A history of the American nation . osperity. Thenew Government had weathered severe storms andhad proved itself efficient. Much of its success wasdue to the Presidents good judgment, soundsense, and firmness.^ His chief assistants also,especially Hamilton, deserve great credit. In spite of someuneasiness and waywardness among the people^ they had shownto the world the great example of a nation organizing a govern-ment in peace and giving it obedience. Washington refused to consider an election for a third term,and in September, 1796, issued a farewell address. This is anoble public docu-ment.
A history of the American nation . osperity. Thenew Government had weathered severe storms andhad proved itself efficient. Much of its success wasdue to the Presidents good judgment, soundsense, and firmness.^ His chief assistants also,especially Hamilton, deserve great credit. In spite of someuneasiness and waywardness among the people^ they had shownto the world the great example of a nation organizing a govern-ment in peace and giving it obedience. Washington refused to consider an election for a third term,and in September, 1796, issued a farewell address. This is anoble public docu-ment. It deservescareful reading to-day, and in many ways fits ourtimes as it did the days of ahundred years ago. He pleadedearnestly for a true nationalspirit and for devotion to coun-try. Do not encourage partyspirit, but use every effort tomitigate it and assuage it. . .Observe justice and faith tow-ard all nations; have neitherpassionate hatreds nor pas-sionate attachments to any;and be independent practically The The Election of 1796 * One can hardly overestimate the importance of Washingtons personalcharacter upon the life of his country. His wisdom and courage, his simpleintegrity, his tact and forbearance, his dignity and manliness, his purityand magnanimity of soul, exalted the nation. Without him it is difficultto see how the Revolution could have succeeded or the new Governmenthave been established. FEDERALIST PARTY IN CONTROL—1789-1801 215 The election. of all. In one word, be a nation, be American, and be trueto yourselves. In the election that ensued the Federalists supportedJohn Adams and Thomas Pinckney, and the RepublicansThomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. At that timethe Constitution provided that each elector shouldvote for two persons. The one having the greatest number ofvotes should be President, if such number be a majority of thewhole number of electors, and theperson having the next numberVice-President. Adams and Jeffer-son were well-known
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