ent spirit of the congress; this Washington undertook, and victory was almost always faithful to his standard. After England had acknowledged the independence of America, Washington was chosen to govern the state of which he had been the creator. His wisdom in council was no less conspicuous than his valour in the field. He successively laboured to frame good laws for America, to prepare that constitution which forms the happiness and prosperity of the people who have adopted it. Washington afterwards wished to see, with his own eyes, the abuses which might exist in the provinces, and to cement the union between the head of the government and the different legislatures. In these journeys he occupied himself with all the branches of administration; he encouraged useful establishments, particularly those leading to the encrease of population; and paid particular attention to agriculture, as the greatest cause of prosperity to a country. His modesty and simplicity did not forsake him in the high rank in which he found himself placed. He refused the title of Highness, but could not withdraw himself from the honours decreed to him by public admiration. In his journey to the north of the United States they raised triumphal arches to him, adorned with inscriptions in his praise. If he went to the theatre, every one stood up; if he was present at a ball, he was placed on a sofa; and they received as a sovereign, the man to whom they were indebted for the inestimable blessing of liberty. Washington was a friend to only such revolutions as deliver kingdoms from oppression, and not to such as yield them up to anarchy. Far from approving the system of the French innovators, he condemned them. ReAMERICA.] WASHINGTON.

elected president of congress, in 1793, he refused to acknowledge the Vice-Consul of the Republic, and delivered his own country from the exaggerated principles which began to be disseminated in it. He opposed with energy the writers of pamphlets; dispersed meetings; and preserved the tranquillity of the people entrusted to his care.

Tired of public affairs, he requested, in 1797, that he might not be re-chosen as a candidate for the presidentship, which he was going to resign. Thus, without titles, without pomp, and without pride, he returned to his paternal fields, after having signalized his departure from Philadelphia by an act of benevolence, in the foundation of an university in the new town. The love and admiration of his countrymen followed him to his retreat, where he died of a quinsey, in the 67th year of his age, on Saturday, 14th of December 1799.

Great in reverses, still greater in victory; to the former he opposed courage, to the latter moderation. In Washington, wisdom sometimes supplied the place of bold ideas, and those brilliant views which are often more fatal than beneficial to a state. He was worthy of the legacy bequeathed to him by Franklin in his will. " I give (said that great man) to General Washington, my friend and the friend of humanity, the crab tree stick which I use in walking: if this staff were a sceptre, he is equally worthy of it." A model of prudence, bravery, activity, and wisdom, Washington possessed all those qualities which confer real glory. At his death he left his country tranquil and flourishing: his labours have found their reward. To few men it is given thus to see their vast conceptions realized and consolidated, without being under the necessity of resorting to tyranny and force.