Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-03-18
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! These words seemed to quicken into life tho'ts
and feelings which had hitherto lain dormant: in
the Young mans breast.
"My father was right he exclaimed with pat
r.otic pride.
His mother smiled in the midst of her grief,
and faint glow tingled on her pale cheek She
handed to her son the second letter she had bro't
it contained the words:
81 have only one council to give my child with
regard to his profession let him choose which is
in accordance with his taste and talent Let him
follow it honorably, and with loyal heart But
let him beware of entering the service of England
that he may remain free to combat one day against
her power. .~
well George" asked his mother, when he had
finished perusng this letter., "do you now wish to
enter the English navy.a"
"No, no, mother, exclaimed the young man
laying his hand on his fathers tomb 81 vow BY
these sacred ashes never to fight beneath the Brit
ish flag"
The widow embraced his fathers letters 10 tho
latest day of his existence.
Next day, as the English noblcman was about
to embark, his young friend joined him on the
shore
well You are coming with me 2" said the for
mer, with that frank kindness by which he was
distinguished.
ono, remain here" replied the young Amer
lean, "but we shall one day meet again"
And they did meet again, in 1881, under the
walls of Yorktown--thc one in the command of
the whole English army snd .hc other at the head
q NJ ,I,c
moment which wrested from Great Britain her
ovcrgrown transatlantic colonies, and established
on firm basis the independence of the United
States!
The elder of the two was Lord Cornwallis-she
Younger was George Washington
Having renowned all thoughts of entering tho
English navy, Washington resumed those mathe-
matichal studies which had hitherto been his chief
delight, and turned his attention more especially
TO farming and agriculture.
When hostiliteS commenced with the mother
country he Quilted the pillow for the sword, and was
placed at the age of nineteen, at the head of tho
Virginia militia. He rose rapidly from ono step
TO another, until he was appointed General of the
whole American Army, and became the leader of
the celebrated eight years war. His unaltcrablo
irmness and calm good sense carried him through
all the complicated difficulties he had to encounter
from undisciplincd soldiers, and nation still in
the infancy of civilization. On the Goth of Jan
uary' l7s3, the treaty of Versailles proclaimed in
the face of the world the independence of the
United States of America. Then was Washing.
ton received in triumph everywhere and the vic
torious general feeling that his warlike career was
terminated, bid farewell TO his army, and laying
down his sword returned once more to cultivate
his favoritc estate Of Mount Vernon, on the Poto-
mac.
His mother, now advanced in the vale of years.
stood awaiting her noble hearted son when he re-
turned home and folded to her heart tho liberator
whom she had given 10 America, and whom A
mcrica now restored to her laden with glory and
with honors
George Washington now once again resumed
the spade and the pillow and trumphed over nature
in the wild, uncultiva.ed plains of the New World
even as he had triumphcd over the enemy in the
battle field
He organized the great company of Cincinnatus,
which brought a vast extent of land under cult.
walton, and multiplied the riches of the United
States. Many of the officers and soldiers who
had served Under him in former times, enrolled
themselves under his orders in this new cam
paign.
We need not dwell on his political life, which
was characterized by the same straight forward
single mndedness, and good sense that distinguish
ed every other step Of his career. After having
been on two different occasions unanimously elec.
ted President of the republic, he in 1897 refused
the office, and retired definitely into private life
On the 9th of December, 1899, Washington
then in the 6sth year of his age, and still enjoy
ing that full vgor of body and mind which had
been his portion through life-was engaged in SUI
perintending some improvement he was carrying
on in distant part Of the grounds Of Mount Yer
non. a heavy shower of rain came on and hay.
ing remained for some time in his wet clothes. he
complained in the evening of slight sore throat.
An inflammation of the trachca rapidly ensued, and
in nine days he was a dying man. His last thot's
were devoted to his countrys welfare, and then
calmly, as if he about to retire to rest after
q day Of toll, he embraced his wife and bids fare
we'll to those around him. and having commended
his soul to God he quietly breathed his last
The two letters which had been committed to
him by his widowed mother, fifty years before. as
they stood together by his fathers tomb. were
found after his death folded carefully like tails
man, nearest to his heart.