The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-23

the certainty that would not scarcely manifest
when death 70 summon him TO the mansions Of
eternal rest" IL n allowed TO few men TO carry on
Revolution, and TO REQ 10 successfully terminated in
the independence Of . nation. Fewer still, perhaps,
sDs s Isns o ar% sssSnmsns in the freedom q
people, washington had the singular good fortune 70 do
both and TO die At last at home and IN the bosom Oh ms
pure more oy more noble than all others, BY that title
would name him. 10 whom shall We ken him, or with
ssry heroe. sDcsns snd modern tines Let them
in solemn PROCESSION the stage, each bearing the
light Of his past e like the solemn procession OF torch
bearers In the sacred mysteries Of Eeuss Gaze on them
as they pass Great ustrious, rceplendent There are
Alexander and Hannibal Scylla and Cesar, Charcmagne
Of hsm % ss marked Ss
or marred by crime9 Love Of glory, lust Of 40.
mnion or greed Of gain written BY the pom Of history
statesmen whose talents have illustrated and qualities en-
nobled their age and country will mot attempt y name
wisdom always 70 I perceive, had had a. the same time,
the ,ense Of duty . carry out the best interests
Ss and Sc% you
viii not equal him with the Scripture pstriarchs
The o s he
Sna his face all glowing from the presence Of his God
what could equal the faith Of Abraham e he tracked his
land That he knew not of3 These pictures have far
haze enveloped oriental back ground. They drawn
Of heaven. could say that they correctly represent
Warrington in any phase Of bis character But win say
that duty and in aith he approached them more nearly
than any other hero statesman Of whom have any know
edge would not deal In any exaggeration, but desire
to be just. Washington may have had ambition, but
popularity, but not % crafty vulgar vanity. His ambi
ton was for his countys good he took Office to achieve
agreat end. When that was accomplished he withdrew
gladly 10 that retirement which grateful to his
heart and which, in all circumstances and conditions in
which be might be placed, always stretched out
haven Of his hopes as Had i he ' BEEN % ess @ 'A good
man he would not thus have desired retirement,
ioI Ssn none put gooa man M could 20 love the calm
mes!c circle and the family nresde Had he been not
much great one, he would never have left his home.
Strange decree Of fae that in this western world but
Gently known to civilization and only partially reclaimed
from savages, which the dull oblivion Of
literature without polite ars without settled socia or
ganzation, without position among nationsha! in such
land, almost unknown and utterly uncared for, there
should have arisen man who was destined to equal in
the estimation Of the vrtuous and the good all ancient
glory and all moCern fame. The verdict of the French
record was that of ali great men he was the most vr
tuous and the most fortunate-in this world God has no
higher f.vors to besown while the great English orator.
"unti time shall be no more viii test Of the progress
which has made In wisdom and virtue be derived
ington" As certain vegetable products tho natu
raj growth Of particular SOILS at particular times,
some men spring almost necessarily out Of certain
tIves Of the times and countries in which they live.
Percles able, accomplished, magnificent was the repre-
zation and prosperity Richard was the representative
man Of England In the days Of chvary and Charles H. in
the days OF galAnry. These men could scarcely have
lived In any other age or clme So Washington could
scarcely have had his existence in any other time
country. He could more have been Italian Of the
can, or Cesar Borga an Englshman; moro than the
Parthenon could have been Gothic cathedral, West
minister Abbey Grecian temple BE was at once the
opring and the type Of American civilization at his time
he our great forest bred cavalier with all the high
honor Of his ancestral stock Of Dc wessngtons with all
courtesy Of his native State Among the Adamses and Han
cocks the Lees and Henrys the umpters and Rutedges
Of that day he stood forth prominently the
tive and the exempar Of Revolution just that
trplex monstrosty Of Danton, Marat, and Robesperre
was the ezemplar Of the French He was man Of Arm
voutionary struggle. he was man Of signal modera-
ton Such was the spirit Of contest He had great
not step beyond the point proposed Having reached
that, subsded as easily as gracefully and quietly
though the voice Of Omnpotence itself had spoken to the
great deep of our society, sayipg-"Peace, be still. "
Could he have lived in ancient days the strains of
mortal would have told his Deeds and fond ad.
herents would have numbered him among the gods.
Those days are past but we have yet hearts to admire,
and pens 70 record and tongues 70 praise his private
century aha have rolled by bearing it's fruits into tho
boeom OF the past even when men shall look back 10 this
time through the haze and mist Of remote and far of
shall still be fondy cherished the anniversary of the
birth Of Washington increased shall attend his
Upon this representative and simitude Of the
great and honored dead which this day put forth be-
fore the world the winds shall blow the rains shall fall
them all So shall II be with the fame Of him whose
image Is. The breath of unfrendly criticism may blow
upon IT, the storms that betoken moral social change
may break upon IL; but II shall stand firmly fixed
in the hearts and memories Of every true ant honest and
liberty loving man who nhabts our land or chershes our
institutions The inhabitants Of this city, they behold
this statue day after day, will look upon the pala
dunn Of their privileges and the silent guardian Of their
A,A he Ao arl nC L.
that from every naten kingdom and tongue yearly 90
forth gaze upon and admire the wonders of the EARTH
when they shall come up to this Of the mind shall
pause with reverental they gaze upon this simli
tude of the mighty Washington. Year after year shall
that dumb image tell It's eloquent story Of patriotism de-
holy lesson Of duty and Of faith with generation after
generation shall plead for institutions founded 10 wis.
dom acountry bought with blood To the clouds and
storms that gather and break upon it, II will tell of
the great clouds and storms through which its great anti
type did pass in his devoted course on earh and when
the lumDary Of the heavens, descending with his
golden shower Of beams like imperial Jove, shall wrap
In its warm embrace it shall tell the sun that He who
day the darkness Of eternal night shall settle on bis
face but then the spirit Of the mighty Washington bask
ing in an eternal sunlight above, shall still
a ss,asI,nSa asssss SI. nn,Ss5:s %se::.iIS, Ssf,
Or shake bis trust In God.
Mr. Bocock was greeted with general and repeated
cheers and throughout h address frequently inter-
rupted by applause, and particularly at the
close the approDaton OF nB suuitors was wnd
and enthusiastic he spoke without any notes whatever
though he physically indisposed acquitted him
self in manner that elected the warmest encomiums
on his style Of oratory.
THE MASONIC cEREMoNrEs.
George c. Whiting, Esq, Grand Master Of the Grand
Lodge Of the District Of Columbia then proceeded TO
duct the Masonic ceremonies. In addressing the Right
worshipfu Senior Grand Warden, he said
In tho Oft tha NJ Ar
rapgemens and in obedience 10 the order Of the Mos
wohpfu Grand Lodge Of the Free and Accepted Masons
Of the Dristrct Of Columbia my will and pleasure that
statue OF washington, which the Congress OF the United
States have caused 70 bc erected the duty and has
been the custom OF Free Masons 10 honor and
the memory Of distinguished patriots and bcnefactors Of
the human race, but among them the name Of
Washington 10 peculiarly cherished, for 70 the
countrymen's gratitude for his great services, s our
privilege add the love and affection Of his brethren OF