The Washington centennial1789-1889 . ENTENNIAL. we perceive him at the head of armies,during the most arduous and perilous war,on the events of which our national exist-ence was staked, supporting with invinci-ble fortitude the unequal contest ; or thatwar beiug happily terminated, his retiringto private life, only—like Cincinnatus,who was called from his plow to aid Homein a critical period—to engage in thecounsels of his country with the same firm-ness, wisdom and virtue, which he had sosuccessfully displayed in the field ; or as a In the following brief sketch of Washingtons life and public
The Washington centennial1789-1889 . ENTENNIAL. we perceive him at the head of armies,during the most arduous and perilous war,on the events of which our national exist-ence was staked, supporting with invinci-ble fortitude the unequal contest ; or thatwar beiug happily terminated, his retiringto private life, only—like Cincinnatus,who was called from his plow to aid Homein a critical period—to engage in thecounsels of his country with the same firm-ness, wisdom and virtue, which he had sosuccessfully displayed in the field ; or as a In the following brief sketch of Washingtons life and public services, endingwith the programme of the first inaugura-tion ceremonies, it is not intended to dealwith every minute detail, for this would nec-essarily make the history too prolix, butrather for the anniversary occasion to pre-sent the two sides of his life—public andprivate—in the light of the testimony ofthose who knew him, and whose testimonyis accepted by historians as character of Washington, as summed. FEDERAL HALL. SITE OF THE PRESENT SUB-TREASURY, COR. WALL AND NASSAU STREETS, WHERE WASHINGTON WASINAUGURATED THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 178,,. chief magistrate at a thue when the hap-piness, liberty, and perhaps the preserva-tion of his country depended on adminis-tering the affairs of the Union, so that agovernment standing on public favor,which had with infinite difficulty beenadopted, and against which the must in-veterate prejudices had been conciliate public opinion, and ac-quire a firmness and stability that wouldenable it to resist the rude shocks it wasdestined to sustain. up by his contemporaries, was that he wasas simple as a child, invariably modest,so deprecating of emolument, so emi-nently fair to all men, so loving to hiscountrymen and resigned to their everycommand, so courageous, with fidelity, in-tegrity, courtesy and nobility combinedin one nature as never before. Washington Irving commences his life
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