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He was cut to the quick that his
own oficers should deem him an ad.
venturer, willing TO advance his own
power at the expense of the very
principles he had fought for.
His thought must have gone back
at a bound to his old comradeship
with brother Lawrence. with the Fair
faxes, George Mason, and the Lees.
and all that free company Of gentle
men in the Northern Neck who re-
vered law, loved liberty. and hated q
usurper.
But he could not blink the-jus COM
plants and real grievances Of the
army; nor did he wish to.
Though others were angry after .
manner he scorned. no mans grief or
indignation was deeper than his that
the army should be left penniless aft
er all It had suffered and done. and be
threatened. besides. with being turned
adrift without reward or hope Of pro-
vision for the future.
Promises Justice 70 the Army.
NO man possesses q more sincere
wish to see ample Justice done to the
army than I do" he had declared to
Colonel Nicola: land as far as my
power and influence. In a constitu-
tlonal way. extend. they shall be en-
ployed to the utmost OF my abilities to
effect it."
The pledge was fulfilled in almost
every letter he wrote. private or pub
lie He urged the states. as he urged
t. nd ~
son, to see Justice done the men who
had won the Revolution. and whom he
loved as II they had been of his own
blood.
His Counsel Disresardsd.
But even his great voice went too
long unheeded. The spirit Of party.
private interest. slowness. and ma
tional Incidence slacken. suspend.
and overthrow the best concerted
measures" the Able Robin had OBJ
served, upon his first coming with
Rochambeau: and now measures were
not SO much as concerted until final
menace from the army brought the
country to its senses.
A troubled summer came and went.
and another winter of anxious doubt
and Intellectual counsel.
The very approach Of peace. n II
grew more certain. quickened the
angry fears Of the army. lest peace
should be made a pretext. when It
came. to disperse them before their
demands could be driven home upon
the demoralized and reluctant govern
ment they were learning to despise.
Another spring and the mischief 80
long maturing was ripe; It looked rs
II even Washington could not prevent
It. \
A Menace From the Army.
It had been rumored in Philadel-
phia. while the winter held. that the
army had secretly determined not to
lay down their arms until due pro-
vision and satisfactory prospect
should be afforded on the subject OF
their pay" and that Washington had
grown unpopular among almost all
ranks because Of his harshness
against every unlawful means OF Sc
curing Justice.
His extreme reserve. mixed some
times with a degree OF asperity OF
temper, both Of which were said to
have increased of late. had contribut-
ed to the decline Of his popularity
SO ran the report-and 1t grew every
week the more unlikely he could
check the reasonable purposes OF his
men.
sprinsino the Mine.
In March. 1888, the mine was
sprung: and then men learned. by a
new sign, what power there was in
the silent man: how he could handle
disatrection and disarm reproach.
An open address was spread broad
east through the camp. calling upon
the army to use Its power to obtain
its rights. and inviting a meeting of
the officers to devise way.
Can you consent to be the only
sufferers by this revolution,
II you can. go. carry with
you the 'ridicule. and. what is worse,
the pity of the world. Go, starve. and
be forgotten. :. But II you have
sense enough to discover. and spirit
enough to oppose. tyranny
awake: attend to your situation. and
redress yourselves Such were its
kindling phrases; and no man. need
deceive himself with thinking they
would go unheeded.
Cheekmates the Movement.
Washington showed his tact and
mastery by assuming immediate con.
troll Of the movement. with sharp
rebuke for such breach of manly
propriety and soldierly discipline. but
with no thought to stay a righteous
protest
He himself summoned the Officers,
and when they had come together
stepped to the desk before them. Nth
no show OF anger or offended dignity.
but very gravely. with 4 sort Of
majesty 1t moved one strangely to see
and taking written paper from his
pocket, adjusted his spectacles to read
It. Gentleman" he said. very sim
ply. you Will permit me to put on my
aN a fo ko.