An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . red uponWashington. In him the friends of the still tottering Constitutiorbeheld the only resource which could give weight to the novel operation of so strange an experiment as that which they were about toperform. Even its opponents were in generaJ willing to make a trialof it, could he be placed at its head. But it was with no small dif-ficulty that his habitual distrust of hims
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . red uponWashington. In him the friends of the still tottering Constitutiorbeheld the only resource which could give weight to the novel operation of so strange an experiment as that which they were about toperform. Even its opponents were in generaJ willing to make a trialof it, could he be placed at its head. But it was with no small dif-ficulty that his habitual distrust of himself, united to an ardent loveof retirement, could be again overcome. Besides his reluctanceagain to embark on the stormy ocean of politics, he was extensivelyengaged in agricultural pursuits, for which he had ever entertaineda passionate fondness. But the people were encouraged by thereflection that he had never refused the call of public duty. Theytherefore renewed their earnest appeals that he would give stabilitytt the youthful nation by the weight of his influence, and at lengthhe consented. On the day of election he received the unanimousvote 01 the electors, and probably without a dissenting voice a 418. vftsniNaTON t&.k;in;j the of offios. in front of thb ole FBDBRAL , NEW YORK. the whole nation, was chosen the first President of the UnitedSlates. Washinoton received notice of his election, April 14, 1789, andsacrificing his lung cherished hopes and feelings to ihe public wish,he left Mount Vernon on the 16th, for New York, where Congresswas then in session. His jf)urney was everywhere hailed by thespontaneous overfliAving of love and veneration for his person, froman almost idolizing people. As he drew near different towns, theentire population hastened to meet him, and the chief ctizens wel-comed him to their honies. In the great cities, the bells rang, can-nons were fired, and civic and military authorities paraded. AtElizabethtown Point, he was met by a de
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