Show art no ifft i n vi ite L 7 JN THE SIT STORY ry TOE nast BY THE prescient installment 18 he its WAB wits cut to the quick that hilj hi own officer officers should deem him an ad I 1 willing to advance his hi own power at the expense of the very principle principles he had fought tor for hii his j thought met must have hare gone back at t a bound to hie his old comradeship with brother lawrence with the bair taxes george masin mason and the loes and all that trim true company of gentle men tn in the northern neck ho rt r vered law loved 11 liberty and bated a but nut he could not blink the just un cora con plaints and real grievance grievances ot at the irmy army nor did he wish to though others were angry after a manner he scorned no man i a grief or indignation was deeper than his that the army should be left penniless after all it had suffered and done and be b threatened beside besides with being turned drift without reward or hope ot of provision for the future promises Pr omle justice te to the army no a man possesses a more sincere wish ish to see ample justice done to the amy army than I 1 do he had declared to colonel nicola and aa as far as a my power ower and influence in a cone cons titu dional way ay extend they shall be em ern played to tho the utmos of my to effect it the pledze waa was fulfilled tn in almost every letter he wrote private or public lie ile urged the states ae as he urged the congress in reason season and out of s CA ion son to see justice done the men who had bad won the revolution and whom he loved as it they had been 0 bis his own mood blood his counsel disregarded DIt regarded cut but even his great voice went too long unheeded I 1 abe spirit of party private interest slowness and nap dional indolence slacken suspend ind and overthrow the beet beat concerted measures the abbe robin had observed upon his first coming with Rot hambeau and now measures were lot sot EO ro much as concerted until a final mena menace from the army brought the country to its senses A troubled summer bummer came and went ind and another winter of anxious doubt iod tad ineffectual councel he be very approach of peace as it pew grew more certain quickened the ingry angry teare fears of the army let lest peace should be made a pretext when it came to disperse them before their demands could be driven home upon the demoralized and reluctant govern lent ment they were learning to despise despite another aaring and the mischief so long maturing as ripe it looked R as I 1 it even dashington could not prevent it A menace from the army it had been loeen rumored in philadel ehla while uhlie the winter held that the amy army had secretly determined not 0 lay down don their arms until due provision and a satisfactory prospect should be afforded on the subject of 0 their pay and that washington Nas hington had grown unpopular among almott all ranks because of bis his harshness against every unlawful means of se be turing luring justice ills extreme reserve mixed some som e vines imes with a degree of asperity of temper both of which were said to lave kave increased of late had contri contribute but tot to the decline of bli popularity io 10 ran the report and it sr every eek reek the more unlikely he be could the treasonable purposes of his nen vien SprIng springing Ima the mine in march 1783 the mine w was s sprung and then men leaded learned by a bew ew sign what power there was la 12 the silent man how he could handle and disarm reproach an opan addles was spread broad last tast through the camp calling upon the army to use its it pa power to obtain its it rehta and inviting a meeting ot a the ceris to devise a way can you consent ta to be b the only sufferers by this revolution it you can go 90 carry with alth rou YOU the cale and what Is waree the pity of the world go starve anil and be forat tn out but if it you nave bave sent enough to olle discover coer nad 1 spirit enough boush to oppose tyranny wake swake attend to your situation and redress yourselves such were it kindling phrases and no roan man nom naw deceive himself with thinking the anid go unheeded checkmate the movement washington showed his hi tact and IrItA tery by assur assuming ming immediate con 1 l of tho the movement will with a shar sharp huke tor for bucit uan a breach of arety nr ety and wit b no thought to stay star a righteous rich tw prete he ile hn ame lf 11 be its atlen en they had come colne t theet lP nl to the deek desk before them with 10 0 o how bow of anger or offended dagn dignity ity lut very gravely will a sort of sia letty it moved one strangely to see ud x taking a written paper I 1 TOM his lock tam t ad lusted hie his spectacle spectacled to rt ad 11 gentleman he sad very 9 sit ou will permit in to pet put on my r t for I 1 have not tot only P grown Ps but almost blind in I 1 the service 31 country AOI a victor rb rr rp were wet we afes upon BP tle ile 10 a bulted thol lh no it room wd of t Aas ado 0 a 0 as 8 md had of bo pe which w bur rna t t he 9 ear r and he be vaa was doan sto and bid awn living leaving them to do abit 1 l they would tasy did d nothing of hl be they wu h spoke as was right U arl what they h 4 abla ulf l lt it just et and B im 1 operative Pera tive the eonta should do for u hem them but they ned IY that at the tha ot of tir tile dregent nr war the oft ln leors cra at 0 the tb aguer A iola can army engaged in the 1 of their country from the pt love 1 and attachment tt chet to th the rite and alb artles of nature ture which lul still ii exist in the hight dogem and mat that DO co circumstances circum of dietress die trese or danger shii induce a conduct that my may tod tend to sully ily the reputation and glory which they have acquire acquired at aba tb priem of thear taft blood ana eight betzle aw faithful ral thul 1 vIces urae contress Co otress to act washington knew nevertheless nevert hlee bow how black a danger those distressed mea men did not fall to sp pk tk of I 1 to the congress cooga coo gr and breathed freely again only lien ben the ciders just demands had it at lat last in III a been met by at any rate the proper legislation he ile grew epary with longing for tot peace when the work lemed le med done dome and his hi thoughts and rind leisure lelei ire to turn howardi hh his home again nut once in all the lengthened daye days of lighting had he seen mount ver vet noa non he ile bid had turned aside to spend a night or two th re on an hie his way to yorktown and h had seen the loved place again for a little after the victory waa was won now amidst profitless les da diya ys at new burgh or in counsel with the commit tees tee of the congress cong reea upon business bue lne that as never finished while affair affairs stood as it lt were in a sort of at paralysis waiting the interminable con feren ference ces of the three ym auers who hag bag ald td over definitive erms of peace at I 1 iris tris home seemed to him in his hi weariness wy we irinea triness more to be desIr vol than ever before sorrow at mount vernon kiyat ss 4 s had eariel en ha st at the very moment of bis his triumph cea scarcely reely had the victory at yorktown been celebrated celeb when he be wis was called Voy embe 1781 to the death bed of lack jack att ctt Is his award but dearly loved a e on and bad had there to en dure the sigby of hie his afes grief and the oung widows hopeless nop elee sorrow added to his own the to youngest youn geet children he be claimed for himself himi elt with that hatful atherly fatherly longing that had always mark ed him and mount vernon seemed to him more like a haren haven than ever where to seek reet rest and solace the two years be bad yet to wait may well hare seemed to him the logest of his life and may bare have add ed a touch of their own to what strang tirs deemed his hi stern had eldora seldom so stern as in one oue incident of at those try ing ng months an officer of the Amo american rican army had been tal en in a skirmish and the anglish hid bid permitted a brutal cora com pany piny of loyalists under one captain lippincott to take him from his hi prior in new ew tork and ir hang him in broad daylight on the tha heights near middletown washington at once notified the british commander that unless he be murderers were delivered up to be b punished a officer be choen by lot from amol s g hia his arit c aicra lers to uffer suffer in their lead and when reparation we was with withheld held pro without hesitation to carry his hi threat into execution the lot fell upon captain aurlea aballi an eu enga gAping fing youth pt rt only nineteen the heir ot of a I treat ecat ED englith 0 family lady adgil 1 the lad s mother did not stop ep short of moving the very french court itself to 11 a to save her son on and at list the conree counseled hi h Is release tha comman lr lor bating having disavowed the act of ot the murderers in whose aa its aad nd kini waa wa to suffer aner sat t harfus as asked ked to ape directed what he should do captain asgill has km wrote to vergennes in answer to the greet great inter later cession I 1 have no right light to aarup particular merit from the lenient any kanuer 1 in which ibis at bat hitt I 1 beg tx g you fair has b In corely I 1 noet most that to b bileve air ir not only because your hu ane lotion are gratl fled ed but be mane ith the radie calise the event accords wished of big hi ina not at choln ma jenty 11 A great weight lifted weight from his 1 it lifted a great hert heart to b lure are the tb innocent boy to he b and hand bandit big hi unhurt hurt from go in ao 10 to bm him arote tenderly 1 ads release bet bid hl bin him with inting qua nature to hare triple his II 11 t nl wae was the ot of ad lad to the sai sallo loas nevertie sent continued to stan tand d as a less e had bad thing things they w ere at arst xU ile was bloch to ch k rules of e sar bindl onta the jut just ad ie whit a affair reminded were I 1 gen of alldre ar AT ji t tt the banging SS S bairs and how ne pitiless S the gendin ca guns g in ae tz frank to chief bisol beewi fit to bis his disgraceful death like any con cons mon spy RPY granting grunting him not even tb th favor to tx be shot like a soldier it U emad bird bard to itara thu the inflexible lists upon which that consistent mind barim as it ft it had gone me to school to pate fate godby to we HI officer officers nut DO no one deemed him hard or stern or so much an a thought more or less than human ben ahen at last tho the W withdrawn from rom new tock tork and bo he stood ool amidst hie his officers in traun fraunces cee tavern to say goodby he ile could hardly peak speak for emotion be could only lift hie his glue glass and say with a art ml full of love and gratitude I 1 now take my leave ot of boj mont most devoutly that your latter day days may bo be as prosperous and happy ai as your former one ones have been glorious and honorable hoso rable I 1 cannot coma come to each of you and take my leave I 1 be he said but hall shall bo be obliged it you will como come and take me by uie hand A fervent parting when general knox who stood bearnet Bea sea reet approached him he drew him to him with a sudden impulse and kissed him and not a soldier among them all ent away without an era em brace froni from this man who waa was deemed cold and distaulo after the parting they followed him la in silence to whitehall hall ferry and aw saw bim him take boat for his journey and then standing lafore the con are grew at it annapolis to resign his coin com mission he added the crown crowning inc touch of simplicity to hie his just repute as a man beyond others noble and sincere his ht commission 1 I have nox noa the honor of offering my of ficare congratulations to con gress be he aid said ae as ho he stood amidst the august acona scona they bad prepared for him and of presenting myself before them to surrender into their hand hands the trust committed to me and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service mi vice of my happy in the c of our independence and sovereignty and pleased with the opportunity afford ed tbt united states of becoming a respectable nation walon I 1 resign with sat Is faction the appointment I 1 accepted with diffidence a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause the support of the rna power of the union and the patronage of heaven the tha successful ful termination of the w war air has verified vert fled the most sanguine ex and my gratitude for the interposition ot of providence and the assistance si stance stanco I 1 have received from my countrymen increases with every review of the momentous contest I 1 consider it my indispensable duty to close this last edema solemn act of ray my official life by commending the interests of our deafest country to the protection of almighty god and those who have the superintendence of them thein to his holy keeping it was aa as if it spoken on the morrow narrow of the day dar upon which he toP topped ted h his is comm linton the same tho ilo came same trust in a power greater and ribber than his own an idol and sad a hero hera the plaudits that had out but just now filled cited his ears at every stage of his long journey from mew now york SM utterly forgotten he seethed not to know how his hi fellow countrymen had bad mas of him an idol and a hero his simplicity waa was once acain again his aurben me tic badge of M he its knew it auld seem no wu other way in which to 1 u A A A little child remembered after warde ward s hew how he had prayed at her father a bous house upon the eve eye of li attle how to had tadeu scripture scrip tare out of jes jha tiva and bj bad cried the lord god of 9 dij ur ils lord god t gods he hs Ck kad and israel bo he 1 I know if it he la in rebel ten lon or it in to fla a alast tk tr lord ord ave a isa act this day ay there va was here the uno awne nota note of oku alty aaa ot of self forgetful devo tion as if it duty and honer honor were alike inevitable bIG on christmas eve 1783 jV washington ashIngton V vaa as owe more at vernoi to resura tse tie life tits he h lovea more than victory aud aid power its H had bad a seat for the means and the labor of succeeding but not for thu tho 9 biere jere content of success I 1 a pet the revolution behind him as a he would have laid aside a book that was read turned from it as quietly as he be had turned from rece receiving lying the surrender ur render of cornwallis Cornwall ls at yorktown York lown interested in victory not as a pageant and beld field of glory but cly as a means to tc an end id ha is looked te to find very sweet ati faction fiction in the pae peare which war had arned ed as a sufficient a cope for his POW powers pro at home in the neld field once more be would be a VIrgl virginian nIAn and join his strength tj t his neigh utka taska of goad good cill jors or la in all the he ila bad had coon nothing of the old familiar r pane 1 ince since that far farwar anav orriah in the year 15 hen ha he bad left his hi farming farr slog aai sall hie his 1112 amidst adist minors rumors et of war to attend the congress gamss which ws to send wm to t CIL U kaa la baltec at yra 4 ericksburg indeed with the count do to chambeau two years ago ere he followed his bl army from train york to its posts ta upon the hudson mrs ur lewie lewis his slater sister bad had returned say one ne day from visiting alting vl a neighbor la in be the quiet town to look in astonishment upon pon an officers horses and attend ants nt at her door and bad had entered to flad ad her beloved brother stretched chod pou upon her own bed within round sound asleep I 1 la hicl his clolla tb like a R boy return I 1 from bunting take takes hie his mother to a ball bill there bad had been a ormal formal ball given too oo 00 in aa celebration of 0 the victory be fore ore tho the french officer cers and 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