The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-17
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From The Brooklyn Eagle.
Cory O'Lanus on the Father- o.
His Country.

dlS C0HHLTy.
have Just got over celebrating wash wash
IF be had lived till Yesterday he would
have been a hundred and thirty-hye years
old -
Just think of that.
1t is about the age OF the Oldest inhabi-
tant.
was a great man.
: He 4;Vsas was first in war, FIRST in peace, and
first insthe hearts of has cduntrymea, and
belonged to one OF the first families Of
: Virginia. es
He was likewise the Father of his Coun--
..:tryy.ssss
would feel proud of:his offspring
Had, be still continued to reside up to
this, time at Mount Vernon he would not
be eligible 2toa seat in Congress.
That lovely patriot, Thad. Stevens,
would consign him to martial law and dis
ranchiSeinent.-
The soil on which he was born, and on
/, ,whichshis. bones rest, is no longer of the
land of the FREE, but crushed and dismen-
bered:; Virginia wears more CALLING chains
than those which fell fromhe limbs when
the last. foreign foe yielded at Yorktown
Pennsylvania, where rebellion; first dis;
turoed the peace OF the Young kepuoiic,
has spawned forth an arch malignant, a
lineal descendant of the whisky rioters
whom Washington. crushed, to riot IN the
: degradation of the State ennobled as the
birthplace of Washington.
Of course you have heard of the. little
dog and the dead lion. .-zs5: S.
What are the glories Of the past COM
pared with the glories of the present?
0rsthe great men OF the Revolutlon,.
since greater have arisen who know 50
much, more about government and the
fundamental principles Of Republicanisn.
= IF Washington lived in this generation,
hescouldn't have been great man.
One of the earliest traits OF his character
: was his inability to tell lie.
- That alone would have ruined MS po-
1itical prospects.
As a general, he wouldn't have done
either.
he never expressed an intention OF
:; fighting it. out. all the summer on any
particular line.
81 Then we don't hear of anybody making
fortunes by army contracts for beet and
! ishoddy in. his day. @
!. A-republican Is administrator never could
have tolerated such commander-in chief.
Then his farewell address would have
been fatal to Interpolation:
The principles he enumerated would have
shocked the Radical press, aud he would
have been. denounced as Copperhead.
He was open.to suspicion of free trade
-preclivities because he affiliated with a
Boston party who refused to pay the duty
!. on tea. ~
Consequently the Tribune would have
been, down on him. 4....5.se-
Some men are born too soon, Some too
late. Washington was born about the
right time.
g People didn't know so much in bis day.
!. -. Or, at least, they didn't send such wise
s nIe; L to, Congress.
- People were satisfied with the Union
:,llletef the: Constitution then, entertaining
.sa-yery foolish respect for the Constitution
without the amendments.
There are several anecdotes of Washing
ton extant.-. :-:;s i ssssy =
!, = One Of which is-about a British sentinel
who was on. picket sduty. one night when
.ehe saw: mana tall man-ride BY. This
British sentinel, who was strictly loyal to
his: Government, thought he would shoot
the tall man. As the; idea occurred to
him, he raised his gun to carry tout
Just before ;he pulled the trigger the
British sentinel altered. his mind and didn't
shoot. .}s s:..c5ss5 =
- - The tall man who wasn't shot was
Washingto
{sszHe never knew it until somebody told
him of it afterwards.
. Such was the greatness of his mind.
There. is one other anecdote of Washing
!. ton never before published, but was re-
lated privately to me by his nnrse, Joyce
:Heth, when sheswas in Barnum's museum.
~ Wasbington:s father made little George
q Christmas present of a nice little plum
tree; which he had bought at a hardware
5storeiin Richmond.
L1ttle5G George, who was of an inquiring
turn@of mind, wanted to find out where
the plunls came from, sohe took a favorite
. hatchetethat che hired girl used to chop
.Eindling wood with, and chopped up the
tree. ~ -
IT took the edge of the hatchet and
,hackeditlike abuck saw, so that titwouldn't
split fine kindling wood. -:
no has done this ?" said old Mr..
Washington; looking around for hickory
switch to warm his offspring.
Father said FGeorgy, with the pres
ence of mind of future greatness, "pm the
boyswho dissected that specimen of borti-
culture. y
"Come; to my arms, my SON. said the
old gentleman.
There is.only one parallel in American
history to this touching story of attach.