n o r t h-c arolinagaz e"t t e l •/ 0.1 j s a t u r day october 8 1796 nc 5 .; to the people of ther un iff if states friends and fcttow t itizens *^€~ 1 i pei uvi ior a oe \ elet ; on of a cicl .* 7,a!i id administer the executive govern ment ofthc united ■ cs bcirg not iar d ilant and the ii..:c a tually :.-. iv*cd v :,.*. your i ho ugnts mm be en m cd ; . -..;:-'.. nat ing tilt perlon who is to be cloai ted v/sih that ttnportuit trait it appears to use proper eipe ially a t i conduce to a more diltiuct t ••;*'"• -.-.; ol the public voice that i ihi il i i v a . . m ' a ' ot the reioh r on 7 have y riiie u 16 uc . ', • . . i thcnnmfatl oi c ..-■•'_. ouc ar waft.a j 2 -. . is to be made if 2 \ ■:-... r.t the fame time todbme iufticc o b aimrec ' i it *'•; reicsu . i as not been tuven without a it ci regard to all die cottiiderat ons appertaiim gto ihe relati on which binds a dutiful citizen to this coun try and that in withdrawing rhe tender oi fervice which lilence hi my fituation might imply i am influenced by no diminution of j a for your fatur e intereit ; no deficiency of grateful refpect for yobr pait kindnefs bu am fupported by a full conviction that the ftep is compatible with both t*fae acceptance of and continuation hi therto in tht office to which your fuifrages have twice called me have been a unitorm facrificc of inclination to the opiiiioh of duty and to a deference for v bat appeared to be vour dc.ire 1 con nti hoped that it would have been much .-: i her in my pd .• er confiitently with motives which 1 was not at liberty to difaegard to rei urn to that re re ment irom which i had been relud antly drawn the ftrength cf my inclination to do this previous tothe-iait election hud even ud to the preparation of an addreis todeclare it to you ; but mature reflection on the then perplexed and critical r lime of cur affairs with toreign nations and tue un.iuum.'ous advice of perfons entitled to i y confidence impelled me to abandon the idea 1 rejoice that the ftate of ycur c.:vx ns exrerual as well as internal no longer rend ers the \ uri'r of that inclination incompatible with the fectinient of duty er propriety aud am perfuaded whatever paimi'lsy rua be i retained for my fcrvkes that in the preient circ ml inces of cur country you vvili not d'ifapprove my determination io retire 1 he imprefiionj with v hich i firft under rook the arduous truir wei explained on the proper ocoiion in the diverge of this truti i will only ■ m t -- :: - : l have with good intentions rcntributed towafus the organi -. rjon and admin ttration ot the government il.e aai exertions of which a very fallible hiii-.-.nei.t vas capable i\ot unconiciou in the out-let cf ihe inferiority of my quali fications experience in my own eyes nrr haps i : u nn re in the eyes of others has ir/bbgthened the motives to diffidence of my felf aid everyday the fencreaiing weight of ycaisajmonilhesnie more ar.d more that the fluids of retirement is as neceflary to tne ' as it will be welcome satishedthat if air lireualllanceshave given peculiar value tb m fer vices lhey were temporary ; i have the toufolation to believe that while choice .*- i prudence invite me to quit the political icent parriotifin does not forbid it in looking forward to the moment •• i is intended to . minute the crrrtv ci r public life my feelings do no permit me to iufpeud the deep acknowledgement cf that debt of gratitude which i owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has confer red upon me ftill mere for the ftedfaft con fidence with which it has fupported me ; and foe the opportunities 1 have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment bv ftrvir.es taithiul and perievering though in ufefuhwfs unequal to my zeal if benehts have refulted to our country from thefe fer vicc let i always be remembered to your praiie and as an ii*iitruaftive example in our 3tina.s th?r under c.rtt.mfh£t.ee in which the : t puli o is agitated in every direction were j i abie ro m_i.ead amid appearances fome 1 times dhb_o..s viciii-tadeo ci iorttfnfei often dif ccttraging in fitttations in which frequent ly want tif fuccefs has countenanced the fpirit ; cf eriticifm the coniiar y of your fupport j was the eflential prop bf the efforts and a i jitiarantee cf the plans by which they were ■■ .-♦-. r — profoundly penetrated with this ; idea i hc.l ca rvit wit_hn_etomygri.vej as ■ ftrcaig inciteratnt d oncealing irows that '■• . - ray - winnie toyeu fhe d__qwtft ttx a .",. ci its bc1.ef.c2r c — that you union and j brothc lyaifection may be perpetual thit the j tree con liu lion which s the work gf your j han :., may be facredlv r.aintaired — that its j adn-i_..ftration in every department may be il gipcd with sgifolban ar i v.r.ne-^hatj^h hue rhe harn^nfls oi i j:^\e vi^lqj£y&l tomp etcy %^ safcareiul a preiervatioa j ai.ci io gradent smxite t this bhj_.r as wdl i acquire to then-the r^piry ufkj^ommj^'ding ! it tothe^pplaufe th^_^2j5*d£__ud t^i^frfcm ci every nation vfwfiris ivet a ftranger to it 5 ere perhaps i ou<$t to ilep — hut a a lolicittieivtcr j^w v c)>^,>vhi^^t^p.«-cr but n^^.life,.>^_^j^f^mcn dangd-7 natural to tl.at\^lkitude urp;e me r:i au occalion like the prelect to offer to yourfolemn contemplation and to recom mend to your frequent review fome icnti ments ; which are the refblt of much reflec tion of noinconfiderab.e oblervatiorr a::d which appear tome all important to theper manency of your felicity asa people 1 hefe vv.ii be o-.eret o y r v ith the more freedom ! -.... you can only foe hi them the diiintereifed . warnings of a pasting friend who can have j no perional motive to bh.-listounfej nor { a;i i fo.nre :.-. an rocoura'vemert to it 1 > eiir lsut'u^ent rece j finn 1 1 my ientiinentson aford.er and nota.hin ilar occafion interwoven as is tbe love of liberty with eve y h_.a..u.t of your hearts no rtconamen cau n o mine is iicccil'ary o fortify or con i.-hi the ; tachment ; iht unity cf government which ccnfdtutes you one people is alio new dear to you it jsjuitiyio ior it is a main p".bt n vhe edi ' face oi your real independence the i upper t ot your tranquility ut home your peace a bicad ; of \ cur fofoty ; cfyour profperityj of that very liberty which you fo highly prize but as it is eaiy to fcrrefee that from different caules and from different quarters j much r.ai ; i will be taken many artifices em j ployed to weaken in your minds the convic ' lion ol this truth : as this is the point in your • political ibrtrels ao-akalt whi'ch tbe batteries i oi internal ana external enemies will be n i j conilantly anci asiveh though often covert ly andimidioufiy directed it is of infinite moment that you ihoiild properly e_t-iqate the im.'ien'e •• alue ot your national union to your collective and individual happinefs ; diat you ihoukl i:heri.b a cord.ai habitual and immoveable attachment to it ; accu.tom ngyctudelves to think and peak of it as of tbe palladium cfyour political i'afety and prolperity ; watching for its prefefcvatibn with foaious anxiety ; ducoimter.ancing whatever may fuggeil even afufpiciori that it e in in awy event even hti abandoned and in drynautly trowning upon the firli dawning oi every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the reft or to enfeeble the focred ties which now link together the vari ous parts for this \ u have every inducement of fympa-by ar.d mtereil citizens by birth or choice of a common country that country has a right to concentrate your attedions the name of american which belongs to you in your national capacity mud always exalt the foil pride of patrioti'frn more than j anv appellation derived from local diicrimin j ation — with ffight ihede . o difttrcnety you j i i have the fame relioion manner habit - * ' political principles i bu have in a : a caufe fought am triumphed tocr ihtr independence and liberty you • 7 the work of joint councils and ■ of common dangers luifcrirgs : ! .- ■• but thefe coniiderations '.-• ... ■ ... fully they addrefs then selves to n , lity are greatly outweighed bj thefe apply more immediately to *.;.:. here every portion cf our counr.-v mollrommanc'mv motives to c arefc ing and prefcr*ir ihe . ' :'■ '! i '• i . -. * '■• ' ■ * . - ti ■ re . .- -. 7 courfe witi tht ' jth proi fr equal lav - 7 common govern -■ • ' in the preductiens ofthe latter • ■ . cnal rgfbnrces of maritime and cummer f f*xjjfe rei precious materials of manual - t.enei::tmgbythe r-gerie ■ .---* ssoatxb lees its agri^akure grow wl its c ot^nyte exp^d — turning pc?!y into its & [ y&ty eatneii o : iv.t y :.. it ttncvirs gfrfticular navigation ihvigufrted ; and wfcilfit contributes in different wats upnotirifli andincreale the general mafs'of nhinnational navigation it locks icrwjgii to the protection of a maritime iirrngih to which itfelf is imequally adapted the h*st in a like infercourie with the vv est alreadv finds and in the prcgrefiive improvement rf interior communications by land and water wili more arc more find a valuable ve t lor j commodities which it brings from abroad or manufactures at heme fhe w est d'erh es frcm the e.*st ibpplies rt-quiiite to its fup * port and comfort mid what is j erhapj ef ftill greater confequence it muit of neceili *— ty ow e th - fecure enjoyment ef indifpei.fible cut lets for its own produ&ions to the weight is iftaeocc ar,d fu r fi cr ■ vy cf the atlai tic fide ofthe union directed by an indhtoluble cot imunlty of intereft a onk nation — any cher tenure by which the weft can hold this eilential advantage whe ther derived a cm its own feparate iirengtb or from an apellate and unnatural ccnnfca on with any other power muftbeintritfital ly precsric'ds v hiie the n every part of cur cbuhti*y thus feels an immediate and particular ir creft in union all the pchs combined rahuoi fail to find in the united n,m of ns and ejorts greater ftrength greater reiburce propor tionably gteater ft curity f.r-ro txti rnal dan ger a lei fre*jaent interruption of l.fr poceby fore : rn nations anci w bans of 5a •'' uabte - : ie ! hey i u:l cu vt li cm < a an exemption rom thofe broils ar.d v rs between themfelves which fo frequently cic neighbouring countries not tied toge ther by the fame government ; which their v ti rivaifnir ?• - : ioi e v culdbe fuifitient topro uce,but v ic i'oy.ie foreign alliances a tachmems atuiint igues would ftirnulate and imbitter rjence likc**v ife they will avoid the neccliity of thofe overgrown military efta blilhincnts winch under any form of govern ment are inaufpidous to liberty and w hich are tb he regarded as particularly hoiiiie ft republican liberty j in this fenfe it is that your union . i;-ht to beconlidered as a main pi p of t*ur liberty and that the love ith or , i^jht dear io ycu the prefervation ofthe feher tbeie coiilluerations fpeak a perfuafive language to evrr reilecbng and virtuous mind and exhibit the continuance of rhe u nion as a primary object of patriotic dcliie is there 2 doubt whether a common go vernment car embrace fo large a i pi ere ' let experience folve it toliftento mere fpeculaticu in fuch a cafe . . re crimir.ai we arc authonfed to hope c ; n projser organi zation ofthe whole v ith the auxiliary a-renor of government s for the refpective ii.txiiviia ons k will riffcrda he p»y lltue to t lie experi ment ' - ''& well vv ih a mr a;«d mil t • peri