The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-12-14

sA0oeA" Locks lato the lives 81 he Pres
idesis feom Wsshiagtea to 0vohsasa.
Prom the ST. Lsuis Republican. Dec. 9Th.
Mr.. George Alfred Townsend. well
known To all newspaper readers a.
Gath" delivered his very entertain.
ing aud characteristic lecture, "Thom-
~ the Doubtsr." ut the memorial hall
last evening before an audience which
by ITS quality amply atoned for what
II lacked In quantity: even in qusnti
ty II was respectable, though il was
not what II would have been had the
mud been half a foot or 80 shaliower.
Inopening be gave picturesque de-
scription Of Mount Vernon. its site
and surroundings. explaining the
spirit In which he would treat of the
men counted great in the republic by
. reference to the title Of his lecture
and to the character Of Thomas, who
TO be convinced must place his hand
on his masters side. After describ-
ing the early
LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
his marriage and more mature habits,
he read letter which he had written
to his wife on setting out for the war,
and then reading one written by
Cromwell TO his wife from the field of
Dunbar, he drew a parallel between
the two great men to the Americans
advantage. Washington he did not
view as he Is usually viewed: "A charac-
ter expressed by no other term so well
as "goody goody." He thought him
every inch a mana man with little
nonsense about him; squaring his own
life by rule: not expecting from 9th
ers high standard of sentimental
morality, but demanding that they
should keep their engagements. His
Idea of the man was well summed In
the phrase. "a grand old mastif,"
which he applied 10 him. He Wa. at
neither love or war like the cavalier,
nor like the puritan He had served
two British kings, but he made no ado |
about upsetting one. He demanded
rather than that all men should be |
good in the abstract, that they should |
fulfil their agreements. Al the age OF |
fifty-five we find him entering into a |
covenant and agreement with one |
Philip Barbour, gardener, to-wit: |
That the said Philip should abstain |
from becoming intoxicated and from |
spending IA Jney for liquors. except at |
the times hereinafter mentioned; and
the contract allowed him TO dispose OF |
81 worth OF rum AT Christmas, 81 worth /
at Easter. - worth 1T Whitsuntide. |
with one drink daily at breakfast. In |
his presence NJ one was allowed To he /
drunk. to swear, or 10 be familiar, but |
he did not fall into CromweIl's mis- |
taxes OF trying I'd make THESE virtues
hatiohsi ones by
SPANISH rxo,rrsrTtoS METHODS.
washington ala not adopt new PM
osopnicai notions; liberty To MN was
NOT an agitatlon, out possession, ana
hisowh country the model OF proprieiy /
anu the whole emu IN view lie was
not seized win the taste To go abroad
after his lame brought homage from
every prince ana people. He took his
vile from the camp back 10 their home
and there he prepared II to give re
spect TO his country IN the eyes of Wis
ltors. ana never talked oi his battles
and set his papers In order for the Use
OF history an went forth only To pre-
side over the making Of the constitu
ton and promote communication with
the west. He allowed the events 4"
arise without AMI not within hiin,and
ne dealt with them alter they came.
He set every formal thing down aud
lived up To II and waited for 1ohody |
ana lei nohody walt Tor him. tie re
spected needy officers, hut did not
bend his government away from tai
snt TO get the soldier vote, nor revenge
himself on military rivals a. President.
VI all nations he had the least respect
AT last Tor France, though lafayette
was his dearest alien friend. He hoped
that politicians never would exist in
America; that men would serve their
country without classification, and he
Kept down parties in his administra-
.,on uh'i' NUS res,iess, smart sec ,
eaten M with literary CONSEQUENCE [
and jealousy. precipitafeS the country .
into two self-seekinc factions. The d
last act of the grand old mastitr-s life
was to resent the overthrow of his e
by men like Jefferson and il
Burr and he wrote 10 Patrick Henry {
and Henry Lee like old friends IN come :
forth again and close with the li,tl, q
political bosses of that dav. Death e
fearing he might mistake his way a
into "A third term of office killed him e
with a little dew and saved him pcr. &
iect 10 all time. n man vino ,,nvrrnri =
ais passions to The end =
HanniIv no irf, ma .hilIr.,-r,rN
,ut the muI, u
'rhc audience was rather slo,v 4, 80, /:
he pojut and the lecturer wont :, u
.lucidate telling how W,shinyton had /.
lacks and ipnncts rr,,, u
which nroccaded ,hose animals yvhi,.h Il
ave made the south ~ bInssn,n I;I,atL. il
,,se. Often when i'm ,bc las, war a.. a
,ad sat on his hnr.,. u,i,ad n.,rJ,, ., II
he saddle nir,h Inc had ,inn.i H.. il
.nared of resruin,r ,itL.r hims.If me q
,is country until tbe nigbt uinJ L,r'. il
!, him -
..-,. .
IA
irowning the voice of the whipnooT- I,
-. .,f a.. r';,t,,,,r -, .. y
NJ him that there was great hope of v
,ulling the country out of the ditch. | u
Ind so died Washington, father of his !,
and the mule. h
On John Adams the elder the lee {,
urer dwelt at some length. bringing | a
n much of his history, making him
Inferior to Washington but better than al
eiierson His parallel bet ween Wash r
ngton and Jefferson was happy one Il
eiferson, he said, did not only pro W
uce a change of party but a change of 81