The native American., 1838-12-29
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The EIin1urg Review lor 'tobcr contains the
second hi rra.,hi Al rui !, oi he political clarac-
I rs of Britain t he late rel cls, by Lord Broug-
ham. Appcndc 10 it i, lahaeation of Napole-
on--from who ! he turns hi, attention by contrast
to George Washington, whom he d"$rnateS as
"the greatest man nl our own Or Of any age"
The foloAin dc ,rriplion i! the best porranre OF
that American o,r; It hch ever yet was written,
Lord Br,ushAm thus depicts him -" In
Washington, ~ truly behold a marvellous CON
traSt to alna.t every one af the cndowlncnts ana
the vices 0! .Nl,oieoq, which we have been con
teinplans; AMI which are SO we'll fitted to excite
a mingled ! Iniratipn. and sorrnw alI ahhuYrenrc
With nore Of tha brilliant genius which dazZles
ordinary mind}, With not even any remarkable
uusaless II a31;,chrn N: with knuwedge less
tha, ano,t II! }nys.s,s u 'hr nidde ranks, and
many well edt&aca Of the hua,bIcr classes pos
sess this eminent person i presented to our oh
s,rvation clothed in attributes ii modest as 'un-
pretending as litte cal uiat,d 10 strike Or to aSi
tonish, as if he hlt Us Cd unknown through some
secluded region Of private life. But he had q
Judgment sure and sound; scadiness of mind
which never suffered any passion, or even any
feeling to rufle its calm strength Of understand
ing which worked, rather than forced, its way
through all o5stacles-removng or avoiding rath-
or than overlapping, them. His courage, whether
in battle Or in council was as perfect as might be
expected from this pure and steady temper OF soul.
A lust man, with firm resolution never to be MS
led by others, any more than by others over-awed
never to be seduced or BETRAYED or hurried away
by his own weakness or self dclu lons any more
than by other mems arts; nor ever to be d5hear-
tened by the most complicated difficulties, any
more than to be spoiled on the giday heights Of
fh,r, bptb bor un
regard him sustaining alone thcwhoIc weigh OF cam
pasns, all but desperate, or gloriousy terminating
a lust warfare by his resources and his courage
presiding over the iarring elements of his political
council alike deaf TO the storms OF all extremes
or directing the formation of a new government
for great people, the first time that so vast an eX
pertinent had ever been tried by manor finally,
retiiing from the supreme power % Which his var
tue had raised him over the nation h, had created,
and whose desnes he had guided, as long as his
aid was Notwithstanding with the veneration OF
all parties, of all nations of all mankind, in order
that the rights of men might be conserved, and
that his example might be appealed to by vulgar
tyrants. This is the consummate glory OF the
great Amrcan triumphant warrior where the
most sanguine had right to despair; a successful
ruler in all the difficulties OF a course wholly u-
tried but warrior whose sword only left its
ded it to be drawn and ruler. who, having tas-
tel of supreme power, gently and unostcntatiously
desired that the cup might pass from him; nor
would suffer more to wet his lips, than the most
solemn and sacred ,utv to his country and his God
required
ITO his latest BREATH did this great patriot mair-
tain the noble character o Captain, the patron OF
Peace, and. Statesman, lhe friend OF Justice.
DYING, he bequealhed TO ~, hclrs the sword which
he had worn in the war for Iii oerty, charging them
"never to take it from the scabhard but III self
defence. or in defence OF their country and her
freedom; anil commanding them that when 1t
should thus be drawn, they should never sheathe
it nor ever give it up but prefer falling with in
their hands to the relinqui >hment thereof" =
words, the majesty and simple cloquence OF which
are not surpassed in the oraturv ot Athens and
Rome. 1t will be the duty Of the Historian and
the Sare in all ages, to omit no occasion OF com
memorating this il!uStriouS man; and, until time
shall be no more will a test of the progress which
our race has made in wisdom and III virtue be de-
rived from the vcncr4tion paid to the immortal
name of Washington!'
The remains Of the venerable Martha Washing
ton have been placed by her Relatives IN Mar
BILE Sarcophagu,, similar in all respects (save the
decorate. Il, the one that contains the ashes OF
the Chief The Sar~onharuS is Of white native
marble, aud executed o> }ir StrnthcrS in his best
style Upon the I'D ,ts"rihrd--
MARTHA,
THE coNSoWy % wAStnNGToN
.iEiaiis II.
II is proposed early in the Spring to erect two
crypts or cells, one on earh side Of the entrance to
the Family Vault, to receive the Sarcophasl, the
coverings 10 be Of ziuc or copper,-.the present
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