The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5

The Life of George Washington,
Vol. 5 (of 5), by

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Title: The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 (of 5) Commander in
Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the
Independence of his Country and First President of the United States
Author: John Marshall
Release Date: June 15, 2006 [EBook #18595]
Language: English
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THE
LIFE

OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE
AMERICAN FORCES,
DURING THE WAR WHICH ESTABLISHED THE
INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY, AND
FIRST PRESIDENT
OF THE
UNITED STATES.
COMPILED UNDER THE INSPECTION OF
THE HONOURABLE BUSHROD WASHINGTON,
FROM
ORIGINAL PAPERS
BEQUEATHED TO HIM BY HIS DECEASED RELATIVE, AND
NOW IN POSSESSION OF THE AUTHOR.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,
AN INTRODUCTION,
CONTAINING A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE COLONIES
PLANTED BY THE ENGLISH ON THE
CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA,
FROM THEIR SETTLEMENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF
THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR

INDEPENDENCE.
BY JOHN MARSHALL.
VOL. V.
THE CITIZENS' GUILD OF WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD HOME
FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
1926
Printed in the U.S.A.
[Illustration: President Washington
From the portrait by John Vanderlyn, in the Capitol at Washington
This full-length portrait of our First President is the work of an artist to
whom Napoleon I awarded a gold medal for his "Marius Among the
Ruins of Carthage," and another of whose masterpieces, "Ariadne in
Naxos," is pronounced one of the finest nudes in the history of
American art. For Vanderlyn sat many other notable public men,
including Monroe, Madison, Calhoun, Clinton, Zachary Taylor and
Aaron Burr, who was his patron and whose portrait by Vanderlyn
hangs in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nevertheless,
Vanderlyn failed in achieving the success his genius merited, and he
once declared bitterly that "no one but a professional quack can live in
America." Poverty paralyzed his energies, and in 1852, old and
discouraged he retired to his native town of Kingston, New York, so
poor that he had to borrow twenty-five cents to pay the expressage of
his trunk. Obtaining a bed at the local hotel, he was found dead in it
the next morning, in his seventy-seventh year.]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.

G. Washington again unanimously elected President.... War between
Great Britain and France.... Queries of the President respecting the
conduct to be adopted by the American government.... Proclamation of
neutrality.... Arrival of Mr. Genet as minister from France.... His
conduct.... Illegal proceedings of the French cruisers.... Opinions of the
cabinet.... State of parties.... Democratic societies.... Genet calculates
upon the partialities of the American people for France, and openly
insults their government.... Rules laid down by the executive to be
observed in the ports of the United States in relation to the powers at
war.... The President requests the recall of Genet.... British order of 8th
of June, 1793.... Decree of the national convention relative to neutral
commerce.
CHAPTER II.
Meeting of congress.... President's speech.... His message on the
foreign relations of the United States.... Report of the Secretary of State
on the commerce of the United States.... He resigns.... Is succeeded by
Mr. Randolph.... Mr. Madison's resolutions founded on the above
report.... Debate thereon.... Debates on the subject of a navy.... An
embargo law.... Mission of Mr. Jay to Great Britain.... Inquiry into the
conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, terminates honourably to
him.... Internal taxes.... Congress adjourns.
CHAPTER III.
Genet recalled.... Is succeeded by Mr. Fauchet.... Gouverneur Morris
recalled, and is succeeded by Mr. Monroe.... Kentucky remonstrance....
Intemperate resolutions of the people of that state.... General Wayne
defeats the Indians on the Miamis.... Insurrection in the western parts of
Pennsylvania.... Quelled by the prompt and vigorous measures of the
government.... Meeting of Congress.... President's speech....
Democratic societies.... Resignation of Colonel Hamilton.... Is
succeeded by Mr. Wolcott.... Resignation of General Knox.... Is
succeeded by Colonel Pickering.... Treaty between the United States
and Great Britain.... Conditionally ratified by the President.... The
treaty unpopular.... Mr. Randolph resigns.... Is succeeded by Colonel

Pickering.... Colonel M'Henry appointed secretary at war.... Charge
against the President rejected..... Treaty with the Indians north-west of
the Ohio.... With Algiers.... With Spain.... Meeting of congress....
President's speech.... Mr. Adet succeeds Mr. Fauchet..... The house of
representatives call upon the President for papers relating to the treaty
with Great Britain.... He declines sending them.... Debates upon the
treaty making power.... Upon the bill for making appropriations to
carry into execution the treaty with Great Britain.... Congress
adjourns.... The President