Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-02-22

monweaIths wheeled and faced to the
front on the line Of the Union under
the sacred sign Of the Constitution.
WIS CRowNrSa WORK.
Thus at last was the browning work
OF Washington accomplished. Out OF
the tcmpests OF war and the tumults OF
civil commotion the ages bore their
fruit, the long ycarning Of humanity
was answered. " Rome 10 1mcriea
Is the eloquent inscription on one stone
Of your colossal shaft--rather from the
ancient Temple OF Peace that once
stood hard by the Palace Of the Caesars.
Upriscn from the Sea Of Revolution.
fabricated from the ruins Of battered
Bastilcs and dismantled palaces of un-
hsllowed power, stand forth now the
Republic of republics, the Nation Of ma
tons, the Constitution Of constitutions,
10 which all lands and times and
tongues had contributed Of their wis
dom, and the priestcss Of Liberty was
in her holy temple.
When Marathon had been fought and
Greece kept free each OF the victorious
generals voted himself to be first in
honor, but all aged that Nliltiadcs was
second. When the most memorable
struggle for the rights Of human nature
of which time holds record was thus
happily concluded in the imminent OF
their preservation, whoever else was
second, unanimous acclaim declared
that Washington was first. Nor in
that struggle alone does he stand fore
most. In the name Of the people OF
the United States, their President, their
Senator's, and their Representatives,
and their judges, do crown to-day with
the grandest crown that veneration has
ever lifted to the brow Of glory him
whom Virginia gave to Manifestation
America has given to the world and to
the ages--and whom mankind with
universal suffrage has proclaimed the
foremost of the founders Of empire in
the first degree of grestneSs-whom
liberty herself has Amounted as the first
citizen in the great republic Of human
ty.
Encompassed by the inyiolate seas
stands to-day the American republic
which he, founded--a free Greater
Britain uplifted above the powers aud
principalities Of the earth. even as his
monument is uplifted over roof and
dome and spire Of the multitudinous
city.
Long live the Republic Of Washing
ton. Respected by mankind, beloved
by all its sons, long may it be the asy-
lum Of the poor and oppressed of all
lands and religions I; long may it be the
citadel of that liberty which writes be-
meath the eagles folded wings: g We
will sell to man, We will deny to no
man. right and Justice
Long live the United States of
America Filled with the free mag
unanimous spirit, crowned by the wis
dom, blessed by the moderation, how
cred over by the guardian angel of
Washington'S example, may they be
ever worthy in all things to be defended
by the blood of the brave who knew
the rights of maE-lnd shrunk not
from their aSsertion-may they be each
column. and all together, under the
Constitution, perpetual Temple of
Peace. umshadowed by Caesars palace;
at whose altar may freely commune all
who seek the union of Liberty and
Brotherhood.
Long live our country Oh, long
through the undying ages may it stand.
far removed in fact as in space from the
Old Worlds fcuds and follies-5olitary
and alone in its grandeur and its glory.
itself the immortal monument of Him
whom Providence commissioned to
teach man the power of Truth, and to
prove to the nations that their Re-
deemer liyeth.