626. AUTHORITY, Civil and Military united.—
From a belief that, under the pressure
of the [British] invasion under which
we [Virginia] were then [1781] laboring, the
public would have more confidence in a military
chief, and that the military commander,
being invested with the civil power also,
both might be wielded with more energy,
promptitude and effect for the defence of the
State, I resigned the administration [the
Governorship] at the end of my second year,
[1781] and General Nelson was appointed to
succeed me.—
Autobiography. Washington ed. i, 50.
Ford ed., i, 70.
(1821)
