St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-22

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distinction OF party or of section prevents
our all feeling alike that our country, BY
whomsoever governed, is still and Away;
our country, to be cherished in all our hearts
to be upheld and defended by all our hands
Most happy would 1t be IL the Both Of
April, on which the first inauguration Of
Washington took place in 1889, could be the
date of all future inaugurations,-as 1t might
be by slight amendment of the constitu-
ton, giving, as it would. much needed
extension to the short sessions OF congress
aud letting the second century of our consti-
tutional history begin where the first century
began.
But let the date be what it may the inspi-
ration of the centennial anniversary of that
first great Inauguration must not be lost upon
us. Would that any words of mine could
help US ALL old and young, to resolve that
the principles and character and example
of Washington, as be came for
ward to take the oaths of office on that day,
shall once more be recognized and rever-
enced as the model for all who succeed him,
and that his dsinterested purity and patriot
ism shall be the supreme test and standard
Of American craftsmanship! That standard
can never be taken away from us. The most
elaborate and durable monuments may
| perish. But neither the forces Of nature, nor
any fiendish crime of man, can ever mar or
mutilate great example Of public or private
| virtue.
| Our matchless obelisk stands proudly be-
| fore us to-day, aud we bail it with the ey-
uitations of united and glorious nation. 1t
may, or may not, be proof against the cavils
of critics. but nothing of human con-
| structien is against the casualties of
/ tin2c. The storms Of winter must blow and
| beat upon it. The action of the elements
must soil and discolor it. The lightnings of
heaven may scar and blackeu it. An earth
| quake may shake its foundations. Some
mighty tornado, or resisIless cyclone, may
rend its massive blocks asunder and hurl
| huge fragments to the ground. But the
character which it commentaries and illus
trates Is secure. 1t will remain unchanged
and Interchangeable in all its consummate
purity and splendor, and viii mort and more
| command the homage Of succeeding ages in
all regions of the earth. God be praised, that
| character is our forever!
Mr.. Long spoke from the clerks desk in
| an impressive manner and in
voice which, though not long, was
| SO clear as to reach every corner in
| the chamber. The eloquent passages of
| speech were delivered with fervor which
| ELECTED frequent bursts of applause, and as
Long read the psroration, the multitude
| broke into storm Of applause. On the
| right Of the speaker were the chaplains Of the
! senate and house and Rev. Mr.. Wallis, while
on his left sat Hon. John W. Daniel Of VIr-
ginia, and Senator Sherman, chairman of the
congressional joint com mission. As Long
ceased, the band struck up Columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean," aud as the strains of
the air ended, Edmunds introduced Hon
John W. Daniel, who was greeted with long
cont nued clappng of hands. Daniel pro-
Get ded to deliver his GRAFTON.
Mr. Daniel said SOLITARY and alone in
| its grandeur stands forth the character of
Washington in history; solitary and alone
like some peak that has no fellow in the
mountain range of greatness
Washington says Guziot, Washington
did the TWO greatest things which in politics
it is permitted to man to attempt. He main
tanned by peace the Independence of his
country which he had conquered By war.
He founded free govern ment in the name
of the principles of order, and by
re-estabishing their sway Washington
did indeed do these things. But he did
more. Out Of disconnected fragments he
moulded whole and made it a country. He
sword. He maintained that independence
by peace as by war. He finally established
both his country and its freedom in an en-
during frame Of constitutional government,
fashioned to make Liberty and Union one
aud inseperable. These four things together
constitute the unexampled achievements of
Washington.
Conquerers who have stretched your
sceptres over boundless territories; founders
OF empires who have held your domiuions in
the reign of law; reformers who have cried
aloud in the wilderness OF oppression:
teachers who have striven to cast down false
doctrines, hcresy and schisms; statesmen
whose brains have throbbed with mighty
plans for the anelioration of human society:
scar-crowned vikings of The sea, ilustTious
heroes of the land, who have borne the STAN
dards OF siege and battle-come forth in
bright array from your glorious fanes, and
would ye be measured by the measure Of his
stature! Behold You not in him a
more illustrious, and more venerable
presencc9 Statesman, soldier, patriot, sage,
refOrmer OF creeds, teachers Of truth and
justice, achiever and preserver Of liberty
the first of men--founder and savior Of his
country, father of his people--that is he,
solitary and unapproachable in his grand
eur.n
II seek the fountains from which sprung
a character so instinct with alien bracng
patriotism, shall pursue line that seems
not without suggestion in the invitation
given me, and may not be without useful
lesson"
Mr.. Daniel then traced the political history
Of the country from the time the Puritans
OF England landed at Plymouth In 1920,
closing with the remark that Washington's
progenitors had for centuries, running back
to the Norman conquest, been men of mark
and renown. He then dwelt upon old Vir-
giuia's history and the homes of Washington
from his infancy 70 his death. He
related the many military achievements
OF Washington, and spoke at length OF his
political career He eulogzed him as the
friend Of liberty, true son Of nature and
disnterested patriot.
"Great in action as By the council board,
the finest horseman and knigbtliest figure Of
his time, he seemed designed by nature to
lead in those bold strokes which needs must
come when the battle lies with a single man
those critical moments Of the campaign or
the strife when, if the mind hesitates or the
nerve finches, all is lost.
Il was n statesman that Washington was
greatest. Not in the sense that Hamilton
and jefferson, Adams and Madison were
statesmen, but in a larger sense. Men NAV
marshal armies who cannot drill divisions.
Men may marshal nations in storm and
travail who have not the accom- plish-
ments Of their cabinet ministers. Not so
versed as they was be in the details of polit-
icsl science. And yet as he studied tactics
when ne anticipated war, so ne studied poll
tics when be foresaw his civil role approach
Ing. reading the history and examining the
principles Of ancient and modern eonfed-
eraeies and making notes OF their virtues.
defects ana methods Of operation. With
greater ssccndency Of character lie held men