St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-23

riot will be with him In the great responsi
bilities on which he Is about to enter. N
distinction OF party or of section prevent
our all feeling alike that our country, b.
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 it be if the Both o
April, on which the first inauguration o
Washington took place in 1889, could be th,
date OF all future inaugurations,-as 1t nigh
he by slight amendment of the constitu
ton, giving. as it would. much needed
extension to the short sessions of congress
and 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 thai
first great inauguration must not be lost upon
us. Would that any words Of mine could
help us all, old and young, to resolve thai
the principles and character and example
| OF Washington, as he 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 disinterested purity and patriot
ism shall be the supreme test and standard
of American craftsmanship! That standard
elaborate and durable monuments may
perish. But neither the forces Of nature, nor
any iendish 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, and we hail it with the ex-
ultationS of a united and glorious nation. 1t
may, or may not, be proof against the cavis
of critics, but nothing Of human con-
struction is against the casualties of
time. The storms Of winter must blow and
beat upon it. The action of the elements
must soil and discolor it. the lghtnings Of
heaven may scar aud blackeu it. An earth
quake may shake its foundations. Some
mighty tornado, or resistlcss cyclone, may
reud its massive blocks asunder and hurl
huge fragments to the ground. But the
character which it commentaries AMI illus
trates is secure. 1t will remain unchanged
and interchangeable in all its consummate
purity and splendor, and will more 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 manher and in a
voice wnich, 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 peroratiou, tue multitude
broke into Il storm of applause. On the
right of the speaker were the chapains of the
senate and house and Rev. Mr.. Wallis, while
on bis left sat Hon. John W. Daniel of Vlr-
GINA, and Senator Sherman. chairman Of the
congressional joint commission. As Long
ceased, the band struck up ''Colum bia, the
Gem of the Ocean," and as the strains OF
the air ended, Elmunds introduced Hon
John W. Daniel, who was greeted with lon2
cont nued clapping OF hands. Daniel pro-
cetded to deliver his grafton.
Mr.. Daniel said: SOLITARY and alone in
its grandeur stands forth the character of
Washington in history; solitary aud 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 maui
tanned by peace the independence of his
country which he had conquered by war
He founded free govern ent in the name
of the principles of order, and by
re-estAblishing 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
achieved his country's independence by the
sword. He maintained that independence
oy 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
and inseperable These four thugs 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 strven to cast down false
doctrines, hcresy and schisms; statesmen
whose brains have throbbed with mighty
plans for the amelioration Of human society;
scar-crowned vikings of The sea, ilustrious
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 We be measured by the measure OF his
stature. Behold you not in him
more illustrious, and more venerable
presence. 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
cur"
II | seek the fountains from which sprung
a character so instinct with all. en- bracng
patriotism, | shall pursue line that seems
not without suggestion in the invitation
given me, and may not be without j useful
lesson"
Mr.. Daniel then traced the political history
Of the country from tue time the Purltans
Of England landed at Plymouth in 1920
closing with the remark that WIshingtou's
prOgcnitors had for centuries, running bacl,
10 tue Norman conquest, been men of mark
and renown. He tnen dwelt upon old vir
ginia's history and the homes OF Washington
from his infancy to his death He
related the many military achievements
OF Washington, and spoke at length of his
political career. He eu!ogized him as the
friend of liberty, a true son of nature and
disinterested patriot.
'tireat in action as by the council board.
the finest horseman and kuightiest figure OF
his time, he seemed designed by nature to
lead in those bold strokes which needs must
come when the battlelies with a single man
those critical moments Of the campaign or
the strife when, II the mind hesitates or the
nerve finch !, all is lost
Ii was rs a statesman that Washing tou was
greatest. Not in the sense that Hamilton
and jefferson, Adams and Madison wer.
statesmen, but in larger sense. Men NAV
marshal armies who cannot drill divisions.
Men may marshal nations in storm and
travail WAC have not the accomplish
ments Of their cabinet minister's Not so
versed as they was be in the details Of uoit-
zeal science. And yet as he studied tactics
when ne anticipated war, so he studied o Ill
ties when he foTesaw his civil role approach.
ing. reading the history AMI examining the
principles Of ancient and modern conf.d-
eracirs and making notes Of their virtues.
defects and methods ot operation. With
greater asccndeDcy of character he held men