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tur111•tl out. His nnturnl ilcprnrity of heart, :;o influenced his l'Very act. that hi:: i!!nornncc & cluplic:ity were soon detected, and it hec-ame manif<':-t to th~ people thnt his whole ad1:1inislr:1tion wa~ nothin_p: mor~ tlrnn the adoption of nwasures for the <l1struct1on of Ins enem1<.'~ nml the promotion oi his im!iri~unl pop~1larity; and t~ie. con~_equcnce ,~as that lw had at the tl-rm111nhon of his second aclm1111strnt1011 to retire to the dignity of private life lamenting the rererses of all human gr<'11t11!';;i::. That popularity for which he violated the principles of truth and justice, wns suddenly transfered to the man who 11ever had courtE'1l it, and the office that he obtained by hypocricy & forfeited hy marhery, he bad the pleasure of witnessing it gratuitously be- stow!'d on the honest patriot whose character be envied, but could not injur('- 1t is n consoling reflection that tho' base and worthless men may get into power.• they cannot retain it- and tho' the claims of the Yirtuous man be orerlooked for a while by the people, he will ultimately receive their confidence and be rewarded by their grati- tude. Scorning their favors when to be purchased at the expence of principlE", Governor Troup was elected to the Gubernatorial Chair, upon the strength of his own intrinsic merit, and came into office free from the pollutions of party; without passions to gratify, or pledges to redeem- It is only from a man coming into office on such honorable terms nn,I with s11cl1 highminded feelings, from whom we may expect a wise & rirtuous administration. Such bas been Govr. 'l'roup's- His In- nu~ral :\<lclress whilst it furnishes the best specimen of the lucid & ener/!etil" tomposition, Exhibits the elevated principles of its author, ~ncl thr liberality & exalted patriotism that it contains, are displayed m erer_r act of his administration. Without passions to gratify, his view,: were nerer narrowed clown to party; and without pledges to re- 1leem. h<' <lii:pensed no unmerited favors; but looking with a steady eye to the rights of the ~tate and the weal of the whole Union, he has marrhcd forward in the performance of duty with firmness not to he ~haken hy violence, and a mind not to be misuuicletl by council- \r nlkin/! i11 the light only of his own understanding, whatever of wis- dom or _error may be found in his administration, it is all his own, and whilst he reaps applause for the one, he must bear all the respon- siLilih- of the other. rBi;,lorml :] A Glance at Go,·. Troup's Administration Xo. 71. NOTES, ;DATES, ETC. JOSf~ )[ARIA PUELLES[ ?] 5 l'RO).I .\ Pl'RI.IC.\TION, 011 REPORT ~[ADE TO n[,urnsl .\RIZPE IN 1828 on 7- AIJTHOR N01' KNOWN. 6 Texa!- was changed to thnt of Xcw Filipinas-Newevas Filipinas. l 718. 1 :i 12 Ponce de Leon entered the Florid as "l11 15:8 the Spanish captain Juan ,le Grijalrn:: the whole province of J';'111uro from San ,Juan de Dua, the toasts of the other regions of the )lexiran gulf, whirh today arc called Tamaulipas or the Colonies 'Thl• pa ,~a!!''" 1•111·10,ell in ljllotntion~ are in 8panish in the document. 'J )foll' i_n d()('1~uwnt: l Th(' author when(•e those notes nre taken is probnbly Friar .Jo,,• ~Jana Puell('s not ('('rtain
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