Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-05
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The sale q wAsausdudasS hsadouarten At
MorristoWu and the pnrahasa by OoveTnor
RANDOLPH tss the State of Nrw JERSEY are
very suggestive incldons, and nrompt some
memories Of the clsssie and half IorTOtien past
we are tempted TO give expression to them, and
20 take our readers, if We can, back to what
N'pPenea ninety-six years ago, and out Ofwhich
Ae .rlais, the endurances, the triumphs Of
Is familiar story, but our NEW JRRsEY read
erS at least will thank US for recalling it, There
h portion -four sister State, bounded bv the
mountains Of SusSex-home Of patriots then and
SInce-the Hudson, and the afiuents of the
DelaWareD which iS rich 10 historical associa-
M0n' ,.9' us centre is the village Of Morristown.
What MorrlstoWn now Is, all know. What II
was century ago, accessible only by bad coun-
try roads, and with something akin 10 an un-
Droken forest west Of the Orange Mountains. IL
POI easy 70 imagine. Il was then, however
al Industrial centre In letter OF the Oath
April, l777, to RICHARD HENRY LEE. WASH
1NaToN, speaks Of there being in its Immediate
neighborhood mo less than hundred iron
works. large and small" Thither. after
Ffihcelon' WAsHrNGToN took his meagre army.
"hlch even victory could hardly save from de-
nnoralEatlon, aud there he remained for over
lour months, his first letter being dated the 7tb
OF january and the last the 2Sth of May. I777.
~ was q sad and dreary winter, foreTunner of
tue sadder one at Valley Forge, where there
was snaFdly a house 10 cover any head. The
ulnerence OF the two years was in other respects
MARKED In the FIRST place the war was year
younger at MorristOwn than at Valley Forge,
and the military spirit was fresber and more
elastic Then, too, Trenton and Princeton were
TlcIorles-BrsndywIne and Germantown defeats.
An 80 WARRINGTON, in the eyes of the enemy
az ,eaS'' held a menacing attitude, and but one
VI me great seaborad cities was in the enemy's
nShus. IL was question of exchange of queens
AnS british could not take Philadelphia vith=
on. losing New York. In ITS both cities we're
ln nostlle occupation, and the gloom was thicker
anu usrker' MerristoWn has one peculiarly
attractive association, for it will be conceded
Whatever may be the just estimate OF WASH
lNoToNs military capacity, never did he show
As Hil1n sirateglcal skull as in the antecedent
movetnents on the Delaware and his resoI1ts
and menacing attitude among the hills Of Nor
rl'- Then was ii that the Fabian chaplet oC
Victory was won. His was the heroirm N dare
De euacked but not to be tempted to offence
uoHh tentative movements to force WAsHINa-
ron out OF MS lines and that result in the snrino
" 40 form one OF the most interesting cnane
ters OF our simple military annals. Il wsI;n
the Sill surviving house at Morristown which
(ln spite OF unworthy sneers in the Adminjs,ro.
lon organ OF this clIy) the piety of New Jersey |
means TO preserve, that Washington and his |
GuVlSeIs P'a9hed and c0nsum mated this defen.
mPagn' II was the second great
headquarters" Of the war. and botb snr1iv6s s and
are guarded reverenlialIy. The Cambr;Jao
headquarters" is We all know worth;lS
tenanled. When our turn comes we mns,
remember NewbuFg. Washington Al Morristovn
was IN the prime Of life and health-not The
powdered, strictly old gentleman whom Gilbert .
stuart has elDbalmed. He was iusl fortv.H,e
years ofage. He was fresh in spiri.. Cars and
anxiety hal made their marks but he had NOT
tasted the bitter cup which, a wear later
IIngFahtnds a0d intrigue mixed for him.
" AsHINeroNs intimate military relations were
Always haP.g. In old FEOLsaART's phrase. che
nsveT y nad mlscFeanl about him." He writes
IS rom - MOrrist lWn IN January to Colonel BAYLOR:
l earnestly recommend Won 10 be circum-
sPectln your choice Of officers. Take none
out gentlemen !" and in his own staff selections
ne acted on that principle JOSEPH REED Al
cambridge, RoBERT H. HARRIsoN ct Morris.
y O"n, FINCH IILGHMAN at Valley Forge, and
OAVID HUMPHREYS illustrate this. Never mad
le Luer man near him than Colonel HARRISON
q i'" The letters written by WAsHINGFON
. those critical winter and spring months are
most moving. -
on may call us rebels" he wrote TO Lord
dowE, and say We destrve no better treat. .
nent than you give our prisoners; bat remsm !
'er. my lord, that supposing us rebels, we still
ave feelings as keen aud sensitive asloyal men.
nd vii, It forced TO II, most assuredy Tataliate
pom those Jon whom We look as the uDiust q
INVADERS Of our rights liberties and properly. > 7
'ut he could write gently too, and one passage !,
ttFacia Our eye in these forgotten records A
ontaIning kind reference to those who have
rdlnarily an ugly name in history. .'One thing"
'AsHINGToN Writes 10 Judge CHASE in Febu>
~, II must remark ia favor of the Hessians.
I'd lhat Is that our people who have been
rlsoners generally agree that they received
och kinder treatment from them than from
le British officers and soldiers The barbariles
FElncetoWn we're all committed BY the Brit
b. There we're no Hessians there" But our
atetnl duty is done, and we end il by anew e;
pressing our thanks to Governor RANDoIPH
I'd his friends for the pious work they have {
ldertaken, and which we donbt not NRw N
lRsEY, always truetO herself and her traditsons "a
III gladly ratIfy.-N. Y. WORLD.
In the New Hampshire House of Representa-. al
'es yesterday, the bill allowing women TO vote IL