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There is this popularity in regard to the
character of WASHINGTON, that the reader
never becomes wcaried with anything conncc-
ted with it. Every year develops some new
incident portraying his character as almost
peerless in all that constituted the ratro, and
the sage. How few men with "spccks of
our nature" in them could have passed
through such an ordeal as he did without n
stain Tho suhjoine1 article affords a pleas
ing application Of the effect which " truth
and sincerity" always exert upon noble
minds. 1t shows that Governor JOHNSON
make no mistake when he singled on: the
linstrious Nirginian as worthy lo command
the armies Of America -
LAunrNrlNuM, BURKE CorNry, (GA)
,itnc II, 1868.
MEssRs. EDIToRs Tho remarks which
have recently been made in your valuable
paper upon the question, " Who nominated
General Washington as Commanders in. Chief
has attracted public attention. To Governor
Thomas johnson. Of Mary land, certainly
belongs that distinction. During visit
which | recently paid to j. X. Tcit, Esq,
the celebrated autograph collector, residing
in Savannah. he alluded to copies If General
Washingion's letters to Governor johnson in
his possession, inviting him to accept the
offices Of Secretary of State and of Associate
Judge Of the Supreme Court. Accompanying
these letters of Washington is memorandum
of Governor Johnson. written in 1915, four
years preceding his death, to be preserved by
his family IN m"n'Oriam. | was greatly i'm
pressed with the moral beauty of this memo
Iandum. its simplicity and piety and at my
earnest instance Mr.. Teiit kindly allowed me
a copy. No memorial of the good and great
men who planned and conducted our Reyolu-
ton should be lost The thoughts of such
men, more than the imagine, nlajorum Of
Rome, will incitc tic present generation TO
virtue.
SEPTEMBER Is, 1915.
This encloscs two of the many letters I
received from George Washington in the
course of long and intimate acquaintance
and friendship which was honored with
nor were our frequent conversations less re-
served. Some of them ] could now repeat,
almost verbatim, so impressive was his pen
etration. his wisdom, ard the purity of his
mind. These two letters, with the rough
draft ofmy answer, | leave as a ich legacy
of honor to my descendants; not to swell them
with pride, but with the hope that it may
stimulate them in the course of virtue, TO the
active practice of that which is founded in
truth and sincerity.
How loved him, and love his memory =
There were, doubtless, spccks of our nature
in him. But am more and more fixed in
the opinion that he came nearer the order OF
superior beings than any person ever knew
or can rely on from the report of history or
my limited acquaintance with the history oil
4 l, nJ eI, h,ca,
That we are to pass into another stage oil
being after death hold for certain and as
certain too that we shall be rewarded or pun.
ishcd according to our deeds in this life--the
rewards liberal, the ptnishmcnts mitigated
by mercy. But the manner of a future exis
tcnce and the enlarged capacity of the mex
superior class of beings we cannot possibly
have cdcquatc ideas of in our present state
Some imagine that We shall have a Iemcm
brancc of aud something of the feelings o
relationship in this life, with improved
powers of communication. If this should b,
| the state of things, may | meet WASHINGTON
| beyond the grave
THOMAS JOHNSON.
P. S..-There is pleasing Revolutionary
incident alluded to in this county. During
the occupation of Georgia by the British
| toNCrnOr Edward lclialr, mciE Der OF th(
then Continental Congress, and who had ar
indigo estate in this county, was compelled tc
leave the colony with his family and slaves
In his journey towards the North. through
the Carolinas and Virginia, he stopped a
Fred,ricktown, Maryland, near which place
his friend and colleague, Governor johnson
had an iron forge of wide reputc. lie kindly
offered to give employment to Governor Tel
fairs servants and there they accordinsl,
remained till the recovery Of co'ony. Thos
were times which i" tried men S souls. ~
And what with one hundred dollars Of Con
tinenlal money iol dinner, many patrio
Of condition envied the peasants OF Henry "
to all of whom he vowed u" fowl in his pot.
PLfNICS SECUNDUS.
ITWhat n unfailing barrier against vice