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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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Merchants of Charleston address President George Washington on May 3, 1791, congratulating his arrival, praising his administration and the federal government's benefits to South Carolina post-war. Washington responds gratefully, expressing satisfaction with the state's progress.
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To the President of the United States.
SIR,
The merchants of Charleston, entertaining a just sense of the high honor conferred on this city by your presence, take the earliest opportunity of congratulating you on your arrival.
The obligations which are due to you from every member of the republic, are acknowledged by all;—to enter into a detail of them, would be to produce the history of your life, and to repeat what is re-echoed from one end of the continent to the other.
Were it possible, Sir, for your fellow-citizens to omit doing justice to your merits, the testimony of other nations would evince their neglect or ingratitude—the whole world concurring in the same opinion of you.
Convinced as we are of your constant solicitude for the general welfare, it must afford you particular satisfaction to find the progressive effects of the federal government in this State; and that the inhabitants are fast emerging from the heavy calamities to which they were subjected by the late war.
Sensible of the numerous blessings our country has derived from your wise and judicious administration—we feel animated with the most lively sentiments of gratitude towards you: Suffer us, then, on the present occasion, to represent to you the affectionate sensibility with which we are impressed, by assuring you that we yield to none in sincere respect and attachment to your person;
and we earnestly implore the Almighty Father of the universe, long to preserve a Life so valuable and dear to the people over whom you preside.
In behalf of the merchants of Charleston.
May 3, 1791.
E. DARRELL, Chairman.
To which the President returned the following answer:
To the Merchants of CHARLESTON.
GENTLEMEN,
Your congratulations on my arrival in South-Carolina, enhanced by the affectionate manner in which they are offered, are received with the most grateful sensibility.
Flattered by the favorable sentiments you express of my endeavors to be useful to our country, I desire to assure you of my constant solicitude for its welfare, and of my particular satisfaction in observing the advantages which accrue to the highly-deserving citizens of this State, from the operations of the general government.
I am not less indebted to your expressions of personal attachment and respect—they receive my best thanks, and induce my most sincere wishes for your professional prosperity, and your individual happiness.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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Charleston
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May 3, 1791
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president washington responds with thanks and well-wishes for the merchants' prosperity.
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Merchants of Charleston congratulate President Washington on his arrival, praise his leadership and the federal government's role in post-war recovery, express gratitude and attachment. Washington acknowledges the congratulations, affirms his commitment to the nation's welfare, and notes satisfaction with South Carolina's progress under the government.