New-York tribune., 1885-02-22
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
oRAT1oNs BY WINTHROP AND DANIEL

similar service at the laying Of the corner-stohe'
Jalv 4. 1s4s. His address, delivered by reason OF
feeble condition by Ex-Governor Long. or Massa-
cbusetts began with recounting the origin OF 'he
plons for the monument and the long delays which
interrupted the work. and paid cordial tribute 10
tho men who have been chiefly Instrumental III
comp,eting IT, and especially TO Colonel Thomas l..
Casey. The Grafton continued III suDStahee do ioi-
lows:
,na ooo,r,etiop crowns the work. To day that work
sool ,or ,,sclf and needs other orator Mute and
1eles s IL see,ns it has living and audible voice Tor
all who behold IL, and no one can h9h'etPIet i's ""
ruage Nor will any one, THINK longer c"Vli aoout
its design And SO IL stands to-day sinpe' supi"e
oheis Of pure white marble It's proportions. in spite OF
its immense height conforming exactly to those OF the
most celebrated obelisks OF antiquity. Is not the ac
l,ovIcdod preemincnce OF the Father Of his Country
arst without second tly and adequately repre-,
sented by hat soaring shaft rising hgh above trees ana
i zoe an, danes and all the smoke and stir Of earh.
a he ever above sectional prJudices and party pol
tics, and personal in,crEsts d ana "o pn
ins ont at every vista as far as human sight can
reaGn' a Ft5s shdols grinmphany to the skies Dos,
not does not rcreat. hat Colossal th!t remind an
who gaze nt r. forcbly than any arch or statue
coni do that there is one name IN American history
above ali other names one character more exalted an
all other characters, one example To lie studied ahd rN
creuced bynnd all other examples one bright particular
star IN the clear upper SKY OF our hrnancht whose
guiding light and peerless stt are toi an hc am I0
a ars never IL be lost sight Of never 10 bc uuhcei,d
name Of chat character OF tint Hxanpie or ta.
SPOT selected by Washington himself for monument TO
the American Revolution and Oh me site which marks
our National meridian, VIII DC uil4c me'hVfiI anu
symbol forever. - 49,, ,
Tcmor5te. TScm ,T not tho Monument but the Man.
04rs 9nEE E%c S9Gs Tcd TG %h each a' dc % in
career of whose mnutcst details no American i ever
wcarv His childhood. under the loving charge OF that
ycnorited moher % %nS o 10 bapn S ' 2c u1 S
her after The aud
pcr!s Of the Rev outonary struggle but to see hi Ia
her Of yseeoud year. unanimously elected 10 be the
IN Peace of country Of which he had been
The Saour IN war M PThaiy& & Gn,to dg dIi @ I oi
for his first astcr; hs early and romantic adventures
s land-,urveyor his narrow escape from being MD
shipman in British Navy IT fourteen years Of age .or
which warrant had been Obtained and his luggage act-
av pn on DO lrd manof warHnchorcd In the Just
escapes from Indian arrows Gnl from French bullets
ana his survval-the only mounted officer not Killed
the defeat of Bradd"tk. "i whom ne Wd7 "d-"e'auP'
together with that most rcInfkan" prediction oi me
Virginia pastor samuel Dawes aitrt"1rd prsdeht 4
Princeton college pointing nm out-ln "a sermon III
l-5j on his return az the age of twenty nOll me
youth. Colonel Washington wh"n calnot Dut hop'
Providence la. preserved In ~igala manner FOR snuc
v'n can ever forget these osi impressive incident, OF
that opcnng career by which hc was indeed proyi-
eventfmi and nlu-jrious future which waited him,
still less can any American f9Tte hl, tahinS h' AT
soon nftrrwird IN the Virginia House OF Bur2cs~r
the striking tribute To hi, mOdt'ty which hr won i'u
the speaker hs snb,c4i.nt c,crt"h 10 ihc COM.
lime 775 at the surc.tion Of iohr Adam. aud on he
motion of Thomas Johnson. afiorwIid Governor oi
Narylnnd hc uI4n.n"u,ly appointed "Gnurful dLd
Chefof such Forces ~ are or shlli be-
raised for ne a. unto '"n,e ana ll'stIl 1l."h "i A'@i
OF the her c fort trtc tie uH~Wcrfug Cun-Hcy, AMI
the unsparug scfdryotinu With winch hc conducted,
through seven eight year, mat pr0trt'd contest,
with all s tps aa trs ts ~ 1iilon dLd VI !>-tuIcs
ron, thc SUCCESSFUL .rac OF Boston hi first errat tr.
nmph followed by those mu-tcrly movement. on
the Delaware which 40 less celebrated a soldier
t,nn Ilodcr,k The Great declared "thc most bn-
i1ut achievements Of any recorded la thc OF m
tiry act Oh. ."ad 80 long, through an TIE -uccc--r-
and rcy,r-cs and -ui'iG ;- aud tr', of Monmouth and
rrudv wine and Germantown and Ni'lry Forge. % the
siege " Yorktown. in lT~i, where. with the al nf our
h. ,u and De Gta~so. aud Lafayette. hc Won 90 1855 thlt
GROWING victor, on the 'o OF hi- n'loved Nfcui Aol
need recall 10 you ia" -i u"n'r iuhnrh' witnessed
during 80 This period. -truupr 90 whicI 10 nnr b1 DE-
had any shsre.-t'innrhs over him"i not merely ia
ms mnen1nim"hs appreciation "I '1c ,'Pl"t "i n.y.
sILOriiaIs- even whrn uulu~Iy 1ud Wticl'I.y con-
and mutuous onIccr- ~ Newhurt. iu -IuTriug oycr.
power ana IN lnas -urrcndcFing hi- ,oiuui,
son 80 simply 50 snbim"iy 10 the C"iiess ff@m " Nnrh
b t,ke n Tor all In all IT. long duraiiou i.s s,ldcr
menus ia Vs-i theatre IT. glorious aims and cll, aud
results there IL parallel IN history turning sharply
siding WIN paramount uhucacc and authority over thc
Convention which framed ihr Constitution oi ia" Hi'd
states. AMI taeu. w.tl Hd"H 90 -inih't u-. '"l di&
ufy wisdom. over the nd adulni,iih"u "f ilitt
Constitution when me ITn''l.s 'l Il,'.l ." "'.'
great Icd.ial sy-irh oi '"Felhhehl "'rr H''''''''
I'm II. s.ab1nuI Srcl recall him once mora lfi-r hi,
retirement -'cond term 90 The tni'f N'si,,4cy
the Prrsulcncy. IeutculHtGcucrl 81 t.c American
Arui - ia view o. an Impending lorirn war. which.
who hcars mc require t0 bc reminded of thIt l'-t
oi all. when. In hi+ o.at 'nd -iEteth war.
having been oNettak'u Nv - fatal shower ~ F'.'t
AMI snow IN the mi-t OF those agrcu.ur pursuits 900
which ho - much d,i2hlcd. at Mount Frnon, Lc Iii
himself "a nly down to de " nov AFRAID 10 co. Doe
whspc;ct u his phy~icitu1pd irft hi, whole country
in trr. such a. had never flowed before Mar, t,
f f,
l.ial =, peace .!
EIoQrrScE or IH. NoNCNfNr
our Washington needle, while 90 d is a ot thr severe
simplicity and far shan o. Of the ul-.yc .rad-
cur which were The charlrcl ..cs Of Egyptian ..c.-
tec,ure hears 40 inscriptions whatever and are
likely ever To- DE carved it Around g. hisc "a
licfs IN bronze may possibly ono day De- placed nlg7tat-
tive II some Of the great of WgAu.tou', ufe
while on the beneath mag, perhaps. bc arrrei
Acurc5 OF Justice and Patri1tsu o. Peace
Liberty aud Union All th,s. however may we'll be- left
fol future year, or even for future generations Each
succeeding generation ind od, VIII take IT, pride
doing Whatever may Oe wisely done ~ ndornug tho 'ur
homage to the memory Of The Ia her Of hs Country.
Yet tue minds eve Of AN American patriot
those marble faces VIII never seem vacaut-ucycr
void yoicclcss. No my-uc figures or hIcr"Lyph
vain glorious worl. ~ CONDUCTOR or " "thasis"r Of
Foreign Nations nor any such naughty assumption or
hra hen asciIptiOn rs " Chd Of the suD," viii Dc de
clpherc on them But ever and anon as he gazcs there
will come a-ng forth IN letter, Of living ,nt some or
the words, ana Ridh pTtCcpif noble lesson.
principle and duty. which the nachcsi bcgues
0: Washington 20 his country and 10 mankind.
And thus all those seemingly blank and cmpty
sides Will be seen, from time 10 time. In hts un-
equaed Language the grand prccepts and principles of
Peace Justice. Education, Morality and Religion which
he stIove to Incucate, while enc,rcng and Illuminating
them uil, a0d eHyelOpng the whole monument from
stone 10 CapsOne, Will be- read with raptur, by
every patriotic eye, nld he echosd Ivy every patriotic
heart, = The Union, the Union In any event"
THE CHARACTER or wAsHIIGroN
But what all the noble words which Washington
wrote or uttered what all the incidents Of his birth
and death. what all the details Of his marvellous ca
from IT, commencement o its close. in comparison
his own exalted character a. man Rarely was
Webster impressive than when on the completion
Of the monument ut Bunker Ill., IN describing what our
country had accomplished for the welfare iof mankind
be gave utteranco with his characteristic tergeness and
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