The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30


referred to commission, along with
American debts to Englishmen; the
coveted trade with the West Indies
islands was secured only to vessels
Of seventy tons and under, and at the
cost Of renouncing the right to ex-
port sugar, molasses, coffee. cocoa. or
cotton to Europe.
Washington agreed with the senate
that ratiications of the treaty ought
not to be exchanged without a modif1-
cation Of the clauses respecting the
West Indian trade, and October had
come before new and better terms
could be agreed upon; but he mad no
doubt that the treaty as whole ought
to be accepted. The opposition party
In congress had refused to vote money
for an efficient navy, and so had made
1t impossible to check British agrees
s1ons; they must now accept this I'M
palatable treaty as better at any rate
than war.
Storm RACES Fierceiy:
1t was hard to stand steady in th(
storm. The country took fire as Il
had done at the passage Of the Staml
Act. Harder things had never been
said Of king and parliament than were
now said Of Washington and his ad
vtsers. Many stout champions stood
to his defence-none stouter or more
formidable than Hamilton, no longer a
member Of the cabinet, for imperative
private interests had withdrawn him
these six months and more, but none
the less redoubtable in the, field, OF
controversy. =
For long, nevertheless, the battle
went heavily against the treaty. Even
Washington, for once, stood q little
while perplexed, not doubling his own
purpose, indeed. but very anxious
what the outcome should be. Pro
tests against his signing the treaty
poured in upon him from every quar-
ter of the country; many of them
earnest almost to the point of en-.
treaty, some hot with angry comment
His reply, when he volchsafed any,
was always that his very gratitude
for the appreciation Of the country in
the past fixed him but the more firm
ly In his resolution to deserve it now
by obeying his own conscience.
1T is very desirable" he wrote to
Hamilton, .. TO. ascertain possib1a.
after the paroxysm Of the fever Is a
little abated. what the real temper Of
the people is concerning 1t; for at
present tho cry against the treaty. Is
like that against mad dog; but he.
showed himself very calm to the gen.
eral eye, making his uneasiness:
known only to- his intimates. The
cruel abuse heaped upon him cut him
to the quick. "such exaggerated and
Indecent TERMS" he cried, 'could
scarcely be applied to Nero, a no
tor1ous defaulter, or even to q COM:
mon pickpocket" :. -. .".::
But: the men who aneered- and
stormed, talked of usurpation and i'm
parchment, called him base, incompe-
tent, traitorous even, were permitted
to see not SO much as the CULVER of
an eyelid as they watched him go
steadily from step to step In the
course he had chosen.
Abuse 10 Regretted. ~
At last the storm cleared; the bitter
months were over; men at the ports
saw at length how much more freely
trade ran under the terms Of the
treaty. and remembered that, while
they had been abusing Jay and
n1aligning the president, Thomas
no -
Spain which. settled the Florida bound
airy, opened the Mississippi without re-
striction. secured place Of deposit at
New Orleans. and made commerce
with the Spaniards as free as COM
merce with tho. French. > ,
:: The whole country felt a new i'm
pulse; of: prosperity. The "paroxysm
Of the fever was over. and shame
came upon the men who had 30 vilely
abused the great president and had
made him wish, In his bitterness, that
he were in his grave rather than in
the presidency; who had even, said
that he had played false in the Revo-
luton, and had H,,squandered pnblic
moneys; who had gone beyond threats
Of impeachment and dared to hint at
assassination! y. They saw the end :of
bis term approach. and would have
recalled their insults. But they. had
alienated his great spirit forever. :
) Becomes Flat Eederalist.
When he:had seen parties forming
In his cabinet in the quiet days OF his
6rst term as president, he had sought
! to placate differences; had tried to
bring Hamilton and Jefferson to a
cordial understanding which should be
t pursed~of partisan bias, as he meant
his own judgments to be-; had deemed
parties unnecessary and loyalty to the
new constitution the only standard .of
| preferment to Office. But he had come
| to another mind in the hard years
! that followed.
Il shall not, whilst have the hon
or to administer the government,
bring a man into any office Of conse.
I quence knowingly" he declared Id the
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