The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-11-21
eEoReE WASHINGTON.
Pen sketch Drawn BY rhos. Jefferson

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';s ,,enetration strong, tho, nots0 acute az
% that of q Newton, Bacon or Locke; ~
nd "a far as he saw, no Judgment was ot
ver sounder. It was slow In opera
ion. being little aided by invention or III
but sure In conclusion, e
,ence the common remark OF his om-
ers, of the advantage he derived from
of war, where hearing all sug-
,estions, he selected whatever was p.
,est. and certainly no general ever
planned his battles more judiciously.
pnt IF derau0ed during the course of
the action, II any member OF his plan Il
was dislocated by sudden circumstances,
he was slow in sre-adjustment. the
was that he often failed IN p
the field. & rarely against an enemy IN
station. as at Boston & York. ne was .
of fear, meeting personal GAN
oers with the utmost unconcern. per-
hans the strongest feature In his cnaIac =
ter was prudence, never acting ontn
every circumstance, every consiaera-
ton was maturely weighed; refra1nlng
If he saw doubt, but, when once de-
cidetl: going through with his purpose
whateyer obstacles opposed. his In
tegrity was most pure, his justice the
most inflexible / have ever known, no
motives of interest or consangulnity,
of friendship or hatred, being able 10
bias his decision. he was indeed, IN
every sense of the words, a wise,
good. & great man. his temper was
naturally irritable and high toned; but
reflection & resolution had obtained
firm and habitual ascendancy over IT,
II ever however 1t broke It's bonds ne
was most tremendous In his wrath. IN
his expences he was honorable but ex-
act: liberal in contributions to what
utility. hnf frnWnfDQ
and unyielding on all visionary pro-
iects, and all unworthy calls on his
charity. his heart was not warm In Its
affections; but he exactly calculated
every mans value and gave him a
solid esteem proportioned to 1t. his
person, you know, was fine, his stature
exactly what one would wish, his de-
portment easy, erect and noble; the
best horseman of his age, and the most
graceful figure that could be seen on
horseback. altho' in the circle OF his
friends, where he might be unreserved
with safety, he took free share In
conversation. his colloquial talents
we're not above mediocrity, possessing
neither copiousness of ideas nor tiuency
of words. in public when called on
for a sudden opinion, he was unready
short, and embarrassed. yet he wrote
readily, rather diffusely, in an easy ant
correct style.. this he had acquired b!
conversation with the world for hi
education was merely reading, writing
and common arithmetic, to when ~
added surveying ut a later day. hi
time was employed in action chiefly
reading little, and that only In Ayr
culture and English history. his col
respondence became necessarily exte1
sivc, and, with journalizing his agrlcu
turai proceedings, occupied most OF nj
leisure within doors. on the whoie
his character was in its mass perfect,
nothing bad, in few points indiHeren'
and it may truly be said that neve
did nature and fortune combine NOR
perfectly to make a man great, and t
place him in the same constellatlo
with whatever worthless have merite'
from man an everlasting remem
brance, for his was the singular DIES
tiny & merit of leading the armies c
his country successfully thro' arduou
war for the establishment of it's indt
pendence, of conducting it's council
thro' the birth of government, ne
in it's forms and principles, until
had settled down into a quiet ana o
Derby train, and of scrupulously obe!
ing the laws, thro' the whole OF n
career, civil and military, of which II
history of the world furnishes no oth
example.
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