.... Opposition to the increase
of the army.... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury for raising
additional supplies.... Congress adjourns.... Strictures on the conduct
of administration, with a view of parties.... Disagreement between
the Secretaries of State and Treasury.... Letters from General
Washington.... Opposition to the excise law.... President's
proclamation.... Insurrection and massacre in the island of St.
Domingo.... General Wayne appointed to the command of the army....
Meeting of congress.... President's speech.... Resolutions implicating
the Secretary of the Treasury, rejected.... Congress adjourns....
Progress of the French revolution, and its effects on parties in the
United States.

NOTES.

Footnotes.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

George Washington
Livingston Manor, Dobbs Ferry, New York
The Long Room in Fraunces' Tavern, New York City
The Old Senate Chamber at Annapolis, Maryland,
Where Washington Resigned His Commission
The Room in Which the First Constitutional Convention Met in Philadelphia
Washington Taking the Oath of Office
View of the Old City or Federal Hall, New York, in 1789
Tomb of Mary, Mother of Washington

LIFE OF WASHINGTON, Volume IV.

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