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<br />24 <br /> <br />lv' <br /> <br />'l'l1nt be was pl'oficicllt ill all thIngs I do Hot. claim, but be <br />WRF! so l1Clll" It tlmt Ill...'~fllnds to-day us he did in 1783~tbe <br />most COll811!cnolls AllleL'Ir:un that ever lived. <br />If we IIlIlY believe there ls a Providence that cares for man. we <br />liny well believe that. a power gl'E'llter than l1ulllfill Bccllred bis <br />8cloc1 ion to lend 0\11' forces ill tunt great cOl1te~t; and great as <br />was !Jh. service dlll'lng tlIat. eventful period betweeu 1775 and <br />1783 it was none the less valuable in fOl'Jlliug the fil'~t Consti- <br />tution of the United StutCH. By what I have said about. Wash. <br />lngtoll I do not intend in allY way to underestlmate what others <br />did III O.lC flaM of strIfe 01' tlla not less important field or states- <br />manship. A few dnys l3ince I heuI'd n gentlelllan gtate tJmt be <br />did not. believe thnt. toe Convention that drofted aliI' Constitution <br />:had nil the wisdom of the ,,,"ol'Jd; but, MI', President, that was a <br />gl'eat Conventlon-liot gl'Pilt In nUlllber~, but grent" in wisdom, <br />Who cau rccall allotlIer body of men witb greater ability thllll <br />the Oonvention which drafted our COllt:;t1tut1on? <br />We will show our appreciation of that great mall who lirst <br />gave 811f1l1e tn this 'GO\"cm.meut In its executive branch by Olll' <br />devnj.ioJl Lo the pl'incip]es'estllb~ishcd in our COll!::titllt.ion, find <br />we should not let. fillyt.l1illg Interfere with the mniutenance in <br />this body of the right of nny State, because Upon tl1at rests, 1n <br />my jlHlgmellt, lhe fonndation of tbis GO\'l~rllmellt, and it will <br />be maintained just liS long as you can llluintnln the separate <br />Stll.tes in theIr stnteJJood, find 110 longer. <br />44400-7816 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. I <br />