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to come to him; s1athed as he was n
hannels and borne upon mems shout
!ders up tho stairA received him With
grim courtesy, and satisfied the sos
sips Of tho town once and for. all that
precedence belonged: TO- the. federal
Eovernmant---at any rate, 30 long q
0eorge. Wa4hinetQ was. preaident >:
Having seen him and feted him, tha
eastern towns hAds1sen and d4done*hon,ii.
age to the new Sdthortty set ovart
them. WaSh1nGtpn was satisfied. and
returned. with q noticeable accession
OF spirits TO the sef1pqs work OF: fed
eral administration
3: Hamilton Hto support
No man: stood closer to him In :his
purpose to strengthen and give pres:
ttge to the government than Hamils
ton: and no man :was able to discover
the means with a surer genius. Ham.
ilton knew who the well.wishers of the
new government we're, whence its
strength was to be drawn. what II
must do to approve itself great and
permanent, with an, insight and thor
soughness Washington, himself could
not. match: tor Hamilton knew Wash.
tngton and the seats OF his strenzth In
the: country as that selfforgetful man
himself could not.
He knew. that: It was the CONNER
cial classes of the country-suoh men
as he had himself dwelt' amongst At
the great port at New York-who were
bound by selfinterest to the new: eov.
;ernment, which: promised them > q:
single policy in trade, In the stead o4
policies q hak-score: and that the
men who were standing to It's support
out Of reasoned prudence, out Of 4
|high-mlnded desire to secure good gov.
.ernment and place of consideration
for their country amongst the nations
Of the world. were individuals merely;
to be found only in small groups here
and there. where a edahlisht sshone
IN some minds. g.. .,.,-
He knew that Washington va,
loved most for his national charac&ss
ana purpose Amongst the observant
middle GLASSES Of substantial people
b the richer counttes Of 'Pennsylvs-
uia, New Jersey; New York and New
England. while his netghbors in tho
south loved him VIII an individual a.
fectton only, and rather g their haro
than as their leader In affairs: 1 :: .:j,.
He saw that tho surest :way@to get
both popular support and tnterna-
tional respect was to rive TO: the gov.
ernment at once and In tho outset 4
place of command: In the business and
mater4alt interests ol.the country. ;such
a policy every man could comprehend.
and great body Of energetic and IN.
nuentia1 men would certainly support;
that alone could make the government.
seem real from the first veritable
power. not an influence and shadow
merely. .<....: ,f3 s..Esa 4. st. - #......
Here was: : man, unquestiouably,
who had O. quick genius In STAIRS; and
Washington gave him leave and initi-;
ative with such .sympathy and COM
prehsnsion and support as only a nar
ture equally bold and 4equally original
could have given Hamiiton's meas.
ures jumped with Washinstun's pur-.
pose, ran with WashAnt ttpn's percep-
ton Of national interests: and they
wefe with Washingtonb lid spaE into
exeoution with !. promptnsss and d.
cision which must have surprised the.
fs1snds Of tho new soy,vsesrrnments 10 less
tnan sl,''a w chasrined ana its asn,
eaa 4:
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