The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-23

mainder of the war are given else where (see United States, vol. XXIIL pp. 743-45.) Washington's retreat thru the Jerseys; the manner in which he turned and struck his pursuers at Trenton and Princeton, and then es- tablished himself at Morristown so as to make the way to Philadelphia im- passable; the vigour with which he handled his army at Chad's Ford and Germantown; the persistence with which he held the stategic position of Valley Forge through the dreadful win ted of 1777-78, in spite of the misery of his men, the clamours of the people, and the impotence of the fugitive con- gress,-all went to show that the fibre of his public character had been hard ened to its permanent quality. The Valley Forge winter was said to be the time that tried mems souls:" Wash ington had no need to fear the test. It was a serious addition to his burden LildI Iue SplIlI WHICH CullllIidteu III Benedict Arnold cnose this moment to make it's appearance. Many of the American officers had been affronted by the close personal friendship which had sphung up between La Fayetts and Washington, and by the diplomatic deference which the commander in- chief felt compelled to show to other foreign officers. Some of the latter showed no gratitude. The name of one of them, Conway, an Irish soldier of fortune from the French service, is attached to what is called "ConWay's Cabal." He formed q scheme for re- placing Washington in the command by Gates, who had just succeeded in forcing Burgoyne to surrender at Sara toga; and a number of officers and men in civil life were mixed up in it. The methods employed were the lowest forms of anonymous islander, and at the first breath of exposure every one con- cerned hurried to cover up his part in it, leaving Conway to shoulder all the responsibility. The treaty of TITS with France put on end to every such plan. It was q flat absurdity to expect foreign nations to deal with a second rate man as comnander-m -chief while WashiT gton was in existence, and he seems to have had no more trouble of this kind The prompt and vigorous pursuit of Clinton across the Jerseys toward New York, and the battle of Monmouth, in which the plan of battle was thwarted by Charles Lee, another of the foreign officers, closed the direct military record Of Washing ton until the end of the war. The enemy confined their movements to other parts of the continent and Wash ington did little more than watch their headquarters in New York city. It was more than appropriate, however, that he who had been the handspring of the war and lad borne far more 
 couragements, sould end it with tho campaign of Yorktown, conceived by himself, and the surrender of Cornwall i lis. The war was then really over, but the commander-in-c chief retained his commission until December 2S, 17S3, | when he returned it to congress, then in session at Annapolis, Md, and re- tired to Mount Vernon.
 By this time the cannonization of Washington had fairly begun. He oc- cupied such a position in the American political system as no man could pos sibly hold again. He had become po- litical element, quite apart from tine Union, the states, or the people of either. In a country where communi- cation was still slew and difficult, the