



EULOGT ON GENERAL WASHINGTON: 



Empire, which fliould. acknowledge thee,, as the mofr 

 diftinguiflied inflrument cf its eft a bh film en t. 



The fame memorable ground 

 atre of his miHtary achievements 

 of twenty-fcven, 



becomes the the 



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he has attracted the admira 



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 th publi 



Country and retired to his beloved refidence, w 

 teftimonials of their approbation and regard. 



Agricultural emproyments, domeftic endearments, 

 and the difcharge of civic trufts dignify and adorn the 



fifteen years of his interefting 



fe 



B 



thefe 



alone. 



have beea 



In that calm interval, when common minds might 



corrupted by indulgence, or benumbed with 



fatiety, the fupcrior mind of ff^^s 



und 



the 



provmg 



wholefome regimen of fyflematic difcipline. 

 Faithful to the high obligations of truth and duty, faithful 



to himfelf, he ftudied the varic 

 man and the citizen, and, in 

 tirement, prefcribed to himfelf thof( 

 condud, on which was reared th 



ations, that bind the 

 the fhade of peace and re- 



Mty 



and maxims of 

 edifice^ o£' his 



W 



4- 



efts of h 



corred and extcnfive views of the rights and 



country ; with lively fenfib 



when 



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they were invaded* or endangered; he had a juft title to 

 the high honor of convening with that illuftrious band of 

 patriots and civihans, who compofed the iirft national 



Council of United America 



By that Coun 



faithful 



and intelligent, deeply imprefled with the mighty interefts 

 intrufted to their care, and well apprized that the fate of 

 their Country depended on their choice, he is unanimoufly 



ppomted to command the feeble armies of 



pprefTed 



