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Show URGED SUPREMACY OF LAWS ; Significant Paragraphs That Are Found in Washington's Famous 1 Farewell Address. I i In Washington's farewell address, a i classic of the American political creed, ! will be found in the following paragraphs para-graphs : ' I "All obstructions to tlie execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, as-sociations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct di-rect and control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation nnd action of the constituted authorities, are de-structlve de-structlve of the fundamental principle, nnd of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give It an artificial artifi-cial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often n small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according ac-cording to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the III conceived and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent con-sistent and wholesome plans, digested by- common counsels, and modified by mutual interests. "However combinations or associations associa-tions of the above descriptions may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, In the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious nnd unprincipled un-principled men will be enabled to subvert sub-vert the power of the people, and to usurp, for themselves, the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which lifted them to unjust un-just dominion. "Toward the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it Is requisite, requi-site, not only that yon steadily discountenance dis-countenance irregular oppositions to Its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon Its principles, however how-ever specious the pretexts." |