Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-03-11
NO. q.

sr'VaassoH soaio nave fgFtHln1tsd suGtsks=
fully.
Tbs imperfect organization Of the arms, the
itntfetity Of the Federal Government and
the Jeslnusias Of the State 1egisIatares. gave
ttsh Washington great annoyance and en-
harfasstHshf. At tintes. when fhanfF er tbs
1iuftlefs Of Ire shsiny woutd give him tte
p,osf R~ttrlntts opportunities Ut striking Il ftal
DIoW al 'hslr power. his AMMUNITION would fait
bi'ps ~ tho ahoft snlistmeHta 81 the militia
would expire i and when Ie could almost
gfasV tbs labfels If vic DRY, bic arfuy would
suddenly hWindte away and leave him with q
hafdial Ut dlsconfeniej, starved, and naked
troops 10 uphold the tatAe Of three mllliDra0 u
psople, aid that was lbs tase tipt onef, NJ
tWlfs merely Bai it happened 10 nearly every
campaign during the war Passing by the
siege OF DGTtars the battles ~ tong faIamf
ana White Pla1bH, which we're tlls first events
IT the war. ! will call your attshff nm 10 that
crisis whom q h~alf.Gtad. half fal little army Of
raw militia wga flying before lte victorious
troops d the British general aetttsa New Isrs
sey. hirrying 10 place the river GttHNaf4 be-
tween il and its nisrciieas foes. when NJ.
most every patriot heart aickened in deabair.
when Congress was In dependency, mud The
who'e fiation oyerspraad with n gloom which
hung ltbe a ssb,bre thunder cloud oVsf the
i1ftd-~WhJ was he that 1T Ibis awful ssenebt
s'o6d calm, self posshssed, ubmneed. and met
nn7tsfuayed The ffowfs Of thai fate which
SEEMED suspended over his bleada,g country
nerd | tell you this Was Washington. Md
wen may be have been eetnposed-WalI may
he baVs relied on the resources II Lta ogn3
great mind, for In q short time by Il few sffoE6s
OF genius ha completely changed The aspect
of )aiiiiff, and turned defeat into victory, deR.
pa INTO hope. and sadnsss into Joy. | aii1de
to those brilliant fnaGH1gre# which he exc.
cu'ed when, suddenly rscrosstBg the Deta.
ware. he impetonsly fell upon tie enemy 1T
Trenton and Princeton, signsIIy fofeafed'
tbsn NJ both pt4rss, and wjih an inferior force
drote 'hh British and their German fnefcena.s
rfes from etnfy ptst they had previously of,
rtrpied along he Delaware and compete d them
TO abandon neafly Tho whole If New Jersey
To bsftoW Tie language Of The ~eIegart and
classical Italian historian, Bbdfa, "acficv6s
menfs SO astonishing gained for the American
Cstiftsaftdsr Il very great reputation and were
regarded will wonder by al nations ID we'll
az the Americans. Every ons aDpiauded tbc
prudence, The daring and the f~rfnuesp Of
Gen. Washington al dselal III him the IA.
Vtsr Of hls country, all proclaimed him eqrai u
Tho tijtst renowned commanders 6f Antiquity,
and Especially distinguished bin by the rtau4o
If The American Fablus. Tire greatest pct.
sopages in Europe bestowed Upon him praiss
and eengfHi uIatjon"
| vii call your attention 10 another pt3otuy
cflsfs IN The war of the revolution, which y
have always regarded az The most intensely
Interesting passage to be- found IN the pspeg
Of AfHsriean history. | aIlHde 10 The period
when fbs continental army was in Winter
quarters at Valley Forge. Tie summer cam
paigt preceding had been distinguished by
fhe battle Of Bfandywine and Germantown,
where The advantages we're IN f4yet Of the
ENEMY but without bringing any Segface on
The American arms, or iesseaiag the bivb re-
Of the Commander III Chief. The
at Valley Forge pas abeut twenty miIeak
from Philadelphia, which vas then occupied
BY Gen Howe with 10000 British troopss
Gen. Wasbington's army did not exceed III.
DOO men, 1000 Of whom were barsfooted and
otherwise naked, many RI whom were without
and were compelled to st 10 iii
night by ihoif camp fires to Keep themselves
from freezing to death. Tire snferine4 81 his
for f~od and clothing we're most painful
and Distressing to The heart Of their general.
The patience and fortifuds with which ba
bore these hasdshfps cannot be- tes
much praised and admired by a grateful pos.
In addition 10 THE dfseouraeine state
,f things, Gen. WasbingfonsA great soul had
70 bear up against fhe caigaanie#, and mach.
nafions u bis personal enemies. II naa az
his time that the notorious Conway cabsf took
Generals fos4gav, Galea and Nialfn
mad ceuspired u break down the reputation If
Washington and with The aasiafzrce Of their
trends 10 Congress, 10 have themselves placed
It the head Of the military affairs II the nation
Nost happily for our country, the deaIens ef
.hese men were sxposed before they bad time
% perfect their scheme. Iu the mids, If these
multiplied causes Of caro- ard distress. anfdst
hese scenes Of perfdy and tr=achery, II wa.
not for himself that biz heart was afflicted
twas for his c~ountry-'tvas for lie sacred
;attae OF liberty. For himself, he felt no feafa
he looked into bis own heart and saw me-
tain, 10 u~nsoundness there--ae tookad to
Heaven, and appealed to the Seareher sf NJ
'earts for The purity of his motives and in.eo.
itv Of his csnfnef. Even in tits hour of tFi-
y, he uttered no complaints /. spoke not Of IN
or Of persecution, nor did a ~frowref
niger Cloud the serenity Of his I5fty brow.
his, my frends, 10 the might, the majesty Of
human greatness-this ia the very climax Of
he moral subIikss.
will alIude to bit one more act Of ba
''thiy IaiSEf +, u ~ ina one which is tic
rowning jewel Of his life. Whilst The army
vas enearHped at Newburg, May, 1872, gerv
dissatisfaction was felt b. both sFrstr
nd men with their condition. They cam.
lalned that now when peace vas about n he
made with Great Britain and when thafs
YES about to reap the adyarfagex If
heir long and patient sufferings. they fetnG
1etnse'ves without money, cisthipq. or The
Of a comfortable support in the eve,
ing Of that lifes the morning Of which had bnep
Geut in the service oftheir Courtry. Fsekfso
round them, they saw an ~inbecila FederaT
government whose laws and resolutions NOR.
generally treated with contempt, whose tras
rrv was without credit, money, or reverp
nd as for the States, they could ernae,
from their narrow selfish ueIfer
nothing tn hope for from these set,r.
es, the tdea very naturally aroee ii tfear
hat il would be safest for th.r, ~ 30.
fess Their own grievances, and 10 refy anaa
bat which mad Herer fai'ed@tbegn III the tz1r
+ danger-thelr own good swords. IN fbs.
OF feeling, a Colonel Of high STANDING in
re army Vas depufed to write 10 Gen. Wash
'gton, Offering him the sceptre Of a King
be reception that letter met viii NAV he
rel imagined lie replied to it IN a tone NJ
ne sternest rehnke, and with 4 threat TIA, =
he subject was furths- agitated he wgt,Ij ax
ose the author.
The plan Of Ills address viii not allow ms
} otter further remarks on the events c. ,hs
sVosutlen. 1t is well known thai Gen. Wash
lgton was called to preside ever the eonTenu
Ell "atch framed the Constitution, and that 5v
ne hnaniineas Fece OF his countrYmen he wss
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