Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-06-30

would answer Washington" That monument
itself is not an unfit emblem Of his character -
by its uprighnessils soJity its durability (cheers
Ills public virtues and public principles were as
hrm and fixed as tho earth on which 1t rests his
personal motives pure as the serene heavens in
which 1t summit is lost. But indeed, although it
II is not ar adequate emblem. Towering far above
the column our hands have built behed not by
the city only, or the State, but by all families Of
man, ascends the colossal grandeur OF the char.
acter and life OF washington, in all its constituent
parts effects, and titles to universal dccoru il is
an American production. Born upon our soil of
parents born upon our soil, never having had for
a single day sight Of the old world, reared amid
our gigantic scenery, instructed according TO the
modes of the tIne in the wholesome, plain, ele-
mentary, solid knowledge furnished to all the
children Of the day {; brought up among, and fos-
tered by the genuine influences of American So
cety partaking Of our great destiny OF labor
partakng and leading in the agency and glory of
the war OF independence; partnking and leading
in the victory Of peace, the establishment of the
present constitution behold hm,--aogether an
American! lCheers.) His crowded and glorious
life, with its mutudes of virtues each coniendng
to be foremost in the ,hrong; and each making
room for greater muttudes that life, in all its pu-
rity and grandeur the life of an American
citizen 1 claim him, Washington, wholly for
America And amid tho perils and darkened
hours of the State,-ihe abuse of enemies and the
misgivings Of friends, turn to that transcendant
| mind for courage and consolation. fCheers.)
To him that denies that our fervid trans Atlantic
! liberty can be combined with law and order,-r-to
him that denies that it can produce exultation of
! soul, or passion for true glory,-to him that de-
MES that America has contributed anything to the
stock of great lessons and exnnples,-to all these
/ reply by pointing to the character of Washing
| ton.
And now, my friends and fellow citizens, il is
| time TO draw this discourse 10 a close. We have
INDUCED in the gratifying recollec,ons of the past
we have enjoyed the consciousness of present
prosperity and happiness, we have pleased our
selves with well founded hopes of the FUTURE
Let us remember also, as responsible beings, the
duties and obligations that Heaven has given US,
and let Us with a power corresponding TO the o.
btes given us, exert ourselves TO give just tone
TO moral sentiment, TO support the institutions of
religion and morality inspired by true and gen
uine sense Of liberty and law, and IN enlightened
knowledge. Let US remember the great truth,
tina, the community must be respected as well as
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. no government Gun lie respec-
ted That is not just, that without unspotted pub
; lie faith, honor and TRUTH it is not in the power
; of the forms and machinery Of government to
give dignity or responsibility to any human system
l of society. Let us hope that we may look for
ward, not TO degraded but to an improved and
elevated future, that when we and our children
shall he consigned TO the house appointed for all
8 the living, there may yet glow iervid love oil
/, country and pride oi country in the bosoms oil all
that bear our name and inherit our blood. And for
ages a. ages hence, whenever honored decrepid
= age shall lean against the base o: this monument
or ingenious youth shall throng about i, and i
shall speak to them of its objects and history, anC
teach them the great event it il to sgnulize and
G perpetuaie, --msy there rise ejaculation from
II every youthful breast, Thank God also am al
n American"