Show WASH III 3 n N the BP absy y the hie lover the soldier and the lie salesman 1 1 by F r A OUR author of nic empress rosephine josephine travels 1 in mexico etc etc EM copyright IX by the chii author Antl mr CHAPTER SSI stir roLs DEit OF THE with what deep lies satisfaction the w rn hero here ut at last found himself once 0 more o re by liis his own fire fireside sida and anici abaid the emmies 1 es he be so firmly loved only those ac q ti i tinted with enli his early life and his interest in ill pursuits can un four days after ilia his arrival at mount vernon lie ha wrote a frield the feene LS I 1 itt at list closed heel I 1 feel ni myself bawd afu ofu of load ot of public care I 1 hope to spend the remainder of my days it in cultivating the affections of good men uichi and in the practice of the domestic vir tir tins abst rest recitation the privilege vile of ills his own peaceful way were to be denied him as hitherto having git az ra A C 1074 N en to his hia country 30 of the best years of his big life acting in ia various capacities of explorer statesman rud end soldier bevra he wa ho he thought entitled to spend the r ra e bainder nain derot of his days in ia retirement st still il I 1 neither disown active herive nature and interest in ia affairs nor the manifest will of tiie that bat lie should again come to the tha front would allow him rest during tho the next three years crowds of v visitors came to mount vernou vernon who consuman hia big time and hosts of correspondents added to his labors in III I 1 i ra awa always e a amosthel mos wel come visitor for tho last time during the it life fe of his former caf came to seb see him and later when washington had bee been called to tho presidency aud and lafayette himself was a prisoner his rou george washington lafayette found a welcome and Es a home here washington still continued those thoe noble charities that endeared him to ail 1 hiss bs lavea laves and poorer neighbors and kept open house for all while a bountiful host and even lavish in hia big entertainment 3 he be yet I kept ept watch over the household economies and aad allowed nothing to be ba wasted returning from the wars he had found his estate embarrassed aud and despite his vast holdings himself on the verge of bankruptcy As AB he be had accepted nothing above hia big expenses during daring his long service as commander in chief his self a hop gation in again returning re to public life still except by tho the approval of cf his conscience and tho the people is ie apparent rut for washington the union and tho the constitution would never have been acceptable to nor accepted by the people through his unremitting correspondence spon dence he had prepared them for the constitution and aad as am president ident of the tha convention the prestige of his name and the power of his hia reasoning won over all opponents it is the result of four months deliberation ha be wrote lafayette it Is now a child of cf fortune to be fostered by some and tuf buffeted feted by others what will bs be the general opinion or the reception of it is ie rot not for ine to deride decide nor shall I 1 fay eay anything for or against ir if it be good I 1 it will work its way if bad it will recoil upon its framers I 1 atthe at the time lit if tio adoption of the constitution foreign powers refused all negotiation with congreso con greo was pong gone nor was any function of au an existing called by the lo po oples suf frages egee to the big higgett helit osce within their gift to become the first president of file republic public ip he be had been instrumental in creating washington could not refuse ilia is evident des destiny tiny prom from his big diary we quote about I 1 10 D I 1 bade adieu adia to MOVIA vernon to private life and to d domestic 0 city arld ami with a mind oppressed with note moie anxious and painful sensations than I 1 to express set out oat lor for now kew york with the best disposition to render arvice to my country y in ill to its ita call but with loss leas liopo hop rf of nir i its ita aho tho ion ions mount vernon to new kew aorl which he made in lin big private cair cainaru cai naRO attended by two friends and body was one cue eon con ovation the route where lie hail bad yon won victory or lad bad met defeat were transformed into semes sceney ot of plea whre as at t trenton blight young faces inet li gaze gaas instead of stern liters and powder blackened visages vi sages and direct voices welcomed him ill bougs of praise the soldiers tol diers and the common people and alid particularly the rising gen 01 13 P X washington WASHINGTO X BY BT lacni lacs loya ration tion were with him but who could have imagined that a few short years in omee office uti remunerative and vexatious vexations an am it was waa to him world have evoked a n host of snarling marling envious sycophantic office seekers lie ile was at new york fork the soth of cf april 1780 1789 and before he ha had hardly warmed the presidential chair the philistines were upon him they first criticised criticized his big receptions which were denounced as aping royalty and of which lie he said before this custom was established which now accommodates foreign characters strangers and olbers who from motives of curiosity respect to the chief magistrate or any other cause are ara induced to call on me I 1 was unable to attend to any business whatever to please everybody was impossible I 1 therefore adopted that liue line of conduct which combined public advantage with I 1 public and which in my judgment wab ills unexceptionable in ill it self under ill auspices wash washington ington saw a ament firmly ed mai CA tv with ith foreign nations se d the war debts funded credit res t eil commerce and a agriculture flourishing and the resources of the country ba ginning to be exploited and made avi flable elected it a second time to the pres presidency ha be followed strictly the lines line G N which aich his superlative wisdom had suggested during the first incumbency in tho the autumn of 1786 1706 he be published his famous farewell well address ad diess that most remarkable of state papers and in the following spring retired to private life on oa the ad of march 1797 the president and mrs toll gave u farewell dirtier dirner nt at which much hilarity prevailed at first fir it but bat on the removal of the cloth when washington filled his glass glasa and said with a smile ladled and gentlemen this is the last time 1 shall drink your as asa a public publio man I 1 do it with sincerity and wishing you all possible pos happ happiness iDess there was an instant cessation of mirth retiring to mount vernon as before washington gave his big personal per roual attention to the management of his bis farms following the serene existence he be fo 0 o much enjoyed in july 1799 bo be drew up his bia will with minute directions for the management of hii estates but it was completed only four days day before he died ilia his health was good up to tho the last week weak of his life and nd lie ho regularly attended church at alexandriu alexandria nine inne miles distant on tho the of december he was with a cold as the result of a long rido ride over his faring farina in a sleety storm that night he be was attacked with acute laryngitis ills his physicians came and weakened hit brira by copious blood gettings let tings until it was absolutely impossible for him to rally aird he expired at near midnight dec 14 1789 1799 his him last words were it is well hit his wife who was nearly his big own age followed him to the grave ag 2 years later A nation mourned him major henry lee pronounced the funeral oration cration in which occur the words first in peace first firlit in ill war first in the hearts of his bin countrymen and congress dec decreed r eed 41 marble monument at the tha nations capital fro BE coan |