The labor world., 1913-08-09

sion, no parade OF 1naccess1b1ltty. The
president should be republican ofa-
Ger, the servant of the people. But he |
would not be common. It should be
known that his Office and authority
wore the first In the land. =, z'S>
Every proper outward form Of dig.
nifty. ceremony and self-respect should
be observed that might tell whole
someiy upon the imagination Of the
people; that might be made to serve
as q visible sign, which no man could
miss, that there was here no vestige
of the old federal authority, at which
it had been the fashion to laugh, but
q real government, and that the great
est in the land. :.
: Prestige for Government.
! Some thought him stiff. but only the
churlish could deem him unrepublfcan,
80 evident was it to every candid man
that It was not himself but his office
he was exalting. His old passion for
success was upon him, and he meant
that this government of which he had
been made the head should have pres
tfge from the first.
, Count de Moustier, the French min.
lister to the United States, deemins
America, no doubt, a protege Of
France. claimed the right to deal di
rectly with the president In person.
As if upon terms of familiar privilege,
when conducting his diplomatic .busk
ness; but was checked very promptly.
It was not likely man bred In the
proud school Of Virginian country gen
tlemen would miss so obvious a point
of etiquette as this. To demand init
macy was to intimate superiority. and
Washington's reply drew trom the!
count an instant apology. /
That tho United States had every
reason to hold France In loyal alfec-|
tion washington gladly admitted With
all stately courtesy; but affection be-.
came servility when It lost: self.
respect, and France must approach,
the president Of the United States a.
every other country did, through the
properly constituted department. IF
there are rules Of proceeding" he said
quietly, (which have originated from
tho wisdom of statesmen, and are,
sanctioned by the common assent Of;
nations, it would not be prudent for q
young state to dispense with them al
together ALPHABETICALLY a young state
CHS thought added) which foreign
states had despised and might now;
try to patrontze. :>. .:
These small matters would carry,
an infinite weight Of suggestion with
them, as he knew, and every: sugges-
ton that proceeded from the president
should speak Of dignity and indepen,
dence, ;,
Stricken With Ellness. 80.
He had been scarcely six weeks III
oh1ce when he was stricken with q
sharp illness. A malignant tumor in:
his thigh seemed to his physicians for.
a time to threaten modification. It
was three weeks before he could take
the air again; stretched painfully at
length In his coach; even his stalwart
strength was slow to rally from the
draft made upon it by the disease, and
Its cure with the knife.
There was deep anxiety for a little
among those who knew, so likely did
It seem that the life of the govern.
ment was staked upon his life. He
himself had looked very calmly into
the doctors troubled face, and had
hidden him tell him the worst with
that placid frmness that always cana
to him In moments Of danger. -: =.
II am not afraid to de-" he: said,
whether tonight or twenty years
hence makes no difference. I know
that am in the hands Of q good Prov.
idence' -
A chain had been stretched across
the street in front Of the house where
he lay, to check the noisy traffic that
might have disturbed him more deep.
ly in his fever. But the government
had not stood still the while. :HeE>had
steadily attended to important mat:
ters as he could. Twas scarcely nee:
essary he should. be- out, of bed and:
abroad again to make all who handled
a1airs feel his mastery; and by the
time the summer was ended that mas
terry was 70 ounded upon knowledge.
The First Cabinet. ) -
By the end of>;september: I3(17ssl
congress had completed I: ita work OF
organization. and WaahinEton:: &had
drawn his permanent advisers about
him: The federal courts; :foo;;: had
been erected and given dednitive ju-
risdiction; The new government had
taken distinct shape, and was ready
to digest it's business in detail. Wash,
ington chose Alexander Hamilton to
be secretary Of the treasury, Henry
Knox to be secretary of war, Thomas:
Jefferson secretary of state, and Ed.
mund Randolph attorney general
young men all, except Jefferson, and
he was but forty-six. -. =
=, The fate Of the government was
certain to turn. first OF ALL, upon }ques..
'tions of finance. It was hopeless pov.
erty that had brought the .Confedera,
ton into deep disgrace; tho now gov, gov:
lernment had inherited from It nothing
but great debt; and ther first test
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