The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-06-20
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HE STORY or The FukSE PRkStAlEH
ny THE PRESIDENTS

manner In which this disagreeaDle al
fair has terminated. But / beg you
to believe, sir, that / most sincerely
rejoice. not only because your hui
name intentions are gratified, but be
cause the event accords with the
wishes of his most Christian ma
5esty."
A Great Weight Lifted.
Il lifted a great weight from his
heart to have the innocent boy to
10 unhurt from his hands, and he
wrote almost tenderly to him In &C
0uainting him with his release; but
1t was of his simple nature to have
sent the lad to the gallows, neverthe-
Iess. had things continued to stand as
they were at first.
He was memorable to check perfidy
and vindicate the Just rules OF war.
Men were reminded, while the AFFAIR
pended, Of the hanging Of Andre, Ar
moid's British confederate in treason,
and how pitiless the COMMANDMENTS
chief had seemed in sending the frank,
accomplished, lovable gentleman to
his disgraceful death, like any COM
mon spy, granting him not even the
favor to be shot, like soldier. 1t
seemed hard to learn the infiexible
lines upon which that consistent mind
worked, as II 1t had gone to school
70 Fate.
Goodby to His Officers.
/ PINT M ono deemed him hard or
stern. or 30 much as thought more
or less than human, when at last the
British had withdrawn from New
York. and he stood amidst his officers
in Frances tavern to say goodby.
He could hardly speak for emotion;
ne could only lift his glass and say;
with a heart full of love and graft
4ude, now take my leave Of you,
most devoutly wishing that your lat
ter days may be as prosperous and
happy as your former ones have been
glorious and honorable. l can
not come to each of you and take my
leave" he said, ''but shall be obliged
II you will come and take me by
the hand"
A Fervent Parting.
When General Knox, who stood
nearest, approached him, he drew him
to him with a sudden impulse and
kissed him, and not soldier among
them all went away without an en-
brace from this man who was deemed
cold and distant. After the parting
they followed him in silence to White
hall Ferry, and saw him take boat for
his journey.
And then. standing before the con
gress at Annapolis to resign his com
mission. he added the GROWING
touch of simplicity to his just repute
as a man beyond others noble and
sincere.
RESIGNS His Commission.
"I have now the honor of offering
my sincere congratulations to con-
gress," he said, as he stood amidst the
august scene they had prepared for
him, "and of presenting myself before
them to surrender into their hands
the trust committed to me, and to
claim the indulgence of retiring from
the service of my country"
Happy in the confirmation of our
independence and sovereignty, and
pleased with the opportunity afford
ed the United States of becoming a
respectable nation, ! resign with sat
isfaction the appointment I accepted
with diffidence-a diff1dence in my
abilities to accomplish so arduous a
task, which, however, was superseded
by a confidence in the rectitude of our
cause. the support of the supreme
power of the Union, and the patronage
of Heaven.
"The successful termination Of the
war has verified the most sanguine ex-
pectations; and my gratitude for the
interposition of Providence and the as
sistance / have received from my
countrymen increases with every re-
view of the momentous contest .
] consider 1t my indispensable duty to
close this last solemn act of my official
life by commencing the interests OF
our dearest country to the protection
OF Almighty COu dllo IhOoO VIM AeN y
the superintendent of them to his
holy keeping"
1t was as If spoken on the morrow
of the day upon which he accepted
his commission; the same diftidence.
the same trust in a power greater and
higher than his own.
An Idol and a Hero.
The plaudits that had but just now
filed his ears at every stage Of his
long Journey from New York seemed
utterly forgotten; he seemed not to
know how his fellow countrymen had
made of him an idol and hero; his
simplicity was once again his anthem
tic badge of genuineness. He knew.
It would seem, no other way in which
to act
A little child remembered after
wards how he had prayed at her
fathers house upon the eve of battle;
how he had taken scripture out of
Joshua, and had cried. "The Lord God
of gods, the Lord God of gods, he
knoweth, and Israel he shall know; If
it be in rebellion, or if in transgres-
sion against the Lord (save us not
this day."
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