The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-02-11

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T~F-afieers sh0se inlrrPiaay . ths
Ti.rn- 81 earrr I,ngu~, illr pride al sKs-
~ hrsn-afscrTs Who hass shaEn Ihrm-
ssiFe. deserving of tie higl'ssi honssIs.
aud who have hren. saane q ils~m n least.
siexalrd b. your LFrs sls--nilierEsnt whom
Il . not Iao mach 10 say thai Ihry Pnssess
al he high qualilies which have cane
hid rlshrr eiiicers or soldiers in any ser
ssre in The world. SIR. such unjust re.
turns faF nable services must innlei pans
az shame on noble AMI gallant and PAIN.
cite hrans-a TsIuIn which no neeessily
ran iasufy. aud which. in NV Judgment.
would stand ss foul blot up.,R the e.
culehsDn of This great Repuhllr.
Sir. would ii,is insult stop heres NO.
cir. Il would infliei = pang upon tie
nerve that slbrales in every noble hrsTI /;
And, ms word Cor IL. IL such law IS This
be passed-if . civilian be advanced over
the heads Of all those gallant spirits in our
army 10 The chief command. NOT only
would the brave officers and soldiers Of
aur army. bat even the very suIlers and
faIlswers Of the camp. feel their cheeks
Jingle with indignation and shame ~ tie
aHsonI offered TO that body and lis head.
Of which they were the humble reIainrrs.
Sir. there is noi an instance in the hisio-
~ Of this country which can serve as
precedent; there is not an instance which
en- Justify such thing. Il 10 true. cir.
that. in 1893, when The country. pnssess-
ing Ear inferior capacilies for military de.
fences, Was threatened with an inevitable
war with the pr0ndcsI and bravesi and
most powerful nation of that dsy-il is
true tina, on that occasion the office Of
lieutenant general was established. and
Washington was called under that desig-
nation 10 take command Of all the armies
Of the country. But. sir. IL was WASH
ing,on who was called to take that CONF
mand; il was for Washington that that
rank was established. Washington uas
then in retirement. which he loved-en-
laying the rase and snlace OF domestic
life. which he had earned fnr himself by
long and Curious toll. Washington was
called 10 that command by the people, by
the army iiself-calleJ To take the charge
and direction 81 those great military off.
GERS. Add. IL lie returned upon the stage
of active life ,: il he left the spo, in which
he hoped to pass without interruption the
few remaining days oil his life. surely il
was due 10 him; il was due in that singu
lar position OF eminence and glory which
he had occupied in this country. Yes.
sir, il was due 10 HIM, who, a. he had
teen first in war, was also first in peace
il was due To his character. 10 his pre.em.
lnence throughout the whole breadth Of
ihis land; il vas due 10 the proud posi-
ton which he occupied in the civilized
world; yes. il was due To him. when. al /
The call of his country. he surrendered
upon the field II arms. hsi Il" snS~'" -"
il with title corresponding in some de.
gree with his vas, and superior merits.
Sir. the Stale Of things 10 now changed.
We have no Washington. We cannot. il
we look Throughout, the whole country.
find in retirement man OH whose head
i nations blessings have, with entire una
nimiiy. been showered as on him. We
ranuoi look abroad and lind some one man
whose name is gratefully cherished as ha.
wing been once the saviour Of his county,
and ID whom all look again To discharge
this benevolent office Of patriotism Sc.
cond Time fur them. We have eminen,
and good men. we have them in pul lie
aud in private life; we lave them 10 the
military and in the civil service Hf the
country; we have them belonging To all
parties into which the people are divided;
hui, sir, among them all. there is not one
whose name can, without proclamation, be
spasen in comparison with The name Of
Washington Sir, The creation OF that Of
flee in 1908 was personal tribute Of crate.
fal admiration and respect on The par. Of
this country TO Washington. II was foun.
died motives personal To him. n"
man supposed al that day, as some seem
10 suppose at this. tina, Washington, at the
head Of The armies Of this country, with
the title Of major general, could not have
been as efficient as if he bore a hundred
Iilles--ss If he wore all the titles which
European device could heap upon him.
The idea that Washington could deii, e
any advantage. any mental (orce, any
power Of concentration, any genius, any
greater skill in The management Of the AZ
fairs Of his country or tina, II would add
any thing to the indumItable spirit BY
which he was enabled, in success or in
adversely, TO be always the same; that he
could derive in any degree all or any Of
these attributes from The circumstance Of
bearing higher tile, entered not. am
persuaded, into the Imagination Of any
human being. twas known that Wash.
ing,on, with the title of major general.
could have discharged all the duties that
were placed in his hands-ay, with an
inferior title: because the power to dis
charge them depended on his personal
qualities, and The force placed a. his CON-
mand. The title i'm that case WAS iusl.