Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-05-17

Ihat me Unlteu states nEd every
reason TO hold France in loyal affec-
ton 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 as
every other country did, through the
properly constituted department. TT
there are rules of proceeding" he said.
quietly, which have originated from
the wisdom Of statesmen, and are
sanctioned by the common assent OF
nations. it would not be prudent for
| young state TO dispense with them al
neutrality-suspicious. young state
Chis thought added) which foreign
states had despised and might now
try to patronize.
These small matters would carry
an infinite weight OF suggestion win
them, as he knew, and every sugges-
| ton that proceeded from the president
shosld speak Of dignity and indepsn-
! dence.
Stricken With illness.
| He had been scarcely six weeks in
I
/ sharp illness. A malignant tumor In
I his thigh seemed TO his physicians for
! q time to threaten modification. IL
wss three weeks before he could take
the air again, stretched painfully ut
| length in his coach; even his stslw2rt
strength was slow to rally from the
draft made upon 1t by the disease. and
its cure with the knife.
There was deep anxiety for little
among those who knew. so likely did
It seem that the life OF the govern.
nent was staked upon his life. He
himself had looked very calmly into
The Doctors troubled face. and bad
hidden him tell him the worst with
hat placid frmness that always came
to him in moments OF danger.
Il am not afraid to die" he said
Whether tonight or twenty years
hence makes no difference. ! know
hat am in the hands Of q good Prov
idence"
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. He had
steadily attended to important mat
.ers as he could. Twas scarcely nee
essary he should be out of bed and
abroad again to make all who handled
affairs feel mis- mastery; and By the
line the summer was ended that mas
terry was founded upon knowledge.
The First Cabinet.
By the end OF September (17S9)
congress had completed its work OF
organization and Washington had
irswn his permanent advisers about
him The federal courts, too, had
been erected and given dehnitive ju-
risdietion. The new government had
aiken distinct shape, and was ready
10 digest its business in detail Wash
ngton chose Alexander Hamilton to
be secretary OF the treasury. Henry
Knox TO be secretary Of war, Thomas
Jefferson secretary Of state, and Ed
nund Randolph attorney general
soung men all. except Jefferson, and
be was but forty-six.
The fate Of the government was
certain to turn, first Of ali, upon oues-
lions of finance IL was hopeless pow
srty that had brought the Confedera-
ion into desp disgrace; the new gov
eminent had Inherited from It nothing
but q great debt; and the nrst test
AZ character to which the new plan
In affairs would be put whether al
home or abroad. was the test Of its
ability to sustain It's financial credit
with businesslike thoroughness and
stetesmanlike wisdom.
HamiIton's Critical Post.
Alexander Hamilton was only thirty
two years old. He had been a spirited
and capable soldier and an astute and
eloquent advocate; but he had not had
days experience In the administra-
ion Of a great governmental depart
ment, and had never handIed-so far
as men knew, had never studied
questions Of public finance Washing.
ton chose him, nevertheless, without
hesitation, for what must certainly
tur ont the most critical post in his