Show washington george washington whose birthday is celebrated today was boro in the state of virginia on february 22 1732 anal died at sit vernon december he is eulogized as the greatest american but aa the years speed by lincoln is recognized by many as equally as great while washington never akon a great battle never delivered an address of great wisdom nor proved to be a master mind in statesmanship he was a noble truthful honest upright man of broad principles by declining to accept a third term he gave to posterity an unwritten law that has done much good and prevented many overzealous over zealous and ambitious men since his time from assuming a quasi dictatorship over the republic grant in the hands of his friends among them chauncey depew tried to override this heritage and become more exalted by title than washington but the better judgment of a body of the american people prevailed and alie mistake of grants life was then and there recorded egotistical gravor ia said to be desirous of outclassing out classing washington in the years of service in the presidential chair and his enemies are praying that he will make ane effort that ho may be publicly rebuked as a fitting dinae to his exit from public life when retired from alie duties of an executive ot this nation washington devoted his remaining years to farming and became a typical virginia planter surrounded by his cotton fields and slaves he ia said to have deprecated the custom of holding humans in bondage but felt unequal to the task in his advanced years of eradicating the evil washington is idolized by kis coun aymen and with his name attaches the evolution introduced in congress after his death whereby ho was known to bo first in war first in peace ani first in he hearts of his countrymen |