Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-19
Five Minutes a Day With Our President. Copyright 1e2e-By James Morgan
lV-FIRsT IN PEACE

V-FIRST IN PEACE
 1789-April 30, inaugurated first
 President, aged 57.
 October November, tourina
 the North.
 17e0-Aueust, visited Rhode ls.
 land.
 1791-Toured the South.
 1792-Setember, put down whis-
 ky Rebellion.
 1793-March 4, inaueurated .
 second time.
 1793-April, issued Neutrality
 Proclamation.
 1796-September, Farewell Ad-
 dress.
 f7e7-March 4, retired.
 Where the gray columns of the Subtreasury in Wall Street stand to- day, in the financial center of the richest country of earth, this great Nation was started without a cent in the treasury and without credit, doubted at home and scorned abroad. Its best visible asset was supplied by the fame and character of the tall man in a simple brown suit of Con necticut- made cloth, who stood on the balcony of the hastily improvised Ma tional Capital, solemly lowing to the crowd in the street as it caught up the cry of Long Live George Wash ington!"
 Foreign Powers had shown their contemptuous indifference by not sending one full-hedged Minister to honor the birt hof the republic. So little did even the chosen senators | and representatives care for their new l honors that congress had to wait for weeks for a quarum, and this neg l ligence delayed for eight weeks the l first inauguration of @ President. 1 As Washington kissed the Bible and l lifted his grave countenance to the l cheering throng in Wah Street, he wal faced by problems more complicated ! than those which had confronted hin | in the Revolution. Without a work l Ing model before him, the whole ma chinery of a novel government mus be created under his supervision al. i most in a day and he had no erperi- ence in civil administration. l The only uncrowned chief of state 1T | the world people were puzzled to hnC | the proper way of addressing him, Tn, title of His High Mightiness," wa; seriously debated in Congress, but Pennsylvania German ridicuied tn proposal with the objection that som successor might not De as high a Washington by a head. It was wisel, decided in the end to call the PreSt dent simply the President.
 Being only uncrowned chief Being older. the States all though themselves superior to the infant fed eration. Little Rhode Island, stil doubtful whether she cared to beaon to the United States of America, ha not yet come into complete the Unio of thirteen States. The army consist ed Of just six hundred sixty six meI Washington promptly went On tn rad for the now concern. FroI Portsmouth, N. H., to Savannah, Ga he persisted in his laborious journey 1 ings over the muddy trails until had personified before the people ( , all the jealous states the majesty ( ] ''the greater name of American" 2 This being boldly challenged by. th ] famous Whisky Rebellion in Penn syivania, the first President speedil vindicated the supremacy of the Ma ton, and for three-score years tf , ghost of revolt against National al thority was laid. The French Revolt ton starting within five days of his 1T , auguration he gave to information history the first example of real nei I trality.
 ' No President has been more bittel ly abused than the first. His cabin