Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-21
MIR. DANIELS GRAFTON.
The Eloquent PerOrafiOn Of His Adj
dress at the GaDitOl.

Hon.L. ". Daniel in his grafton this afternoon
after referring to the ancestry of Washington
ana then passed into q graphic and glowing
sketch of Washington's life.-a panorama of
striking word paintings-"F Fascinated by the
break the mirror of admiration into the frag-
mentS of analysis. But, 10. as we attempt it.
every fragment becomes the miniature of such
subllmlty and beauty, that the destructive
hand can only multiply the forms of immortal
ity.
Grand and manifold as were its phases. there
is Yet no difficulty in understanding the char
acter of Washington He was no Yelled Prophet
He never acted a part. Simple, natural and I'M
affected his life lies before us-a fair and open
manuscript He disdained the arts which wrap
power and mystery, in order to magnify It. He
practiced the profound diplomacy of truthful
Speech-the cOnSummate tact of direct atten-
ton. Looking everto the All-WiSe Disposer of
events, he relied on that Provide nee which
helps men, by giving them high hearts and
hopes, to help themselves with the means which
their Creator has put at their service. There
was no infirmity in his conduct over which
Charity must fling its veil; no faint of selfish
ness from which Purity averts her gaze: no
dark recess of intrigue that must be lit up with
colored panegyric: no Subterannean passage to
be trod in trembling lest there be stirred the
ghost OF a buried crime"
After paying eloquent tribute to Washing
tons military genius and lofty qualities as a
commander, Mr.. Daniel said "AnG vet there
is greater theatre in which Washington
appears although not so often has its curtain
For it was as a statesman that Washington
was greatest. Not in the sense that Hamilton
statesmen; but in larger sense Men NAV
marshal armies who cannot drill divisions
Men may marshal nations 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 Anticipated war
so he studied politics when he foresaw his civil
role approaching, reading the history and
examining the principles of ancient and
their virtues, defects and methods of operation
His pen did not possess the facile play and
CLASSIC rnns grace Of their pens but his vigo
mother tongue. / will not say that he was so
astute, SO quick, so inventive as the one or
another of them, that his mind was charac-
terized by the vivacity of wit, the rich colorings
of fancy, or daring flights of Imagination But
with him thought and action like we'll trained
coursers Kept abreast in the chariot race, guided
by an eye that never quailed, refined by a hand
that never trembled. He had more infaIlible
any OF his contemporaries. He weighed facts in
Juster scale; with larger equity, and ffrmer
equanfimity He best applied to them the les
of character he held men to their appointed
tasks; with more inspiring virtue he com
manded more implicit confidence. He bore a
truer divining rod, and through a wilderness of
contention he alone was the unerring Pathfinder
of the People,"
the inviolate seas stands to-day the Ame,i an
Republic which he founded-a free Or alter
Britain-uplifted above the powers and pr,nci-
palities of the earth, even as his monument is
uplifted over roof and dome and spire of the
multitudinous city,
Long live the Republic of Washington. Re-
spected by mankind, beloved of all its sons
long may 1t be the asylum of the poor and OPP
pressed of all lands and religions-long may 1t
be the citadel of that Liberty which writes be-
meath the Eagles folded wings: ave will sell to
Justice"
Long live the United States of America!
Filled with the free magnanimous spirit,
crowned by the wisdom, blessed by the mod
Grafton, lowered over by the guardian angel Of
. ba
worthy in all things to be defended by the blood
Of the brave who know the rights of man. and
shrink not from their assertion;-may they be
each column, and all together, under the Con-
stitution,, a perpetual Temple of Peace, un-
Swallowed by a Ctesars palace;-at whose altar
may freely commune ali who seek the union of
Liberty and Brotherhood.
Long live our Country! Oh, long through the
undyfng ages may it stand, far removed In fact
as in space from the Old Worlds feuds and fol-
lies-sOlitary 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 Redeemer uveth."