Round 8: Tossup 16

This leader said that he had “grown… almost blind in service to my country” and put on glasses in a speech (15[1])to quell officers rebellious over lack of pay. This giver of the Newburgh Address claimed to be “unconscious of intentional error,” (15[2])but (15[1])admitted it was “probable (15[2])that [he had] committed (15[1])many errors” (15[1])in a text which warned against (*) partisanship. (10[1])That letter denouncing (10[1])“frightful despotism” of political parties and (10[1])foreign influence was (10[1])published by this man (10[1])upon leaving his highest post. (10[2])A Parson Weems biography of this man popularized a story about chopping down a cherry tree. For 10 points, name this first President (10[1])of the United States. ■END■

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