Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1848-11-14
ANp TAYLoR.

The following beautiful portrait OF General
wssbington is found in an address delivered oy
Cen LFwrs Cas-. at Washington City, on inc
so,h I.nnaIy 1885. as President of the National
u;.,o,ieaI Society. As the PenusylVanlsn truly
sa,s at i a Just tribute 10 the great character
~ ,b., wonderful man, as il Is a splendid piece oil
,;,a-a,y connosition. This is The man to whom
Gen. Taylor is compared by his ind'scteet sup
porters-Gen. Taylor, b has never So'ea IN
hi. Ihe-Gen. Taylor, who publishes his Ineo6'-
petencx-6en. Taylor, whose position has been
cb.ngea as often as the weathercock'si in a~indy
j,v The contrast is made still more striking BY
This really sublime piece of eloqoence-.
We publish it, not only TO mark the broad con-
,r.st between Washington and Taylor, the latter
Of whom the Wings have sa~crilesiously compared
10 the Father of his country, bat to expose and
,er,,e the arrant Rocrhack, circulated by Tue
Whip press, that General Cass bad deprecated
and assailed tho character of Washington
From every charge, however vie, raised by the
vhips against Gen. Cass, lie has come out like
pure gold, tie brighter from at'ritIon- iiere Is
the extract:
The world has grown wiser in its estimate o.
h1,z,an worth. and the tame of common heroes
has hecomp cheaper and cheaper But we have
one name that can never die. one star. winch
no niSht of moral darkness can eXt:ngHlsh- IL
will shine on, brighter and brighter, tall It IS lost
in the efnlrence 81 that day, tOTetod M Prephe-
cy and jns6ked-in P0etry-
..When IIeaven its sparkling portals shall display,
And brrak usTI us Ia the flpsd 81 day.
No more the rising SIN shall Gid the moTn,
Nor evening Cynthia iii her silver horn;
BIT last. dissolved in thy superior rays,
One tide Of glory. one unCInudrd blaze
0tprf,w tLV courts: tie light himself shall shine
n.--I.I -UJ Tsal-S formal day h. thine -
uaDpen what may to our country, this treasure
can never be rett from her tier cities may be-
come like T'admor. her fields ike the CsTPagna,
her po1ts like Tyre, and her Inks like tsIitr'a, but,
in all the wreck ol her hopes. size may stl! rr"ui-
Iy boast Ihat<shc has giEIHn one man la the
world. who devoted his best days To the service oi
! his couR,ryHnPn. without any other reward than
their love and his own seif-aPPro5at'"n; who
| pIstly laid down his arms, when peace VAS go
Iained: who gladly reIinquiShed supreme an'hoFi-
ty. when the influence of his character w1s no
| longer wanted to consolidate the F5tant InstItu-
lions OF the Republic /; aud who died ripe IN years
| and m GloJy. mnurneA as few haze been mOurned
he fore him. and revered as few will be Eevered at
ter him. Here, III this hall, whose foundations
were laid by his own hand here. under this dome
which looks ont upon the IIace Of his sepHIture
here. ia this CITY, named from his nsTe, and Sc
Itcted for its high object by his choice, let us hope
that his preccpt viii he heard, and his example
needed through all succeeding ages. And Hhen
| those walls shall be tiIne-wOrH and tIme-honored.
and the American youth shall come up as they
will come UPS TO this temple OF Liberty, to meds-
tate upon the past, and TO contemplate the future,
mav they here find lessons and examples of wis
dom and patriotism to study and to emulate And
when the yotary of freedom shall make his pill
UrIInaoe to the tomb Of Mount Vernon. and Iay
his hand upon the lOwiy cemetery, let him recall
| the virtues and bless tie memory Oi W~AsEIISGToH