The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-06

Jefferson, Adams ana Madison We're stateSmen,
but in a larger sense. Men may marshal armiea
'~iio cannot drill divisions. Men may marshal
iiations in storm and travail who have not the
accomplishments OF their cabinet ministers.
Not so versed as they was he in the details of
political science. And yet as he studied tactics
when he anticiDated war, so he studied politics
Wien he foresaw his civil role approaching,
reading the history and examining the PRINCIPLES
OF ancient and modern confederacies and max
ing notes OF their virtues, defects and methods
OF operation. HIS pen did not possess the facile
play ana classic grace of their pens, ont his
vigorous eloquence had the clear ring OF on,
mother tongue. l viii not say that he vas SO
astnte, SO quick, so inventive as the one or an
other OF them that his mind was characterized
by tie viyaclty Of wit, the rich co!orings of
fancy, CT daripg flights of Imagination. But
Win MIN Thought and action, like well-trained
GGuTsers, kept abreast in the chariot race, guided
by an eye that never quaiied, refined by q hand
that never tfernbled He had a more infallible dis
elimination of circumstance and men than anyo OF
his contemporaries. He weighed facts in a just
er scale, With larger equity, and iirmer equa-
experience. With greater ascendancy of cllarac-
ter he held men to their appointed tasks; with
more inspiring vigor he commanded more I'M
plieit confidence. He bore a truer divining rod,
and through a wilderness of contention he alone
was the unerring pathfinder of the people.
There can indeed be no right conception Of
Washington that does not accord him a great
cluded with these words: In the name of the
people of the United States-their president,
titlI SeIhJoES. duu IElelr representatives. ana
their Judges. do crown to-day with the grandest
crowd that generation has ever lifted to the
brow of glory. him whom Virginia gave to Amer
W 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
H FIRST DEGREE OF GREATNESS,
whom Liberty herself has auointed as the first
citizen in the great republic of humanity. En-
compassed by the inviolate seas stands to-day
the American republic which he fouuded-a free
Greater ~Britain-uplifted above the powers and
principalities of the ealth, even as his monument
is uplifted over roof and dome, and spire of the
Washington! Respected by mankind, beloved
of all Its sons, long may it be the asylum of tho
poor and oppressed of all lands and religions
long may it be the citadel of that liberty which
writes beneath the eagles folded wings: we
will sell to no man, we will deny to no man,
light and Justice" Long live the United States
nous spirit, crowned by the wisdom.
blessed by the moderation, lowered over
by the guardian angel Of Washington's example;
may they be ever worthy in ell things to be de-
Tended by the blood of the brave vino knew the
rights of man and shrank not from this asscr-
ton. may they be each a column, and all together:
under the constitution, a perpetual temple OF
peace, unshadowed by a 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 undylng
ages may it stand, far removed in fact as IN
space from the Old Worlds feuds and follies-
solitary and alone in its grandeur and its glory,
itself the immortal monument of hlm whom
Providence commissioned to teach man the
power OF truth, and to prove TO the nations thai
their Redeemer liveth. .
Though having his manuscript or the desk
before him, Mr.. Daniel referred to it but
once or twice during the course of his ora
ton. He spoke in an easy manner, his voice
being finely modulated to suit the meaning
of his sentences, and his speech was &C
centuated and emphasized by graceful
gestures. Many times was he interrupted
by rounds of applause elected by his clean
cut and well-balanced periods and by hi
eloquent style of uttering them. AS h
closed, Senators Edmunds and Sherman
Speaker Carlisle and Representative Lon!
warmly congratulated him, while once NOR
the audience testified their appreciation o
the orators e%loquence, After Il ~benedictio1
by the chaplain of the house, the distin
guished guests departed and the speake
called the house to order. Adjourned til
Monday,