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Identifier: washingtonmanofa00hill (find matches)
Title: Washington, the man of action
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Hill, Frederick Trevor, 1866-1930 Job, 1858-1931, ill
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799
Publisher: New York, London : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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t mischiefs whichcould befall the country. He wasat a loss, he said, to conceive whatpart of his conduct could have givenencouragement to any such ideasand begged his correspondent neverto communicate as from himself oranyone else sentiments of a similarnature. This significant rebuke disposed ofall plans for turning the United Statesinto a monarchy with Washingtonas King, but it did not quiet the 283 WASHINGTON spirit of revolt in the army. Onthe contrary, a meeting was calledby the leading officers to devisesome practical means of forcingCongress to recognize their rights.What the result of this conferencewould have been if Washington hadnot interfered cannot be definitelystated, but it is almost certain thatthe government would have beencompletely overthrown. The Com-mander-in-Chief, however, made apersonal appeal to those who hadorganized the movement, and re-minding them that he had growngray in their service, begged them 284 Washingtons Farewell to His Officers(December 4, 1783)
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