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Show 1 THE PRESIDENT I me In the conduct of Washington." I exclaimed John Adams; and It was wholesome for the whole country that such a man should be put at the head of affairs. Many Ignoble things were being done In the name of liberty, and an ugty tyranny had been brought to every man's door "the tyranny ot bis next door neighbor." There were men by the score tn the colonies who had no taste or sympathy sympa-thy tor the rebellion they now saw afoot common men who knew little r nothing of the mother-country, as wll as gentlemen of culture, who lored her tradltloAS, and reversjj ber crown; farmers and Tillage lawyers, as well as merchants at the ports wbe saw their living gone and rula stirring thorn In the face. Aula of the Majority. Hut the local committees and the "Sons of Liberty" everywhere saw to It that such men shftrld know and dread and fearfully submit to the views of the majority. Government was suspended; there was nowhere so much as a Justice of the peare acting under the authority of the crown. There might have been, universal jj. cense had the rabble not seen their leaden so noble, so bent upon Mull and honorable piirpflRni, It was an object-lesson In the character of the revolution to see Washington ride through the colonies to take charge of sn insurgent army. And no man or woman, or child even, was likely to mlas the lesson. That noble figure drew all eyes to ere not more formidable than theaa lullltlu meu. whom they had despised as raw peasants. i There was no desire to buy another American position ot that price; and Washington had time enough fur the complimentary receptions and ad dresses and the elaborate puiudo of escort and review that delayed his journey 'a headquarters. He reached Cambridge on the 2d ot July, and bore himself with so straightforward and engaging a courtesy cour-tesy In taking command that the officers offi-cers he superseded could not but like him: jealousy was disarmed. i Not Ideal Soldiers. Rut be found neither the preparations prepar-ations nor the spirit ot the army to his liking, ills soldierly sense of order or-der wss shocked by the lose discipline, discip-line, and his Instinct of command by the free and easy Insolence ot that Irregular Ir-regular levy; and his authority grew stern as he labored to bring the motley mot-ley host to order and effective organisation. organi-sation. "The people of thla government have obtained m character," his confidential confi-dential letUrs declared, "which they ,bj "ho means deserved tholf officers, generally speaking te the most In-fflftorent In-fflftorent kJjQd ot people I ever saw, 1 dare say the myo would fight very ell (If properlf officered), although they are an exceedingly dfrfy and nasty peosta. . . .Jt Is aciong the most difficult tasks I ever Undertook lit jnjr 'life m Induce these people to bellevs that there is, 6r an be, dartr till the , bayonet Is pushed at their breast ( Not that It proceeds from any uncommon uncom-mon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable un-accountable kind of stupidity In the lower class of these people, which, believe be-lieve me, prevails but too generally among the officers of the Massachusetts Massachu-setts psrt of the army, who are near ly of the same kldcty with the privates." pri-vates." Improve en Acquaintance. He had seen like demoralization and slackness In the old days at Winches-ter, Winches-ter, on the wild frontier, but he had expected to find a better spirit and discipline In the New England levies His first dliiguat, however, soon wore off. He was not rlow to see how shrewd and sturdy these uncouth. In tractable ploughboys ajd farmers could prove themselves upon occasion. occa-sion. Material for a Good Army. "I have a sincere pleasure In observing," ob-serving," he wrote to congress, "that there are materials for a good army, a great number of able-bodied men, active, sealoua in the cause, and of unquestionable courage." There was time enough and to spare In which to learn his army's quality. "Our lines of defence are now completed," com-pleted," hfi could tell Lund Washington Washing-ton on the. 20th of August, "as near so at least a can be we now wish them to come out as soon as they plesse; but they discover no Inclination to quit their own works of defense; and as It is almost Impossible for us to get at them, we do nothing but watch each other's motions all day at the distance of about a mile." An Immense Correspondence. He could even turn away from military affairs te advise that "spin nlng should go forward with all possible pos-sible despatch" on the estate at home, and to say, I much approve of your sowing wheat In clean ground, at though you. ahould be late In doing It." Once more he settled to the old familiar fa-miliar work, this time upon a great scale, of carrying a difficult enterprise forward by correspondence. letters to the Continental Congress at Phils-dephla, Phils-dephla, letters to the provincial congresses con-gresses of the New England colonies, letters to subordinate (sometimes In-sbordlnate) In-sbordlnate) officers st distant posts, letters to Intimate friends and Influential In-fluential men everywhere, setting forth the needs and situation of the army, advising measures of organization, organiza-tion, supply, and defense, pointing out means tLat might be used and mistakes mis-takes thst must be avoided, commanding, command-ing, dissuading, guiding, forecasting, poured steadily forth from those busy headquarters, where the comamnder-in-chief was always to be found, in-1 tent, deeply employed, calmly Imperative, Impera-tive, never tiring, never hesitating never storming, a leader and master of men and affairs. (TO UK CONTINCEP.) Installment 13 What he had wM " Aon, and his very opponents w f upon the committee charged v. Ill v's accomplishment accom-plishment It was not going more than other colonies had done; it was only saying more; It was only dealing deal-ing more fearleaaly and frankly with fortune. Even slow, conservative men like John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, shielded themselves behind tnlyan'Mf." "The first act of violence on the part of administration In America," they knewj "or th attempt to reinforce General Cage thfe winter or next year, will puj the ho,le contluept In arms, from Nova Scotia to Georgia. Regulars Meet the Militia. What they feared very speedily came to pass. 'Twas hardly four weeks from the day Mr. Henry proclaimed a atate of war In the convention at Richmond before the king's regulars were set upon at Lexington and Concord and driven back In rout to their quarters by the swarming militia uien of Massachusetts. Mass-achusetts. On tho 19th of April they had set out across a pesceful country to seize the military stores placed at Concord. Pcfore the day was but they had been fairly thrown back Into Iioston, clos upon three hundred of their com-fudes com-fudes jfone to a last reckoning; and the next morning disclosed a rapidly growing provincial army drawn in threatened siege about them. Lord Dunmore Foiled. In the darkness of that very night (April 20), at the command o." Dun-more, Dun-more, a force of marines waa landed land-ed from an armed sloop thst lay In James river. In Virginia, to eelze the gunpowder stored st Williamsburg. Williams-burg. The "irglnlans In their turn sprang to arms, and Dunmore was forced, ere he could rid himself of the business, busi-ness, to pay for the powder taken pay Captain Patrick Henry, at the head of a body of militia under arms. Ethan Allen Holds Two Forts. On the 10th of May the second Continental Con-tinental congress met at Philadelphia, with business to transact vastly different differ-ent from that to which the1 first "congress "con-gress of committee" had addressed Itselfnot It-selfnot protests and resolves, but quick and efficient action. The very day It met. a body of daring dar-ing provincials under Ethan Allen had walked Into the open gates of Tlcon-deroga Tlcon-deroga and taken poaaesston of the stout fortress "In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental congress." and two days later a similar sim-ilar exploit secured Crown Point to the Insurgents. The Country United. Active war had begun; an army was set down before Itoston a rude army that had grown to be sixteen thousand strong within the first week of Its rally; the country was united In a general gen-eral resistance, and looked to the congress con-gress to give It organization and guidance guid-ance Colonel Washington had come to the congress In his provincial uniform, and found himself a great deal sought sf'.i-r In Its committees. Not only the drawing of state papers which would once more Justliy their cause and their resor. to arms In the eyes of the word, but the actual mustering mus-tering and equipment of an army, quick fortification, the gstherlng of munitions and supplies, the raising of money and the organization of a commissariat, com-missariat, the restraint of the Indians In-dians upon the frontier, waa the all eyes upon him; it was merely his Instinctive expression of his own per sonal feeling with regard to the crisis thst bad come. Out It was In its way a fulfilment of prophecy. When the first Virginian convention chose delegates to attend the congress con-gress of 1774. "some of the tickets on the ballot assigned reasons tor the choice expressed In them. Randolph should preside In congress; Lee and Henry should display the different kinds ot fcloquence for which they were renowned; Washington should COjauuaud the army, It an army should be raised; Bland should open the treasures of ancient colonial learning; Harrison should utter plain truths; and Pendleton should be the penman, for business." Self Poise of the Virginians. No wonder ha gentlemen from Virginia, Vir-ginia, coming with such confidence to the congress, made the Instant Impression Im-pression they did for mastery and self-polse! "There are aome fine fellows come from Virginia." Joseph Reed had reported, re-ported, "but they are very high. We understand the r the capital men of the colony." Washington alone awaited his cu. Now he was to get It, without expecting expect-ing It A Struggling Army. The Irregular army swsrmlng before be-fore Iioston was without standing or government. It had run hastily together to-gether out of four colonies; wss subject sub-ject to no common authority; hardly know what allegiance It bore; might fall to pieces unless It were adequately adequate-ly commanded. The congress In Philadelphia was called upon to recognize and adopt It, give It leave and authority to act for all the colonies, give It a commander, and summon the whole country to recruit re-cruit It. A Leader Outalde New England. There was an obvious political necessity ne-cessity that the thing should be done, and done promptly. Massachusetts did not wish to star.id alone; New England Eng-land wanted the active assistance of the other colonies; something must be attempted to secure common action. , The first thing to do was to -choose an acceptable and efficient leader, and to choose him outside New England. To John Adams the choice seemed simple enough. There was no soldier In America, outside New England nor Inside either to be compered, whether wheth-er In experience or distinction, with Washington, the gallant, straightforward, straightfor-ward, earnest Virginian he had learned learn-ed so to efcteem and trust there In Philadelphia. John Adams Names WastVngton. He accordingly moved that congress "adopt the army at Cambridge," and declared that he had "but one gentleman gentle-man In mind" for Its command "a gentleman from Virginia, who was among us." he said, "and very well known to all of us; a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, offi-cer, whose Independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, char-acter, would command the approbation approba-tion of all America, and unite the cordial cor-dial exertions of all the colonies better bet-ter than any other person In the union." Washington, taken unawsres, rose and slipped in confusion from the room. Washington the Unanimous Choice. Some of his own friends doubted the expedlencyiof putting a Virginian at the head of a New England army, but the more clear-sighted among the New Englanders did not. and the selection se-lection wss made, after a Htle hesitation, hesita-tion, unanimously. Wsshlngton accepted his commission commis-sion with that mixture of modesty and pride that made mn love and honor him. "You may believe me. my dear Patsy," were his simple words to his wife, "when I assure you In the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking seek-ing this appointment, I have used every ev-ery endeavor In my power to avoid It. not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of Its being a trust too great for my capacity. . . . Put as It has been a kind of destiny that haa thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking It Is designed to answer some good purpose. pur-pose. ... It waa utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment, without exposing my character to such censures as would have reflected dishonor upon myself and given pain to my friends." Wsshlngton Accepts With Modesty. He spoke In the same tone to the congresa. "I beg It may be remembered." remem-bered." he ssld. "by every gentleman In this room, that I this dsy declare with the utmost sincerity I do not think myself equsl to the commend I am honored with." Ills commission wss signed on the l:b rf Jane; on the 21st he was on the road to the north the road he had traveled twenty years ago to consult con-sult with Governor Shirley In Koston upon questions of rank, and to fall Into Mary Philips' snare by the way; the road he had ridden after the races, but three year ago. to put Jacky Cuatls at college tn New York. John Adams Delighted. "There Is something charming te it; that meln as If the man were a prince; that sincere and open countenance, counte-nance, which every man could see was lighted by a good conscience; that cordial ease In salute, as of a man who felt himself brother to bis friends. Shows Himself to ths Pcopls. There wss something about Washington Wash-ington that quickened the pulses of a crowd at the same time that It awed them, that drew cheers which were a sort of voire of worship. Children Chil-dren desired sight of him, and men felt lifted after he had passed. It was good to have such a man ride all the open way from Philadelphia to Cambridge Cam-bridge In sight of the people to assume as-sume command of the people's army. It gave character to the thoughts of all who saw him. Matters had not stood still before Poston to await a commander sent by congress. While Wsshlngton waited for his commission snd made ready for his journey there had been fighting done which wss to simplify his task. General William Howe had reached Boston with reinforcements on the 25th of Msy. and quite ten thousard troops held the city, whilo a strong fleet of men-of war lay watchfully In the harbor. The British Hesitate. There wss no hurry. It seemed, about attacking the sixteen thousand raw provlnclala. whose long line were drawn loosely about the town from Charleatown Neck to Jamaica Plain. Put commanding hills looked scross the wster on either hsnd In Charles-town Charles-town on the north snd tn Dorchester on the southeast-and It would be well, Howe aaw, to secure them, lest they should be occupied by the Insurgents. Insur-gents. On the morning of the lTth of June, however, while leisurely preparations were a making In Hoston to occupy the hills of Charlestown, It was discovered dis-covered that the provincials had ben beforehand In the project There they were tn the clear sun. working diligently dili-gently at redoubts of their on upon the height At a Fearful Cost Three thousand men were put across the water to drive them oft. Though they mustered only seventeen hundred behind tbctr unfinished works, there were seversl assaults and the loss of a thousand tuen waa the cost of dislodging them. They withheld their fire till the redcoats red-coats were within fifty nsy. thirty-yards thirty-yards of them, and then poured out a deadly, blazing fire which no man could faee and live. They were ousted oust-ed only when they failed of powder and despaired of reinforcements. Veteran officers who had led the assault as-sault declared the regulars of Prance few ipip - - busineta In band, aud Washington's advice was Invaluable when such matters mat-ters were afoot. Washington Prompt te Act He showed no hesitation as to what should be dune. Ills own mind hsc long sgo been mad up; and the sessions of the congress con-gress were not ended before Virginia was committed beyond all possibility of drawing bark. The 1st of June saw her last houae ef burgesses convene; for by the sth of the month Dunmore was a fugitive fugi-tive had seen the anger of a William Wil-liam burg mob blaze hot against him, and bad takM refoge ta a man-of-war lying up the river. Tbe provinre waa ready for revolution, revolu-tion, ar.d Washington was resdy to go with It. It meant more than Waahlnron thoufht thst he hsd come to Palla-Iciilia Palla-Iciilia habited like a soldier , I- lnj not Wea his purpose to draw |