Arizona republican., 1893-02-22
GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Harily siaiIui avoidance Of battle when
Sefeat would have been almost certain
and when it required strategy of the
highest order to avoid it, was carried
out with the patience aud the conviction
Of genius. His retreat after the battle
AZ Long Island was of itself in Glad
Eone's opinion, sufficient evidence of
gee! u-.l:,.ay ability to justify his ap-
pointment us commander in chief of the
American armies
But it was not in respect of military
snality that Mr. Gladstone regarded
y aa4iaa,uu 81, 80 pre-rmiurntly great.
Il was in the perfect balance of all his
e. 81" ,""s-l and intellectual qualities
thai iht~ "rr-emiuence lay His patience
Sccording to Mr. Gladstone. was some
thing exceeding that of any other man
Sho GcS.c~ca greatness, for il was pa
Gence under extraordinary irritations,
and patience exercised for no personal
coalition, bat simply for the cause.
His conception Of what the govern
Z 80. .-- las seeking TO establish
should be was quite as distinct and com
prehensive as that of Hamilton. Jay,
Madison VI Jefferson, although he prob
SHY could uvt have SGT forth in legal ar
EuInent as they did the reasons for that
conception. They We're admirably set
forth in his messages, and especially in
his farewell address, although there are
hdi"arjora that some of the messages
were written by Hamilton. while the
farewell address was unQuestiOnably
written by Livingston, although some
writers believe that Madison wrote it.
But if the phraseology was that of the
secretary the ideas were those of Wash
hgton. and he undoubtedly set them
torUn 10 ms secretaries, asking them, who
we're more familiar with the literary use
Of the pen than he, to put them in fitting
inro-ra"a
Mr.. G.UUslune regards the finest
triumph Of noble, unselfish, patriotic
EG5 - ie impulse to be illustrated
b. one brief incident in Washington's
c,.Jyr. "a,a Washington refused the
gown, then the world had the finest ex-
s".",,"st',,n, "S u noble. majestic nature.
Ihe incident is not as familiar as it
s"""' 90 0'nrriCdn youth know that
Washington captured CORVALLIS, made
q brilliant retreat after the battle of Long
Island and worried and fretted the Brit
fh armies INFO exhaustion during a seven
years war They also know that he was
IIyaIauu, v"lce and declined to become
president tGlrd time. There are not
many who know that the only time tears
NeIo soen Al nis eyes and the manifesto
ton of great personal sorrow was made
to those about him was upon that oc-
cnsion at the close of the war when his
qmy, encamped upon the banks of. the
Hudson. was about to be disbanded. There
were men who were fearful that the am
binuus anu iyaiousies Of some OF those
who had been of influence during the
Revolution would lead them to attempt
to gain great personal power There
~. C.a,-- 20 believed that as result
Of the victory there would be established
h America constitutional monarchy
modelled after that of Great Britain.
The nation ~ we now know it was a
g5FGuu Jet 10 be- created
So Il company of officers-men having
influence having talked this matter
over agreed to 80 to Washington, ask
hun 90 Except the crown of empire and
10 promise nm the support of the army
b. establishing thus personal throne.
when they approached him Washington
Behaved tE%t these officers and friends of
hi" had ,on.e upon some such errand as
- u.cia often to seek him for counsel