Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-04

Ut is done;" 'Long live George Wash ington, our first President F was the answering cheer of the people, and from the belfries rang the bells, and from forts and ships thundered the cannon, echoing and repeating the cry with res bonding acclaim all over the land "Long live George Washington, Presi- dent of the United Statesn
 The simple and imposing ceremony over, the inauguration read, the blessing of God prayerfully petitioned in old St. Paul's, the festivities passed; and Wash ington stood alone. No one else could take the helm of State, and enthusiast and doubter alike trusted only him. The teachings and habits of the past had educated the people to faith in the h. dependence of their States, and for the supreme authority of the new govern ment there stood against the precedent of a century and the passions of the hour, little besides the arguments of Hamilton, Madison and Jay in the Fed eralist, and the judgment of Washing ton. With the first attempt to exercise National power began the duel to the death between State sovereignty claim ing the right to nullify Federal laws or secede from the Union, and the power of the Republic to command the resour- ces of the country, to enforce its au- thority and protect its life. It was the beginning of sixty years war for the Constitution and the Nation. It scared consciences, degraded politics, destroyed parties, ruined statesmen, and retarded the advance and development of the country; it sacrificed hundreds of thou sands of precious lives, and squandered thousands of millions of money, it deso- lated the fairest portion of the land and carried mourning into every home North and South; but it ended at Appomattox in the absolute triumph of the Republic. Posterity owes to Washington's Ad- ministration the policy and measures, the force and direction which made pos sible this glorious result. In giving the | organization of the Department of State | and foreign relations to Jefferson, the | Treasury to Hamilton, and the Supreme Court to Jay, he selected for his Cabinet and called to his assistance the ablest and most eminent men of his time. | HamiltOn's marvellous versatility and genius designed the armory and the | weapons for the promotion of National | power and greatness, but Washington s | steady support carried them through. Parties crystalized, and party passions were intense, debates were incorporate, and the Union openly threatened and secretly plotted against, as the firm pressure of this mighty personality | funded the debt and established credit, assumed the State debts incurred in the war of the Revolution and superseded | the local by the National obligation, i'm posed duties upon imports and excise | upon spirits and created revenue and resources, organized National banking | system for public needs and private business, and called out an army to put | down by force of arms resistance to the Federal laws imposing unpopular taxes Upon the plan marked out by the Con stitution, this great architect, with un- failing faith and unfaltering courage builded the Republic. He gave to the government the principles of action and sources of power which carried it sue cessfully through the wars with Great Britain in 1912 and Mexico in 184S which enabled Jackson to defeat nulli fication, and recruited and equipped millions of men for Lincoln and justified and sustained his Proclamation oi Emancipation.
 The French Revolution was the bloody reality of France and the night mare of the civilized world. The tyran ny of centuries eliminated in frightfu reprisals and reckless revenges. As par ties rose to power and passed to the guillOtine, the frenzy of the revolt against all authority reached every country, and captured the imaginations and enthusiasm of millions in every land, who believed they saw that the madness Of anarchy, the overturning ot all institutions, the confiscation and dis tribution of property, would end in { millennium for the masses and the uni versal brotherhood of man. Enthus iasm of France, our late ally, and the terrible commercial and industrial dis tress occasioned by the failure of tho Government under the articles of Con federation, aroused an almost unani nous cry for the young Republic, no yet sure of its own existence, to plunge into the vortex. The ablest and purest statesmen of the time bent to the storm but Washington was unmoved. H, stood like the rock-ribbed coast of Continent between the surging pillow: of fanaticism and the child of his love Order is Heavens first law, and the minC of Washington was order. The revolu tion defied God and derided the law Washington devoutly reverenced tn, Deity and believed liberty impossibl, without law. He spoke to the sobe
 judgment of the Nation and made cleal the danger. He saved the infant Gov ernment from ruin, and expelled tn, French Minister who had appealed iron him to the people. The whole land seeing safety only in his continuance il office, joined Jefferson in urging him tC accept a second term. North anC South" pleaded the Secretary, 'wil hang together while they have you tC hang to-"
 No man ever stood for so much to hi country and to mankind as Georg, Washington. Hamilton, Jefferson anC Adams, Madison and Jay, each repre- sented some of the clements whicf formed the Union. Washington em bodied them all. They fell at times un der popular disapproval, were burned il effgy, were stoned, but he with unerr ing judgment was always the leader o the people. Milton said of Cromwell that war made him great, peace, great er." The superiority of Washington character and genius were more con spicuous in the formation of our Govern ment and in putting it ol indestructi ble foundations than in leading armies to victory and conquering the independ ence of his country. 'The Union in any event." is the central thought of his farewell address, and the years of his grand life were devoted to it's formation and preservation. He fought as youth with Braddock and in the capture of Fort Du Quesne for the protection of the whole country. As Commander-in- Chief of the Continental army, his com mission was from the Congress of the United Colonies. He inspired the move ment for the Republic, was the Presi- dent and dominant spirit of the Con- ventiOn which framed its Constitution and it's President for eight years, and guided its course until satisfied that moving safely along the broad highway of time, it would be surely ascending | toward the first n1aoa anooo, tho m nof;opc