Show WORDS OF WARNING tir arwell irwell well words of washing r first art president and who 1 y li I 1 first in war first ill in i r rt s t in in the hearts of his elal ma r i 1 should be cherished berch by bv the 1 n i present rit 1 Is words of gold set in 0 ilver As his second term was drawing to a ut of his admirers were r on ferring inferring upon him a mid thus insure a per I 1 i iti ingance nuance i of irini ent to which the an thin ton had lent so ditl dignity and over M a 11 1 presided with ii i ind and favor but at i e stated thia astin I 1 determined Itt to retire and nd he be so informed by bv the means of a which has hag become wi V x t j ier i r and is is commonly i v Washing tous farewell A ri hii ahr valedictory of the att is is like all v marked by b simplicity winch at once pleases a a c i I 1 the lie reader i r in th tins is country and e ej t tir vory voting person i nillar with this thia patera and nd in the present T r uati n the words of wis barnin of this ideal vu i should be carefully careful alv w ind followed by b thoe enith the making 1 and exe i the nc laws 0 of f the nation roii 1 we can refer two to points winch which seem a the th present titue time and ten en to disturb the tran our country country count rv which we nai aa bregarde n deJ 1 as the pal pa I 1 I 1 ur mr political safety and f in the address he lr i the earnest patri patriotism patriotic oti s in i te C to preserve the union a t j pt cuate ate our liberty and in adf n of the apparent duns dans dunt dant t h threaten our nation he an s f i sectionalism by geo J dover i mi nat i ons qu jut thern atlantic and t lovace n tee designing men may i f arite rite a belt belief i ef that there r I ff Terence fience oj local interest ft linger incer thus foreseen by bv a 11 now threatens to burst d s ri by reason of the op p i as legislation which eh has feic ed in the interest of the lat la t to 0 the disadvantage of the c many luany years past the tariff legislation in whereby 1 ar r a manufacturers of the east la ii i enabled to become i rich ich az at tt ati expense of the producing t a cl A south the financial dav arlt tru l tended to the eastern cap 4 w whereby v tie re by they are able to wr tie n govern m en t and control ie ne of money and the prices oc ii I 1 products and to strike w sie ne half of the money of the i i I 1 lit I 1 on and bring distress and wall au j t lie homes of millions million of our oar alp pp the reckless giving away of the t j t lands lauds located in the west to I 1 tern corporations and capital alstn thereby making the rich richer a nd U the poor poorer all these alac d maicy more acts of sectional have tended to create d fuster buster the very spirit of geopp j AI akal 1 interest and hate which he 1 was looming up like a distant olous oud portending portend in g a rag raging ing storm mii a destroying tornado by A a lai regard of the counsel of wash Q and by encouraging geo ical dis cn athes ec dional spirit between the north and south culminated in 1861 in in a bloody civil war from the t ja e shock hock of which we have scarce scarcely lv recovered rec recovered overe d after an era of peace of more than thirty years another source of dan danger er foreseen by washington was the influx ence and effect of fore foreign 1 L n antan entangling alliances he davs says agin against s t the insidious wiles of foreign influence I 1 conjure vou you to believe me fellow citizens the jealousy of a free people ought to be con constantly scantly st antly awake since history arid and expert experience bence prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of rf republican n government these words were written when the united states had had an existence of less than eight years they impart a spirit of independence as well as of neutrality as to our relation with foreign ta countries these words were penned one hundred years ago the of next september and yet we have so far forgotten this admonition that today a large class of our people including those high in official station assert that we cannot restore the money money of our fathers as r guaranteed by bv the constitution ution without first get getting t I 1 n the consent and approval of other lu nations an and especially of En england glaud the nation against winch which we first declared our independence how the blush of shame must mantle the spirit of an american america when lie he reads the burning words of washington C and then reflects on the situation as it exists in tile the twilight ot of the nineteenth centon Is it not about time for america to ru rule IC AID america diderica erica and if possible avert the disaster pointed out by b the father of his country count rv the foreign in influence fl tience 1 of which he so faithfully warned us has grown to such an extent that we are bound by fet fetters of commercial an and d financial abl obligation 1 gation to the themon mon archs aichs of europe that we dare not deal justly with our own citizens without the eo co operation of these haughty powers foreign capital owns a large share of our railroads manufactories manu factories mines mines and millions of acres of our soil its influence is is almost i able w when hen combined with the dishonest politician and becomes a most dangerous power even in in the election of our public officers we have reached an eventful period in our history when the determination of these questions must be settled and it I 1 will decide the weal or woe of the present generation as well as the unborn millions of our countrymen i let us hope that the spirit of washington wahington may again be infused into the hearts and minds of our people and save to us and P posterity ost erity the priceless boon of liberty equality and justice 4 |