New-York tribune., 1885-02-22

his contemporaries IN a1 q,,tt'e'S ,th signal dis
srimipation sra G such advisers and cognseors In
xmeri"op % leader No jealousy of their abilities ana ao
complishments red his breast ana VIII. f'
Goyernnent aud stamped his indeliby Oh Tue aeo
in which he lived as the ase OF Washng'on man in
other days in other lands and In our own: iano wio
have called to command larger armies 10 paeSo
over more distracted councils, % administer more eN
tended spd critical affairs ,ratIe and honor
Wat wa, ws SSer do Oh not ' estnaSe MtladS at Mar
othon or Pausanas at PiaTa. or Theinistoclrs
~ salamIs or Fpamnondas at Mantinea or Leuctra or
Ieonidas ThermopylD, by the NUMBER Ol tne
wnch they led on land Nor do we gauge me
,"rv of Columbus hy the size OF the little fleet WIKI which
he yenturcd hcroicaly upon the perils OF nlgHy
unknown deep. There are some circumstances wnien
cannot occur twice; occasions OF when thefc can
be no repetition; some names when VIII always hsSert
their inliv ividual prc-cminence. and wl ADMIT OF no
rivalry or comparf-on The glory OF ConlDi: can never
be eclpsed never approaehed w oar NeS whr,on Sno
viii remain uniqne and peerless unti Amercan m M INN f
dstors of Constitutional Liberty to be lalu a ahew,
Think not that | am claiming an Immaculate
nerfrcon Tor any mortal man. One Being only mas ever
walked tins earth OF ours without SIN washington ha
his inhrmites aud his passions Ike the rest OF U.s. ne
been by them. lie made no boast OF virtue OF
OF vaor and no amount OF n'itery ever ieu MN ~ "
otherwise than distrustfu of his own ability ana merits
UNIVERSAL RECO GNITION.
To what other such tributes ever been paid
bv great good abroad well rs NJ home You
have not forgotten the language Of Lord Erskno in his
ucr ption OF Of his productions 10 Washington nm
scf: Yor gre the only being for whom have awful
reverence" :" You havc. not forgotten the language of
Charles James Fox. IN the House Of Commons; Illus
tr0u- man. before whom all borrowed greatness sinks
gige OF Lord BrOughah twice uttered. at long inter-
vals, and with purpose. a. Br"hShah hlhi'et "n,o
tnl me. to impress aud enforce those cnph'tlc
words as his hXed and hnai judgment; Cnti!
shall be no moe WIZ ttst 2 the ptp.ss Tnon
the yenertOn paid to the immortal name OF Na7nlng'
ton :" Nur can la to welcome the clOwhIHs tlpute'
or
AT the ast moment Of revising what hpi prrpaFer or
fhis occ,iol ~ a published letter from Gladstone, her
rrrat pine Minister who after saying in casual
vcr-at. .ou. that Washington was The purrri nEure III
history writes deliberately. That H. among al tue pc
drsIsS supplied 10y history for public characters "f eH
trionliny nobility ami purity saw one sn'r 'n ',.i
name the occupant tor It, think my choice at any
time during the last fprty-i year. would nave lghted
and 1t would now iighi, upon Washington n
Bnt ii ANY one wond get lu,i imnrrsslon OF ie .na
10 the letters wLich were adlessrd to him or "nIch
ci,il American or European. who were privileged to
corr, srond with HIN. or WHO eger 20 casually ionpt
hm by no means forget. he reads thcm that those
i a. ,vfr yfitrI a huni.r,d wear, ago when laugtse
~. iuntr t,lIrel. II not sincere than now, ahd
and Mutation, of lttt,rcrs an parasites,
patterns of every virtue under Heaven. had tended 10
render such tributes as suspicious ~ 'hry ooh ''o
y Yes tney all siw that he borc in his mind ana
heart as be- salL At Philadelphia on his way 10 Gam
I lgr In Is7. tnat ~ sword the last resort
pc-crS alton ~ our liberties :" ought 10 e th'
first thinS lld a-io when those liberties ~ere hIHS
,.ahii-hod" AMI tHcy saw him av down his sword "t
the earliest monri ana rcllrc u th' Piht7 o p'''
ouiy returning tliu o fuhi" seF'r' ht tir ulinn's
M ,i h. ,uu4iry. preside ior limited peroI over
foe Constitutional Re public and then eagerly reshln<
tn rhn 81 an An' Ilrin It, %cn lt wa M W.
winch changed The Ideas ~ mnnkind a. {" "ht r'n,,
tuei ea eTrno,,. AMd ,l"' rhnn' va, ,r
iuT all nations and Tor all age. never TO %" VI
oY,ruOcd. hy him wh0 wd, born. one hundred and MY
trcr year ago to-morrow. in that primitive h''e
Vi.s uit farm honsci
LrS-ONs oF ~UCI \ LTFE.
am myself Scw En-l ndrr hy h.rh. sou Of hAssa-
rhrit- bound by the siruns, c, % 40 'uon anl Oh
biood 10 honor aud The earlier and the later
~ 1rtic, %. thr oil Puritan Commonwealth H. jealous oi
their r ruc aul ever ready 10 assert and 'indic"te
their iu,, fcnogn Bat turn reyercntly To the O.d
D,ainlon to-day arI ,iutr her the mother % the
,.-,il nent and cnmptrnnlc American, the Father dl
i- Country and tho foremost figure IA a merely human
history. NrtiuiA h-, L'i '.-' A'. .l' Ntn-, ,",h ~
uuf name. hni whom % i''' ~. F' w, ~. , ,,
ho,. many t.'y aud h,S great lhc} hay" hrri ana
cNr'aim - ISii< P'p't r"nm. h"i' a. tllhN % h.l
Ni- of our Nn"hins l"n l' Hr .t'er aIF' ""l
almost d, uiy to All L0d D.'un Fir'H'
k,,p hi, .inpl, AMI MS c1ar,ccr ever before your
4, t.- and ~ your hearts Ii'o AMI A't ts ", W'It
p - ,,,,r Integrity and yonr patriotism by your
rarn,s ,, ,, 10 H. or Your departure prne
crdiln Of universal hnslindr on sea- or iinn' my oo
rne meridian ~ purr. dsnrr,7lri patriotic exalted
W.-Lngto4 ohr'k' fe-. - thc Young hfn of Ame,l'A
un G"d rnaius they ri-a uP rom generation To
lrl-Iad unto them r. regardless of i' gf'a
,yiuur which Is -ri before them. they prove unrtuhtu
10 fh, ff, udlu- por-hliIi, which rest upon them
Yet not -crui, even Tor moment 2" thi"w OH
eIiirru .htfil -har. ~ ia S,otrl
b'itte- Lrlung- - their tsturr, u u-, upon
~ u drvoIvrs thut IA" advancing generations
.hl hr able To comprehend. AMI equal to meet. IN"
demands which thu, heoro th'h II - ours II j.
yuui. especially, senators aud t'prer ut1uV"7-t" |
.pp. them with the NJ that INT crsa EIuDtIIn
v b.. the ,i iuc o. our band. aud Without wicn
auy mtclI'cpt And sirce'iuI iF'' Government Is |
Impossible.
ON, Orcsk stands proudly before us TO-DAY,
rud W. hUi 10 witn ia" oNuIftlou- ot a Gnittd Wi !
-li .ou. IL may. OF may not. ID" proof AGAINST
inr ril crtr-. but no ijS o. human construction
h. u.nirst ire rt-ilaidrs Of time. The storms ~
winter blow aud h,,t upun H. The action II thr
-o'l aud discn.pr It. lho u utnuEt pl
Heaven may .cl- lrl ht4ckcu 20. IN elUAqunNr may
.llr .ut ifioUs. e" o mighty tOtlu ot rc t,tl'sS
ctc,ur may icud Dos mt-.iso DiDcks Hsuuirr aud hut
huge isErut- the Iruunl. but the character Wnlth
commemorative Iud u tTi's - secure. II Ni rem ava
ami nrhIugeAir IN al o. cousuni.u ic |
pislt, nd .pcador. and viii moro aud more cutUltud
f.r homa.c " succeeding ayes In Hl regions oi ihe
4fth.