The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 February 1985 — Page 8
THE Wed., February 13,1985
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Washington / A reluctant second termer
By ROBERT L. NELSON Guest Feature Writer Last month, as he took the oath >f office in the rotunda under the Capitol dome, Ronald Reagan, >ur 40th president, was inmgurated for a second term. This month, we celebrate the )irthday of our first president, leorge Washington, who also served a second term, having aken he oath of office on March 1,1793, in Philadelphia. George Washington, unlike Tonaid Reagan, did not wish to ;erve a second term. Although he mew he would be unopposed if he ■an again, he had both personal ind political reasons for leaving he government. He told Secretary of State Jeferson “that he really felt himself ’rowing old, that his bodily lealth was less firm and that his nemory was becoming worse.” ilthough only 60, Washington had ■uffered many severe illnesses; md during his long, difficult nilitary career, he had been subected to much strain. Washington also recalled the act that he had promised to eave public life for good when he •esigned from the army. If he vere to continue as president, he elt, "it might give room to say hat. having tasted the sweets of )ffice. he could not do without hem.” One of Washington’s political easons for stepping down involv■d the "republican experiment” n the new government. Many people believed that it vould be impossible to turn over control of the government from >ne chief executive to another, jeacefully. By relinquishing his. office. Washington hoped to encourage a ‘rotation in the elective officers” o bring “liberty and safety” to he government, and thus prove hat humanity could rule itself. Underlying these reasons for eaving the presidency was NOW SHOWING! Burt Reynolds & Clint Eastwood In "CITY HEAT" pg STARTS FRIDAY! » Goldie Hawn In. " PROTOCOL"" pg FAMILY MATINEE Sat. & Sun. Feb. 16 & 17 "BENJI" g America s Most Huggable Hero cuauj TIftAKC Fri. & Sat. 7& 9 Sun. 5& 7 □nUH lImKJ Mon Thurs 7 Only Village Video VHS Tape Rental In Our Lobby . No Membership fee l
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Washington’s great wish to see the country settle down and to be left alone on his estate at Mt. Vernon, in the society of close friends. However, people in and out of governmi&ht offered good reasons why Washington should not leave — and they tried hard to persuade him to remain. There were opposing factions with strong differences in political sentiments, lead by Thomas Jefferson on one side and by Alexander Hamilton on the other. The pro-French Jeffersonians and the pro-British Hamiltonians threatened to involve this country in the European wars that had been touched off by the French Revolution. And Jefferson as well as Hamilton believed that only Washington could get the rival groups of work together. Hamilton seemed to speak for many others when he said: “The impressions is uniform that your declining would be deplored as the greatest evil that could befall the country at the present juncture, and as critically hazardous to your own reputation.” A woman described as Washington’s favorite female companion — Eliza Powel — was emphatic in urging him to serve a second term. In a letter to Washington, she said that his leaving would be a disaster, and that since “ambition has been the moving spring of all your acts,” people would think that when times get difficult, “you would take no further risks” for the people.
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finally, on February 3, 1793, since Washington had made no announcement of retirement, the Electoral College unanimously elected him to a second term. On March 4, he was inaugurated in ceremonies that were extremely modest in contrast to the elaborate festivities that were planned, this year, for President Reagan. After considerable deliberation among members of his cabinet, Washington’s advisers suggested — and it was agreed — that there be a simple swearing-in ceremony at the Senate chamber. It was also suggested that the president go from his residence to the Senate “without form, attended by such gentlemen as he choose.” He road, unattended and alone. Washington’s inaugural speech was also in sharp contrast to Ronald Reagan’s. It consisted of two paragraphs: “Fellow Citizens: I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its chief magistrate. When the occasion proper fell for it shall arrive, I shall endeavor to express the high sense I entertain of this distinguished honor, and of the confidence which has been reposed in me by the people of the United States. “Previous to the execution of any official act of the President, the Constitution requires an oath of office. This oath I am now about to take and in your presence, that if it shall be found during my administration of the
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government I have in any instance violated willingly or knowingly by injunction thereof, I may (besides incurring Constitutional punishment) be subject to the upbraidings of all who are now witnesses of the present solemn ceremony.” In his biography, “George Washington,” James Thomas Flexner, gives us this description of “the father of our country: ” “His heart was warm; his emotions fierce; his gentleness both deep and the result of control; his prudence due as much to selfeducation as to temperament; his intentions (although he sometimes slipped) altruistic; his force tremendous; his feelings oversensitive; his charm usually overwhelming. “His motions were graceful, although he had the physical strength of a giant. Conscious of an inadequate education, he was always slow of speech, seeking the right word. If he became sometimes self-righteous, he was always self-demanding. Although he was an aristocrat by temperament and achievement, his kindness knew no class or economic bounds.”
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10 YEARS AGO. FEB. 12,1975 Stanley Stump, 28, r 1 Milford, is expected to remain a patient at the Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo following surgery. Members of the Milford Town Board and townsman Max Beer discussed zoning ordinances which go into effect on March 1. Ken Lewis of Anderson, billed as the “Human Motivation Engineer,” will be the guest speaker at the Milford Area Development council’s Citizen of the Year” banquet this year. 20 YEARS AGO, FEB. 11, 1965 Michael C. Hamilton, 202 Fourth Street, Milford, has been noihinated as an alternate to the Air Force Academy according to a list of 23 young men from Indiana's Second Congressional District nominated by Rep. Charles A. Halleck as principals or alternates for admission to military academies for the class of 1965-66. Mike is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hamilton and is a senior at Milford High School. Misses Amelia and Clara Getz of Monte Vista. Colo., are house guests of their cousin, Miss Esther Getz at Milford. Mrs. Walter Wuthrich entertained at a brunch for Miss Getz and her guests and for Mrs. Lois Rassi
and Mrs. Richard Sorg on Sunday. The Milford Parent-Teacher Organization went on record as favoring a location west of Dewart Lake for the new high school in order to be consistant wijh the student population center and the geographic center. 30 YEARS AGO, FEB. 10, 1955 John Gardner was elected chairman of the Farmers' Institute for 1956. Officers reelected were Ralph Neff, vicechairman; Mrs. Glen Pinkerton, secretary; Mrs. Arthur Gilbert, treasurer. Miss Judy Mae Estep, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Estep, Milford, and Rex Eherenman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Eherenman, Warsaw, exchanged wedding vows Friday afternoon, Feb. 4. Paul Rush entered the Goshen Hospital Monday for minor surgery and was released Tuesday. 50 YEARS AGO. FEB. 14. I*1:15 Ray Godschaik and family who have been living on the Robert Cory farm northeast of here, moved Feb. 13, to the late Mrs. J.A. Fisher farm southeast of here.
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