Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-03-03
GENERAL WASHINGTON.

GENERAL WASHINGTON.
We find the following in the Washington
States. The writer is evidently the good
old Baron Won Humboldt:
We have been favored with the following
extracts from letter written by an esteem.
able and enlightened German gentleman,
now in his eighty-fourth year, to his friend
in this city. The writer is perhaps tbe last
of the barons'-the only individual living
in either hemisphere who enjoyed the pleas
ures of the table, seated on the right hand
of Washington. If we are mistaken in this
suppositiou, we will take pleasure in so sta
ting when advised to the contrary. Although
ffy-eight years have elapsed since the good
old German was last in this country, yet We
understand he has made it an invariable Gus.
tom, ever since, to celebrate at his house own
two great national holidays-tbe 4th of July
aud 22d of February-annually. An Ameri-
can in heart, though Il foreigner by birth and
allegiance, the interest which he manifests
for our prosperous destiny is calculated to
produce salutary influence upon the public
mind
BREMEN, January Is, 1859.
My Dear Sir: had the pleasuse to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of Goth
December, and avail myself of the first post
to express my thanks for the interesting in
telligence which it communicates. That
which affords me the most joy is the refer
eDcc made to the purchase, by American
ladies, of Mount Vernon, the domestic res
idence Of the immortal Father of your grea
republic. The noble purpose Of your fair
countrywoman to rescue the hallowed spot
upon which he passed the last days of his
glorious life from further dilapidation, to
preserve the uDpretending old mansion from
utter ruin, and to embellish the grounds, is
as praise-worthy and creditable to the Union
as was that lofty patriotism which distin-
guished the Spartan mothers. May almighty
God bless them for this work of national
gratitude-too long, alas! delayed by their
fathers, husbands, and brothers.
In my parlor is suspended an engraving
of Mount Vernon, and in my front hall a
picture of General Washington, which en-
braces Mrs. Washington, and Miss Custis.
My eyes love to linger upon those faithful
mementoes of other years. They vividly call
to my mind the day-the proudest day of
my life-that passed upon the beautiful
banks of the Potomac, in the family of the
best and greatest parsonage that the world
has ever produced 1t was in May, 1893,
now nearly sizty-one years ago. was seat.
ed at his right at dinner, and recollect as
distinctly his majestic bearing as if it were
yesterday. Though of mortality, his over
powering presence inspired an impression
that he belonged to Immortality. His state
illness, his serene face, the perfect simplicity
of his manners, his modest demeanor, and
the words of wisdom which he uttered, led
me irresistably to the belief that he was an
emanation of the Omnipotent, for the mar.
velous work that he had then just consumma.
ted. 1t was my good fortune to contemplate
him in his retirement-after he had left
nothing undone that he could peform for the
republic of his creation, and after he had
quilted Office forever. What privilege I
enjoyed in being his welcome guest! Of
the 24O,OOO,OOO Of people in Europe, lima.
gine am the onl y person, since the death of
Lafayette, who was so favored as to break
bread and take wine with him at his own ia.
BILE. May his pure spirit guide your gov
ernment, in all coming time, through any
difficulties in which it may find itself encom-
passed May his disinterested patriotism be
emulated through countless generations, by
his successors in the Executive Mansion.
The Presidential task, however, becomes
more and more difficult as your population
increases and your boundaries extend. I
thank you much for Mr.. Buchanan's mes
sage. 1t is replete with information, such
as we could expect from so experienced and
enlightened statesman. It has been fa-
vorably received in Germany. But will
Congress assist him in carrying outthe meas
ures which he proposes? The exercise OF
a controlling influence in Central America
appears to be an absolute necessity tor your
commercial intercourse with the Western
States, as also the annexation Of Cuba; and
vet think your republic wants no addition
ofterritory. For my part, I liked your ff.
teen United States, during my stay, from
1896 to 1900, much more than I do now
your thirty-two, with all the gold Of Califor.
MIA. But I will indulge in no gloomy fore
bodings, but, as ever, will implore God to
protect your Union, and bind its citizens
together with cords of enduring fraternal re-
gard.
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