St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-11
KxTRACr FROM HuETERsADDREss

- 30 far as human agency is concerned there Is
one man who, more than all others, may be
saidsto have organized aud directed this great
movement ofshunian society, there Is one ilaHfe
which, above all others, represents this mighty
epoch in history, and that IL the name of George
Washington, the son of Virginia, the father of
his country, the best and perhaps the ssisest Of
all who have ruled the. .destinies Of aosf raee.-
A name which represents more Of human fslne
because il has more deeply affected hunsan tles-
tiny than any other that figures in shs annals
of man. :Sais
J. It is duty, then, Which GVirginia ow1s 10
him. to herself aud 70 pusterisy 10 tl tie great
story of his life I'm ah the futzns1 iniiyHich II
can reaeh the hearts and minds df rsaensf "A at
it lie told in the graceful namtets Of tlte paet:
let it he carried downs in the etermaing trasli-
tons of history; let it be imag0i dosthiin tic
highest impersenationss ef the painssr,si and
sculptOr's 'gcnilas.e These fis n great uosalsin
that story which ought 10, be felk by every isis-
man heart fOr.fb Is the story Of une who alone.
Of all the greatsalers'o of men, las proved hygh
consistent example, that in the:lnl0st 6ftefIFl-
tations and the most seducing Upportniifies for
tlRggratif of a selfish aniiiiti6u De pre-
feEFed the duties. of life to its pleasaresfits pg
cry and even b Kie itseif Let, then; Kirainia
blest son before the eyes OF ,adEAiriag man, and
who shall bltTAc her &c sane teicli bf nilifef6ai
pFige sbusd sbs mingled Aftis the tears nf Tivsas
iregasd which She flay sll9si iSf INA axi6s zs
fhe korlhs great paragon fesall fhJti i subliTfic
,Rr, public virtue and all that is patient hkn
age mn the human s6ul9 lShssraises this irfl:.
not te take E5fEesh the afpdntaias Sg5 5lkrS&fIef,
mot 10 express Ere -s.;s ssuIs deep 11sgEud,
yhateyer form Of utterance may hs s,ssR .',a e
anEangI bait shs this day elcpas@ itiEi the faca
o. Tue .worla % censedrate' his hiernory the
Resf afbCtlohsaf evets hear, and %; asslinis~f
his name % the gse4t eanse of lrnnfaniks a,i5s
common possession ef al snlaaskiriil a. JMiS Isl
no idle ceremonial ef gFief'which we s5lebrntcA
ao-tiat bsit q State s. iimaEsurafiE,k With the
teFcTential sofsows tshich such s5eItEess mar
inspire 5iR even . nsotlserS lezrE The ia11ualces
OF perhapsshs liglest ktimzi iskampleam
is1oshe asrNeale ssshesworisf in il oTaralial
and Ia 0omnsmdiof and deympa sSrerne evssfil
human sheaEkss ds0nEs 4klIa, snlsy ynaaflnfesez
Pressire bEes1a sAtihuc~soszb beak ifs fidlss 81
.flrtEa aasl SFiaimn Go each smceeiiha eesiefA, :,
hQni q nan. keE thei 8sofIser lFiaf RI bof7
letheg tslat che mass sss4ehshim IN; kliis pnssenc
% her earliestslss6n solmush 0f The zireaf stDrg
81 Mashingtan saE he may be able - azpreaiafe /
and sepsnpreheE1. .gss1et rfle asnixih9 : yousA |
whose ambition, like -emsarss rrnay have sbeen |
fired by tie study of examples af early sencees-i
- 50 mnch greater than his own pause 60 be- !
bod that calm face and eogaEler its associAaed1
stFYef patient foEti1mle and nohie psrseser-
ance. Or should he, in his easernezs for falasA.
and that he is in danges to prefer che prizes Of
anlitien goodness let him paEsue that story /
70 its cUnclusieEa, end leam chat. l. was WASH I
lHgsens nnfalsering icyAltystp aufygand fsifk /
which endowed him with an, almost /
suPerhanian strepgth and made his name inn
mortal among men. a,s.s.fs-ss .s44fs 49, .sr-r
Is it man u matzrer years, who. diSap-i
pointed in hi, aspirstions and nliscOnstsued in