The New York herald., 1865-02-23
The Second Life OF Washington.
LECTURE BIT REv. DR.. OS0OOD.

The Second Life or Washtngtsn.
LECTURE BIT REv. DR.. 0sGOOD.
Tue Rev Dr. Osooon by invitation Of the 0sgood Lite
nary Society," delivered lecture before them a the hall
Of the Historical Society," his theme being The SECOND
Life Of Washington"
Tho speaker, in opening his discourse revived tho
early life Of Washington and the remarkable acts
which characterized his advent into public life, tracing
the successive developments Of his career until his
DEATH and since his death Washington has been
hvIng power on earth a. never before and meet
here the festival OF his birth recognise his pres
ence and quite that his spirit marches with our
armies well Heets, and watches everywhere
over our nag His career is completing as second
CYCLE and in 1867 viii be n hong time since Wash.
ngtons death his death from It's brth most ob-
vious and significant fact, that just the nation
is apparently closing up the present signal chapter
Of It's history and crushing out the great
Of the period Of his second e In him centered
all the essential elements OF American condition and
character and we ma those elements were Mae
oped and diversified In uniiy-the many IN one. Our
national idea is that shall unite the many In one
country, government and civilization. In all these re-
spects the father Of nation has been working for s
welfare, and being dead, is yet alive He has been
s~y he wrote 70 MOTHS thas there was not man living
who wished more sincerely than he did to
see q plan adopted for the abolition OF slavery,
could be accomplished, and that by legislative au
thorty, and, SO far as his suffrage was wanting that
should be wanting So from the Capitol Of the
ton father has been guarding country. The
mighty power OF civilization goes with ais name Under
God believe that Washington In his second life keep
Ing the national domain together, and the whole horde
Of traitors backed by sympahzing friends cannot take
from the people their Inheritance their bond and their
destiny While the war has been ing ks walls have
been rising and the statue Of Liberty, thank Godl Is
crowning the dome Under God and liberty our chief
still guards the land and errtoriay keeps tho many In
ua to MI irall ia Ho
not speculative thinker nor professional states
man. like other founders OF our polity but be carried
bodied in himself the national life, that they
thought to school, define and codify Wash
ngton embodied our national idea-many In one;
Washington represents the great idea of our country
manifest destiny. We read manifest destiny under
his lead in the land ITSELF and make It pride to give
up inch Of SOIL drop Of water; but to
hold the whole In trust for the people, for humanity and
for liberty and for God tAppause In 1882 his second life
entered upon term and repeated against
tic treason tho wisdom and military strength that he
had exhibited against English tyranny In 1851 Wash
ington has been completing his syce of military and
civic influence once by strengthening national de-
fence and maturing national power There is some
thing remarkable IN this union Of military daring with
civic wisdom in people under his lead Washington
stood by Anderson when raised the Stripes
Fort sumter in 1851 and Washington was with Gill
last Saturday when he put that good old flag there
more. 1Applause.) He was with Abraham Lincoln
when he called the nation to avenge the insult 10 our
banner, and stolen forts storehouses and
treasure. He with Butler at New Orleans, with
Meade Gettysburg, with Mcclellan at Antctam with
Sheridan the Shenandoah, with Thomas at Nashville,
with Grant at Fort Doneson and vicksburg He will go
with him TO Richmond. (Appause With the fall Of
the rebellion the nation will rise and bring TO new
triumphs Of peace It's remaining strength Our Washing
ton still holds our sword in peace and in war, and still he
is living power Our fag-Washington first raised IL
aloft and may every hand be confounded that would
strike 1t down-tapplauscl- flag expresses
oBal policy well national ideas which declares
In these stars that many In Under Washing
ton, the representative man, we stand before the
world and have TO hide our heads In the
presence Of other nations The second life Of Washing
ton is but rounding ITSELF for the time since his DEATH
have already repeated, will equal the term Of his
natural life. One thousand eight hundred and sixty
will complete his second cycle, and So In all pro-
babty leave his principles and name "a new riumphs
at home and abroad.
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