Show Years S 1 A but Iut Add AddOn Luster to Name of Washington I On t the e anniversary ary of the birth of George Washington a national holiday holl holi tiny day and one that inspires and Im 11 ls a new consecration to the ideals and oud Institutions of or a n free and in Independent independent Inde inde- epen e- e pen pendent ent government go bought with the blo blood d of patriots It Is fitting that a re review of the t e life liCe and works Yorks of this J great American be mn made e In every home and before every ery group History presents us with few characters characters characters char char- so worthy of n admiration and find esteem It presents us with ith few t lives despite despite detractors who In the early clays davs of the Nineteenth century pu published so called Intimate cameos that were v manifestly fictitious so fictitious so worthy of emulation Outstanding among the errors and absurdities of ot so-called so biographers are those In the Life of George Washington written b by Ilex He Mason Iason L. L Weems Il and published the year t after the death of the Father of ot Ills Country No o one not even eyen so great grent and powerful pow pow- erful a n man nian as Washington could entirely live ll down In history the rep reputation of a goody goody-goody y prig with which but o er olli- olli the thc well meaning 0 over clous dons Scottish divine smothered him The cherry cherr tree story story story-fI story fiction of the whole cloth has cloth has had but few r rIvals In pu publicity and has done the I memory of f this great gleat man of re red blood blond loo an and un unflagging nagging courage more harm than goo good The Real Washington Fortunately as tho the generations have bae come an and gone gOlle the real ical Wash WashIngton Ington the Inton-the the Washington who was the leading figure of thought and aud ju Judg anent ment in the Continental congress who led with spirit nn and masterful I generalship the army of the Ko who guided ulde the building of the tenets of ot faith In a new governmental the structure the fc federal n- n who ho for two t terms ser served us as the first President of the thc United States States- Fortunately the real Washington ton has stood tood out stronger and greater greater- as a n as ns an lin credit executive he as us a n as ns a 8 patriot as a 8 aman aman man as a 8 force fOIce In morn moral I leadership a as the years ealS have hn-e passed p In generations yet jet et unborn lie be will grow rather than thun shrink In universal appraisement ement The mental mentral gifts of Gorge George Wash WashIngton In Ington ton were ere not of the tile daz dazzling kind Ills His talents were ere not And n yet yot his good OCl jud Judgment founded upon an Inborn wisdom was forceful and appealing lie Ile was waR not an nn orator orator orator ora ora- tor like Patrick Henr Henry who labored with him for a 8 repeal of or the Iniquitous Iniquitous tous stamp stump act He lIe was not as us dashing dash ush- dashing ing and as ns Impulsive as either John or Samuel Adams And yet et both of them timing the Intense stress and aUll the tile excitement of ot the proceedings proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- ings of ot the Continental con congress ress turned tinned to Washington ton for his thoughtful thought thought- ful advice and antI deH deliberate conclusions and nn Adams from the floor declared the quiet almost silent anent leader the unerring son of Westmoreland George Washington having ha been born orn In Westmoreland county on February 22 1732 Deserved Immortal Title This was in September 1774 All Allor of of or the Colonies were ere represented at atthe atthe atthe the time except Georgia The people people peo peo- nip of nf flint were in deep r n Km m. K m- m 1 u. u l lP pathy athy P with the congress but their ro royal loyal al governor prevented pre the appointment appoint ment of of delegates Washington was a man of unusual power because his traits of character charac charac- ter were so finely proportioned and adjusted and so firmly controlled by bya a heroic will and md fine moral faculty He could withstand alike nUke disaster an and obloquy He could reject the of ot ambition He was moved mo by y but one aspiration to to pro promote promote promote mote the goo good government of ot his country and und the happiness huppi and prosperity pros pros- perit of ot the people lie well de de' deserved served the noble Doble title that will go o with his name throughout the expanse expanse ex lanSe of human history Just a n word a about out the origin of Washington his personal life an and his career as a n soldier a n statesman an anns and andas andas as ns an nn executive executive- He was the grandson grantIson of John Washington Wa hington who emigrated In 1639 from England I where the fatally family had hatI been of high I social and financial stan standing Ills His grandfather gran father acquired great land holdIngs hold hold- hol holdings Ings along the Potomac and high so ciul an and pu public position The ancestral antes ances home was inh Inherited by hy Augustine Washington who was the father futher of George and e five other children George Washington became Interested In sun sur surveying eying ln and rand while a n mere lad sur e surveyed ed the great gleat Fairfax estates He lie later surveyed eyed the proposed canal route loute between St. St Mans Marys s 's Georgia via Ia St. St Marks Florl Florida u. u and to the Mississippi sippi river In time tune he Inherited the hit great Mount Vernon estate from an nu older ohler brother lie Ele became e In Colonial military life nu and was quick quickly ly l promoted to colonel Won Important Point When ol orders els el's cause came from the BritIsh British Brit Ish crown that any English h field om eel should be he superior to a n Colonial officer even en en n of higher rank Colonel Washington took tool the i Issue ue direr to Gc General Shirley the lu in chief ellie and lO won After his military career as a aColon Colon Colonial hI 1 officer he was elected to the house of ot burgesses of ot Virginia In 17 1755 r he married Mrs Martha Custis the wealthiest widow In Virginia Vir ginia nn and for several years lived Uve quietly as a great planter at his home overlooking tit th- Potomac and the marsh lands ot of othe tie the great capital capital capital capi capi- tal city which now be he rs his name In 1773 he again became active e In public affairs as RS a n member mem cr of the Williams Williamsburg convention con which asserted asserted asserted as as- the right of ot the Colonies to self government He lie then declared the car cardinal principle that taxation and representation could coul not be Justly Just just- ly s separated Great In Military Leadership On June 10 15 1775 Colonel Washington Washing Washing- ton was elected by the Continental congress the In chief of u the t e American forces He fIe assumed command with the declaration that he di did n not t feel Ceel himself equal to the task but with a n consecrated consecrate will to break bieak the British yoke yole he be went quietly into the mo mobilization of ot his forces and Into the manner of or their training and equipments The battle attle of ot Bunker Hill had already al already already al- al ready taken talen place with much credit to the patriots but the military forces were without leadership or discipline He lie brought order out of chaos It Is unnecessary here to go Into the history of the war war the the great conflict conflict con con- between two master generals Washington an and Cornwallis The odds were against General Washing Washing- ton lie He conquered nn and he was con on quere He never ne flinched His suf- suf along with his men were In int in- in t tense nse The story of Valley Salley Forge will l al always live In the sympathetic hearts of or Americans He lie finally won through h generalship for even eren British historians have hare declared declared de de- Washington the strongest and ablest w warrior of his du day an and genera tion lIe He was not n meteor of war like lil-e Alexander or 01 Napoleon but ut a 8 military genius ge Masterly Farewell After th tine the smokes moles of the Revolution cleared with the victory of the lie patriots patri patri- the conventional convention met metIn metIn metin In 1787 n and nd he was chu chosen en Its dent From Irom this came the federal Constitution which Gladstone declared de de- declared to be e the soundest code ode of organic organic or or- ganic laws t e ever er r framed In any na nn na- na tion He lIe le was unanimously elected Ir resident of th the tho 1 created Union Unon and he declared In acceptance that he did so with more mOle diffidence en e nn and reluctance reluctance reluctance tance titan than he ever er expel experienced t he be Pore foie ore He lie was ns re reelected In 1702 1792 His Is farewell address addicts to congress In l three ee e years pl prior or to his death will death will live lI through the ages nse as one 0 of the ablest and wisest est of state tute documents |