The Penn's Grove record., 1921-02-18
GEORGE WASHINGTON, PATRIOT
George Did Not Ask, How Much Is
There In The Officer"

ROAASACCA
did he get out of it?"
Well, George served years as
commander-in-chief of the Colonial
army and got no salary, only his per-
sonal expenses of which he kept an
itemized account. "What a political
fooli" arises in the minds of the poll
teal ~grafters.
The Is colonies after floundering
around as san association of colonies"
with no head, a League of States was
formed by the adoption of the United
States Constitution. George Wash
ington because of his patriotic leader
ship became the first President. He
served eight years. When he retired
he wrote a Farewell Address which
should be read by all citizens with
their mind on the past as well as the
present. Keep in mind it was written
under the political conditions of 1897,
with recommendations for the future.
George III ruled Great Britain then.
Most minds in America who read
Revolutionary History V got be-
yond the seventh grade and do not
learn that all the rights the Colonial
fathers fought for are now enjoyed by
the peaceful British colonies. We
have been told by a woman educated
in English that school children there
are not taught to V George Ill,
but George Washington.
One of the clauses in Washington's
Farewell Address reads as follows:
"Of all the dispositions and habits
which lead to political prosperity, re-
ligion and morality are indispensable
supports. In vain would that man
claim the tribute of patriotism, who
should labor to subvert these great
pillows of human happiness, these
frmest props of the duties of men and
citizens. The mere politician, equally
with the pious man ought to respect
and cherish them. A volume could
could not trace all their connections
with private and public felicity"
Honesty The Best of Policy
George Washington was one of the
most successful and richest men of
his day. The people showed their
wisdom in electing a mar who was
successful in his private affairs to
manage public affairs. Washington
showed his patriotism by "renouncing
every pecuniary remuneration"
1t is on that principle that many
offices like the Borough Council,
Board of Education, and others are
created with mo ~pecuniary remunera-
1t is expected there are enough
little George Washingtons willing to
look after public affairs and not have
the idea that a public office is for
private profit. Washington said:
sThe path of u duty is plain before
us; honesty will be found on every ex-
pertinent, to be the best and only true
Let US be just as a nation
fulfill our public contracts with the
same faith we suppose ourselves
bound to our private engagements"
Foreign Alliances
In his farewell address, 1896, Wash
said: Europe has a set OF
primary interests, which to US have
none, or a remote relation. If we
one people, under an efficient
government, the period is not far off
when we may defy material injury
from external annoyance"
Last year the political orators
quoted Washington by saying: "Why
quit our W to stand upon foreign
ground? 1t is our true policy to
steer clear of permanent alliances WIN
any portion Of the foreign world"
Washington's advice was very timely
years ago. But the orators
failed to comprehend that European
primary interests, in 1896" were shot
into pieces in the World War.
What were those primary interests?
Monarchs. kings and feudal lords
owned all the earth excepting the
thirteen American colonies consisting
of between three and four million in
habitants. George Ill ruled Grea.
Britain which has since repealed all
the irritating laws imposed en- the
American colonies and has become
more democratic in some respects
than the United States. France was
in a reign of terror after the execu-
ton of Louis XVI, and become a re-
public I'M 1870. Italy and Spain were
under the medieval rule Of the tern
poral power of Popery which forbid
to read and think for themselves.
Spain not only controlled Florida,
and the Southwestern terri
tory, but Mexico and all South
America. Spain lost South America
in 1918, Cuba and Porto Rico and the
Philippines in 1898 when the political
orator made the American eagle rise
with the dawn in the Atlantic and
settle at dusk in the far away Pacific.
The United States had far surpass-
ed Washington's prophecy to become
a nation when we may defy injury
from external annoyance and belliger-
ent when belligerent nations under the
impossibility of making acquisitions
upon us will not likely hazard giving
US ~provocatiOns.
Greater Man Than Washington
In 1912, at a Democratic meeting in
Camden, when Judge J. Warren
Davis, stood beside Woodrow Wilson
and said: "We offer 20 the American
voters a greater man than Washing
ton" the editor of the Record was
skeptical and thought it fulsome fiat
terry, but in 1921, realizing what has
happened we considered the statement
a prophecy and an historic truth.
The Allied armies did not enter
Ca,.poanv nor Austria. hut the spirit