New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-04
RTrIEcrroNs UPON WASHINGTON.

The anti Americans in their furious zeal to
denounce, villify and cover with disgrace the
american Order, forget, or are reckless Of the
fact, that they are casting unjust reflections
upon the conduct and character of the match
less Father Of his Countryside immortal WASH
IsaToN! Itis fact, nevertheless, whether they
are aware Of it or not.
There is no doubt, whatever, that were
GEORGE WASHINGTON alive at the present mo-
ment he would be strong supporter Of the
principles Of the American party. ALI history
goes to sustain this proposition. There can be
no doubt about it Many documents issued by
him, commencing before the Declaration Of In
dependence, and ending with his Farewell Ad-
dress, oonclusively demonstrate it.
Here is q &c general order I" to which we in
| vite attention
Extracts from the original Orderly Book left by the late
Gen. Hand who the Adjutant General Of the Amer
loan Army at the close OF the American Revolution
oAMBRlpeE, HEAD ouARTERs,1
| BIZ HIS Ercelsn.y, George Washington
| GENERAL oRpERs:l
| Parole Dorchester, Co,mtersisn, Exeter.
The Genera has and is dspeesed with the
negligence and ingttention Of those officers who have
placed sentries at the outpos with whose char
for the future shall be appointed to those stations
is NATIVE of this country this order Ia be
considered standing and the officers to pay obe
dience to 1t at their peril.
| FOX, Adj. General Of the Day
| From the foregoing the fact is clear and indis-
putable that WASHINGTON preferred natipes of
the country as sentries He not only gave an
express order to that effect, but went much fur
! ther He directed that the order should "be
considered q standing one," not to be violated
except under peril! He wouldn't relax it under
any circumstances, so convinced was he of the
necessity that natives of the soil should stand as
sentries at the outposts.
Now all the; Americans propose to do, is to
carry out politically what WASHINGTON did en-
force in military practice. He wouldn't have
any sentries who were not natives The Ameri-
cans propose that our law makers and the exc
cutors Of the law shall be composed exclusively
Of natives. What is the difference, in principle,
between the WASHINGTON of 1775 and the
Americans Of 1852 Substantially, there is
none. The great doctrine involved is precisely
| the same. @
WASHINGTON held to these opinions through
out the revolutionary struggle, and long after,
even to the close Of his life. Some three years
after the issuance of the foregoing &c order" he
caused the following to be promulgated
4 HEAD QuARTERs. VALLEY FoRer,
4 ri ~ March II, ITS. r
| tGeneat Ordersl One hundred chosen men ara to B.
guard of the Commander Chief for the
purpose Of forming corps, to be instructed in the
man9uvres necessary to be introduced into the army
and models for the execution of them AS the
Generals Guard is composed Of Yrgnians the hundred
win be taken from the troops Of the other States
L nf r
10 inche age from 20 to 80 years. robust constitution
well mbsd and formed for activity; and Of estab
ishsd character for sobriety and fidelity. THEY MUST
| BE AMERICANS BORN.
&c They mast be @.dmericans born So or
dered the greatest and purest man known to
the annals of the earth, when directing that an
addition should be made to his personal guard !
The sentence is full of meaning. More signif-
canoe was never couched in the same number Of
words, And, when compared with the order
respecting sentries, issued three years before,
only one conclusion forces itself upon the unbi-
ased mind, viz that WASHINGTON felt that the
natives Of the soil were the safest parties in
whom to repose responsible and important
trusts
And, when penning his Farewell Address,
what did the illustrious Father say to his coun-
trymens Read-reheet-- consider: against
the insidious wiles Of foreign influence q conjure
you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy
Of a free people ought to be constantly awake,
since history and experience prove that foreign
influence is one of the most baneful foes of re-
publican government"
This address was published on the 18th of
September, 1896. So it will be seen that at
three important eras in the history of this
country WASHINGTON took occasion to announce
and practice the strongest sort Of Amerieanism |!
In 1775 he would have none but native sentries.
| In 1778 he would have, none but g Americans
born" added to his individual guard and, in
1895. when the glorious old man no doubt felt
that the shadows of the grave were resting upon
his head, he solemnly warned his countrymen to
beware of the insidious wiles of foreign infiu-
enoe +" Ell
Yet, for seeking to carry out and enforce
these very principles Of WASHINGTON, the Amer
loans Of Louisiana are assailed with venom
and malignity never paralleled in the history of
politics or parties All manner Of abuse is
freely layished upon them, and the dictionaries
of the language ransaeked for opprobrious cpl
thets. Well, we suppose we will have to stand
it as long as we think proper. Foreigners called
WASHINGTON everything that was infamous, but
he managed to survive their onslaughts. Their
successors and imitators are doing the same
amiable part by the American party, but
we imagine it, also, will survive. In such con-
tests the tories are bound to be unsuccessful
Hon. GEORGE B. N. WALES. - 1t was with
more than ordinary pleasure that we learned
from the following paragraph, in the Baton
Rouge Gazette of the I'd instant, that this elo-
quent and able gentleman was about taking the
stump in behalf Of American principles Says