. A brief history of the United States . nding at alltimes, and irresistible when aroused, he exercised equal authority over himself andhis army. His last illness was brief, and his closing hours were marked by his usualcalmness and dignity. I die hard, said he, but I am not afraid to go. Europeand America ^ied in tributes to his memory. Said Lord Brougham, Until time shallbe no more, a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and virtue wUlbe derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of Washington. Wash-ington left no children. It has been beautifully said, Providenc
. A brief history of the United States . nding at alltimes, and irresistible when aroused, he exercised equal authority over himself andhis army. His last illness was brief, and his closing hours were marked by his usualcalmness and dignity. I die hard, said he, but I am not afraid to go. Europeand America ^ied in tributes to his memory. Said Lord Brougham, Until time shallbe no more, a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and virtue wUlbe derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of Washington. Wash-ington left no children. It has been beautifully said, Providence left him chiJdleBBthat his country might call him Father, 1789] WASHINGTONS ADMINISTRATION. 151 Difficulties beset the new government on every treasury was empty, and the United States had no Indians were hostile. Pirates from the Barbary Statesattacked our ships, and American citizens were languishing inAlgerine dungeons. Spain refused us the navigation of theMississippi. England had not yet condescended to send a. JEFFERSON WASHINGTON. Washingtons cabinet.* minister to our government, and had made no treaty of com-merce with us. We shall see how wisely Washington and hiscabinet met these difficulties. Domestic Affairs.—Finances.—By the advice of Alex-ander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, Congress agreed toassume the debts contracted by the States during the Eevolu- * Three execntive departments were now established—the Department of ForeignAffairs (now the Department of State), the Department of War, and the Departmentof the Treasury. The heads of these departments were called Secretaries, and, withthe Attorney-General, formed the Presidents cabinet.
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