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Editorial
July 1, 1817
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Editorial praises President Washington's tour to Hartford, contrasting it with wartime past, highlighting public attachment to republican government and Constitution, noting its strength in extremities for institutional perpetuation. Mentions Secretary of Navy's visit to Salem.
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WASHINGTON: TUESDAY, JULY 1.
We have traced the President as far on his route as Hartford in Connecticut, where he was received with the most lively greetings. How great the difference of scene between the entrance of the President into Hartford in this moment of peace and prosperity, and the Assembly of the Convention in that city at the darkest period of the war! The President, in his answer to the address at Hartford, had, or might have had an allusion, however delicate, to the circumstances of the period to which we refer, when he spoke of the fidelity due to the Constitution.
Upon the whole, this tour of the President, it must be confessed, has developed the genuine feeling of a Republican People, and their devoted attachment to the government, of which the President is chief administrator, and to whom, therefore, great respect is manifested, as it is justly due. This general feeling gathers strength as the President recedes from the seat of government. This may be adduced as collateral evidence, on a point on which little doubt is entertained, that a Republican government is stronger in the extremities than in the centre of its jurisdiction. It is this circumstance, indeed, which more than any other promises the perpetuation of our free and valuable institutions.
The Secretary of the Navy reached Salem on the 22d inst. on a visit from the seat of government to his family.
We have traced the President as far on his route as Hartford in Connecticut, where he was received with the most lively greetings. How great the difference of scene between the entrance of the President into Hartford in this moment of peace and prosperity, and the Assembly of the Convention in that city at the darkest period of the war! The President, in his answer to the address at Hartford, had, or might have had an allusion, however delicate, to the circumstances of the period to which we refer, when he spoke of the fidelity due to the Constitution.
Upon the whole, this tour of the President, it must be confessed, has developed the genuine feeling of a Republican People, and their devoted attachment to the government, of which the President is chief administrator, and to whom, therefore, great respect is manifested, as it is justly due. This general feeling gathers strength as the President recedes from the seat of government. This may be adduced as collateral evidence, on a point on which little doubt is entertained, that a Republican government is stronger in the extremities than in the centre of its jurisdiction. It is this circumstance, indeed, which more than any other promises the perpetuation of our free and valuable institutions.
The Secretary of the Navy reached Salem on the 22d inst. on a visit from the seat of government to his family.
What sub-type of article is it?
Constitutional
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Presidential Tour
Republican Government
Constitutional Fidelity
Public Attachment
Hartford Reception
What entities or persons were involved?
President
Secretary Of The Navy
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
President's Tour Demonstrating Republican Attachment To Government And Constitution
Stance / Tone
Supportive And Positive Toward Republican Institutions
Key Figures
President
Secretary Of The Navy
Key Arguments
President Received With Lively Greetings In Hartford
Contrast Between Peaceful Tour And Wartime Convention
Allusion To Constitutional Fidelity In President's Address
Tour Reveals Genuine Republican Feeling And Attachment To Government
Public Respect For President As Chief Administrator
Republican Government Stronger In Extremities Than Center
This Strength Promises Perpetuation Of Free Institutions