The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-08-01
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whose career was enQeQ.
People Show Their Love.


succeed him, there was scene which
left no one in doubt-not even Wash
ington himself-what the people
thought OF the leader they had trust
ed these twenty years.
A great crowd was assembled to see
the simple ceremonies of the inaugu-
ration, as on that April day in New
York eight years ago; but very few
in the throng watched Adams. All
eyes we're bent upon that great figure
in black velvet, with light sword
elung at his side. No one stirred till
he had left the room, to follow and
pay his respects to the new president
Then they and all the crowd in the
streets moved after him. an immense
company, going as one man, In total
silence" his escort all the way. He
turned upon the threshold Of the pres
idents lodgings and looked, as If for
the last time, upon this multitude OF
nameless friends. "No man ever saw
him so moved" The tears rolled un-
checked down his cheeks, and when
at last lie went within, a great smoth-
cred common voice went through the
stirred throng, as If they sobbed to
see their hero go from their sight for
ever.
Resumes Home Life.
AS soon as possible he was at his
beloved Mount Vernon once more, to
pick up such threads as he might Of
the old life again.
Il begin my diurnal course with the
sum-" he wrote, in grave playfulness,
to a friend; "if my hirelings are not
in their places by that time. / send
them messages of sorrow for their in
disposition; having put these wheels
in motion, | examine the state OF
things further; the more they are
probed the deeper l find the wounds
which nay buildings have sustained by
an absence and neglect of eight years;
by the time l have accomplished
these matters breakfast Ia little after
seven o'clock, about the time, l pre-
sumo, that you are taking leave OF
Mrs. McHenry) is ready; this being
over, l mount my horse and ride
round my farms, which employs me
until it is time to dress for dinner.
The usual time of sitting at
the table, a walk, and tea bring me
within the dawn of candlelight; previ-
Gus to which, if not prevented by COM
pany, l resolve that as soon as the
glimmering taper supplies the place
of the great luminary l will retire to
my writing-table and acknowledge the
letters l have received; when the
lights are brought l feel tired ana
disinclined to engage in this work,
conceiving that the next night VIII 90
as we'll. The next night comes, and
with 1t the same causes for postpone
ment, and so on. Having given you
the history of day, 1t will serve for
a year, and l am persuaded that you
will not require second edition of 1T.
He had kept his overseers under his
hand all the time he was president;
had not forgotten to write to DR..
Young upon methods of cultivation;
had shown the same passion as ever
for speeding and regulating at its best
every detail of his private business;
but matters had gone i'll for lack OF
his personal supervision. He was
Obliged to sell no less than fifty thou
sand dollars worth of his lands in
the course Of four or five years to de-
fray the great expenses he was put to
in the presidency and the cost of
bringing his estate into solvent shape
again. He did not try to begin anew,
he only set things in order. and kept
his days serene.
Another Spark Of War.
A spark of war was kindled by the
new administration dealings with
France. and Washington was called
once more to prepare for command,
should the fighting leave the sea and
come ashore But formal war did not
come. The furry only kept him lit
tie nearer the movements of politics
than he cared to be. He was the
more uneasy to see how the Demo
Gratis bore themselves in the presence
of the moments peril; doubted'the ex
pediency of assigning men of that par
ty to places Of command in the army;
approved the laws passed against
aliens and against those who should
utter seditious Nbel against the gov
eminent; showed again, and without
reserve, how deeply his affections
were engaged on the side Of the insti-
tutions he had so labored to set up
and protect; was intolerant towards
any who sought to touch or question
at any point their new authority-itn'
perious as Of old in question OF ac'
ton.
Still the Simple Gentleman.
But it was his home that chiefly
held his thought now. He had not
changed towards his friends through
all the long years of public care and
engrossing business. An old comrade.
who had CONS In his rough frontier
dress all the way from far Kentucky
to Philadelphia to see the president,
had been told that Washington had
become puffed DIP with the Importance
of This station. and was too mach OF
an aristocrat to welcome him in that