The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-26

the Englishmen. the Frenchmen, the
SpaniardS and the Indians was the war
made on the first administration by the
Virginia and other politicians. That pub
lie men from his state who knew him
well and knew that his motives We're
lefty and pure should impugn every mo-
tive and oppose every act was what the
high-bred Washington could never under
stand. An unselfish patriot in every
breath that ne drew, he did not know
that ambitious. men played cunning
game called politics. and that they
sometimes played for as high stakes as
his own high place. Allured by such
dazzling prize as the presidency Tor
eight years, what politicians OF ambl-
ton and ability would not play any
concerted combination game to win?
Three Virginia neighhors found the winter
evenings long when far from home and
we'll adapted for developing comprehen-
siVe schemes for their mutual advantage.
When the facts compel US to att1rm that
WaShingtonS trusted conf1dant, Madlson,
reversed himself in night and from the
leader of the administration became the
leader of the opposition in the house OF
representatives. we need not recall the
treachery of others to prove the hrSt
presidents distracting trials and mental
agonies. Opposed in cabinet, senate and
house in every line of his policy by the
three most controlling men OF ms own
state it need hardly cause surprise That
groans of pain escaped him, that he
would rather be in his grave at Mr.. yef-
non than be emperor OF the world Inc
DelHS Ou llloA, AC1SSe'S
fight came on its right interpretations rms
was the political Valley Forge that WASH
ington passed through, compared with
the suffering of which the Valley Forge
of the Revolution was the seat of luXu-
ry! But with the aid of Hamilton, Jay
and Ames he gave the interpretations de-
clared true by Marshall, Story and
Webster, and from which have flow
ed unnumbered blessings to the more
perfect and more stable Union and to
every state in the Louisiana region.
But the lord of justice, slow to wrath,
| at last allowed his hand to fail heavily
/ upon the demons Of the forest. In LIZA,
| Gen. James Robertson directed Col.
| Whitley and Maj. Ore to attack The
Chickamauga savages, near their hIdsi1g
! place on the Tennessee river. These
gallant soldiers delivered a crushing blow.
/ The same year Gen. Wayne, aided by
! Piomingo and 129 Cbickasaw warriors
/ gained such an overwhelming vi tory
| over the Northwestern tribes that they
were all eager to sue for peace This
| soldier negotiator's treaty of Greenville
| other great Indian fighter and treaty.
! maker, Old Tippecanoe, nobly filled
/ Wayne's high place in history. The
| Jay treaty of 1895, brought about the
! peaceful surrender of all the British
/ posts in June and July, 1896, and put an
end to the British depredations upon our
commerce. Although violently opposed
| by the Spanish agents, by Citizen Genet,
Citizen Jefferson, Citizen Monroe in
short, by ali the foreign and domestic
enemies of the adnainistration-it passed
the senate by a~vote of 20 to 10. Span
| iSh exactiOnS, paottings and Outrages
| were temporarily ended by Thomas
Pinckney's treaty of Oct. q, 1885, which
conceded the boundary. on the southi