...my Countrymen — they have been neglected, tho' given as a last legacy in the most solemn manner. I had then perhaps some claims to public attention. I consider myself as having none at present.23 Political weakness shared blame with human weakness. He saw its consequences in riots in...

...his circular to the governors of the states, when he was about resigning the command of the army.] I had then perhaps some claims to public attention. I consider myself as having none at present.' Such was the melancholy foreboding of the late commander-inchief, in respect to the country, which...