The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-18

az me ohio. he had been Virsinaan
IA nothing more, colonial coiohe,
,nsrslv come 10 PICK out lands for ms
comrades and himself. their reNAss
for serving The crown against sHs
French .,,.a
A transformation had been "oiAsN
upon him since then.
He had led the armies Of the Wnoie
country: had been the chief instru'
ment Of new nation In winning ihee
ranaance: had carried its affairs py
his own counsels as no other man nao
done; had seen through all inc
watches OF those long campaigns tne
dsst,p,es and the hope that we're az
stake Now he saw the erowdlng I'M
migrants come into the west with
new solicitude he had not felt Deiore
A new vision was In his Thought
This western country was now
.risins world to be kept or iost'
husbanded or sauandered. by the raw
I A.
nation he had helped put upon us
feet His thought was stretched at
last to continental measure proo'
Items of craftsmanship that were ma
.,onal questions OF policy that nao
scope great as schemes OF enapiie'
1 stood foremost in his view
he returned home more engrossea
than ever by interests not his own.
4 but central to public affairs, and OF
the very stuff OF politics.
A Stream of Letters.
Ard SO not the letters merely which
poured in with every mail, not oniy
his host OF visitors, great and small
the governor Of the state. the presi-
dent of congress, foreign noolemen'
soldiers, diplomatists, travellers, neigh
bors. friends, acquaintances, intruders
but his own unbidden thoughts as
well. and the very suggestions OF mis-
own interest as land citizen and
landowner, drew him from his dreams
Of retirement and forced him upon the
open stage again.
Even hunting ceased before many
seasons were out The savage boar,
hounds which Lafayette had sent, IN
his kindness, from the Old World
proved too fierce and great breed
for even the sharp sport with the gray
fox; the old hunting companions were
gone-the Fairfaxes over sea; Belvoil
/, deserted and burned; George Masor
too much engaged-none but boys ant
! strangers left to ride with.
Twas poor sport, after all, withou
! the right sportsmen. 1t must needs
give way before statesman's cares
A New sense of Responsibility.
Upon his first homecoming, Wash
I ington had found it hard to breal
: himself Of his habit of waking yer,
! early in the morning with a sense 0
care concerning the affairs of the day
! as II he were still in camp and in tn
= midst of public duties.
Now a new se OF responsible
8 possessed hi.osltld more and NOR
gained ascend res over him. He b.
y gan to feel deep anxiety lest wea
i government should make indepen'
Q ence little better than a reproach, an
, the country should fall into hope
+ less impotency.
y At first he had been very sanguin'
II Notwithstanding the jealous and COZ
q tracted temper which seems to pre-
s. vail in some of the states, he wrot
II to Jonathan Trumbull in January
1854, yet cannot but hope and b.
u lieve that the good sense of the peopl
. will ultimately get the better OF the
= preiudices. and that order and SCUM
> policy, though they do not come s
T. soon as one could wish, will be pr
y duced from the present unsettled nj
y deranEed state OF public affairs.
70 Everything, my dear Trumbull, W
L come right at last. as We have Oft
o prophesied My only fear Is that ,
shall lose a little reputation first"
c But the more Washington observ
tho temper OF the time. the more l
"a easy he grew.
- Like young heir" he cried. "cor
u a little prematurely to large inhe
N lance, We shall wanton and run r
r. until we have brought our reputati
a. to the brink Of ruin, and then, II
him. shall have to labor with the C
rent Of opinion. when compelled, p
haps, to do what prudence and CO
D. mon policy pointed out as plain as a
e problem in Euclid. in the first instan
g; | think we have opposed Gre
"a Britain, and have arrived at the pr
~ ent state OF peace and independent
o. to very little purpose. IL we cam
conquer our own prejudices."
ne For the present he saw little tn
~ could be done beyond holding up L
OF hands Of the congress, and increasir
as It might prove possible to do /
az the meager powers OF the confedel
az ton.
CTo BE CoNTTNUED)