New Britain herald., 1925-02-25

REV. PETER GUILDAY, Ph.D. another half century away from Wilson's death, it would be impos- sible to separate him from Wash :ngton and Lincoln.
 Tt is not only in their herosm, not only, in the display of all those truly magnificent faculties of mind and heart which set Washington and Lincoln above all who have ever glorIed in the name of American, but 1t is also in their vision of the future. in their doctrine regarding the stability of the state and the welfare of ts people, that We who follow them along the pathway to eternity may sit by the wayside now and then and study their directions for the road that lies ahead.
 Now, each of these judgments would require a lecture to itself to develop properly all its inherent in terest to an audience like this. l can only touch the high lights of the whole canvas. without, however neglccting any point which will help us to understand that whole.
 Let us view the subject from this angle--neither to Washington nor to Lincoln was there ever any doubt as to the outcome of the war In which they were the commanders in-Chief for the American people. From the first shot at Lexington to Yorktown six years later from Fort Sumter to AppommatoX five years later, thcro were, it is true, days filled with forcboding and cruel anxiety 10 Washington and Lincoln, but of the outcome neither stood a moment in doubt.
 Both leaders had practically 10 create the armies which fought for the Republic. Both met with per sonal animositios. iealousies, suspic- ions, and vile charges on the part of generals and officers of their armies who were fighting for the same cause. There was treachery in the ranks of the American army of the 1 Revolution and in the Union ranks of the Civil war Washington wal not the leader of his entire people or tho 3.000,0o0 then constituting the American people, scarcely moro than 250,O00 were heartily in favo
 of the war of independence. Ever! largo city-and particularly that cit!
 which was then the metropolis 0 the land. PhiladcIpha-had stront
 rovalist groups devoted 10 Georg III and the British empire.
 "Roncdict Arnold and Charles Le
 are only two of the names whicl
 have hccu emphasized in our his
 tory hooks, Washington had pitte'
 against him inc seasoned veteran
 of q hundred campaigns. His sol
 diors were noor-they looked like
 rabblo. When they Campcp, as 10
 example, beyond the hills at Nalle, Forge, they starved with plenty aI
 about them. Many went withou
 shoes in the depth of winter, whil
 luxury held sway few miles ava
 in Philadelphia. One has but t
 keep in mind not only the battle 0
 Trenton or the battle of Yorktown where the French soldiers outnum
 bcrcd our ranks three 10 one, to un
 dorstand the perilous difficulty 0 the war of independence, but tn sight of more than a hundred thous and Americans flying out of tn f country to Bermuda, New Provi dence. Canada and England, whe the news of Yorktown reached thei homes. Yorktown simply ended tn
 struggle with the mother country.
 '"rherc were two aspects of th , whole movement that lad yet to | fought out to the bitter end. Tn , first of these was 10 rid the coun'r of inc royalists. l shall not stop 1
 picture to you the scenes that oC o currcd-thc burning of houses. 1T tarring and fcuthering, the coniisc5
 tions, the lonS bitter journcying 0 , foot 10 Canada, the escapes hy sa , to Bermuda and other British pol , sessions. These are facts wo do n' T want our schoolhoys to know. The z are strong meat for mon and wome . who are not afraid 10 think. ( cn,,rsp thn leaders flushed with the
 victory over the greatest milital ', power on earth. went 10 extreme Il hut even in the extreme measur'
 they took, they did not wholly r
 the country of disloyal hearts. TT
 second aspect is the more serioi . one-it has deserved from all o' n historians the term-the critic period from 17S3 to 17S9.
 a And the crisis consisted in this V that the moment we had won O
 independence as nation thrOut
 the treaty of Paris in 17S3, Il . Tinted States fell apart like poo a ly constructed house, and we we 2 in all actuality not a nation but a sovereign states. or distinct natior K each armed to the heart with su a picion and jealous against all [ H others.
 a 'The strongest political weapu
 against Lincoln during the preside W tial campaign of 1860 was that l