New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-23


make their names shine the brighter But nero Is isan
worth quarter OF a million dollars, whose wnoe Tor
tune be forfeited the Revolution ials. tie cos
into the scale From that day he had no other purpose
ON the earth except to serve the good cause WIFI MS
whole heart.
WASHINGTON AS A GENERAL
We can never understand what grand true man NC
svas until we get rid OF the idea thai he was great
general the Of winning battles ana thtt ns
career In this respect something like that OF Orom
well and General Grant. Lexington and Bunker HUI
were fought before . he came from the South 70
take the command The first battle OF moment was
Long Island lie lost 1t and had to give up New-IOrK
He losr Brandywne and had to retreat to Germantown
Then he lost Germantown and had to give up Phllade
pha yorktown, Of al the battles Washington ever
fourht resulted in grett victory But here again we
tories over the enemy as in ms grand eouIlse
and parence under defeat that we trace MS greatness
The oak have taken Tor type OF ne nannoUn gu ia
down new clamps and cables against the storm 50 vlu
this man LIT 1t 9iow any sDrS 0 o nTouob All the
tempests He held after Long Island, wheh ms men
Me- ,r Ten DAYS he would not have 1000 men to light
lord Howe lie steady as The CatsklH through tne
light of Saratoga shot the gloom OF Brandy
He held at Valley Forge with near 3'oVV men us
ahled NV hunger and exposure poorly ciad, without
bIankcis ana without animal food for week at TINE
There was no end of good eating close at mana III fh
dnbta and parties and balls going on NJ great rate u
were on the road only they did not come While
he appealed 10 Congress III vain. Ana Ihen ne sincs
the Keynote letter, when ne says: a.. t hh
ur afirs are brought this crisis that the mana
Of God NAV be the more clearly n our deveTaDce
nd the many remarkable ntcrpositiOps OF the DIVINE
Government In the hours OF our deepest distress nave
been far too striking 10 suffer me TO DOUBT Tue na
Here want TO say word about these remarkable
interpretations uf the Divine government III connection
them or seems 10 think of them. but think we can see
them now standing out In very clear reheL salu
mace and time believe in such men az believe 10
cod and that when such man comes INTO TINS "orlu
no L,s IN STAY uutll the work done 10 which ne was
niccfrd shall say from the foundation Of the world
let us make minds that there u uNihtt uisV
such ends aud then see now TINS truth MS WASH
ingIon ...,,. -. ,..,,,od IN sorve IN rho RovaI
Navy and was ready 30 go on sipboard put bis n9ih-
ers heart failed her and she could not let MN 20 now
could she when she had borne So and ori nurS ed
die Of the smallpox in the Barbados when he was
seized with it and II was al put certain deh 10 9sSe
n I'm such weather. or die of the cold II ne escaped the
accident when be plunged tsr1uSh an cepbSA ,e3
feet OF water In the Aeghamy ,ro or o Ue 1nO mot
and fired at fifteen PAGES. or at Braddoeks
defeat when he bad four bullet holes through me coat
aonId moi ne broken until his work was done. And
what Is this but asking whether great cause and the
thay match far Thaf we call the doctrine OF chances
l. Tor one love TO believe In such Providence about
he accidents of life and these are OF that nature.
Rnt n great personal destiny was the last thing Wash
mic hs letters or speeches from the time ne pub
liz Io lie 70 tne rest nnd quietness-I will not
saw Of his old age for while fiom February. 1892 to
December 1899 very tue line Of three score and
ton never heard anybody speak OF Washington as an
old man.
A SOUND AND HEARTY HUMAN LIFE.
But I must draw my story toward conclusion He
was full OF sound and hearty human life to the last.
He tells Louis Philippe, long after he has fetred from
nublc life that he always sleeps WELL because he has
nothing on his conscience. SIN there is ira
ditIon that the good was sometimes kept
awake nights. Such thing as curtain lecture
has come down among tho traditions. lLaughterl We
have 10 speak OF such things with bated breath but
they do say that Martha had temper and when things
ana NOT 20 TO suit her was apt to give him a
p,ece OF her mind. What love above oil
things in Washington Is bis great. sound
laval nature passionate sometimes bur never
sniien manful, but never masterfu except when man
hood and mastery aud the same Al the shame
mi etam oee Of his men in September l776, he
c0ud dash his hat 10 the ground IN grand rage suap
his pistols them aud II the truth must De i9d swear
ike yery trooper Yes he did swear. and III lot you
swear II You ever get INTO russ IKE tual.
tolerate profanity in those about him. lie
wept bitter tears when he saw nun per OF us men
bayoneted by the Black Iessans and could DO nothing
10 save them ana laughed with mighty laughter when
he mad sent Putnam to hunt down dangerous SPY and
him return Win the spy strappeI on oehInd nus
horse In the shape OF wonderfully stout old lady,
who cond by no means DC kept unet, no mater ss
how much Putnam would tak. lLAughtery tie
could ash ont too with touch OF tho humOr common
10 great natures. lie was even capable OF touch OIL
went over great PIE OF ottsrs once p
10 General Ward. and In one OF them ne says fut
gentue such point, or the leloN We put there
lar night went It and has joined the enemy" Think
of Washington using such language Many are the IN
riaents related OF MS thoughness aud Kindness; and
Have this revelation Of the man 20 manly, 50 tender
and 50 full OF human life, far beyond the cold and
ognined dsguises winch It mas pleased our age TO
cethe him. In which the real man is hidden under the
mask. 49,. -, -, -, -
Aud the end 10 came was OF piece with all the
rest lie died on the 1itn OF December. Gu tue 18th
he i've hours In the saddle again on the l3th marx
ing trees TO be cut down for the Improvement
on his estate And you see how on the last
whole day OF bis human lie this man did a
stroke of solid work this world. and then when next
day the end came and the great man had well done his
Ia. deed hi last words were three lttle words
of one syllable 1 will not tell you what
they were because I want those VINO do not
rrueuber fhom To feel little ashamed OF that. They
amount only 10 eight letters seven and comma. posi-
Inv but n no had said enough 10 Ill Websers Dcton
eTy he could not have amended those two or three
little tiny words. They are the sum and substance OF
fatfh and all