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

ma myself growing blind. This un-
4 affected touch Of nature completed the
masters spell. The late fomentcrs Of
insurrction gathered 10 their chief with
words Of vcneration- 1.-The storm went
hy---and says Curtis in his History Of
the Constitution t" Had the command
er-in-chief been other than Washington
the land would have been dclugcd with
the blood OF civil war"
But not yet was washington's work
accomplished. Peace dawned upon the
weary land, and parting with his sol
dicrs he pleaded with them for union.
:. Happy, thrice happy, shall they be
pronounced" he said, ''who have con-
tribnted anything in erecting this stu
pcndous fabric Of freedom and empire;
who have assisted in protecting the
rights Of human nature and establish
ing an asylum for the poor and cp-
pressed Of all nations and religions
But still the foundations OF the
stupendous fabric trembled, aud
no cement held its stones to-
ycthcr. IL was then that. with
tbickcning peril, Washington rose to
his highest stature. Without civil sta
ton TO call forth his utterance, i'm
pclIed by the intrepid impulse of a soul
that could not see the hope OF nation
perish without lcaping into the stream
10 save il, he addressed the whole peo-
pie Of America IN a circular to the
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ONE OF HIS GREATEST ACTS
In this, one Of the very greatest acts
of Washington. was revealed the heart
Of the man, the spirit Of the hero, the
wisdom of the sage might almost say
the sacred inspiration OF the prophet.
But still the wing OF the eagle
dropped the gathering storms batiled
his sunward flight. Even with Wash
ington in the van the column wavered
and halted---States struggling to the rear
that had hitherto been foremost for per-
manent union under an eflicscious cOnsti-
tuition. And while three years rolled by
amidst the iargon of sectional and local
contentious. the hali-starved Govern
ment." as Washington depicted it,
"limped along Oh crutches. lettering at
every STEP" And while monarchical
Europe. with saturnine face. declared
that the American hope of Union was
the wild and visionary notion of ro-
nance. and predicted that We would be
to the end of time disunited peo-
ple. suspicious and dStrustful of each
other. divided and sub-divided into
petty commonwealth and principalties,
10 : the very earth yawned under the
feet Of America, and in that very re-
gion whence had come forth a glorious
band of orators. statesmen. and sol
diers to plead the cause and fight the
battles Of Indcpendencc--lo the vol
canic fires Of Rebellion burst forth upon
the heads Of the faithful, and the mill
tia were leyelling the guns of the
Revolution against the breasts of their
brethren. What, Gracious God.
is man." Washington exclaimed
lit was but the other day that
we were shedding our blood to OBJ
tais the constitutions under which
we live, and now we are unsheathing
our swords to overturn them" But
see There is a ray of hope. Maryland
aud Virginia had already entered into
commercial treaty for regulating the
navigation of the rivers and great bay
in which they had common interest.
and Washington had been one of the
commissioners in ITS negotiation. And 1
now. at the suggestion of MARYLAND.
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