The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-05

Ss ltIll l1ACllollAl1}. Sess ~ ~ YEA,
Aid to9Washingt at Tween
tyF Framed Institutions Gre
sated the National Credit.
BY Calvin Dill Wilson, p. p.
e THE story SS Xos e ths f Bd%e stS
gI.,-.<=> N JULY II, 1904, Alexander Ham.
IT1 ilton was shot in q duel i 8b l,y
|AyI Aaron nRurr, and on IVY j. "a, az
j%S!%1l [G[y Americans to-day can realize
(E33fafftdD what this tragedy meant to, our our
IA. lo.s!.ors Is by recalling the ASA ss1na-
lions OF Lincoln, Garfield and Al t,
The death Of Hamilton was TO them Is rs
great a. shock as any Of these events 70
later generations; 1T might be truly sa !,
that 1t surpassed In horror 70 ne ll,ih ~,
nations of8the people Cyl these eSfePL
even In the esteem of his contemporaries
than did such ell-bcloved men asLGar-
field or Mckinley; he stood as hiEh as
Lincoln did In his time, orsns ne does a3
now. Axld his death was generally held
5tn5the{ same light az q murder. II anllllon
was considered by most people IN ms ~, gay
to bcSthe ldeal5statesman man %ltnout
q 8iigure of fascination, hero who "a a II,
stepped out Of antiquity, a. Greek or re- Ro-
man patriot reincarnated one o. I'M
archs men reylyed we Gan m co rU..,
the fact Sc said he was 70 ms sCoia-
gtcmporares q sort of god, It WOULD seem
an exaggeration and.yet iall 70 Z, co ,a 81,
occupied in the minds Of the people 81 !, g
hundred years ago. II we said there Is
probably no man now IN the world whose nose
death would mean as mnG ns % otf eant to
his contemporaries, 1t would pc strictly
true. He seemed, like LINCOLN, to be neces-
sary to the future of the REPUBLIC; there
5ple: the ship Of state was still neNS~ and
muititudes looked to Hamilton for guld,
ance as they looked to no other man ~, t a,td
when the news went lorth stha al ~ Ma, Man
cries, and mourners Went ABOUT l ING
streets Yet thin generation knows Tar
less about Hamilton than y It 40 does seS EN-
tionalry and post-revplutlonary times.
Who was this wonderful man, and ,WIaa a.
had he done to win q first class poSltlon W
the esteem not only Of fAmericanss Dut 81
the Europeans Of his day? =, !. 3,
Arxander ami3ton Sen BrIsS
West indies. his father being . Scotch
merchant and Ills mother being Of French.
Huguenot extraction. The boy picked up
what education he could un IT !. he Z, , ieil
under the eyes of Rev. Or. knox, Pres-
ibyterian pastor of the place. q strong man
and a scholar, who tutored the precfoolouss
lad ana laid for. him the foundations o.
his fHtuTs wna IN eass
showed such grasp Of affairs that his en-
ployer did not hesitate to leave MS nus
mess In his hands whenever he was cons
PEELED to be absent from home, The lad
read and wrote much he reyeled in Pope
and Plutarch he wrote description or
rlp aeGea aaen It hs W Rsa Rass pfayde
funds and sent him at fifteen years Of
age to boston, as the small Is!and Offered
him no future. In ashort lime lie went
Knox. he found good friends; thence he
went to grammar school ant Elizabeth,
town, after q ,yeaI ~ nn.srsn
The small, slight youth. dark OF skin.
with deep-set eyes, threW,,lhliimfsell, Mssttl
student the troubles between the colonies
versai excitement; the lad at his books
was not too much absorhed, 20 e, nave nls
heart fred by the WRONGS or pc ADOPTED
country During q nass-meetings n IN
open square in New York The youth liz
tended 70 the British sentiments eXprSs e ,s,,
ana NIlnNltttl 7WtHt t4Hpoi, it|fAP'"t
at at once recognized as q leader in,.the pIa.
triotic cause. Pamphlets We're then the
chief medium of political discussion; two
Of These appeared upon tlle, TQry side,
speaking for the king; HAM lion replied
ii q Vigorous pamphlet which ct, !, once 9 g
gaya nm an ass pea y nfestlb nv t ne
10 Ii their cause al but failed, liz wrote
against the English e the ns ], i n
poke o. public imsstngs s'dtsa r m,a
Ns nsar y Mqofc ss s aaeyea liz
Hamilton was put in command .of this,
General Greene was Quickly ATTRACTED BY
him and introduced him r. WashiInstt2,n,
The youth was cool and brave An ne 2, Q
campaign of Trenton. and Pgtpeeton. he
was described as marching thIongh New
jersey with his company. pattlng. q can,
non by his side, WashnEto anl pointed
him one Of his aids with rank Pf tleMten !,
antcol9nel. when ne WI = s gsalt
and looked after his vast correspondence
and his proelamations. y. n
A foolish effort has been made y eN MI.
| Hamilton at the expense OF Wasilill ssn ~,
by claiming for him many ot the mefi,, NJ
q Washngton's wElHnssd VIII I'M. TIA anil II
toms services to his genera were great a.
hut the COMMUNICATING liief furnished ms !,
| own ideas. Judgments and DECISIONS, y
| The famous quarrel between me W. NJ
when Washnston spoke ap tlnI t;r 10 MIN M
| iltes, Hamilton at once resigned bis 20,
sent for him and sootiled his rpfiied dig
nifty, Washington has been Aala aseaa, e., =. :,