Show GEORGE washington AND PEACE 4 armistice day as the united states george washington bicentennial commission points out should recall to every american mind georgo george washington as tho devoured dov dev believer be llever that lie ho was in throughout tho the eight years of oc the tha revolutionary war general washington fought with tho the aim of peace forever in mind during hla his presidency his scrupulous efforts to keep tho thol united states out of foreign entangle ments had bad as their aim the single I 1 thought of 0 peace for washington particularly in chiq hit later and more mature years war had lost whatever it might live had in his eyes to him hi M peace was a personal blessing as much as a goal for the people peace meant to him tho the enjoyment of his beloved belov ed mount vernon with its ita gracious life and its warm hospitality this right to peace he felt ho he had won by whole hearted hearton devotion to military victory ile he knew the value of an honorable peace by having paid its in sacrifice in trial and even in the exposure of his person an n thu tho field of battle proved the sincerity 0 of his love of pease again und and again by the very readiness to resort to arms once more when W hen occasion demanded when what la is known as tho the whiskey rebellion threatened for a time early in his second administration he lost not a moment in dispatching des patching troops tr cops to put rutlt it down when he bo had retired from tho the presidency to the tha enjoyment of mount vornon vernon ho he cheerfully accepted the responsibility of commander in chief once more when our differences with france brought threat of war fortunately tho the storm cloud passed but washington lV ashing had bad proved his readiness to re the battlefield had bad necessity beckoned but the necessity of war alone induced deuced washington to take up arms history records what a tighter fighter he was when the cause was waa just and an tho the fight was forced upon him in every other respect he as a warrior who abhorred war george washington had bad his armistice day when langland england signed articles of peace with tho the victorious colonies in 1783 the moment tho the cause for which he had bad fought was won well and was a reality he turned his back on military glory As s soon S on as decorum permitted Dermit tod he resigned his commission to congress and turned his face toward home never again he be hoped to be drawn away from peaceful pursuits as aa a vate vat e citizen and this was the act a man who but a year before had but to lift his hand to grasp the dictatorial tat orial power tendered him by fill army that adored him and that raged at the neglect of congress his de i voted officers virtually begged him to monarchial monarch lal powers and his only answer was indicant Indi gant refusal re fusa so one of the greatest of soldiers remained one of the greatest aavo batea cat of peace but be it remembered always the peace 0 of honor As head of tho the army proved how honorably a war may be won as president of the united states he proved how a statesman may preserve peace and honor on more zno 0 than one occasion the country during his two administrations st faced the risk 0 of being drawn into european conflicts washington saved the country from the peril but he saw to it equally well that its honor was in no way sullied in it the me great political classic he left ud ut the farwell address delivered to the american pe oi as he be laid down the presidency the noto note of peace is sounded in lines that should j be forever branded in memory nathl nothing Is more essential than that permanent inveterate antipa thies against particular nations arid and passionate attachments for others should bo be excluded and that in place of them just and amicable feelings s toward all should be cultivated the nation whish indulges towards an other an habitual hatred or an habl fond fondness neso la is la in somo some degree a olave elave it is a slave to its animosity or to td its affection either ot of which Is sufficient to lead it astray from to ta duty and its ita interest the passage ends on a hoto oto which councell coun cels freedom from these entanglements entangle ments for the sole purpose of maintaining our peace on armistice day this year the country Is reminded again of those 1 who gave their lives for their country and who sleep in the peace of death over their dead bodies george washington would pronounce his blessing in deeds as eloquent as his words they proclaimed americas faithful adhe adherence ence to the principle that ho he laid down for our perpetual i gul guidance danco peace as long as it Is honorable but war to the death when it Is forced upon us and always for 1 the purpose ot of restoring peace again |