Washington, feeolje, Pres. U.S., 1732 1931 MAXIMS OF WASHINGTON; POLITICAL, SOCIAL, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS. COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY JOHN FREDERICK SCHROEDER, D. D., A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. THIRD EDITION. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 346 & 348 BROADWAY. LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN. M. DCCC. LIX. ENTERED according to act of Congress in the year 1854, By J. F. SCHROEDER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. E 312.72 1854 TO ALL MEN WHO REVERE THE SACRED MEMORY OF WASHINGTON, ADMIRE HIS EXALTED VIRTUES, AND APPLAUD HIS GREAT AND GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS, This Volume, A REPOSITORY OF HIS ENNOBLING SENTIMENTS, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. The University of lowa LIBRARIES Speculative reasoners, during that age, raised many objections to the planting of those remote Colonies; and foretold, that, after draining their mother-country of inhabitants, they would soon shake off her yoke, and erect an independent government in America. DAVID HUME, Hist. of Eng., JAMES I.; a. d. 1603-1625. PREFACE. LORD BROUGHAM, in speaking of the Father of our Country, calls him "the GREATEST man of our own or any age; the ONLY ONE upon whom an epithet, so thoughtlessly lavished by men to foster the crimes of their worst enemies, may be innocently and justly bestowed." He adds, "It will be the duty of the historian and the sage, in all ages, to let no occasion pass, of commemorating this illustrious man; and, until time shall be no more, will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue, be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of Washington." The powerful influence of his character, his achievements, and his opinions, is acknowledged by all men. It has long been extending and increasing. And it cannot fail to produce, eventually, the most important and happy results, in the fulfilment of the final destinies of nations, and the attainment of the chief end of human existence. By common consent, Washington is regarded as not |