Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-16
MOTHER OF WASHINGTON.

4" Mother of HIM whose godhke fame
The good throughout tho world revere.
All Why, without atone or name
Thus sloepst thou unregard.d here -
No people pay little rsspeo, to the ashes Of their
iusrious dead tho people of tho United Stairs Ma
ny Of our departed snges and rest in obscure
spots, Of which tradition has almost lost the
brsnse aud few indeed have secured the feeble trib
ute of monument or " stored urn animated bust"
The mother of WsshinR ton--she who " curbd tho ~.
fan yssrs' Of that peerless man, and disop lned him
for tho fearful through which he was to his
way TO the summit Of eatihy renown-is among those
who have been thus neglected. Tier remains now
pose IN field IN tho vicinity of fredericksburg, with
out stone To designate the spot Tradition is Alron
dy the only guido TO her grave aud tho field used
io' agricultural purposes the poriod be- far dis
,ant when that will become too vague bo entled 10
commence Thu, thet, seo-s TO DO the approp pirate
ime ior action II IT be right 10 any respect tho
memory OF her whom the present ago has already plaa
ell by the side of the Mother Of III. Grnechi And wc
ara glad TO see that the public attention has been
bly, drawn to the subject by COMMITTEES of gon temen
!" Fredericksburg new Presbyterian Church 1, now
being erected IN hnt plaeesnd IL Is proposed re-
move III. romans of Mrs. Warrington thnher md
to erect over them a monument in architectural unity
with the building. That they may effect this purpose
| '''' -" HPPehi W mo liUffhlity unu pnfi
o'sm Of tho community, the success Of which wo VIM
| not permit ourselves to doubt Should the contrbu.
tons be more than sufficient erect a monument, they
will be appropriated tho endowment of an s,i,u,io
to be called thn Washington Femais Orphan dsylu,n
-" nn institution which would cause many yet unborn
to bless tho memory of matron whose power TO con.
fer benefits on her fellow creatures did not cease eyop
with her life We hope to hoa, Of the success OF
| she schsme-that future ayes
| MAY thither bid young mothers wend
10 blsss her npirt as they rove,
| Ana learn, while o'er her tomb they hand.
| FOR Heaven 10 train tho babes they love
|
l' On friends of the Richmond Wing arc unfortu
na'o IN the authority which they cite in relation to III,
course oil conduct which should be pursued by Chr1s
nan societies. Major Noah ia very witty parngt aph
| ISL ana without question sensible man. But suporad
ded to his LOOSE morality Of which the Wing 10 ms wei
convinced us we arc in is Jena Pilost of TINT per
'u"son we heiie'e--"nd therefore but III, suited the
Task OF advising aud rebuking Christians bowcyo,wel
qualified he may be to lecture tho scnto,ed Twelve
Iribes The Oh rstian's code Is derded by the law
who secs III II nothing but absurdity and
How, then, can no appreciate conduct which spripp.
from motives 10 which ho IN insens bo and is
ny law which no will not understood Quote Mai
Noah no mora on MS subject, geu,emon.
" various enquiries have boon made q. TO thu nams
oftc anthot of the Interesting aud brian, l,,,cr from
iafis 10 Tie Editor Of the London Morning Chronicle
under the signature ofO. =. a. Ono paper suggest
mat 1t IA John Henry the fellow that bamboozled MIR
Madaons administration out Of 100000, b, telling then
cock and bull story about po, Of ,he Eastern pol
icai indictments 60 seceds fion the Union in 1912
mother paper expresses the opinion nial the Rev Mr.
ooion' the eccentric author OF Lncon, Is tho writer
we nave no conjecture % Offer lint