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r'u'.u-r. ih" Cuusitgtiu. Washington Farewell
Address aUd the Monroe, Doctrine
Tho Farewell Aiirrs. .a. used go O. i,..' every
Uher, ty everybody. ilah ..i,> u.,I TO- Those
va" opposed Do, TREATY mHGr H.. ~ If 90. solemn
winning against "vufuugI.Hg foreign #I'.HH.,,.=-
10" Prrs'nt day cqu.'a'ut Of Washington purnse
permanent alliances vIth ans pulfiru ol The FOR
'iru world Those faynrIus the treaty a-sussi
fidt Mush.nzio, political wisdom was ~ DIS DAY
only. mud that hs teaching, arr ont 81 date
f1t while Washington Was good aud nnh'c he wa,
uu.carurd IN the sclcuyr ~ government and I'm.
imlncd Ia the arts ~ .tatccrun.
Those Who adhered To- the policy OF The Frr.yell
Aiifrss also upheld the Monroe Doctrine holding
The latter 20 be the development AMI uu,sruuih Of
The fn-usr
The events leading up 10 the Farewell Address
are hri"hy a. follows. The constitutional con.
yrHt.n met iB My IN PHILADELPHIA After four
months ~ secret deliberations the Constitution
WAS completed ami offered Ia the individual s'uie4
for adoption Nine states were necessary. New
Hampshire made the ninth The Constitution
went into effect June Il l7SS George Washing.
ton was elected the hr>t president ~ the United
States and served two terms, l7Sal7gI lie lie.
cnci a third term and established the precedent
Tor but one reelection
II Washington accepted The presidency with re-.
iuctuncc It was with pronounced dlstaStc that he
yielded &" What be- thought was hts duty ma took
the ofcr Tor second term. And IL proved tn he
stormy term Ia l7R France declared war On
England and Louis XVI was beheadc,l In Fronce
10y the rctolutionists. Citizen" Genet represent.
Ing the French rcyolutonists. arrived here and
stirred the American people TO frenzy OF
sympathy with France Washington issued per.
trallty proclamation which aroused ID storm NJ
popular protest GcnctS activities resulted IN his
ma ,ralt Hrft
poning the surrender ~ British posts In the North.
west taking American sailors from American
ships under the prcteNr that they were RrItons
and ~ acting generally that q large part Of the
American people clnmored Tor war against the
British. Washington finally succeeded In ne.
eotlatius a treaty with Great Britain which in
part corrected these evils, Thus he succeeded
both IN maintaining neutrality aud avertns war
In spite OF dtScord In his cabinet and division OF
sentiment In the nation. And It was with n ful
heart that he wrote that part OF his Farewell Al.
dress to the American people, September IL 1896
as his retirement from the presidency approx ched
That his heart was full Is shown by these words
from the address:
In offering TO you, my countrymen these couu.
sells OF nm old and affectonate friend dare not
hope they viii make the strong and lasting i'm.
preston that could wish--thnt they will control
the usual current Of the passions or prevent our
nation from running tnc course NniCh has hitherto
marked the destiny OF nations But IL may even
flatter myself that they may be productive OF
some partial benefit, some occasional good-that
they may and then recur TO moderate the
fury of party spirit, to against the mlschefs
OF foreign intrigue, to guard against the i'm.
pastures of pretended patriotism--this hope will
be full recompense for the solIctude for your
welfare by which they have been dictated"
The part OF the Farewell Address most used of
course was those paragraphs toward Its close,
which bear foreign relations of the United
States. These paragraphs we're read into the
Congressional Record as follows on several oc-
casions:
against the insidious wiles of foreign influence
q eonjure you to believe me, fellow citzens) the
jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly
awake since history and experience prove that
foreign influence Is one of the most baneful foes
Of republican government.