Washington second
! term the, English coalition had been
| formed against France. These events
| bfought'up grave questions as to the
attitude of the young republic of the
| United States toward the warning ma
| tons. BY its commercial treaties
| French privateers were entitled to
| shelter in American ports-a shelter
| not to be extended to the enemies Of
France. War between the United
! States and England was threatened in
| the aspects of events.
Washington called his cabinet to-
gether in the early part of 1893 for
consultation and the discussion was
upon such questions as these Should
a proclamation to prevent citizens of
| the United States interfering in the
impending war be issued? Should it
| contain a declaration of neutrality?
/ Should a minister from the French
republic be received? The decision
reached was that it was to the best
interests of the United States to main
| tain neutrality, and that the French
| republic should be recognized and its
minister received A proclamation of
neutrality was put forth April %,
/ 1898.
Ended Third Term Talk.
Nearing the end of his second term,
Washington was strongly urged to ac-
cept the office a third time, but de-
clined and it was with the chief rur-
pose of settling the third-term aSltr-
| ton, which had gained considerable
| Roadway throughout tie country, and
at the same time to express his deep
seated convictions as to the future
| policies of the American republic that
he prepared and published his cele-
| brated farewell address. 1t was not a
presidential Inessago and was not de-
| ivered in the congress. washington
i wrote out the address in the autumn
of 1896 and submitted it to Hamilton,
| Jay and Madison for their criticism
and suggestions. Several suggestions
We're made and few alterations in
| the phraseology. Hamilton made a
draft of the address embodying the
changes, some of which. but not all,
were adopted by Washington, who
made a new draft of the final copy in
his own handwriting and sent it to
c. Claypoole of Philadelphia, who
published a daily paper in which it
was first printed September II. 1896.
1t was also printed and widely circu-
lated in pamphlet form, with a por-
trait of Washington. drawn by Joseph
! Wright and engraved by David Edwin.
! H. fA1t a,.fe. T,f h.n Cd
dress in which Washington referred
to our foreign relations and the atti-
tude the United States should adopt
! toward the ''entanglng alliances of
foreign nations:
Washington's Warming.
observe good faith and JUS
tice toward all nations. Cultivate
peace and harmony with all. Religion
and morality enjoin this conduct. And
can it be that good policy does not
equally enjoin It? 1t will be worthy
of free, enlightened and, at distant
period great nation to give to man
kind the magnanimous and too novel
example of a people always guided by
an exalted justice and benevolence.
Who can doubt that in the course of
time and things the fruits of such a
plan would richly repay any tenn
| pofdGN duNduldBeS WHICH HllS III ne
lost by a steady adherence to it? Can
it be that Providence has not connect
ed the permanent felicity of nation
with its virtue? The experiment at
| least, is recommended by every senti-
ment which ennobles human nature.
! Alas! Is it rendered impossible by its
vices?
In the execution of such plan
nothing is more essential than that
permanent. inveterate antipathies
against particular nations and pas
sionate attachments for others should
| be excluded, and that in place of them
| just an amicable feeling toward all
should be cultivated. The nation
| which INDUCES toward another an
habtual hatred or an habitual fond
ness is in some degree slave. II is a
slave to its animosity or to its affec-
| ton, either of which 70 sufficient to
! lead it astray from its duty and its