Washington's Farewell Address Author:George Washington Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES The Text. This edition is printed from the Lenox reprint of the MS.—"Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America. New Yo... more »rk. 1850." Changes are made in spelling and punctuation to approximate modern usage. The original MS. of the Address is preserved in the Lenox Library, New York City. A photograph of the first page appears elsewhere in this volume. Page 3, Line 4.—not far distant. The Address appeared in the press on September 19, 1796. The election followed on various days of November of the same year. 3, 8—expression of the public voice. Washington felt that if he were out of the way as a candidate his friends and others would feel more freedom in expressing their real opinions. 4, 1—earlier in my power. He wished very much at the end of his first term of office to retire; but yielded finally to the generally expressed wishes of his friends to become a candidate for the presidency for the second time. 4, 19—on the proper occasion. In his inaugural speech to both Houses of Congress, April 30, 1789. 5, 35—the result of much reflection. Washington had had the Farewell Address in mind for at least five years. 6, 5—a former and not dissimilar occasion. At the close of his first term of office. 6, 27—Palladium. An image of the goddess Pallas. According to a legend of the Greeks the safety of Troy depended upon the preservation of this image. It has come then to mean, as it does here, anything believed or reputed to afford protection and safety. 7, 5—fought and triumphed together. In the War of the Eevolution. 8, 19—those overgrown Military establishments. European nations then, as now, were possessed of very large standing armies and other military resources. 9, 6—characterizing parties by Geographical discrimi...« less