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GEORGt WSIHN6TON
Installment 15
■ Congress, in its fright, removed to
Baltimore, hundreds of persons hur
■ied to take the oath of allegiance
■pon Howe’s offer of pardon; and the
British comanders deemed the rebel
■ion at an end.
I They did not understand the man
■hey were fighting.
■ When he had put the broad Dela
ware between his dwindling regiments
■nd the British at his heels, he stop-
Bed, undaunted, to collect force and
Blve his opponents a taste of his
■uality. Such an exigency only stif
fened his temper, and added a touch
Bf daring to his spirit.
Lee's Fiasco and Capture.
■ Charles Lee, his second in command,
Hoping to make some stroke for him
■elf upon the Hudson, had withheld
Bull half the army in a safe post upon
■he river, in direct disobedience to
Brders, while the British drove Wash
ington southward through New Jer
sey; but Lee was now happily in the
Band of the enemy, taken at an un-
Euarded tavern where he lodged, and
■nost of the troops he had withdrawn
Bound their way at last to Washing
lon beyond the Delaware.
■ Desperate efforts at recruiting were
Inade. Washington strained his au
l.hority to the utmost to keep and
Biquip his force, and excused himself
io congress very nobly. "A charac
ter to lose,” he said, "an estate to for
feit, the inestimable blessing of lib
erty at stake, and a life devoted must
lie my excuse.”
I What he planned and did won him
li character with his foes.
I Before the year was out he had
collected six thousand men, and was
■ready to strike a blow at the weak,
Extended line —Hessian mercenaries
Kor the most part—which Howe had
■est to hold the Delaware.
I On Christmas day Washington
Imade his advance, and ordered a
Lrossing to be made in three divisions,
lander cover of the night. Only his
lawn division, twenty-five hundred
[strong, effected the passage.
I 'Twas ten hours’ perilous work to
[cross the storm-swept river in the
[pitchy darkness, amidst the hazards
pf floating ice, but not a man or a gun
Iwas lost. There was a nine miles’
■natch through driving snow and sleet
[after the landing before Trenton could
[be reached, the point of attack, and
[two men were frozen to death as they
[went.
Washington’s Famous Order.
I General Sullivan sent word that the
[guns were wet: "Tell him to use
the bayonet,” said Washington, “for
the town must be taken.”
And it was taken —in the early
jnorning, at the point of the bayonet,
with a loss of but two or three men.
The surprise was complete.
| Colonel Rahl, the commander of the
.place, was mortally wounded at the
first onset, and nine hundred Hessians
■surrendered at discretion.
When he had gotten his prisoners
safe on the south side of the river,
Washington once more advanced to
occupy the town.
Plays a Perilous Game.
It was a perilous place to be, no
doubt, with the great? unbridged
stream behind him; but the enemy's
line was everywhere broken, now that
its center had been taken; had
been withdrawn from the river in
haste, abandoning its cannon even and
its baggage at Burlington; and Wash
ington calmly dared to play the game
he had planned.
It‘was not Howe who came to meet
him, but the gallant Cornwallis, no
mean adversary, bringing eight thou
sand men. Washington let him come
all the way to Delaware without him
self stirring, except to put a small
tributary stream between his men and
the advancing columns; and the con
fident Englishman went to bed that
night exclaiming, "At last we have
run down the old fox, and we’ll bag
him in the morning.”
The Fox Escapes.
Then, while a small force kept the
camp-fires burning and worked aud
ibly at the ramparts the cold night
through, the fox was up and away.
He put the whole of his force upon
the road to Princeton and New Bruns
wick, where he knew Cornwallis’
stores must be.
As the morning’s light broadened
into day (January 3, 1777) he met the
British detachment at Princeton in the
way, and drove it back in a decisive
rout, a keen ardor coming into his
blood as he saw the sharp work done.
“An old-fashioned Virginia fox-hunt,
gentlemen,” he exclaimed, shouting
the vlew-halloo. Had his troops been
fresh and properly shod to outstrip
Cornwallis at their heels, he would
have pressed on to New Brunswick
and taken the stores there; but he
had done all that could be done with
dispatch, and withdrew straight to
the heights of Morristown.
The Patriots Winners.
Cornwallis could only hasten back
to New York. By the end of the month
the Americans were everywhere afoot;
the British held no posts in New Jer
sey but Paulus Hook, Amboy, and
New Brunswick; and Washington had
Issued a proclamation commanding all
who had accepted General Howe’s of-
/the story of the first president
BY THE PRESIDENT^
fer of pardon either to withdraw with
in the British lines or to take the oath
of allegiance to the United States.
Men loved to tell afterwards how
Frederick the Great had said it was
the most brilliant campaign of the
century.
Congress took steps before the win
ter was over to secure long enlist
ments, and substitute a veritable army
for the three months’ levies with which
Washington had hitherto been strug
gling to make shift.
Pledges His Private Fortune.
After the affair at Trenton, Wash
ington had been obliged to pledge his
owm private fortune for their pay to
induce the men whose terms of enlist
ment were to expire gn New Year’s
day—more than half his force —to stay
with him but a few weeks more, till his
plan should be executed. Now he was
authorized to raise regiments enlisted
till the war should end, and to exer
cise almost dictatorial powers in
everything that might affect the disci
pline, provisioning, and success of his
army.
There was need, for the year wit
nessed fighting of tremendous conse
quence.
Brave British Plans.
The British struck for nothing less
than complete possession of the whole
state of New York, throughout the val
leys of the Hudson and the Mohawk.
General Howe, who had about twenty
thousand men in New York city, was
to move up the Hudson; General Bur
goyne, with eight thousand men, from
Canada down Lake Champlain; Colo
nel St. Leger, with a small but suffi
cient force, down into the valley of the
Mohawk, striking from Oswego, on
Ontario; and the colonies were to be
cut in twain, New England hopelessly
separated from her confederates, by
the converging sweep of three armies,
aggregating more than thirty-three
thousand men.
But only the coast country, it turned
out, was tenable ground for British
troops.
Ticonderoga Falls.
Sir Guy Carleton had attempted
Champlain out of Canada the year be
fore, and had gone back to Quebec
without touching Ticonderga, so dis
concerted had he been by the price
he had had to pay for his passage up
the lake to a small force and an ex
temporized fleet under Benedict Arn
old.
This time Burgoyne, with his splen
did army, made short work of Ticon
deroga (July, 1777), and drove Gen
eral Schuyler and his army back to
their posts beyond the Hudson; but
the farther he got from his base upon
the lake into the vast forests of that
wide frontier, the more certainly did
he approach disaster.
No succor came. St. Leger was baf
fled, and sent in panic back the way
he had come.
Howe did not ascend the river. The
country swarmed with gathering mi
litia. They would not volunteer for
distant campaigns; but this invading
host, marching by their very homes
into the deep forest, roused them and
tempted them as they had been roused
at Concord, and they gathered at its
rear and upon its flanks as they had
run together to invest Boston.
A thousand men Burgoyne felt
obliged to leave in garrison at Ticon
deroga; a thousand more, sent to Ben
nington to seize the stores there, were
overwhelmed and taken (August 16).
Quite twenty thousand provincials
presently beset him, and he had but
six thousand left wherewith to save
himself.
He crossed the river, for he still
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expected Howe; and there was stub
born fighting about Saratoga (Septem
ber 19, October 7), in which Arnold
once more made his name in battle.
But the odds were too great; Bur
goyne’s supplies were cut off. his
troops beaten; there was nothing for
it but capitulation (October 17).
He had been trapped and taken by
a rising of the country.
Washington Outgenerals Howe.
Howe had not succored him, part
ly because he lacked judgment and
capacity, partly because Washington
had thwarted him at every turn. From
his position at Morristown, Washing
ton could send reinforcements to the
north or recall them at will, without
serious delay; and Howe, in his hesi-
tation, gave him abundant time to do
what he would.
It was Sir William’s purpose to oc
cupy the early summer, ere Burgoyne
should need him, in an attack on Phil
adelphia. On the 12th of June, ac
cordingly, he threw a force of eighteen
thousand men into New Jersey.
But Washington foiled him at each
attempt to advance by hanging always
upon his flank'in such a position that
he could neither be safely ignored nor
forced to fight; and the prudent Howe,
abandoning the march, withdrew once
more to New York.
British Come to Philadelphia.
But he did not abandon his project
against Philadelphia.
He deemed it the "capital” of the
insurgent confederacy, and wished to
discredit congress and win men of
doubtful allegiance to his standard by
its capture; and he reckoned upon
some advantage in drawing Washing
ton after him to the southward, away
from Burgoyne’s field of operations
in the north. Though July had come,
therefore, and Burgoyne must need
him presently, he put his eighteen
thousand men aboard the fleet and
carried them by sea to the Chesa
peake.
Washington Puzzled.
Washington was sorely puzzled. He
had taken it for granted that Howe
would go north, and he had gone
south!
“How'e’s in a manner abandoning
Burgoyne is so unaccountable," he
said, "that I cannot help casting my
eyes continually behind me,” and he
followed very cautiously, ready upon
the moment to turn back, lest the
movement should prove a feint.
But there was no mistake. Howe
entered the Delaware, and, being
frightened thence by reports of ob
structions in the river, went all the
long four hundred miles about the
capes of Chesapeake, and put his army
ashore at Elkton for its advance upon
Philadelphia. .
Defeat, But Not Rout.
It was thqn the 25th of August.
Washington met him (September 11)
behind the fords of the Brandywine,
and, unable to check Cornwallis on
his flank, was defeated.
But for him defeat was never rout;
his army was still intact and steady;
and he held his foe yet another fort
night on the road ere “capital" could
be entered (September 27).
Burgoyne w r as by that time deep
within the net spread for him at Sara
toga. On the morning of the 4th of
October, in a thick mist, Washington
threw himself upon Howe’s main
force encamped across the village
street of Germantown, and would have
overwhelmed It in the surprising on
set had not two of his own columns
gone astray in the fog, attacked each
other, and so lost the moment’s op
portunity.
But an Empty Success.
General Howe knew very soon how
barren a success he had had. The
end of November came before he had
made himself master of the forts up
on the Delaware below the “capital”
and removed the obstructions from
the river to give access to his fleet;
the British power was broken and
made an end of in the north; and
Washington was still at hand as men
acing and dangerous as ever.
Dr. Franklin was told in Paris that
General Howe had taken Philadelphia.
“Philadelphia has taken Howe,” he
laughed.
Winters at Valley Forge.
Philadelphia kept Howe safely
through the winter, and his officers
made themselves easy amidst a round
of gayeties in the complacent town,
while Washington went to Valley
Forge to face the hardships and the
intrigues of a bitter season.
A deep demoralization fell that win
ter, like a blight, upon all the busi
ness of the struggling confederacy.
The congress, in its exile at York, had
lost its tone and its command in af
fairs. It would have lost it as com
pletely in Philadelphia, no doubt, for
it was no longer the body it had been.
Its best members w-ere withdrawn
to serve their respective states in the
critical business, now everywhere in
hand, of reorganizing their govern
ment; and it itself was no government
at all, but simply a committee of ad
vice, which the states heeded or ig
nored as they pleased.
Congress Without Power.
Oftentimes but ten or twelve mem
bers could be got together to transact
its business. It suffered itself to fall
into the hands of intriguers and sec
tional politicians. It gave commis
sions in the army not according to
merit, but upon a plan carefully de
vised to advance no more officers from
one section than from another —even
men like John Adams approving.
Adams denounced claims of senior
ity and service as involving “one of
the most putrid corruptions of abso
lute monarchy," and suggested that
the officers who did not relish the
idea of seeing the several states given
“a share of the general officers,” pro
portioned to the number of troops they
had sent to the army, had better take
themselves off, and see how. little
they would be missed.
Plot to Displace Chief.
Worst of all, an ugly plot was
hatched to displace Washington; and
the various distempers of different
men for a brief season gave it a chance
to succeed.
Some were impatient of Washing
ton’s "Fabian policy,” as they called
it, and would have had him annihilate,
instead of merely checking, these in
vading hosts.
"My toast,” cried John Adams, "is
a short and violent war."
Others envied Washington his pow
er and his growing fame, resented
their own subordination and his su
premacy, and intrigued to put General
Gates in his place. Had not Gates
won at Saratoga, and Washington lost
at the Brandywine and at German
town? scnuyler had prepared the
victory in the north; Arnold and Mor
gan had done the fighting that secured
it; but Gates had obtained the com
mand when all was ready, and was
willing to receive the reward.
With a political committee-congress
in charge of affairs, nothing was im
possible.
Washington and his army were
starving the while at Valley Forge, in
desperate straits to get anything to
eat or anything to cover them in that I
bitter season—not because there were
no supplies, but because congress had
disorganized the commissary depart
ment, and the supplies seldom reach
ed the camp.
The country had not been too heav
ily stricken by the war. Abundant
crops were everywhere sown and
peacefully reaped, and there were men
enough to do the work of seed-time
and harvest.
The Army Chief Sufferers.
It was only the army that was suf
fering for lack of food and lack of
men. The naked fact was that the
confederacy w’as falling apart for lack
of a government. Local selfishness
had overmastered national feeling, and
only a few men like 'Washington held
the breaking structure together.
Washington’s steadfastness was nev
er shaken; and Mrs. Washington,
stanch lady that she was, joined him
even at Valley Forge.
The intrigue against him he watch
ed in stern silence till it was ripe and
evident, then he crushed it with sud
den exposure, and turned away in con
tempt, hardly so much as mentioning
it in his letters to his friends. “Their
own artless zeal to advance their
views has destroyed them,” he said.
The Idol of His Men.
His soldiers he succored and sup
plied as he could, himself sharing their
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privations, and earning their love as ’
he served them. "Naked and starving
as they are,” he wrote, “we cannot suf-1
ficiently admire the incomparable pa
tience and fidelity of the soldiers."
And even out of that grievous win
ter some profit was wrung. Hand
some sums of French money had be
gun of late to come slowly into the
confederate treasury —for France, for
the nonce, was quick with sympathy
for America, and glad to lend secret
aid against an old foe. Presently, she
promised, she would recognize the in
dependence of th^ United States, and
herself grapple once more with Eng
land.
Foreign Officers Volunteer.
Meanwhile French, German, and Pol
ish officers hurried over sea to serve
as volunteers with the raw armies of
the confederacy—adventurers, some of
them; others sober veterns, gentle
men of fortune, men of generous and
noble quality—among the rest the boy-'
ish Lafayette and the distinguished
Steuben.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Economy in the Household.
A writer in Good Housekeeping tells
how he reduced the cost of living in
his own household. He began first
where a man would usually begin last
—on his cigars, saving S7B a year on
this item. Economy in gas and elec
tric light formed the next largest sav-1
Ing—s69. Shaving, shampooing and
lunches were cut $53. The list does ■
not’ show any personal sacrifices on ;
the part of the economizer’s wife— .
perhaps because she had already done [
her share in the sacrificial Une.
Small Homes for Families.
Chicago’s City club, an unofficial or
ganization, has asked architects, engi
neers and sociologists to submit plans
for the development of 160 acres of
Chicago suburbs so as to accommo
date not more than 1,280 families.
This would give each family one
eighth of an acre of ground, a portion
of which would be a building lot and
a portion would be in streets and
parks.
“Scientific Management.
The so-called “scientific methods of
management” aim to get facts not
only about machines and materials,
but men and women. They strive to
adjust the worker to the work; to
train him in It; to equip him for it; to
provide everything needed for its easy
and wasteless performance; and to
recompense him well for the larger
product made. —Atlantic Monthly.
The Divine
Healer
Bv REV. PARLEY E. ZARTMANN. D. D.
Secretary ot Eztemioa Department
Moody Bible IrulituU. Chicago
TEXT—"Why marvel yc at this? . . .
yea, the faith which is through him hath
given him this perfect soundness in the
presence of you all." Acts 3:12, 16.
These two verses
are very impor
tant; they mark
the crisis in the
story of the first
apostolic miracle
after Pentecost;
the story sets
forth the type of
the ministry, mes
sage and motive
of the church; we
see that spiritual
work (even along
physical lines)
went hand in
hand with spir
itual power, and
we must face two or three plain ques
tions as to matters of fact
Is Christ the same as he was then?
Is he able to do now what he did
then? Are we in the same condition
of need —difficulties, habits, eins? How
far may I expect help from Jesus?
If God’s word shows me what Jesus is
able to do, will I trust him for it, as
men and women did then? The study
of the story and of the entire word
of God will give me an affirmative
answer to all these questions except
the last one—that I must answer for
myself; for it is still true that, al
though Jesus is able to save to the
uttermost, he can save only those
who come to God by him and who will
accept the healing power of the Great
Physician.
The gospels tell us of many varie
ties of sickness dealt with by Jesus;
these are all types of sin and of
Christ’s power to heal. Take four
typical illustrations: Leprosy, or the
guilt and defilement of sin; palsy, or
the impotence of sin; fever, or the
passion of sin; demoniac possession,
or the slavery of sin.
Or, take three typical cases from
the gospel according to St Luke:
(1) 5:17, palsied limbs; (2) 6:6-10,
the withered hands; (3) 13:10-13, the
bowed-down woman. In all these
cases Jesus not only healed the body,
but he stands forth as able to heal
the sin of which the bodily ailment
is a type. No case is too hard for
Jesus. His diagnosis is thorough and
correct; his treatment is appropriate
and adequate; his power is “unto the
uttermost.” There will be no need
to come again. He cures in different
ways, but always with perfect under
standing and with satisfactory re
sults.
The man at the Beautiful Gate of
the temple expected only alms from |
Peter and John, but he got what was
’ of surpassing quality and value—heal-
I ing, in the name and through the
• power of Jesus of Nazareth. "And I
they were filled with wonder and
amazement at that which had hap- '
pened unto him.” That hour of i
prayer became an opportunity for the
manifestation of the power of Jesus
Christ, an unexpected blessing to the
lame man. and the occasion of a great
sermon by Peter. How graciousiy
and generously’ God deals with us!
“Exceedingly abundantly above all
that we ask or think.” Not alms, but
healing; not silver, but salvation; not
gold, but grace and gladness; not out
side, begging, but beyond the Beau
tiful Gate, inside the temple, “walk
ing, and leaping, and praising God.”
Is Christ the same today? Can he
do that work of forgiveness and sanc
tification now? And is he willing to
do it? Thousands can testify and say
“Yes.” On which side of the gate
are you? Are you outside, distressed,
diseased, despairing, dying? Do you
cry out in vain for help? There is no
reason why you may not be on the
other side, rejoicing in the sense of
sins forgiven, righteousness imputed,
; life imparted, joy planted. Only one
reason —“Wilt thou be made whole?”
"Perfect soundness,” and in a mo
ment. “And immediately.” He is the
healer divine. As such he is able not
only to make “better,” but to make
well. “My case is too hard." Ido not
know how far your disease has gone.
; how dark the night may seem, how
deep the sin dwells, but I do know the
power of this healer in each and ev
ery case intrusted to him —nothing is
: too hard for God. His ability is om
■ nipotent and his love matches his
I power. He may deal painfully, but it
■ will also be effectively.
In the days of his flesh he healed
by a word, or a touch: now by the
Holy Spirit Still the Great Physician
stands in the presence of sin-bur
dened ones saying, “Arise,” "stretch
forth thine hand,” “thou art loosed
from thine infirmity,” “I will, be thou
clean.” Put him to the test, and find
“Jesus Christ, the same, yesterday,
today, yes, and forever.” “Yea, the
faith which is through him hath given
him this perfect soundness in the
presence of you all.”
The origin of nil men is ttic ssmo,
and virtue is the only nobility.—Sen
eca.
The only way to have a friend is to
be one. —Emerson.
No man is so great as mankind.—
Parker.
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