The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-03-15

iifmness, his devotion to his mother, his
wife, his friends. Once more love had
pierced his heart and wounded it. His
second attachment, 10 Miss Mary Phillips.
New York lady. was apparently sufii.
cicntly strong 10 give him the uneasiness
of lover. He fingered; he confided his
secret TO 4 friend. But Miss Phillips mar
ried Major Morris, an English officer, one
OF Washington companions in arms, aud
the young provincial was disappointed.
lie was only twenty four. At tweniy-six
hs paid his addresses To that fair ard stately
widow whom he has made one of the noted
women of the age. She was amiablc in
telliGen., wealthy; Washington had inner
tied Mount Vernon, and here lie might
have lived i'll opulsnce and ease, had not
the claims Of his country driven him to
action. lie chose rather 10 live and die
for his fellow men, and with his usual
grave composure exposed his fortune to
coniiscatiun, his head 10 the traitor block
his honor 10 the risk Of chance and fate
Had lac failed, an utter ruiu a perfect re-
verse, waited upon his remarkable prosper
lty. OF success lie might often despair.
1t WAS in these moments Of sell. sacrifice
that ash!ngton rises To heroic greatness.
Oac sees him stI idiug onward among the
lesser meu around him, the vain, amb-
tlcus, envlous, cruel, always composed, un-
selfish, manly, incapable of tic petty i'm.
pulses t!at have too often disturbed the
greatest minds, always observing the rules
of conduct he had laid down for himself a;
thirteen, always rclig ious, hopeful, active
His ancestors had been Cavaliers, the de-
voted adhc:cnis Of Charles Washing
ton became a republican, took up arms
against an unjust king. lie calls Crom
well a usarpcr, but followed him TO the
limit Of 4 lust resistance. When some one
proposed to make him king, he repealed
the oif.r with Indignation. II, em1nci-
. pated his slaves at his death; lie insists
upon the measure with singular feryo,: he
epjoins it most pointediy and soiemrly"
/ upon his executors; it is plain that he
would have been among the first to enforce
/ universal emancipation. Education he
thought thu foundation of libsrty. Il is
/ sometimes supposed that Washington was
/ inclined to the feudai form of government
Was the friend of caste and aristocracy, a
/ rigid observer of tie ceremonial and uu.
real, fond of official state and spicndor
/ Il is signal error. His hard and painful
{ yuHtl had far5git hin, ~ irar ,,,i
( democracy: his precocious mind saw all
+ the weakness OF the Oriental iictions OF
I personal disparity. Adams and Hamilton
might sigh for titles, privilege, an artificial
| super iority to their fellow men, but Wash
/ ingtons clearer intellect dismissed their
/ suggestions without consideration. Official
l distinction wearied him. lie was fond
neither of fame nor power. lie was honest
to high degree. When one Of his ac
| quaiutances at Morrisiowu had paid his
/ dcb;s in deprecated paper, which was then
| legal tender, " Washington refused to speak
/ 10 him. Ii is easy to see that. w,rs he 10
come again he would be the ii .mest advo
cate Of national honesty. lie was equally
! the foe of disuui0n and rebellion: he re-
| pressed disorder with Jacksons ii.muesS,
+ Liucoln's truth. Had the Southern States
/ possessed many A>hirgtoas perhaps one
/ they would never have risen in revolt
/ Republican virtue came to him as the re
suit of his Ecalthful mind and body, his
later self-sacyiiics; he was in all things
| republican, pare, honorable, polite, gener.
Gus, looking only to the welfare of the
| country, the people, aad for theirs always
/ willing to sacrifice his own.
His death was like his life, composed,
! calm; his peculiar organization dissolved
/ with no mental disturbance. lie caught
cold, ie!t that he mus. die, buTo pain with
silent resolution, and was sullJcIted by
| quick Is defamation. To f,eud lie said:
Il ii-d that | am Goin. My bgsa'li can
not las. long. believed from tn, ii 81
that the disorder would prove fatal" He
vas filed with gratitude for the kind at
tention Of those around him; his goodness,
bsnsvolenco, appeared for the last time.
\ few minutes before his death he said
II am inst going. Have me dcccn,ly
buried, and do no: let my body be put into
| the vault in less than three DAYS after ! am
dead. Do you understand me- he SAID
/ 70 his friend, who replied, Yes He
said, lis we'll" lie expired without 4
struggle o. sigh. Ii was the graceful
[ Il ght Of one of the modest spirits that
have lived upon the earth TO the golden
mansions Of eternal peace; he seemed to
spread his wings aud liz easily away Il
Is ouly eighty years ago yet already much
that Washington had taught himself, and
would have taught all his coun;rymen.
they have learned i'll part, ami will still
learn more. He WAS npt al as,xai teach
ct; H. was always IN pies:, silent, thong
full. Bat upon all the chief clements of
republican progress he never failed to
speak with c!eaIness. lie knew that re
publicanlsm meant religion, know ledge.
honesty, labor: tina. j: was something new
amidst the mighty powers Of feudalism,
classic thought once more restored to man
kind. lie would have schools everywhere:
he founded churches, planned canals and
roads, loiesaw tie greatness of the adyauc.
ing West, foretoll the future of his coun-
try. lie would make all his couutrymeu,
OF whatever rlca or creed, republicans and
Americans. lie lived in TIE future: he
would throw off the dead decayns past
1t is not in Europe but America that men
like Washington are born.
EUGENE LAWRENCE
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