San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-09-17

MI 90, ~ VIII OH my purl DO horfoW
ing that in all probability I shall SO,
his face and hear his voice no more
But his words OF this day are planted
in my memory, and viii their remain
till the last pulsation Of my heart.
The sword OF Washington The
staff OF Franklin Oh, sir, what as
sociations are linked in adamant with
those names! Washington, the war
rior Of human Washington
whose sword, as my friend has said
was never drawn but in the cause o.
his country and never sheathed when
needed in his country's cause
Franklin, the philosopher Of the
thunderbolt, the printing press and
the plowshare! What names art
these in the scanty catalogue Of the
benefactors Of humankind! Wash
lnton and Franklin What othei
two men, whose lives belong TO the
eighteenth century OF Christendom,
have left O deeper impression Of
themselves upon the age in which
they lived, and upon all after time
Washington, the warrior and logisla'
tor In War contending by wager
of battle for the independence Of his
country and tho freedom Of the bu-
man race ever manifosting amidst
its horrors, by precept and example,
his reverence for tho laws OF peace
and for the tenderest sympathies Of
humanity In Peace soothing the
ferocious'spirit Of discord among his
own countrymen into harmony and
union, and giving to that very sword
now presented to his country acharm
more potent than that attributed in
ancient times to the Tyre of Orpheus.
Franklin, the mechanic of his own
fortune, teaching, in early youth, un-
der the shackles Of indigence, the
way to wealth, and in the shade OF
obscurity the path to greatness; in
the maturity Of manhood disarming
the thunder of It's terrors, the light
ming of its fatal blast, and wrestling
from the tyrant's hand, the still more
affective sceptre of oppression.
While descending into the vale
of years, traversing the Atlantic
ocean, Drawing in the dead Of winter,
the bnttle and the breeze, bearing in
his hand tho charter of Independence
which he had contril utsd to form,
and rendering from the self-created
nation to the mightiest moaarchs OF
Europe, the olive branch Of peace,
the mercurial wand of commerce, and
the amulet Of protection and safety
to the man of peace, on the pathless
ocean, from the inexorable cruelty
and merciless rapacity Of war. And
finally, In the last stage Of life, with
fourscore winters upon his head, un-
der the torture Of an incnrable dis
ease, returning to his native land,
closing his daysas the chief magistrate
OF his adopted Commonwealth, after
contributing by his counsels under
the Presidency Of Washington, and
recording his name under the sane
tion OF dc rout prayer invoked by him
to God, to that Constitution under
which we are here assembled, as the
Representatives Of the North Ameri-
can People, to receive, in their name
and for them, these venerable relics
Df the wise, the valiant, and the good
founders OF our great confederated
Republic-these sacred symbols OF
our golden age.
May they be deposited among the
Of our government, and may
every American who shall hereafter
behold them calculate mingled OF
fering Of praise to that Supreme Rul-
,r of the Universe by whose tender
nercies our Union has been hitherto
through all the vicissitudes
and revolutions of this turbulent
world, and of prayer for the continu-
lnce OF these blessings, by the dis
,ensations Of his Providence to our
beloved country from age TO age, till
lime shall be no more
The resolution moved by MIR.
Adams is as follows
"IPesoiped By the Senate and House cfl
Of the United States cf
4nssrfca IN Congress Assensbled, That the
hanks Of this Congress be presented 10
dr. Samuel r. Washingto~, OF kanawha
,ounty, Virginia. for the present OF the
word used by bis illustrious relative, George
in the military career OF his
ariy youth in the seven years war and
the war OF the n onal Inde-
,endence, and of the staff bcqueathed by
he patriot. sta Q man and sage, benjamin
franklin, 10 the same leader Of the armies
4 Freedom in the Revolutionary war,
;eorQe Washington. That these precious
slics are hereby accepted In the name Of
lIe Nation; that they be deposited for safe
eepine in the Department u State OF the
United States. and that copy Of this rcso-
utiou. signed BY the President Of the Sen
te and the Speaker Of The House Of Rep
ssentatives. BE- transmitted 10 the ssid
'Amuel T. Washington"
The said resolution was read and
he question Was put Shall Il pass
And it passed in tbe affirmative
unanimously.
ron the day following. the subject
ras brought mp in The Senate Of the
United States. by a message from the
fouse. and after q speech BY Mr.
richer. the Resolution vas there
30 unnnimOusly adopted
Tueaty thousand copies Of The full
,urnal oftlle proceedings we're order
A to be printed for distnbuion b
,embsrA
he foIo-ing is TIE lstser rsferre4
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