Show nn hannu 0 the aty me lover the soldier nd aud I 1 h c statesman atoman St by F r A OBER author of T f impress josephinc travels in bici ico 11 etc etc by tho author CHAPTER XIV A CALL epou 1113 COUNTRY rion i liia hn and prosaic lint but paradisa p ical state of existence t mount monin vernoll wahington was stion soon to hp he caller called owing to his count rys needs the cloud of war gathering on oil the horizon to gain portentous proposition i no ko longer goliger could the alio american colonists bo be un unaware waro that dimensions possibly bloody conflicts im lill and the wis er among I 1 hem he ii propped arc macd for t lie tined para tiou awong theat was washington whose integrity and patriotism as well al sagacity and it would be no leas tonii im to admit tor for a Einor moment nent thit that lie he tit first liand as has hem chaget toward tin royalist cause although ho he bad more to lose than many americans and although his affiliations eliud hit been hitherto wit lithe the leaders ot of royalist society in ill tile most province ot of colonies lie without w hesitation cast his lot mill end ins his voto vote with the american Ameri caa pa p la in a I 1 letter of 0 this time which bibb hp he wrote to one due of b bis is former companion in ruins aims theu then tUi oneil at boston hb be says 1 I think thin k I 1 can an atino announce uric e it as a fact that it is not the wili nor the in interest of the alie of massachusetts or of any r go eminent ei elwell t upon this confluent separately or collectively to set up for but this you yon may rely that nonn of them will avei urmit S to the losi los of those valuable rights ard and which are essential tp to inhabit nis of eveia free state all and d without abich life liberty and property are rein reinbert lert d totally insecure duing burng the li 15 5 years passed at mount vernon was a of ti tho I 1 1 bugl had bad despite his lac L of oratorical ability ae acquired 41 alred a ie for Haga sagacity city prurience prudence vm dom doin and moderation together with several associates be was waa elected delegate to the firt continental congress rud and set out from ins his home iu in company with edmund cron and patrick Patric fe henry for Phila delpina on the alst of august augart 1774 that both he and his wife had m made ade an accurate formant of probable events slid and the cost of 0 a separation reparation from the mother i i hown in ill a letter written by mrs wahington to a friend on the eve of her husband depart departure ture ishou los has left on oil record that she ehe said to him 1 I 1 hope conwil yon will stand firm I 1 know george will and be addi ill iii a letter croci which this is an extract the dear liall was wai busy from f 1111 morning until night with domestic davics du bics tics but she gait vs us much III net tune time in conversation will and afforded us its entertainment when we set bet off in ili tile the morning silo stood in tho door and us cs with ove go with t the good od winds god be with you gentlemen this sent on oil ill hit way with a pod god speed from his noble helpmeet washington journeyed jouin eyed ou on to philadelphia with his colleagues coll cagnes to assist at the 10 deliberations libe rations of 0 tit congress his hie first public told and prominent appearance to the people at largo large since his participation in tile the indian wais the virginia delegates an fIrt ived at their destination on the eth ot of sept anber the day before the assembling of tile congress at carpenters hall and alsot d in passing those famon stats state which have pie served the lames of their authors to pos posterity name iiama does not dot appear prominently in ili this connection because pro probably batly lie was less fitted for debate than tor for ilard hard work in committee and conference but 13 ar wo we have tile the testimony of his hia patrick henry that for solid mid sound jud judy ment colonel was uti ques the grear cst loan iuanow on the floor floo ile he was no ito orator ho could not like lie lia great colleague n ovo the hearts of men by appealing to it their passions pal it is 13 related that shortly after ins his mar nage whon t lie lic of tho the boudo of cit burg eswa toa puh lirly th lim him for liik his inestimable apt 11 uc ci ou on tile the ho be was so coffus d whan N lien he rose to reply that lie could h adly speak a wad lat tit stood alad bi blushing until tho the to panl sit ic down colonel your ui equals your valor and thit tho power of aay y L lawsl et the tha delegatto delegat th nt it performed what lity cailin C for to confider con hider the lie most proper ard effectual manner ol of io ho i o co operatic upon tile the commercial jola tiow of the colonies gonles with the mohtar country as s so proc jiro tire ledrew redrew for the birch injured province p lovince of ti D bay to acure butali america front from tho anil and ruin mill of 0 arbitrary taxes anil speedily to procora proc Iro cora re th ay A alf 11 IN V 1 i M anat balli lully and MI to tip tho empert and 1111 sn iiii de sited nned by 11 ll it britie li aini iva they then feut hime in ill october neuilly ill all of abern 10 aring in ili their beatta the conTic conviction tiou voiced by henry we must fight an ali to anas and ami to the gol goj of lionts i ii all that is left led us and was echoed the connary con we must fight we ranst must now pret inre for the in ngai iet balish force and tyr tyranny anity with Pat ilet henry also washington could kiive exclaimed 1 I ani am zin 11 long longer ger a VIX virginian 1211 an but tin au american to mount vernon Vori iou ington ans herice henceforth forth employed plo ed in ill consultation with the officers elf cit tit the state ked ard in drilling troops which welo baing bi ing raised in anticipation of coining conflict nis ills new associates were men of d a differ different eit stamp from those with whom lie he hac bad formerly con ported sturdy yeomen and patriotic c instead of royalist officials and ili proprietors it was expected that he would com command mallid of virginius virginias con contingent but lin its stay at houll was w is short ns as be wn chosen a delag delegate ire to the second continental con gres which met at philadelphia in may mi y 1773 IT io by that time tiina as the world tho the colonies atze nil all aflame for pan lot blood hail had been beca tied hed at lesing ton toll and concord Jou cord on the of tile the arbil previous ions driven back to bosan the british soon cowering awerin within their de feupe blockaded on tile the land side by or couo massachusetts minutemen lui nute that province pro Tinco bad been the first to collect the material for war and to arm its population and consequently when abe pet fet out for colcord on cord arid and before they hall accod the object of th their r march they beset by swarms of provincial who harassed their move monts merits dinally brought broi ight them to a stand and compelled their retreat with wah a jos biow of in killed wounded all and I 1 missing nii saing this waa the critical condition of affairs that don confronted fronted the newly assembled cong colgrass con grass relis in may 1775 thenn the nn aleus of an ail army hall had been suddenly formed it was iras besieging the enemy directed bythe by the massachusetts provincial congress congre rs it waa considered desirable that the contine continental lital con congreso cong gres Tess should assume direction and appoint a 1 commander in chief tto ETO ES BE |