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

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my friend and the friend Of MANKIND
George Washington. Ifitwerc seen.
ire he has merited it, and would De-.
come il"
Happy, happy America wrote
Gouyerneur Morris from Pari. in l7Q3
when the French revolution was maxim
such terrific progress happy. happy
America, governed by reason. by Law
by the man whom she loves, whom N,
almost adores, II is the pride Of INV
life to consider that man as nv friend
and hope long to be honored with TIA,
title"
II have always admired" wrote m
him Count llerzburg, from Berlin
where he had presided for thirty years
over the Ministry Of Foreign Affair."
under Frederick the Great, A" have A..
ways admired your great virtues and
qualities, your diSintereSted patriot,n
your mistaken courage and >lmplic.,,
Of manners-qualiiications by which
you surpsss men even the most celc.
brated oil antiquity"
I" am sorry" wrote Patrick Henry
then Governor Of Virginia, in allu>oa
to the accusations of one Of the noto.
rious factions Of i717. ~ am sorry
there should be one man who count,
himself my friend who is not yours"
Thomas Jefferson, who, We all knou
sometimes differed from him, took pans
at later period Of his life to sayol him
in record for posterity: " liz 20.
tegrity was most pure his justice ii.
most infexiblc have ever known. n,
motives Of interest or cOnsangulnity. O.
friendship or hatred, being able to bias
his decision. lie was. indeed, in ever,
sense Of the word, wise, a good, and
great man."
"lf could now present myself.
wrote Edmund Randolph, who bad
made injurious imputations on Na,h-
ington before and after his dl,ml>>a
from the Cabinet in l195, If could
now present myself before your ven
Grated uncle he wrote most touch
ingly to Judge Bushrod Washington u
1910, lit would be my pride To con.
TESS my contrition. that I suffered M,
irritation, let the cause be what 4.
might. to use some Of tho>,
expressions respecting him, whic'
at this moment of indfu
ence to the world, wish 10 recall. a.
being inconsistent with my subsequer.
conviction. My life will, hope. D,
sufficiently extended for the rccordir-
Of my sincere opinion Of his virtues and
merit in a style which is not the result
Of mind merely debilitated by nus.
fortune, but Of that Christian ph'o,.-
ply on which alone ! depend fr I'm
ward tranquility"
And far more touching AMI morcu'
ing still is the fact that even Thorn
Conway the leader Of that dcSpeab.
cabal at Valley Forge. but who h,cia
redeem his name IN other landsif np r
our own, when believing himself O. t
mortally wounded IN duel On ~.
and "uSt able" as be SAID "t.
hold the pen for 4 few minutes.
employed those lcw minute
writing to Washington 70 c>r,c--
his D." sincere grief for having dom.
written, or said anything di,agrccab'r
to him, adding these memorable word-
"You are IN my eye, the great ana
good man. May You long enjoy Che
love. ycncration, and esteem OF these
State, whose liberties YOU have a..
serted by your virtue, ."
TESTIMONY Oh ms LIFE.
From his lllu>tuou> friend, Alo.aH-
der Hamilton. need not cite NO.
Ills whole life bore testimony. more lu.
preSSiye than words. to an admiration
and affection for ms great chief which
could not be exceeded. and which no
momentary misunderstanding copid
shake.
But listen once more, and only one
more. to Lafayette. writing To Na~u.
ington from Cadiz IN 1888, when th,
glad tdings Of the Treaty of Peace hal
lust reached him " Were you buf
such man a. julius Caesar or t'e
King of Prussia should almost 10,
sorry for YOU at the end of tho great
tragedy where you are acting Sucu =
part. Bnt. with my dear General.
rejoice at the blessings of peace 30
which our noble end, have been ST.
cured. A. for you, who truly
can say you have done all this. whi
must your ylrtuouS and good heart
feel in the happy moment when tie
revolution YOU have made Is now firmly
established Rightly and truly did
Lafayette say that his beloved genera.
was of another spirit and OF a diiler'n'
mould from Caesar and Frcderirs.
Washington had little or nothing W
common with the great military hero,
Of his own or any other age onqucr-
ing for the sake of conquest" Vadm-
through slaughter 10 throne -
and oyerrumng the world, a.
countless cost of blood and Treasure. COO
crafty their own ambition or to rcaIl'
some mad dreams OF universal cmlG..
No ancient Plutarch has furnished any
Just parallel for him IN thi, respect. 80
modern plutarch will find one. IN aI
history. ancient aud modern alike. f.
stand, IN this respect a. individual and
unique as yonder majestic needle.
In hiS eulogy on Washington beior"
the Legislature of Massachusetts,, thr
eloquent Fisher AmeS. my earliest prc.
deccssor in Congress, from the Boston
district. said. ciehtv-fyc wears ag). tni'
in contemplating hi, career and char
ter mankind perceived some chang
in their ideas OF greatness.
The Splcndor OF power. aud even tHt
name OF congucror. had grown dun r'
their eyes. They knew aut a..
that the worlds wealth and It's emP'r.
TOO. would be- a bride far beneath hl>
acceptance ie>. they all saw th.'
he bore ever in hi> mint and heart. a.
he said at Philadelphia on his way -
Cambridge. ~ l,1j, that "a, the
sword was the last resort for the pre-
>eryation of our Liberties. 80 It ought %
he the first thing laid aside when tho-e
liberties were firmly established.
And they saw him lay down his