Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-02-19


due to fellow.citizens and brethren out even
those execrable parricides whose couhseis anu
aid have deluged their country with blood. have
been protected from the fury OF justly enraged
people. Far from compelling or permitting their
assistance. / am embarrassed with the NUMBERS
who crowd to our camp animated with the pures'
principles OF virtue and love to their country.
You affect sir, to despise all rank not derived
from the same source with your own. cannot
conceive one more honorable, than that which
flows from the interrupted choice OF brave anu
free people. the purest source and original iouh-
tain OF all power Far from making 1t plea Tot
purity, mind OF true magnanmity ana enlarged
ideas would comprehend and respect It.
"What may have been the ministerial views
which have preciptated the present crisis. Lex
ington. Concord and Charestown can best declare
May that God, to whom you. too. appeal Judge De-
tween America and you. Under his providence,
those who influence the councils Of America, and
all the other inhabitants of the United Colonies
at the hazard of their lives, are determined 10
hand down to posterity those just and invaluable
privileges which they received from their an
cestors."
To Washington's high personal character, and
his lack OF small weaknesses. his correspondence
all bears testimony
As a statesman Washington was as sure, as
broadmnded and as determined as he was as a
general All his letters to his friends and to those
who served him show that his efforts were d.
rected toward the prevention, not only OF entan-
Cling alliances abroad but to calming internal ais
sensions and directing the business of the nation
into healthy channels.
For a time the agricultural interests ana the
merchants saw the growth of manufactures with
jealousy and distrust. But Washington yielded to
mo economic fallacies Scarcely had the Revolu-
ton been brought to a successful termination
when he wrote to the Delaware Society for Pro-
noting Domestic Manufactures, in 1913, as tol"
lows:
THE promoting OF domestic manufactures WILL
in my conception. be among the first consequences
which may naturally be expected to flow from an
energetic government. For myself. having an
equal regard for the prosperity of the farming,
trading and manufacturing interests | will only
observe that cannot conceive the extension OF
the latter $50 far as it may afford employment to
q great number CT hands which would be other
wise in manner idle) can be detrimental 10 the
former On the contrary. the concurrence OF
virtuous individuals. and the combination OF eco
nomic societies, to rely as much as possible on
the resources of our own country may be product
I've Of great national advantages by establishing
the habits of industry and economy. The OBJ
iects Of your institution are, therefore, in my
opinion. highly commendable; and you will permit
me to add gentlemen. that ! propose to demon
strate the sincerity Of my opinion on this subject
By the uniformity OF my practice in giving de-
cided preference to the products and faDrlcs Oh
America whatsoever 1t may be done without IN
volving an unreasonable expense or very great In
convenience"
Along educational lines Washington's ideas
we're equally sure and far-seeing When the fed
eral commissioners in 1895 were considering the
erection OF a unworthy, he wrote to them as tol-
lows:
1T has always been a source OF serious refec-
ton and sincere regret with me that the youth oil
the United States should be sent to foreign coun'
tries for the purpose OF education Although there
are doubtless many, under these circumstances
who escape the danger Of contracting principles
unfavorable to republican government yet we
ought 10 deprecate the hazard attending ardent
and susceptible minds from being too strongly and
too early prepossessed in favor Of other political
systems before they are capable oil approaching
their own.
For this reason I have greatly wished to see
n plan adopted by which the arts, sciences and
bellesetters could be taught In their fullest ex-
tent thereby embracing all the advantages OF
European tuition with the means OF acquiring the
liberal knowledge which Is necessary TO qualify
our citizens for the exigencies Of public as well
as priyate life; and (which with me is consider
alton of great magnitudel by assembling the youth
from the different parts OF this rising republic.
contributing from their intercourse and inter
change OF information to the removal Of pre-
judices which might perhaps sometimes arise
from local circumstances"
These few extracts have been selected at Tan
dom from washingtons correspondence, extend
ing over a period of Is years they stimulate
inst few persons to make nrst-hand study OF
the life and writings Of the father Of The sonn'
try theI win have fuIhlled their miEG'os