, 1875-05-13
GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1876,
Eloquent Grafton Mt I'arwcll Hall
by I)r. Tiffany.
Tho Washington Monument and the
Man 1t Commentaries.
Effort fof. It's Completion.

mdN ~ GoIQWelHolAtc3s
Effort for Its Completion.
Tiro nov. Dr. o. II. Tiffany, OF Trinity (d. E.)
Church. delivered lia oration Tuesday evening
OIL "Georgo Washington In 1876" at Fhrwell
Hall, for tho benefit Of tho Wasls-
ing!on National Monument. Aasocia-
tion. Tho announcement drow forth,
in spite Of tho rain, the largest and finest andi-
enco tbs building has ever leld. Tho orator
uas introduced by tho lion. u. +. Coolbaugt1,
who. with ths Hon, i. @. CauitlolA and other
gentlemen OF prominence, remained upon tho
platform.
II IL to bo regretted that only comparatively
brief synopsis Of tho brilliant Grafton Of Dr..
Tiffany can be given. Its r.ro sciolarship and
awoko the applause Of Lis bearers. lie spoke
substantially az follows:
A hundred years Ago tho American co'onies
contained lens than three millions Of reopIe, and
their homes, extending from New Hampshire to
Georgia, wcsc bounded on tha cast By the bill
Iowa Of the Atlantic aud on the rest by tho
earthly, cloud-cappcd Li!lows Of the Allegheny
mountains. Beyond that range wo1e sca.tsred
settlements. mostly military OF trailing posts,
chief amoug which wose rlttsburg md The Falls
of tho Ohio, now Louisville. An English port
called Eackvllc stood upon tho banks Of tho
Wabaab, and m old French settlemcnt With au
Epguah Governor, waa the only European cot
tiemont in Illinois. All tito Housh which fronta
the Gulf OF ne1ico. Florida, Alabama. Louisiana,
and Te1an a. veil ~ tlat part Of the continent
west OF tho AtiaslAaippL4 belonged BY title to Eu-
ropcAn powers. but this bounl1ess realm was
claimed aud occupied by Indians. who xeio really
THE LORDS or TIE FORFEIT.
Boston, New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
| and Charleston Ncro scascely mose than villages
Albany, Carlisle, Frederick, and Wincloster Hero
frontier han,lots. Manufactures scarcely exist
Oh. Coaahng suacas, with few bhipa from the
West Indies md from Europe constituted tho
only commerce. The Eomon whirled their spin-
uing.whcc1s, OF pliel the shuttle in the loou in
almost cvosy house, while tho IL and tlla pou
were the toolA Of nearly I'LL tie men. Domestic
tnlk by the Hinscr iresils Of tbs year l774, or
| the festlvs gatherings, MAS Of Lord Durmoses
| war. fought III tho previous spring aud Buntncr.
Noua waA = BLOW traveller and it took weo.a.
oven months, to receive Intelligence OF tho hero
patriots, nnd Of tho foosll. not to s1J treacher-
| ous. poAcc which tbs Scotch Earl had malo Eith
| tho rod uan.
| orn onAxnarnEB A:;p 0nASpDAMEJ
| afEo taiksd OF George Ill.,. 4ud OF tho autumnaI
Congress III philadelphia, the Eoaton tca-part..
the Ministry and rsritamout. wondering II paper
aud ten vefo btili to 10 taxed. and If ths right
eous aouia Of tho loyal people Vcro 10 bs further
voxcd by bucll ipJ Justice.
Jchn and Samuel Adams and James Otis wcse
aspiring young la15ess In Boston. where john
| Hancock .fus = merchant prince; Alexander
Hamilton WAS at kins's. now Columbia College,
New York Eoniamin Franklin was ln London,
representing the poytal nocssnltIes Of lis native
| country tho Ices wcro on their eatatcs on tho
Potomac Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson
rese members Of tho House OF Dnreenaes in
| Virginia: the Pinckrcys Rnd lsut}edges were OIL
! thetr plantations III South cAtofina;
/ GEORGE WASHINGTON
| ras at Mount Vernon, mono Of them anticipating
thoir great lnture-for slat sage or statesman,
though endowed NTH quickest eye and kecnobt
faculty OF observation, with the largest power Of
reflection and imagination. could nara cast tie
horoscope Of century sud forc!old what threo
generations have brought forth? [App]auso.i
A nation born In day. Europe dispossetsotl
| Of q continent, aud America, from tho 81. Law
peoples, speaking ono languages, swearing fealty
to one political filth, and uuder ono Tag. OH
which are mixed MI the hues Of heaven. Ihe
shores Of the At!autu and Pacific, bound By
slopes Of the Sierra Nevada, which wclo grow.
| inE When Solomon began his temple, tho prop
srtv Of a, race Witch fcl'a it, pine forests Ii!
Maine aud hewh Ito way through tho cactus Of
rhta New England scnls wares to tho banks Of
tho Columbia, tho orange groves Of Florida find
na1ts In Boston, San Diego and Virginia City
find a1l thoy mood in Now fosl, to which city
| Texas shipa its cattle; Rock[and l4aks aeuda Ice
to New Orleans, aud Chicago supplies tho world
| With wheat and corn.
America is recognized In tho tourney OF tbs
world ~ gallant Knight mho. though young.
has fairly non his Dpura upon the field, aua
calmly takes Lis accorded station tu tho lists
amouK the nobles Of history.
WHO hath wrought this woudrous tranrforma-
tion whichnaore than fultils tue dreams OF Pinto
ta bis "idoal rspubic7" Ths underlying relig-
Ions sentiment Of the people viii! ansuer God,
and to ui,u bo ali tho glory. Yet, under his
benIgnant sway ous man, moro than all others,
mas raised up for this achievement. "Many
sons baye done vi1tuously" tn this great csuss
whom the nation honors, and whose fame With
pious care sho wilt "emhslm to Immortality" ."
but ono "llas cxcellcd them all;" to him the
nation owes and always will owo Its largest debt
Of gratitude. Travellers uho visit Switzerland
como homo Ito tell ua OF Mont Blanc; thosa
who visit Tho Cordilleras, returning. toll ua ons
| Of Chinborazp, but any citizeu Of tho world,
speaking Of American history feels that
WARRINGTON Is ITs sTNnSrM.
| The Doctor lore apnka Of the difficulty Of tho
thomo, which arose partly from ita familiarity,
partly from tho fact Of tho symmetrical clarao-
tor Of Washington, which presented 10 few
salient pointg. Washington Was no orutor; was
not \ successful General, II judged by the Nun
ber Of his victories MAS ! ploddlng and o1acting
man Of business, and no enthualast. Thackeray
| failed IN mkLlng him romantic hero. Yet thost
worry deficiencies were necasaary to hts work and
influence. His blameleAs Slrtuo aud Lis deeE
religious convictions were mentioned IL tho core
OF bis character and Ills crecd, soon In hia cou
duct was declared to be = life-long oct Of faith
In God aud in Ills proyidenccs. Dr.. Tiffany
here stated that 1t wAs not his purpose to 70
hea1se tho story Of the life Of Washington, fo,
ali iss incidouta wore household words, but wou!t
rather wcayo claplct from tho tributes Of men
OF noto Alld lay 1t on hts ehFlno.
Ths critical and learned German. Von Haunlcr
says, " Few men who have oarlled for tlenl'
selyes a celebrated name in the history OF the
symsuotry Of oil tho qualities calculated
to rnnder himself aud othora happy al
Washington; His aoul was elevated
above party spirit, prcjndlco. self-ntsr-
impulses Of ! uoblo heart and sound uuder-
standing. =. Ills nob!o. hlamolcas and
spotess image will remain a model aud saalyu2
point 70 all to encourage tho good and to dctel
the bad. How petty do tho common raeo ol
martial heroes appear in comparison With Wash