Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-08-07
Another Eulcgy on Washington.
BY THE HON. EDWARD EVERETT.

At the banquet given on the 9th inst. Al
Faneuil Hall, by the City authorities OF Bos
ton, the Hon. Edward Everett was called up
on to respond TO the sentiment proposed " IL
the memory of Washington and addressed
the company ns follows
Mn. Mayor: feel greatly honutrd by the
manner in which you have called upon me to
respond to the toast given to the mcmUfy oi
Washington. have elsewhere thought ii
right to say that 10 be named in connection
with him is an honor so far beyond any desert
of mine that there would be a degree of vani-
~ in thinking it necessary TO discIaim it,
You will give me credit, If not for the self
/ knowledge and humility, at least for the good
taste, which would lead me to put far aside
any such ASSOCIATION with that great name,
which more than any other name OF human
renown, has drawn to itself incommunicably
the gratitude and affection of his countrymen,
and She admiration of mankind. But may,
without presumption, return you my thanks
for aGorling me the opportunity of giving ut
terancc. on your behalf and on behalf of the
tci,5ataS Roston 70 the cno!ono with which the
mention Of that ,llustrious name, ever honored,
ever dear, must warm the bosom of the true
patriot on the anniversary of our national In
dependence.
feel, sir, more and more as advance in
life, and watch with mingled confidence, soc.
tude, and hope the development of the moment
of the momentus drama of our national exist
ence, seeking to penetrate that future which
his Excelency has so eloquenty foreshndowed,
that it is well worth our while, that 1t is at
once one of our highest social duties and i'm
portant privileges to celebrate with ever in
creasing solemnity- annually augmented
pomp and circumstance Of iestal corlmemora-
tion--the anniversary of the nations birth,
were it only as uliording fitting occasion to
bring the character and services Of Washing
ton, with every fresh recognition to the public
notice, rs the great central figure of that un-
raralleled group, that "noble army" Of chief
tains, sages and patriots by whom the Revolu.
tion was accomplished. This is the occasion,
and here is the spot, and this is the day, and
we citizens of Boston are the men, if any in
the land, to throw wide open the portals of the
Temple of Memory and Fame, and there gaze
with the eyes of a reverent and grateful imagl.
nation IN his bengnant countenance and ma.
iestic form This is the occasion and the day,
for who needs to be told how much the cause
of independence owes to the services and char.
acter of Washington, TO the purity of that
stainless purpose, TO the lirmness of that reso-
lutte soul? This is the spot, this imtnorta hall,
from which as from an altar went forth the
burning Goals that kinded into a consuming
fire at Lexington and Concord. at Bunker Hill
and Dorchester Heights. We, ectizens OF
Boston, are the men, for the first great success
of Washington in the Revolutionary war was
to restore to our fathers their ancient and be.
loved native town. This is the time, the ac-
cepted time, when the voice of the Father OF
his Country. .crihs aloud to US from the sods OF
Mount Vernon, and calls upon us, East and
West, North and South, as the bretberen of
one great household, TO be- faithful to the dear
bought inheritance which he did so much to
secure TO US.
Nor is the fame of Washington confined to
our own country. Bourdalone, in his enloSy
on the military saints of France, exclaims,
"The other saints have been given by the
Church 10 France; but France in return, has
given ST. Louis to the church." Born into the
family of nations in these latter days, receiving
from foreign countries, inheritng from ancient
time the bright and instructive example OF all
their honored sons, it is the glory OF America,
in the very dawn of her national existence TO
have given back 10 the world many names oil
which the lustre will never fade; one name Of
which the whole family of Chris;endom is vii.
ling to acknowledge the unenved pre-emi
nence; a name of which neither Greece nor
Rome, nor republican Italy, Switzerland, nor
Holland, nor constitutional England can boast
th. rival "a character of virtue so happily
tempered by one another" Il use the language
of Charles James Fox,) and so wholly unalloy-
ed BY any vices, is hardly to be found on the
pagesNVf history"
1. isaelighful TO witness the generous re.
cognitior of Washington's merit, even IN
countries where, from political, reasons, some
backwardhsss IN that respect might have been
anticipated. Notwithstanding his leading
agency in gres;iing colonial empire from
Great Britain, England was not slow 10 appre-
Icisio the gronA ur and beauty Of his character