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| Listen to Phil Brooks and Douglas Gabriel break down the importance of George Washington’s Farewell Address. A copy of the address is below, as are Phil’s summary of FIVE important points and a proposal to return this important document to the American People. |
Proposal to Return George Washington's "Farewell Address" to Prominencefor the American People
The condition of political discourse into which the American People, commentators & those seeking elective
office have fallen indicates a need to return to the Sage Counsel of George Washington's "Farewell
Address To The People of The United States".
The “Farewell Address” is intended as a political ‘road map’ for the future of the American People. Thus the
“Farewell Address” is part of a Seminal Trinity of American Political Letters, to include the Declaration of
Independence, which set the ‘bow wave’ and the US Constitution - that grand document memorializing the
Restoring broad understanding & practice of the principles in the "Farewell Address” can happen this way:
- The "Farewell Address" must be displayed publicly in a suitable repository alongside the US Constitution
and the Declaration of Independence at the National Archives, on the Mall in Washington, DC.
- As a gift of fraternity & fidelity to the Union, by the People of the State of New York, on behalf of
the People of the United States, the "Farewell Address” can be recovered from
the New York Public Library (NYPL) in Manhattan at 42nd Street - where it presently resides,
due to a simple accident of history.
- Display at the National Archives alongside the US Constitution & the Declaration would unite the
'Seminal Trinity of American Letters' - as described in 1937 by the Director-General of
the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, US Congressman Sol Bloom of New York
in his important volume "The Story of The Constitution".
- Display of the "Farewell Address” for the People should be permanently made & provided for by
the People of the United States.
- The technology currently used at the National Archives for the permanent security & safekeeping of
the Constitution & the Declaration - including management of environmental factors - will be suitable
for the preservation of the "Farewell Address” on permanent display.
- Display of a Recreated Manuscript may be considered, to support the preservation of the Original Manuscript.
In this event, the occasional display of the original document could supplement ongoing permanent display.
- Display of the 32 Manuscript Pages in Washington's own hand, can be made in a 32 Station
Oval Rotunda with two sides of 15 pages each & two end station pages. The oval shape of the display is
important to reflect the Unity of the People as described by Washington & the continuity of the original
wisdom from one generation of Americans to the next. A Circular Rotunda may also be acceptable.
- A number of other cultural & political initiatives surrounding permanent display of the "Farewell Address"
include new scholarship published on the subject, a Congressional Resolution to resume the practice of
reading the 'Address' into Congressional Chambers at the Opening of each Session of Congress &
a public awareness program to reintroduce the "Farewell Address" to the American People.
In the present instance, with US President Donald J. Trump hailing from New York, where the Original
The manuscript is currently held and with the beneficent hand of Providence, there is an opportunity for
extraordinary leadership - in this time of the Second Flowering of American Liberty - to return President
Washington’s final priceless gift to his fellow Citizens for their lasting attention.
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President George Washington’s “Farewell Address To The People Of The United States”
Selected Excerpts
19th September 1796
Religion and Morality Indispensable
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would
that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the
duties of Men & citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man ought to respect & to cherish them. A volume could not
trace all their connections with private & public felicity. Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for
life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the Oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us
with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of
refined education on minds of peculiar structure - reason & experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in
exclusion of religious principle.”
Administering The Constitution with Wisdom & Virtue
“Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may
continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence - that your Union & brotherly affection may be perpetual - that the free
constitution, which is the work of your hands, maybe sacredly maintained - that its Administration in every department may be
stamped with wisdom and Virtue - that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made
complete, by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the
applause, the affection - and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.”
Separation of Powers
“It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its Administration,
to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional Spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the Powers of one department to
encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create
whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which
predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.”
Danger of Parties
“I have already intimated to you the danger of Parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on Geographical
discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, & warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of
the Spirit of Party, generally.
This Spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human Mind. It exists under
different shapes in all Governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its
greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different
ages & countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and
permanent despotism. The disorders & miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security & repose in the
absolute power of an Individual: and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction more able or more fortunate than his
competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.
Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight) the common & continual
mischiefs of the spirit of Party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of a wise People to discourage and restrain it.
It serves always to distract the Public Councils and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded
Jealousies and false alarms kindle the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot & insurrection. It opens the
door to foreign influence & corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.
Thus the policy and the will of one country, are subjected to the policy and will of another.
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the Administration of the Government and serve to keep alive
the spirit of Liberty. This within certain limits is probably true - and in Governments of a Monarchical cast, Patriotism may look with
indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a
spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary
purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate & assuage it. A fire
not to be quenched; it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest instead of warming it should consume.”
Cherish Public Credit and Avoid Debt
“As a very important source of strength & security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as
possible: avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also those timely disbursements to prepare for danger
frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it - avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions
of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of Peace to discharge the Debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not
ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen which we ourselves ought to bear.”
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