The Washingtoniana Containing a Sketch of the Life And Death of the Late Gen G
The Washingtoniana Containing a Sketch of the Life And Death of the Late Gen G
F Johnston
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A statesman, studying the good- of his country, and v/ith his brother patriots, adopting measures to promote it. A farmer, cultivating his lands, cultivating his mind, and cultivating every social and do- mestic virtue. Heaven was preparing him for more important scenes — and thy blood-stained soil, O Lexington ! opened the glorious drama. The contest between the colonies cf America and thtir mother country had not drawn to a crisis ; and the hos- tile fleets and hostile armies of the ill-advis...ed Britain, had com- pelled the former to assert their rights^ and to repel force by force. But who shall lead the troops of freedom 1 By impulse more than human, the American people cast their eyes upon the Cincinnatus of Mount-Vernon, and he is ele^led the commander in chief of their armies. . His country calls. He hesitates net to resign the sweet de- lights of domestic life, but with a modest difHdence in his ta- lents, and an humble, but firm reliance on the god of aj-mies, he at once obeys her cj.
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