, 1879-07-09

il,rfr cf,Irst nalr npstrrity nuj In failure
thereof, tho collateral braucltes who should bo
Judged worthy.
These officers thus founded an Order flerciit-
nry In Its chararter, anil. a. they ha.1 gupetatly
bten taken frufu Tic ctizens 81 America, u,l1
wctr about to f0II6w thu exn1npfe Of that illus.
returning 10 their citizenship, they concluded
they might with proprlctY tlenominate them
sclycs ''.rhc Socety 1T iflI Cincinnati" The
principles Which they declared should be Im-
remarkable, mud showed The strong national
fecljt4g with which ttnt nrornparab]r little army
was Etnhucd ut the very time when the articles
Of confederation. under wh!cl, fhe United 3tatcs
Government sas then ," administered, IT,, were xeak:
cause Of complaint at tho failure Of .hc doy-
crnlncnt to settle thc!r oTn long overdue ac-
counts.
An 1ncc.tunt attention 10 preserve inyIolnte
those exalted rlrh.a a,,J licrtic. pt human
FIR which they lnsc fought ma oletI aud without
which the hiEh sank of a rational being 10 curse
"lstcaa ~ y! nsss'"1. 4. 4,u.,,,
cHrz M G ts 10 [ooe ana
ard Sationa unor m cesSl,ollY nccersaty to tt,sr
hnnr,nsrs ana lie futurS Ji:aity =; ihe u ,n,or
ica, Empire. ''
Ing nn,ong the o'lccrr:, This rpiri. viii dIctatc
btntheriy stndncfs II, nii things. and particularly
extent 10 'ne 'MnA @ eMnstattfa' w. o. Eneacenct
',or. ~, ~, ~. aT n G w. noGG,y, .o%a1a
,nh in dnr q .,f
M Wo,,tarsl,t, ,v"s a,,,ins, ~. r,.,s,.a ~.
.a! ,,aiar "4' W ~. Eu''s" ~ teeutat tot!
neutn. vne..s , ~ ne Asi H., Ill., navy =! tHe
W. ~ ~ rnaI. ~ .., M leas.
Se'tasa Lslnv. y. 5H".a "! s.s''u .ctHeu. ms
tenctN sGts. i.i; 10 ~ E.s a'antut ""s LII culI,
"1'er tU Ha@.e m s,. H.
i =! .nasI u. - .. ~ sHSn n1s NtatIs; the
crai ".f,restcn,' Srrrrtnry Asssstar,ssrr.
sa.,. T....nnso. ~, sst.ta,;.
1 ms. fr ."i. =. =. Ms-
e1a!s. lu tG i'' .a ,' Gas' society.
.,,oi, ,.', ~ ~. ~, Tnmr. ~ n1v ~ -, III
Gunua1is ~ y" ~ ite H. ~ ~" ~ H. " f "
ac, . 4 Ato ~ n sa Pnsto't,, - - .9 n.,,
,1 taGa ""S'"FS oee'' pe''eeteo''t "e"' 'oto e''
leSt; ,n,,a,u o.,.,,..a .t 49,. .,
oof ~ H., ,i so'a''t"'so ''' "'s' ee''e'a'
o''l:ers' 'n.a, W.: ,rosh,,,o If r,~u,,t. n.a.,
teH. tcosHs ." ushHtton' " 'HsHllus 1Eesi-
acnL rttera!; ,.,.,,. .,.
- Mal,-ue!l: ltotatlo 1ates, OF s1fe'1lia vice.
ifSsnlent Waa H.. uencrn.. thaF. . , ,.,
Ma1'9ct'. Hetiry Hn9x, Sceretnry General.
Dfsc:.l.eli. utno lloslnffi "''!!ams' o[ Mary-
!ai';l, ASSISTANT 1ecfethsF GGn.tai' :,
=, anl;;,rstcn. AlcXatief McDoaealt' Of Ne;S
f9rs, Irsasnrcr yas,,I1s. General. u e5t,.
defs' Nast!i'etnh cont'nue,! ~ olllec until his
Aiexahlee tathliIon.
~ " ot2ie soceales OF thc'r fcspect3Vc states
thh-ue1's ns)alhls, i;'f,Gol1i, Sattautgi trecnc.
MlGXa,nsf ;s!f';a Me!"uga, Arshnr st. C'aiF, aad
Hni'ah s1utlt1c u:eA'hu feklaeHts.
~ nFst tmeru "ofe t,srtssi sate tor!et,ns
mt tleuell n,atu soclctf, out otcauae U! tho
ysry few qualified tuet.lsTs r. so.ns Of te
s1ntcs' uli'iSn!ty ol communication NJ tint
neriot,' a'a llRo rcaenns, oilly 6syon have cou-
tlnueA III existence, thu iencFnl Society meeting
a. ,cass :s,N o'les ln tnteo yeas*.
Encn osslna! ihSh'oef Nus REQUIRED to con-
tribute uhe 'nonfh's i'ay Of his rink. 1his, by
!nelotls 'Ves! msnts ~ se:rFal ot Tic soe!stles,
ms beeohc Il consthernufe fuhd.
In France Marshal Count dc itochambcnu te-
Sano a1es'sn. a, ., sas a s,htn soss.y, al lsu!3
tic ofticr ai permitted snei1 of llis subjects ms
were entilled tn ,nem'crshia By service III tho
Ashrrlsan Revolution to beson'c numbers md
Tsae se weru ssna Syor S pe9% ~ fs sank o.
the Freuclt mobility sought to qualify. The
frune Roy"!"tlon 70 cut . nn eitl 70 iurlheF meet.
it4ca ot th1i state eo:iett' wtItetl 1'lnli,rrd
indictments. three Al,lirals, three Vice.At!-
!n!tuls, two Rear Adilirals, Two Princes, three
Dukes, eighteen Alarsgs. a'nl others Of 1hwcr
rank, WIN, likn Count le scgnE mud the Che
yaller dc LII Perousc' Tcso nut unknown to
fane.
!. In the "tnatttut!on " q l7ss It was provided
ti tss. ha % aea 1 s s ofs sc!s s"nG e1en, s @
hrcast. md tllc rihbon light blue, watcrrd and
edged with white, tYpeaI Of the atliauco he
tween Franco ntnt slIc United States. Most OF
IL q e Unt ss statss y wors s as IL F.rs i, ts
order OF thu Marquis Ge Latayutte w,uu he rc-
turned there IN t7sI.
Under tho institution each Stato aDciGty Is
permttcd tn elect Il very limited number at
honorary members, llssd il. thlG way Chuucclor
Livingston, Benjamin franklin, Cnnmo1ores
decatur, l.ainbridsc, Stewart, am. Berry, Chlcf
Jnstfccs Mexican aud l'thard Morris, William
II. Prescott anl Daniel Wooster, Gen. Winfield
Scott, and other eminent characters beca,1u
ln*t1lbers.
No State societies have cycr been allowed to
he constituted tu any Htatc except one Of the
orgna! thirteen, n1I,l membership ts rieidIr
retained Is srttictl hy tse founders. III ronse-
Qlcnee Of this adherence to the wlahcs of lho
founders thpro IL possibly no order of tls.tnc-
tlup to-day In Elyoue Us exclusive ~ that az thr
Cincinnati, founded by Republican officers
nr.lently attact,rd to tke princiu,os OF rjyil
liberty am nationality To.daf cach Of tie
suyerlt State societies will meet, ntl,I The
hereditary members come from every mart
ot tie cou,ltry, few In ut,n,brr, but
glad to do honor to te memory Of
thu founders nul thu great rrtt,ctpler tlmy
cuuuclatcd. Tho Massachusetts EtutH Society
nlerts III Boston, Krar- Admiral Henry Knpr
Thatcher, u. i. n, briug liz President, Tic
lthtdo Island State Suclcty meet. this year In
tho dtAtc. lusc In Sewrurt. Lust ycur Il mai
In tic Btote.llouso in Providence. Nathaniel
(irce,lc IL President, The New Yurk Stato Ro.
cLety meets Ut Uetmonleo's, In tins cIty. with