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A portrait of George Washington, painted on iron by the famous early American painter, Gilbert Stuart, the first
of its kind ever found or known to exist, is now in the possession of Albert Rosenthal, art collector and connoisseur,
of Philadelphia. The picture never before has been out of the possession of the Tilyard family of England. The
portrait, which is one of the richest Stuart discoveries of some years, is of the type known as the Vaughn or Gibbs
type, showing the right side of the face.
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C i-’QUAL fields when fields were lost
VJI or were won,
i i 7 With breath of popular ap¬
plause or blame,
Nor fanned or damped, urn
quenchably the same,
Too inward to be rea'ched by flaws of
idle fame.
Soldier and statesman, rarest unison;
High-poised example of great duties
done,
Simply as breathing a world’s honors
worn
As life’s indifferent gifts to all men born;
Dumb for himself, unless it were to God,
But for his barefoot soldiers eloquent,
Tramping the snow to coral where they
trod,
Held by his awe in hollow-eyed content;
Modest, yet firm as nature’s self; un¬
earned,
Save by the men his nobler temper
shamed;
Never seduced through show of present
good
By other than unsetting lights to steer
New-trimmed in heaven, nor than his
steadfast mood,
More steadfast, far from rashness as
from fear,
Rigid, but with himself first, grasping
still
In swerveless poise the wave-beat helm
of will;
Not honored then or now because he
wooed
The popular voice, but that he still with¬
stood.
Broad-minded, but higher-souled, there is
one
Who was all this and our’s and all men’s
—Washington.
—LowelL
Washington’s Remarkable
Foresight
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Washington's services fully entitled
him to be called "first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen,” but these distinctions,
due to his part in the Revolution and
as President of the newly formed re¬
public, have overshadowed a phase of
his life that deserves careful consider¬
ation. Few persons are aware of ffce
service he rendered in developing the
Internal commerce of the country, and
of his foresight in the problem of se¬
curing union among the states, Henry
Leftmann writes, in the Philadelphia
Record.
At the end of the Revolution, the
common danger that had been so
patent In holding the several states in
united action was removed, and the
contemporary history indicates a
rather dangerous disposition on the
part of some of the portions of the
country to “go it alone”—a procedure
that would have led to an easy re-eon- |
quest by Great Britain. The most
powerful influence in the course of i
nations is the economic one. The sev¬ I
eral states composing the original |
"thirteen” did not have entirely con¬ j
cordant interests and, naturally, obey¬ i
ing their impulses, showed an un¬
willingness to surrender local advan¬
tages for the general good. Perhaps
as striking an Instance of the opera¬
tion of this law will be found In the
attitude of the people of the area now
Included In the state of Vermont. The
treaty of peace with Great Britain,
which acknowledged the independence
of the United States, enumerated each
state as sovereign and granted also
the territory west of New Hampshire.
Many of the residents of this area,
however, regarded their best interests
to he with Canada, because the outlet
to the sea was through the waters that
led to the St. Lawrence river. Rail¬
roads were unthought of at that time.
Among the leaders of the party that
declared against entering the United
States was Ethan Allen, the famous
patriot, and his two brothers. Active
resistance to inclusion of the state
was threatened, but It came to naught
and the “Green Mountain" state was
duly admitted as the fourteenth state.
Problem Faced Young Nation.
During the Revolution many efforts
were made to bring about a closer
union of the several states. Finally,
a couple of years before the close of
the war, the “Articles of Confedera¬
tion” were adopted. They did not sat¬
isfy many of the leaders, including
such as Washington, Hamilton, Wilson
and Madison, but were the best that
could be obtained at that time. Mean¬
while, the pioneer spirit so characteris¬
tic of the Colonials was urging move¬
ments towards and beyond the moun¬
tain range, and the problem of the
Mississippi valley was becoming se¬
rious. French colonization had been
active from the north, especially in
the region of the Great lakes, but by
the Treaty of Paris, in 1703, which
closed the Seven Years’ war, France
had lost all its Canadian possessions.
Spain was In possession of territory in
the Gulf region. The Mississippi riv¬
er is the only outlet to the sea for the
vast valley that it drains, and it was
obvious that any considerable settle¬
ments by American pioneers In this
valley would find necessity either of
using the river or of sending their prod
uce over the mountain range to the
Atlantic ports. These matters, of
course, did not attract much atten¬
tion between 1775 and 1783, for In
those years the dominant note was
war; but with the coming of peace
domestic questions came to the front
and grave difficulties arose. It seems,
indeed, from the contemporary litera¬
ture, that many Americans regarded
their particular state as In “alliance”
r^her than as in “union” with the
others.
Saw Routes in Advance.
When Washington began to urge his
plans for the slack-water system on
the Potomac, the people of the James
river section became jealous. They
were unwilling that state aid should
he given to a project in an entirely
different section. It became necessary
for the friends of the Potomac project
to support one for the improvement of
the James river, and the James River
Improvement company was duly or
ganized coincident with that of the
Potomac company. Each company
was based on a definite amount of
shares. By an act of the Virginia leg
islature a block of shares was voted
CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA,
to him. The Washington stock went
to the endowment of an institution
that had been established before the
Revolution and after it had been re¬
named Liberty hall. This became
Washington college, and is now Wash¬
ington and Lee university. During the
interval between 1783 and 1780, when
he was not in public life, Washington
made a journey through the Mohawk
valley, and In a letter expressed the
view that that route would constitute
the best line for connecting the region
of ihe Great lakes with tidewater. He
did not live to see the construction of
the Erie canal and the subsequent rise
of the port of New York to commercial
domination.
IN HIS EARLY DAYS
A iittle-known woodcut of George
Washington, taken at the time he was
a land surveyor, and his thoughts were
furthest from the command of the
American army, and the first Presi¬
dency of the United States.
Set Duty Before Pride
George Washington was elected as
president of the convention that drew
up the Constitution because lie was
the idol of the people. He had the
confidence of the new nation and his
dignity and strength of character com¬
manded the general respect as did
that of no other man of tiie time.
Washington was painfully conscious
that his scholarship was inferior to
that of many of his associates and he
realized that he was but an indifferent
politician. In his hand the sword was
mightier than the pen.
But he was a soldier. Convinced
that it was his duty to take part in
this work, he accepted.
Washington's Hair a Gift
A lock of George Washington’s hair,
inclosed in a crystal medallion, was
conditionally bequeathed to the Mount
Vernon Ladies’ association in the will
of Boudinot Keith, lawyer, reformer
and founder of the City club of New
York. ,
The heirloom will go to the associa¬
tion if It gives to Mr. Keith’s daugh¬
ter a portrait of Washington willed to
the association by Mr. Keith’s aunt.
Mr. Keith’s great-uncle, Ellas Boud!
not, served on Washington's staff.
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