Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-27


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rent action or The two branches Of conaIess The
completion crowns the work. To-day thai work
speaks for ITSELF and needs no either orator.
Mute and nfeless ss it Seems, It has living and
audible voice for I'll who behold i, and no one
one, Ithtnk, longer scavh about Its design 70
not the acknowledged preeminSnce OF the
father OF his country, mrs. without a. second.
more fifty and adequately represented by that
soaring shaft. rising high above trees and spires
and domes, and all the smoke End stir OF earth
IS he ever rose above secticna1 pre1udtces. and
ping and dominating all it's surroundings. CLEAN
ing and glistening out at every vista as far as
human sight can reach. arrestdng and riyet1ng
antly to the skies? Does not--does not.
repeat, 8*55 a.5f s.93 ny 4
s s1ss'$&E arfAr FOR hse ~ rfrrr IS
remind all who gaze at Il, more forcibly. than
anu arch nr statne conld AZ HAT thnra 10 ma
name in American history above iii other names
one cl,arncter more exalted than all other char,
acters, one example to be studied ana rever.
enced beyond ali other examples. one bright
particular star In the clear upper sky Of our
armament, whose guiding light and. peerless
lustre are for all men and for all ages never ia
be lost sight Of. never to be unheeded? OF that
name, OF that character. OF that example, OF
that glorious guiding light, our obelisk, stand
ing on the very spot selected by Washington
himself for monument to the American Revo-
meridian, will be 8 unique memorial and symbol
forever. For oh. my friends, let us not longer
forget, or even seem to forget, that we are here
to commemorate, not the monument but the
man. The well known leading events in the
life OF Washington were recounted, the speaker
saying, among other things: It was well said
by John Milton. in one OF his powerful defenses
Of the people OF England, War has made many
great, whom peace makes small" But OF Wash
ingcon we may say, as Milton said Of Crom we'll,
that. while wal made him great, peace
1ah 800. n
peace alike gave opportunity for the display Of
those Incompatible innate qualities, which no
mere circumstances could create or destroy.
severe simplicity, and far more than all Of the
massive grandeur. which were the characters
tics Of Egyptian architecture, bears no inscrip-
carved on it, Around it's base bas-reliefs in
bronze may possibly one day be placed. tllustra-
tive of some of the great events OF Washing
toms life: while on the terrace beneath may:
perhaps, be arranged emb)ematfc figures OF
j ustice and Patriotism, OF Peace, Liberty and
Union. All this. however, may we'll be left FOL
future years. or even for future generations,
Each succeeding generation indeed will take
its own pride in doing whatever NAV be wisely
done in adorning the SURROUNDINGS OF this ma.
lestic pile. and in TINS =
to the memory Of the fathe, ~ his conntrv vet
to the minds eve of an American patriot those
marble faces viii rover seern vacantnever saan,
void or voice,ess What are ali tha nohla u,orda
which Washinptnn ,vrota ~ nttared 1yh.t ora
all the incidents of his birth and death what nre
all the details Of his marvellous career from ita
commencement to it's close, in comparison with
his own exalted character al a mani Rarely was
Webster more impressive than when. on the
completion Of the monument at Bunker Hill, In
describing what our country had accornplished
for the welfare of manklnd. he gave ntterance
with his characterisJic tcrscness. and in his in,
imitable tones, to the simple assertion. ~Amer-
lea has furnished the character of Washingtonl"
And we'll did he add that. If our American
institutions had done nothing else. that
alone would have entitled them to the
respect of mankind. The orator then
dweIt Mt considera HE length nnon the exalted
character Of Washington. and tributes to the
Rather of his country by Byron. Lord Brougha1n.
Fox, Irskine and others were quoted THE ex-
ample and character Of Washington were com
included to the younr men of the cOnntrv Yet
let me not seem, even tor moment, to throw of
upon the children the rghrful share of those re-
sponsibilities which belongs to their fathers
Upon us upon u.s. it devoves to provide that the
advancing generations shall be able to compre-
bend, and equal to meet, the demands which are
thus before them It is ,ours-it Is yours espe-
cially' senator's and representatiyes-to supply
wv M.y,i VIZ = y. 'it'' - t. et'uS s
withnnt Which any inte'l;nent and snccessfn1
trea covarnment ia imnossihie We are inst en-
tering on a new Olympiad Of our national his
tory-the tw2nty-fifth Olympiad since Washing
ton first entered upon the administration Of our
constitutional government.
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
mas az o E ~ no o snG n@
tS 10y pd viahes " W aI
nc y' him in the resnonsibtieS On Witch he
is about to enter No distinction Of party or Of
section prevents our all feeling alike that our
country, by whomsoever governed, is still and
always cur country, to be cherished in all our
hearts, t. be upheld and defended by al our
nans tne oissslo Groses -, on 5's
TniI T. wdTh the arntations If nnited and glori
GUS nation. Il NAV. or NAV not, be proof against
the cavils of critics, but nothing OF human con-
struction Is against the casualties OF time. Tue
storms or Wlnter must oloW ana Dea1 upon ~.
INC aGt1on OF 9h9 elcinencs mnst sou anu us
color II. Inc llRnInlhgs OF heaven may sci!i anu
blacken It,: An earthquake may shake us 1oun-
dations. Some mighty tornado, or reslstless
cyclone, may reno It's MASSIVE Dlocks asund e
hal hW whad e ns and @
trates is secure It will remain unchanged ana
Interchangeable in all it's consummate purity and
splendor, and will more and more command the
homage OF succeeding ages in all regions Of the
forever!'
Mr., Long smoke from the clerks desk in an
,r,'ross s ,3onuar ava and in a Voice which.
thaush not loud was SO clear as to reach
every corner in the chamber The eloquent
passages OF the speech were delivered with
fervor, which elected frequent bursts OF ap-
plause, and as Mr.. Long read the peroration,
the multitude broke into storm of APP
nlouse On the ripht of the sneaker were
ftha chan,ains Of the sonata md honsa and
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commission. As Mr.. Long ceased the band
struck up "Colum bia, the Gem of the Ocean,
and az the strains of the mir ended Mr.. Ed
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