The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-01

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SION 81 hIs home. Bxk afs<r 10 triumph
sxzfuftcn, <ane he shfud and knel crisis.
the initial mos<uenks Of government
whfrh we're 70 teach the futnnk STATE The
k<endze< Steps Of eUszfe,
He ai5ue cousd star assault aud inspire
conesence while the srsst AID eompls.
Vas pus in sr<1eF and SET in moslon- Doubt
existed rcwherc except ii hts modest and
ussnmhiS5oux heart my movements 70 the
char q government be said, will Be se-
con panied by feelings not uniIke those 81
ealrrst sho = solnf to she place 81 bis
execution. 50 unwilling am /, IN the even
ing sf life, nearly consumed In public
cAfx<. 20 quit . peaceful abnde for IN
OCEAN Of difficulties, without that compe-
teney Of political skfli. abilities aud In
clirxsion, which are necessary TO manage
In repeated sacrifices Tor his country = vel
fare. and he did not hesitate on. though
there is m anderfcne Of inexprsxsibie
kadness In this entry In his diary on the
night of his departure. About loo'ciock
hade s6isu 20 Mount Vernon. to private
life aud TO domestic felicity, and with :
mind oppressed with more anxious and
painful sensations than / hare words TO
express, Get out for New York with the
best disposition 10 render service 20 nrv
country in obedience 20 its call. but with
less hope of answering its expeefions-ss
Nc eonqusfor vas ever accorded such
triumph. no ruler ever received such q
welcome. In this memorable march Of SIX
days to the cnpitoi. Il wsx the pride Of
states TO accompany him with fhc masses
Of their people 70 their borders, that the
citizens Of the next commonwealth might
escort him through rs territory. II was
the glory of cities 10 receive him with
every civic honor ct their gates. and enter
tain him as the savior of their liberties.
He rode under triumphsl arches from
which children lowered laurel wreafhs
upon his brow. The roadEays were
strewn with hswers. and g they were
crushed beneath his horses hoofs their
sweet incense waited % heaven the ever
ascending pray ers OF his loving country
men for his life and safety. The swelling
anthem Of gratitude aud reverence greeted
sne followed him along the country side
and through the crowded streets: Long
live George washington Long live the
father of his people'''
His entry into New York was worthy the
city and state. He was met BIZ the chief
officers OF the resiring government of the
country, BY the governor of the common
wealth. and the whole population. This
superb harbor was alive with fleets and
salutes from their guns. and the cheers of
their crews added to the ioyous acclaim.
But as the captains who had asked the
privilege, bending proudly 20 their oars,
sowed the presidents barge swiftly through
these inspirsng scenes, Washington's mind
hoo fx.1 {o<>n
He had visited New York thirty three
years before. also In the month of April.
In the full perfection of his early man
hood, fresh from Braddock's bloody field,
and wearing the only laurels of the hattie,
bearing the prophetic blessing of the ven
cradle President Davies, of Princeton col
lege. as THAT heroic youth Colonel Wash
ington. whom / cannot bat hope Provi-
dence has hitherto preserved In so signal q
for some important service to the
country" Ii was fair daughter of our state
whose smiles allared him here. and whose
coy confession that her heart was another,s
his only failure, and saddened
his departure Twenty years passed. and
he stood before the New York congress- on
this very spot, the unanimously chosen
ommarder-in-chief of the continental
army. urging the people to more vigorous
measures, and made painfully aware Of
C
from the aid to be given to the enemy by
domestic sympathizers, when he knew
that the same local military company
which escorted him was to perform the
like service for the British governor Tryon
on his landing on the morrow Returning
mer, he executed the retreat from Long
Island, which secur from Frederick the
Great the opinion that great commander
had appeared, aud ct Harlem Heights
he won the first American vic
tory of the Revolution, which gave
that conference TO our raw recruits against
the famous veterans of Europe which car
red our army friumphantly through the
war. Six Years more OF untold sufferiugs.
Of freezing and starving camps, of marches
over the SHOW By bare-foOted soldiers to
heroic attack and splendid victory, of de-
spair with an unpaid army, and of hope
from the generous assistance OF France.
aud peace had come aud independence
As the last soldier o. the in
vading enemy emharks. Washington at the
head OF the patriotic host enters the city,
receives the welcome aud gratitude of its
people, and in the tavern which
facts us across be way, in silence
tears which choke the words. he bids fare
well forever 10 his companions in arms.
Such were the crowding memories OF the
past suggested To Washington In 1889 bs
mis- approach 10 New York. Butihe future
had none of the splendor of precedent and
brilliance OF promise witch have since at
tended the Inauguration of oar presidents
An natried scheme. adopted mainly be-
cause its administration was 10 be con-
fided 10 him, was to be pat IN practice.
He knew that he was TO be met et every
step Of constitutional progress by factions
temporarily hushed into unanimity by the
terrific force OF the tidei wave which was
hearing him ~ the MT hf4t
negceiy hostile upon questions affecting
every power II nationality and the exist
enc Of the f. deral government.
Washington was never dramatic, but on
great occasions he not only rose TO the full
Ideal of the event. he became himself the
procession OF foreign ambassadors. of
statesmen and generals, of civic societies
snd military companies which escorted
him. marched from Franklin Square TO
Pearl street, through Pearl 10 Broad and up
broad To this spot. but the people saw
steps OF the old government building b re,
the thought must have occurred TO him
that IL was cradle OF liberty, aud as such
giving a bright omen for the future. In
these halls Ii i7a5 in the trial Of John Zen
ger. had been established for the
al the press. Here the New
York assembly. In I764. made the protest
against the stamp act, and proposed the
general conference, which was fhe begin
ming of the united colonial action. In this
old state house In l765 the stamp act con
gress. the first and the father OF American
assembled and pres ntea to the
En- iish government that vigorous protest
VI hich eauSed The repeal of the get, and
checked the FIRST step towards the usurpa
ten which lost the American colonies TO
the British empire. Within these walls
the congress OF the Confederation had
commissioned It's ambassadors abroad. and
I'm intellectual forts az government had ere
ated the necessity for the concentration of
Federal authority, now 10 be consam-
mates.
The First congress of the United States
gathered In this temple Of liberty, greeted
Washington aud accompanied him 20 the
balcony. The famous men visible about
him ere Cha~eelio- Livingston. Vice
President John Adams Alexander HansiA
ton, Governor Clinton. Roger Sherman,
Richard Henry Lee. General Knox aud
Baron Sienben. But we believe that
among the invisible host above him a. THIS
supreme moment OF the elimination ia
permAnen. triumph of the thousands Of
years of stfHxgse for selfkpyeraHepf were
the spirits Of the soldiers OF the Reyolut on
who had died that their ceansrgfaeu might
enjoy this biessss. day, aud witt them were
the Bsrons OF Rnnnymesse and William the
silent, aud sidney and knsssii, and Cfom.
well and Ham paef4. aud the heroes and
martyrs Of liberty of every rsre and age.
As he came forward the multitude In
the streets, In the windows And on the
rross sent up sueh rapsur0us shout that
Washington sai down oysEeaEne with emo
tsnn. AS he slowly rose and bis tall and
ms 5estsc fora again appeared. the people
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