Show TEM SIMPLY OV PPE BY THE NT installment 22 1 t tile the estate brought money so eo slow in n while ho farmed it lie must nt t upon ats ts doing even less leaa white tt as away and yet he had doter deter ned ed to accept no salary as aa it t but only his necessary expenses lie ae in the discharge of his bis official jos as in the old aid days of the war washington perplexed t had brought distressing s upon him to be thus drawn fr from am i private business to serve the nari nan private cares caree passed oft off no abt and wore were forgotten tie as the jour y lengthened but the other acx y how lie he should succeed in ili this ge business of to ilch he 0 had been called did not ss as off tile tho incidents of at that roero meru able ride only served to heighten it when lie ho had ridden to cambridge nt t anxious summer of 1775 17 ja he had cn n hailed balled by crowds upon e way who admired the ino fine figure c made and shouted for tile the cause he as destined to led le d but he know a soldier then was but forty irea and did no not t fear to find his bla uty iky uncongenial the people had loved him and had pronged about him with locks and lords ards it had quickened his heart to ee e afia hear bear as he made hta his way rom now yok to annapolis to resign is commission but six years ago but that at was upon the morrow of a task and the plaudits pl audits h he hear eard dupon upon the way were but gre greet t ings to speed him the more happily homeward things stood very differently now though lie ho felt himself grown grawn old be e had corno out to meet a hope he be could not share and it struck a subtle pain to ills hla heart that tile the people should to ko trust him should give him 0 so o royal a progress as he be fared on hla his yay ay to attempt an untried task A royal welcome no king in days of kings divinity have looked tor for so BO heartfelt a welcome to hla his throne aa this modest gentleman got to the office lie ho feared to talfe lake not only were there civil fete and military parade it at every stage of the journey there was waa everywhere besides a running together tog ethar from all tho the roundabouts round of people who tore themselves not as mere sight acers but bui as if they had come out of at love lave for the roan man they were to 0 BS 0 pass by it was not their numbers but their manner that struck their hero here with a sew sense of responsibility their tamest barnest gaze their unpremeditated fries eries of wel welcome como their simple 10 loy to see ee the now new government put into the hands ands of a man they perfectly tru trusted ile he was to be their guarantee guar antea of bt its good faith of its respect tor for law lav la w and its to liberty an and d it they hey made anade him know their hope and their the r confidence lonn dence in the very tone ot of their greeting strew rosee before him there was the manifest touch of love kwe in the reception everywhere prepared for him refined women brolie their reserve to greet him in the open zoad oad 1 put their young daughters forward in their enthusiasm to strew roses before him in the way brought tears to hla his eyes by the very artless vesa of their affection when at last tile the triumphal journey was ended the display of every previous stage capped and outdone by tile the fine pageant of his escort of boats irom newark and of ills his reception at the ferry stairs tn in new york the seemed almost more than he could bear ahe ie display of boats which attend fd etl and joined us ho be confessed tn in hla his mary diary thle th decorations of the tha ships the roar of the cannon and the loud of the people which rent the skies as aa I 1 walked along the filled ellei my mind with sensations a as painful as aa they are pleasant for ills his fears foreboded foreboder fore boded scenes the opposite of these when he be should aavo shown himself unable to file lie hopes which were the burden of nil the present joy it was the of april when washington reached N tew new york notwithstanding his executive fashion of making haste the rising of the country to bid him godspeed god speed lino han kept him four days longer on the way than ihan mr thomson had taken to carry the ho summons fo mount vernon three days more elapsed before congress had completed its preparations for hi his inauguration on tho the of april in the presence I 1 P ce of a great concourse coi concourse course of people who nho first broke into info wild cheers at eight bight of him nid then fell silent gain upon the instant to see him so moved stood face to face with tab chancellor of the state upon the open bakony of the federal hall ball in wall street and took the oath of office I 1 takes the oath I you solemnly swear asam ask livingston that you will faithfully execute the acce of president of the united states and will to tile the best befit ol of ability preserve protect and de f arr n fl ao 10 constitution of tile tha united fiam 1 1 4 swear ewer replied W that I 1 ill execute tile the office of president of the united states and will to tho the best beet of at my ability preserve protect and defend tho the constitution con sti tation 0 of the united Sta states teis and then bending to kiss tha th dible bible hew before him blin bowed jils head and said so hap me god in koiwa no man could mistake so eo deep was waa their thrill of feeling hilled as president long ong live georgo george washington Wasl lington president of the united Stat teal cried leavingston Ltv lAv ingston to tho the people and a great shout went up with the booming of tho cannon in the narrow streets washington was kundly moved and with till all ills hla extraordinary mastery of himself could not ado hta his agitation it was wah a company of friends the tha senators Bena tors and representatives who stood about him within the senate chamber as aa he read his address after tile the taking of tile the oath some very old friends were there men who had been with him in tile tho first continental congress men who had been ills his intimate correspondents the long leafa through men waa wo 0 were now his close confidants and sworn supporters not many strangers could crowd into the narrow hall and it was not mere love of ceremony but genuine and heartfelt that made maae the whole company stand while he read washington visibly moved he visibly tre tr erali od nevertheless as he ha stood in their presence strong and steadiest steadfast man though be c was and several beveral timas could seared fearce make out to read shifted ills his manuscript uneasily from hand to hand gestured with w ith awkward effort let his voice fall almost inaudible was waa avery way unlike himself except for the simple majesty and sincerity that shone in him through it all ills his manner but bul gave emphasis after all to tho the words he was reading the magnitude and difficulty of the trust ho he declared could not but overwhelm with despondence one who inal inheriting editing inferior endowments from nature and in the duties of civil administration ought to be peculiarly pecullar ly conscious of his own and no one there could took look at him and deem him insincere abe when n he added all AH I 1 dare ayer la is that hat it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation I 1 of every circumstance by which it t might be affected affect ed all I 1 dare dar e hope la is that it if in executing this task I 1 have bavo boon been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances or by an affectionate affect lonato sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow citizens arid and have thence too little consula consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares carea before me thi my error will be palliated pallia ted by the motives which misled mo me and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the part par utility with which they originated some vital truths ills his hearers know how bow near the truth he struck when he said eald the smiles of heaven can never ba expected on a nation that disregards age tb e eternal rules of order and right which heaven fleaven itself has ordained and the preservation of tile tho sacred firle fire of liberty the destiny of the republican model of government are just ly considered as aa deeply perhaps as aa finally staked on the experiment tn in trusted to the hands of the american people it was no doubt a novelty in the history of society to see a great people turn a calm and scrutinizing eye upon itself as the people of america had bad done to see it carefully ex A jr d s ay I 1 first presidential mansion new york amine the extent of the evil into which disunion and disorder had brought it patiently wait tor for two years until a feledy was discovered and at last voluntarily adopt a new order and government without hav j ing wrung a tear or a propof drop of blood from mankind m I 1 overcome by responsibility nut but washington knew that the praise deserved for such mastery and self possession would be short abort lived enough it if the new gov government emment should fall or be discredited i it was the overpowering thought that he himself would be chiefly responsible for its success or failure thet shook his nerves as aa lie he stood there at uio the beginning ginning lie of his task and no nian man of ri right ht sensibility tn in liat aliat failed to like him hemr the better and trust him the more implicitly for ills his emotion it was a very touching scene wrote broto fisher ames of massachusetts it seemed to me an allegory tn ili which virtue was personified as addressing those whom she aho would make tier ker vot ariee arles her power over tho the heart was never greater and the illustration of 0 her doctrine by her own example was wa never moro more perfect words of appeal 1 I foot foci how much I 1 shall stand tn in need of tho the countenance and aid of very avery friend to myself iny of every friend to the revolution arid and of every lover of good government were wera words of appeal to kd ed ward rutledge nut ledge of south carolina and he never seemed boomed to hla his friends moro mora attractive or moro more noble than now turra to new duties tile the inauguration owr omer the streets fallen quiet agal again n the legislative business of tho the houses reau nied washington regained his old self possession all and turned to master his now new duties with a calm thoroughness of purpose which seemed at once to pass paea into the action of the government itself perhaps lt it was true as aa he be ill thought ought that lie he hid had been no statesman hitherto those who bad known him would have declared themselves of another mind lie he had bad carried the affairs of the confederation upon m his own shoulders while the way lasted after a fashion the tha men of that time were not likely to forget forger so BO full of 0 energy had he been bean so BO provident and capable upon every point of at policy hla film letters toos took since the war endel ended had she shown wit his correspondents the country over such an appreciation of the present so BO sure a the tha future so masculine an understanding of what waited to be done and of at the means at hand to do it that they thay at least accounted him leader in p ca no lose less than in war but statesmanship hitherto had bad been only incidental to hla his duties as a eol dier and a citizen it had been only an accident of the revolution that lie he had had bad himself oftentimes to supply tho the foresight and the capacity in nc action which the halting bolting congress cou gresa lacked lie he had had bad no fl at all tn in actual civil administration he did not know hla his own awu abilities or realize how rich ills his experience in affairs had in fact been bean lie he went about his bis new tasks with therefore there Eore but with the full pulsed heartiness tuo too of 0 the man who thoroughly trusts himself solf for tho the capacity at any rate of taking pains stater statesmanship ilan ship was now his duty hs his whole duty and it was his purpose to understand and execute the office of president preside cit as he had understood and administered the dimco of general need for caution ile he knew what need there was tor for caution this was wars to be in tho tha first instance in a considerable degree a government of accommodation an aa well as aa a government of laws much wm to be dorle dona by prudence much by conciliation cil lation much by 1 I walk valk he said cald on ground there la Is scarcely art action the motive motives of which may not be subjected to a double interpretation there Is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent but though be sought a prudent course bours e he had no mind to be timid though he asked advice he ba meant to be hits his own master washington had no doubt a more precise understanding of what the now new government must be made to mean than any other man living except perhaps hamilton and madison the men whom he most consisted the confederation had died in contempt despised for its want of dignity and power the new government must deserve and get preeminent pre eminent standing from the first its policy must make the tha states a nation must stir the people out of their pettiness as colonists and provincials and give them a national character and spirit it was not a govern government meni only that tha was to bo ba created but the definite nIte bode bod of opinion also which should sustain and perfect it IL it must be made worth belr believing evini tn in and the best beet spirits of the country must be rallied to its cup port it IL atas not the question simply of how strong the government should be its ta action must as washington said be mixed pt of firmness prudence and conciliation if it would win liking and loyalty as well as respect it must cultivate tact as aa well as eschew weakness ness murit buet win as well as compel obedience gives dignity to office it was of the first consequence to the country therefore that the man it had chosen to preside in this hla delicate business of establishing a government which should bo be vigorous without being overbearing was a thoroughbred gentleman whose instincts would carry him a great way toward the solution of many a nice question iu eaton of conduct coa duet while he be waited to be nada made insl dent lacni bo ho wiled colled upon every evert and representative then in attendance urn congress with the anrose to show them hem upon how bow cordial and na natural t a basis babaa of at personal stanco ho he wished for his part to we the tha government but tta oath of office taken lie he was no ininger a in I 1 licit U n as ho be had bad been during ahr lb two NY 0 days days or of waiting the dignity odthe of tha government had come into hla his keeping with theof the office flea henceforth he be would pay day no more calls accept tie no invitations on ft a day fixed ho he would receive calls a and i nd tic ho would show allow himself ones a week at mrs general receptions he N would invite persons persona of official rank or marked to hla his table nt at intervals there should bo be no pretense af seclusion na no parade of inaccessibility the president should be a republican boffl ofu car the servant of the people out but lie he would not be common it should be known know that ills his oatlee and authority were bejet tho the first in the land every proper outward form of dignity ceremony and self respect should be observed that might tell abole wholesomely upon the imagination of 0 the people that might bo be made to serve as a visible sign which no mail iun could miss that there was hero here no vestige at 0 the old federal authority at which it had been baen ahn th fashion to laugh but a ti real 1 government and that the greatest greatti in tho the land prestige for government So some thought |