The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28

resented the three + III tHe ua-
! ton which alone could command
success in the institution of the gov
eminent. Hamilton vas the bead,
jefferson was the heart, and John
Jaw was the conscience. Washing
TOMS lust and serene ascendancy was
the lambert flame in which these
beneficent powers were fused; and
| nothing less than that ascendancy
could have ridden the whirlwind and
directed the storm that burst around
him. Party spirit blazed into fury.
John Jay was hung in ef1gy. Ham
ilton was stoned. Insurrecti0n
| raised his head in the West. Wash
ington himself was denounced; and
suddenly the French revolution, the
CHASTITY spectre rising from delirium
and despair the avenginR fury of In.
tolerable oppression, at once hopeful
and heart-rending, seized modern
civilization. shook Europe to the cen
ter, divided the sympathy of Ameri-
ca, and, as the child Of liberty, ap-
pealed to Washington. But the
great soul, amidst battle and defeat,
and long retreat, and tue sinking
heart of a people, undismayed, was
not appalled, by the CONFUSION of the
world. Amidst the uproar of Christ
endom he knew liberty too
we'll to be deluded by
t. mad p~retence. Without a beacon,
without a chart, but with unwaver-
ing eye and steady hand, he guided
his country safe through darkness
and through storm. In the angry
shock of domestic pa.ties, there Is
but one character which keeps them
in ave-" wrote Edmund Randolph.
1.-The foundations of the moral
world" said q wise teacher in OK
ford Univers' ty, bidding young Eng
lishmen mark the matchless man, =
1.-The foundations of the moral world
were shaken, but not the understand
ing OF Washington" He held his
steadfast way, like the sun across the
ornament, giving life, and health.
and strength, to the new nation; and
upon a searching survey Of his ad-
ministratiOn, which established the
fundamental principles Of American
policy In every department, there is
no great act which his country would
annul, no word spoken, no line writ
ten, no deed done by him, which
Justice would reverse or wisdom de-
plore.
Fellow citizens, the solemn dedi-
cation of Washington to this august
and triumphant task is the event
which this statue will CONNIE nOrate
to unborn generations. Elsewhere,
in bronze and marble, and upon
glowing canvass, genins has delight
ed to invest with the immortality of
art the best beloved and most fsmil
lar Of American figures. The engf
neer of the Virginia wilderness, the
leader Of the revolution, the presi-
dent, the man, are known to all
men; they are everywhere beheld
and revered. But here, at last, upon
the scene of the browning event IF
his life. and of his country's life
here, in the throbbihg heart of the
great city, where it will be daily
seen by countless thousands, here in
the presence Of the President of the
United States, of the Governor of
New York, Of the official authori-
ties of other States, of the organ
lzed body OF New York merchants
who, as in other years, they have led
the city in SO many patriotic deeds
upon this spot, lead now in this c M
memoration of the greatest and final
ly. of this vast aud approving con-
of American citizens. we raise
this calm and admonishing form. It's
majestic repose shall charm and SUBJ
due the multitudinous lifethat heaves
and murmurs around it, and AS the
draws the swaying tides of
ocean, its lofty serenity shall lift the
hurrying crowd to unselfish thoughts.
to generous PATRIOTISM, to q nobler
life. Here descended upon Il fathers
the benediction of the personal pres
ence Of Washington, Here may the
moral grandeur Of his character and
his life inspire u children's children