Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-03-26


which were plants of an indigenous
growth, were doubtless cultivated with
great care and assiduity, and watered by
the prayers and tears of an anxious and
devoted mother, in supervising the NOR
al training of that son who, in maturcr
years, gave unmistakable evidence of
the great Importance ofmental and moral
culture being impressed upon the minds
of the young, by those who have the
management and control over their mo-
raj and intellectual faculties, until they
form the character, give direction to
the inclination Of the mind I and9 eventu-
ally fix the destiny Of man. I mean the
mother of American sons. Those who ne
glcct to pursue this course are their coun-
try's debtors to an awful and incalcula-
BILE amount In view, then, of this fact,
Q mothers of America, teach your
children the example set by the Mo-
Their of Washington. 1t may prevent
your gray hairs from going down to
the grave in sorrow" And when your
child, your brightest jewel, the idol of
your fondcst affection, and the object
of your undying love, first learns to ar
ticulate the endearing name of mother,
teach it to lisp the name Of Washington,
teach it his virtues, so that it may imi-
tate his actions, and attain to distinc-
ton in the world which will reflect
credit upon you and honors upon it.
Washington had great strength of
mind, decision Of character and prompti-
tudc Of action; for in all the vicissitudes
of his evcntful life--in private circles
in public assemblies the tented field
and in the Presidential chair-these cha
ractcristics always guided his judgment
and directed his actions, which enabled
him to gain the victory over his foes
He was also governed and controlled by
a prudential policy, which often prevent
cd defeat by retrcating when circum-
stances required and justified it, to save
the lives of his soldiers and preserve the
honor of his country.
There is one thought which should af-
ford US consolation in the consideration of
this subject 1t is that this day is one of
our political sabbaths, when we can all,
as native or adopted American citizens,
stand around common altar, and pay a
tribute of respect to the common bene-
factor of common country, remember
ing we descended from common origin,
and are progressing to common destiny,
that we can discard from our bosoms all
feelings of political distinctions and Sec
tartan discussions and prejudices, and
looking abroad upon our happy land
rejoice to know that it is sufficiently com.
prehensive to hold in bond of brother.
hood, all political antagonisms and al
sectarian differences, and that we owe
allegiance to no civil power but the gov
eminent of our country, to no being but
Almighty God-the God of Washington
and that by the purchase of American
liberty, we can worship that God accord
ing to the dictates of our own con.
sciences, none daring to modest or make
us afraid, and that for all this we can
make Washington the Capitalization o.
our homage and gratitude, for the I'M
paralleled amount of civil and religion,
liberty, which Providence has vouchsafec
to us, through his instrumentality; fol
Providence seemed to have controlled, tc
some extent, at least, the destinies Of oul
country during her revolutionary strug.
gle.
i This day, sir, in the year 1882, in the
State of Virginia, in the county Of West.
moreland, was born George Washington
who, take him call in all, we ne'er shall
see his like again" In him we view
blended in one harmonious whole the
warrior, the patriot, the statesman, the
sage, and the Christian. AS warrior
he was brave, but generous and magha-
nimous to the vanquished. Asa patriot,
he asked nothing for his country but
what was just, and was not willing to
submit to anything that would compro-
NIT her interest or tarnish her fair es-
cutcheon. AS statesman, his mind
was SO Illuminated with the rays of equal
and exact justice to all, that his compre-
bensive philanthropy grasped the entire
Confcderacy, recognizing no East, no
West, no North, no South, but his coun-
try, his whole country, and nothing but
his country-the shrine of his affections.
As sage, he adapted his wisdom to the
promotion of his country's glory; and
as a Christian, he was circumspect and
consistent, making his acts accord with
his profession, and exemplifying in
all his department and conversation the
purity Of the Christian character.
This day, sir, the sun Of American
liberty rose, but its brilliancy was not
the evanescent corruscations Of the me-
teor's fash, disappearing in moment I;
but like the effulgence Of that luminary
which God has set in the heavens, she'd
ding its rays and mellow beams, from his
oriental rising, until it sets beneath the
western horizon, and when it no longer
shines upon US, but lights up portion
Of another hemisphere, SO the sun of
American liberty, having shed his re-
splendent radiance upon our country, and
set beneath the dark horizon Of death, il
now Eliminates another world, where
its refnlgent splendors will forever reflect.
in the councils of eternity, the image of
the immortal Washington---the American
benefactor
But, sir, although Virginia was the
place of his birth, and her soil, which
was encrimsoned with the precious gore
Of her gallant and chivalrous sons, in
defence Of our national rights, is his
mortuary, and although she may well De
proud Of having within her borders a