Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-02-28
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the army about one year "iio l. .ryl;ad TO !
years old. In April of that year. ne aPpnieu ond
S,c.osa eskimo them to increase the rank anu
&c a. Gentlemen composing his military f'lh-
' - H. 1 romarked that his aides de camp must ce
MON If the highest abilities, who coud execute
nr3are with the utmost promputude anu o'lsP
He adds-"I give in to no k'h1 Oh "lli"s Lavo
oolf and consequently no one ABOUT me eau n"'o
NY They can have no hours for recreation; on
+h. other hand. there is business enough to keep
tba minds of all upon the stretch. 1t IS que "
these gentlemen to say, that am indebted 10 liz
zeal for the cause for undergoing the severe laoor
and confinement imposed upon them' since 'ne'
entered my family lo+ coo-
stant trouble Washington had, to induce men 10
accent Office under hm-more men reluSeu " ','ne
of;ca unIor Washington five times told, Ch;tn nave
ever refused under all the Presidents rom 'no
Adams to the present day-Whlle IN Che army, ne
had the greatest difficulty in getting men lOr Dry
adiers and Major Generals-whhe I:N
Iv,s often Obliged to offer vacancy IN ms caolne'
- coma four or five before any one would accept
IL would select only from the choicest men IN the
land-rnany of whom could command tnelr own
postions in their own State-and others wouhd ilot
venture to hazard their regulations, fearing tna'
should they displease Washington, their own STANG
ing might irretrievaby suffer- No man Proo"oiy
ever had such extraordinary method Durng Ill
his trials in the revolution, every week ms over
.aars unon his plantations wrote him long letters
GENERALLY several pages, giving him IN account OF
The weather the work in the fields. the crops "c''
IN snch detail that he could determine almost as
we'll how his work went on as if he had been pres
ent. Those letters all in detail answered, WIN
enquiries, suggestions, DC, DC.
hurng the latter part of the war, Washington
had become so reserved in his intercourse, even with
those with whom he was upon the most tamllar
terms that many of his friends took exceptions and
particularly members of Congress. This 1eehng so
increased that at last it mentioned by several
members in debate ind Congress, with an ar OF com
plaint that Washington had ceased to communicate
Col. Hamilton, who had left the army tor short
nor;od and had been elected from New York, rose
and said in substance That Gentlemen must re-
member. that during Washington's command he
had been so situated that he must keep his own Sc
crets and that the success of the cause might IN a
great degree be attributed to this very reserve.
That lone habit of necessity could not be changed
his own confidential officers had felt and could
readily excuse it. He instanced the surprising man
ner in which Washington had concealed hls defl-
ciencv of powder-and the dissolution of one ar
nv, and recruiting another, in presence OF supe-
rior enemy, when holding the British in Boston.
Even his confidential officers did not know the eX-
tent of his distress" This open and frank expla-
nation appeared to satisfy the public mind that
Washington intended no dsrespect-and his pop
ularity remained undsturbed till he was called up
NAAONAN
the Government to its very foundation.
When Mr.. Jay returned from London he landed
at Coffee-House Slip, in this city. The French pa
" who objected to the treaty, ranged on one side
Of Wall street. and the English party on the other.
As Mr.. Jay walked up, appreciation and disappro-
baton were freely expressed, till the excitement
became very serious. COL Hamilton undertook to
address the people, but could not quiet them, and
he was obliged to retreat from the crowd. No
public measure was ever generally and Sc
verely denounced, before its ratification than this
jays treaty, and none, in its practical results,
ever gave more universal sasfaction-unless it may
be the Sub-Treasury, which, in our own day, has
passed through an ordeal equal to it, and with
practical results, equally satisfactory.
No event more severely tried the feelings of
Washington, than during the period after he
elected Lieutenant General, about two years before
his death. As soon as war with France appeared
inevitable, and just Congress about adjourn
ing, the elder Adams, without any consultation
with Washington, nominated him as the Comman-
der-in-Chief Of all the forces to be raised, DC The
Secretary of War was sent off to Mount Vernon
with the commission, unanimously confirmed by
the Senate, to ask his acceptance of it.
Washington again consented to take command
Of the army, but conditioned that he should be
consulted in the appointment of his general Off
GERS which were as follows: First Major General,
Hamilton Second, Pinckney Third, Knox. Mr.
ADAMS, without consulting NaSnnSLan, changed
the order of these three Major Generals, and went
so far as to appoint the Inspector General. Upon
this Washington took decided ground with the
President, and resolved that the public should de-
eide the issue between them, unless Mr. Adams
would yield, which he at length consented to do
General Knox became much offended that Ham
iton should have been placed over him, and final
ly refused to serve that account. Gen. Pinck-
ney, the other hand, volunteered to serve under
Knox, or in any way he could be useful.
Washington had now reached the age of sixty
seven, and felt that all earthly honors had ceased
to have the least charm for him. He was ready
and willing to die He had found, like other men,
that the world is full of trials. and that if rest and
happiness were to be found it must be on the other
side of the grave. AT Mount Vernon, short time
since, as gazed upon the piazza where he was ac-
customed to walk for hours in the evening" for ex-
ercise, wanted the powers Of Imagination to real
ize how rich must have been his reflections. His
country saved! No ambition ungratifedi The
world generating his name His example to be
the model for ages to come! His worldly affairs
all posted up, and he able to exclaim to his medi-
cal friends, 81 am dying, gentlemen, but thank
God, don't fear DEATH"
The eyes of Washington were closed under a
political cloud, as with France appeared GER
tain and imminent. He had been, under unani
nous CALL induced to accept the commission of Lieu
tenant General and at the time of his death, was
again in readiness to take the field. His deatl
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