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Rome, Alaska, FEBRUARY 2.4, 1018.
He, who Wastes a Crust of
Bread, Prolongs the War.
George Washington
Unclt1 Sam is refreshing Brother
John’s memory in reference to George
Washington.
(Continu'd lrom yesterday)
Washington’s letters during his ser
vice in Congress show that ho was
under no delusions as to the outcome
of the taxation struggle ,and that he
expected war. In one letter he says
that if the ministerial policy is persist
ed in “more blood will be shed than
history has ever yet furnished instanc
es of in the annals of North Ameri
ca." His associates in Congress re
cognized his military ability at once,
and most of the details of work look
ing towards preparations for armed
resistance were by common con
sent left to him. fiven in the- intervals
of his Congressional service he was
occupied in urging on the formation,
equipment, and training of Virginan
troops, and it was generally under
stood that, in case of war, Virginia
would expect hi mto act as her o .«*
mander-in-ehief. History was not to
be cheated in that fashion. The two
1 io‘d powerful colonies wen- Virginia
and ^Massachusetts. "War begu. in
Aiassachu.sotts; New Kngland troops
poll rod. in almost spontaneously: it
was necesary 1o ensmv tV sup",,.: of
the colonies to the south
ward; and the Virginia colonel who
was at the head of all the military
committees was just the man whom
the New England delegates desired.
When congress after the fights at Lex
ington and Concord, resolved to put
the colonies into a state of defense,
the first practical step was the unan
imous selection, on motion of John
Adams of Massachusetts, of Washing
ton as commander-in-chief of the arm
ed forces of the United States. lie
fusing any salary, he accepted the po
sition, asking “every gentleman in the
room,” however, to remember his dec
laration that he die not believe him
self to be equal to the command, and
that he accepted it.only as a duty made
imperative by the unanimity of the
call. He reiterated this belief in pri
vate letters even to his wife; and there
seems to be no doubt that, to the day
of his death, he was the most deter-!
mined sceptic as to his fitness for the
positions to which he was called in
succession. He was commissioned
June 10, 1775, and reached Cambridge,
Mass., July 2, taking command of the
levies there* assembled for action
against the British garrison of Boston.
The battle of Blinker Hill had already
taken place and Washington’s work
until the following spring was to bring
about some semblance of military dis- j
t ipline, to obtain ammunition and mili
tary stores, to correspond with Con
gress and the colonial governors, to
guide military operations in the widely
separated parts of the great continent,
to create a military system and or- (
ganizat ion for a people who were en-!
tirely unaccustomed to such a thing!
ami impatient under it, and to bend
the course of events steadily towards
driving the British out of Boston. It
is not easy to see how Washington
survived the year 1775; the colonial
poverty, the exasperating annoyances
the selfishness or stupidity which crop
ped out again and again from the most
patriotic of his coadjutors, were enough
to have broken down most men. They
completed his training. The change in
this one winter *s very evident. If he
was not a great man when lie went
to Cambridge, he was agon oral anti a
statesman in the best sense when he
drove the British out of Boston in
177b. From that time until his death
he was the foremost man of the contin
ent.
The military operations of the re- |
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I mainder of the war are given else
; where (see United States, vol. XXIIL
: pp. 743-45.) Washington’s retreat thru
the Jerseys; the manner in which he
turned and struck his pursuers at
Trenton and Prlncton, and then es
| tablished himself at Morristown so as
| to make the way to Philadelphia im
| passable; the vigour with which he
handled his army at Chad’s Ford and
: Germantown; the persistence with
! which he held the stategic position of
j Valley Forge through the dreadful win
j ted of 1777-78, in spite of the misery
jof his men, the clamours of the people,
and the impotence of the fugitive con
gress,—all went to show that the fibre
of his public character had been hard
1 ened to its permanent quality. The
j Valley Forge winter was said to be "the
time that tried men’s souls:’’ Wash
ington had no need to fear the test.
It was a serious addition to his burden
| that the spirit which eulininuted in
Benedict Arnold cnose this moment to
make its appearance. Many of the
American officers had been affronted
by the close personal friendship which
! had sphung up between La Fayetts
and Washington, and by the diplomatic
deference which the comimander- in
chief felt compelled to show to other
[ foreign officers. Some of the latter
j allowed no gratitude. The name of
(one of them, Conway, an Irish soldier
of fortune from the French service, is
[ attached to what is called "Conway’s
I Cabal.” He formed a scheme for re
placing Washington in the command
; by Gates, who had just succeeded in
forcing Burgoyne to surrender at Sara
toga; and a number of officers and men
in civil life were mixed up in it. The
methods employed were the lowest
forms of anonymous slander, and at the
first breath of exposure every one con
cerned hurried to cover up his part
in it, leaving Conway to shoulder all
j the responsibility. The treaty of 1778
with France put on end to every such
plan, it was a flat absurdity to expect
foreign nations to deal with a second
rate man as ccmumsuider-in -chief
| while Washington was in existence,
and he seems to have had no more
trouble of this kind. The prompt and
vigorous pursuit of Clinton across the
Jerseys toward New York, and the
battle of Monmouth, in Which the plan
of battle was thwarted by Charles Lee,
another of the foreign bfDeers, closed
tiie direct military record of W ashing
ton until the end of the war. The
I enemy confined their movements to
other parts of the continent and Wash
ington did little more than watch their
headquarters in Now York city. it
was more than appropriate, however,
that he who had been Hie mainspring 1
of the war, and had borne far more
than his share of its burdens and dis
couragements, soukl end it with tie'
campaign of Y'orktown, conceived by
himself, and the surrender of Cornwal
lis. The war was then really over, but
the commander-in-chief retained liis
commission until December 28, 1783,
when lie returned it to congress, then
in session at Annapolis, MU., and re
tired to Mount Vernon.
By this time the cannonizatioii of
Washington had fairly begun. 11c oc
cupied such a position in the American
political system as no man could pos
sibly hold again. He had become a po
litical element, quite apart from Cue
Union, the states, or the people of
either. In a country where communi
cation was still slow and difficult, the
genera) knowledge that Washington
favored anything superceded argument
and the necessity of information with
every young man. His constant corre
spondence with the governors of the
States gave him a quasi-paternal at
titude towards government in general.«
On resigning his commission, for ex
ample, he was able to do what no other
man could have done with propriety
or safety; he addressed a circular let
ter to the governors of the States,
pointing out changes in the existing
form of government which ho believed
to be necessary. His refusal to ac
cept a salary, as general or as presi
dent, would have been taken as affec
tation or imperti lenee in anyone else;
it seemed natural and proper enough
lo
in the case of Washington, but it was
his peculiar privilege, ft is possible
that he might have had a crown if he
had even been willing. The army,
at the end of the war, was justly dis
satisfied with its treatment. The offi
cers were called to meet at Newburgh,
and it was the avowed purpose of
the leaders of the movement that the
army should march westward, appro
priate vacant lands, leave Congress
to negotiate for peace without an
i army, and “mock at their calamity
land laugh when their fear cometh.”
It was the less publicly avowed pur
1 pose to make their commander-in
chief king, if he could be persuaded to
aid in establishing a monarchy,
j Washington put a summary stop to
] the whole proceeding. Their letter
, lo him detailing Uie weakness of a
I republican form of government as they
had experienced it, their desire for "a
! mixed government,” with him at its
| head, and their belief that “the title
I of king” would tie objectionable to few
! and of material advantage to the coun
try. His reply was peremptory, and
even angry. He stated in plain terms
I his abhorrence of the proposal ; lie was
‘at a loss to co'nccive what part of his
| conduct could have encouraged their
! address; they could not have found "a
- person to whom their schemes were
more disagreeable;” and he threatened
| them with exposure unless the affair
I was stopped at once. His inlluence,
] was as liowerful after he had returned
: to Mount Vernon as before his resigna
! tion. He was in constant corrcspon
j donee with public men in every part
j of the country.
| He received from them such a store
of sugestions as came to no other man,
digested it, and was able from it to
speak with what seemed infallible
wisdom.
In the midst of his voluminous cor
respondence, the minute details in his
diaries of tree-planting and rotation
of crops, and his increased reading on
the political side cf history, he found
time for a stream of visitors. Among
tiles*1, in March 1/85, were the com
missioners from Virginia and -Mary
land, who met at Alexandria to form
a commercial code for Chesapeaks Hay,
ar.d made on opportunity to visit
Mount Vernon. From that moment
the current of events, leading into
the Annapolis convention of 178(1 and
the final convention of the next year,
shows .Washington’s close supervision
at everp point.
(Concluded next issue.)
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The place where you can
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from a needle to an
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Milling, Lumber, Contractor
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WE RECOMMEND OUR SPECIAI HEALTH BREAD FOR
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We guarantee the best cup of coffee in town
We serve Hot CaSto, Ham and Eggs etc. fisivv 7 ,\. SI. to 1 P. SI.
launches from 13 Noon to 7 I*. SI. Every Day.
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