Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-02-16
Washington birthday:

" a tenderness sImos. devotional i
= symbols Of Whatever Is heroic IN i
= history, marks the annals Of
! great people. We claim to be
! great people. Do such seD.imen'
animate us? Are they, as the
should be, the daily food of OF
= minds? They are the conservative
= principles Of national life, as we'll a
IN the incentive aud procuring caus
of national progress. 1t is only
common sympathy, or sentiment
which ever makes Of many unit;
body grand and powerful in act ani
thought BY the strange magic which
makes also the thousand or the mil.
lion one 10 will add in emotioR.-
Seel a crowd is drawn together
They are individually strangers to
each other. They have, possibly,
collected together from points geo.
graphically remote. How little
chance there seems that this hete.
rogeneous and accidental aggregation
of human beings should think and
feel as one man. But a great ora
tor stands up in their midst. He|
speaks, and bis words touch a |
common chord. He appeals to
common hope, common pride, a
common memory. Every bosom
thrills to the touch of the masters
hand. Every eye is moist with sym.
pathy. Every hand is ready to
grasp the hand nearest It as the hand
Of brother. In moment crowd
IF strangers different in loves,
hates, hopes, purposes, different in
Every thing-are made one. See!
N the battle. field a mass of armed
men. They are raw troops-never A
melt gunpowder before. Against
hem come swinging up. with ca c
fenced step.and all the beautilulprecis- n
on Of a parade, a veteran column. /
look along the line of the un.ried! f
Every knee is shaking-.-every cheek s.
5 a shade too white for manhood 81
hose fellows ara towards, you cry. T
hey will never stand fire: they will +,
feak and run like scared sheep. - :,
zee again! Down lifelong waveriDg '
ne rides an old war-wolf, the proud
onsciousness Of genius glittering in '
is eye, his cheek flushed, and lis nos. ~
i'll dils.e with the JOY Of battle. He !
peaks, trumpet-tongued, afewWords e, g
words short, sharp, patriotic. Look Z
long the line again! The knees
re strong tnough now. The cheeks
ave a spot of scarlet on them aI
barge! and they hurl themselvesl
recklessly upon the foe as if deatIkev
as not. At least, that is American bro
a ture. an(
Like the crowd stirred by ~ stt
rator, OF inspired with salar by tb urd
General, the nation needs also toS, fire
Tired and inspired by constant p- sn
eals to lis heroic memories. Sch .
one is next Wednesday, the ne,
rthday of Washington! 1t st Ikes 90,
common chord Of sympathy:it lings III
eshly to view a common inerI-
nee of noble pride, and males it q
aai and palpable. By it ourcom- n
ION hopes and aspirations If the
Iture are endowed with a richer i'o
'ust and a more earnest detejmina-1
on Of united effort. We sit tecure II
! our happiness as nation We cit
g confident in our strength let an,
5 not, in a spirit of ma.erialtrn, and NJ.
le coarseness Of mind whlh it in
lces, forget that chivalric Sntiment NV
national pride which cherbhes eve- ca
recollection of the Father Of his
yuntry With respectful tnderness, Dir
I'd allow our public or rivate con. -
ssiun Of its value to dSindle away PEI
lib the bare announcement that oul
Gorge Washington was born Febru- D.
v 22d, 1872. Rather let the Gel. ~"
,raticnbe that oftke heart. Ratb- ;.
let it consist in an earnest de- tut Q
70 to initiate bis virtues. His Nc
me is the watchword Of America
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