The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-01

~ IN llle r. 49, xhe he4znufux az M
n1xfy yea<'& war f0f the tcnzzixuffcn and
he maiden. Il sesrod conzcSeneez. de-
ssssesnsas sad rsssrssd fhs s:ssnss ara
t<TelcpMeut az the country, Is sacrificed
hn1dreds Of tknusands az precious ssves.
&ud e9uAn1efed thousands of millions 81
noucy. * d<sp;a<ed the fxxfcx< portion a
fae 5a6d end carried mourning into every
home north and south; bnk Il ended ~ Az
pomaxtsx II the aheosufs friumph Of the
zep1hlfc.
Roslerisy owes 70 wasAinssoa's senint.-
trax<on the pai;cy ana measures. the force
and direction which made possible this
elorioas resuiE In giving TIE organization
of the department of state and foreigu ~
lations 70 jefYerson, the treasury Is Hnuail-
ton. and the supreme ecuyf 80 JAy. he -
Iected for his cabinet and called to his ~
distance the ahfes< and uoas eminent men
Of his time Hamiiton's marvellous versa
aEsfy aEd genizs designed the armory and
ne ssApons for the promotion Ct nassonei
xfeady support carried tsezn through.
Prizes erysEaitxed, anu parry passions
were intense. debates we're aniempexste,
and the Union openly threatened and
secretly plotted against. as the drTn pres
s sr s q , as m.nsy psrssns i fandsS
the state debts Incurred IN she war of the
revolution and superseded the local by the
national obligation. imposed duties upon
imports and excise upcn spirits and cre-
xsed reFenne ard resources. organized =
nsaonal banning system for pubic needs
army 70 pat down by force OF arms resist
ance 20 the federal laws imposing nnpon-
ular taxes. Upon the plan marked out by
the constitution, this great architect with
unfasiing faith and unfalftrsng courage.
oaslded shs republic; ae ssse 70 the gov,
sources OF power which carried II success
fEiiv through the wars with Great Britain
IN 1872 and Mexico in 1S0S, which enabled
Jackson 10 defeat notification, and re-
crmised and equipped millions Of men fer
Lincoln aud justified snd sustained his
Proclamation Of Emancipation.
The French revolution was the bloody
reality OF France and the nightmare of the
civilized world. The tyranny of centuries
illuminated In frightful reprisals and reek-
less rcveuges. As parties rose to power
and passed 10 the gaillotine, the frenzy of
every country. and captured the magma
tons and enthusiasm OF millions in every
land, who believed they saw that the mad
ness OF anarchy, the overthrowfng of all
Institutions. the confixcation and distrfbu-
ton of property, would END in milleR-
brotherhood of man. Enthusiasm for
Fsance, our late ally. and the terrible COM
merciai ana industrial distress occasioned
by the failure OF the government under
the articles of confederation. aroused en-
almost unanimous cry for the young re-
public. not yet sure OF It's own existence,
TO plunge into the vortex The ablesf and
purest statesmen OF the time bent to the
storm. but Washington was unmoved He
stood like the rock-r!bbed coast of Con-
necticut between the surgiug pillows OF
fanaticism and the child OF his love. Order
Il. ~ L.. N.
Washington was order. The revolution
de6ed God and derided the law. WASH
ingfon devoutedly reverenced the Deity
and believed liberty impossible without
law. He spoke to the sober judgment OF
the nation and made clear the danger. He
saved the infant government from ruin,
and expelled the French minister who had
appealed from him to the people. The
whole land, seeing safety only in his con
tinuance IN office, joined Jefferson in
arging him 10 accept second term
North and South" pleaded the secretary,
will hang together while they have You
to hang e"
country aud 10 mankind as George Wash
ington- Hamilton. jefferson and Adams,
Madison aud Jay. each represented some
OF the elements which formed the union.
Washington embodied them ali. They fell
at times under popular disapproval, were
burned In efiigy. were stoned, but he with
unerring judgment was always the leader
of the people. Milton said OF Cromwell,
THAT war made hiEs great, peace greaserd
The superiority of Waskif gten's character
and genius werc more conspicuous in the
formation OF our government and in put
ting il on understandable foundations than
In leading armies to victory and conquer
ing the independence OF his country. SThe
union In any event, Is the central thought
of his farewell address. and all the years
of his grand life were devoted to its forma-
ton and preservation. He fought as a
youth with BradGock aud In the capture
of Fort Du Quesne for the protection of the
whole country. As commander-in-chief
of the Continental army, his commission
was from the Congress OF the United Col
onies- He inspired the movement for the
republic. was the president and dominant
spirit of the convention which framed It's
constitution and its president for eight
years. and guided it, course until satisfied
that moving safely along the broad high
toward the first place among the nations OF
the world, the asylum OF he oppressed.
the home OF the free.
Do his countrymen exagrerate his yir-
tuesg Listen to Guizot, the historian of
civilization: washington did the two
greatest things which in politics II is per.
miited man 10 attempt. He maintained by
which he conquered by war. He founded
q free government in the name of the prin-
ciples Of order and by re-establiehing their
sway Hear Lord Ersk;ne, the most ia.
nous of English advocates: ssYou are the
only being for whom have an awful rev
erence." Remember the tribute of Charles
James Fox, the greatest parliamentary Or
ator who ever swayed the British house of
commons: s'IIlustrious man, before
whom all borrowed greatness sinks into In
significance Contemplate the character
of Lord Brougham, pre-eminent for two
activity ond thought. and then impress
upon the memories of your children his
deliberate judgment: Until time shall be
no more will test of the progress which
our race has made In wisdom aud virtue
be derived from the veneration paid 70 the
immortal name OF Washington
Chatham, who with Give conquered an
empire in the East. died broken-hea al
the loss of the empire in the West, by fol-
lies which even his power aud eloquence
could not prevent. Pitt saw the vast crea-
tions OF hts diplomacy shattered at Austen
iiiz. and feb murmuring: My country how
noble tribute to washington TO be read At
the head Of his armies. but, unable 10 rise
to Washington's greatness, witnessed the
vast structure erected by conquest and ce-
mcnted b. blood, 10 minister TO his own
ambition sud pride, cruzable into frag
ments. and ga exile and a prisoner he
and carnage. Washington, with his finger
upon ais pulse, felt the presence OF death,
and calmly reviewing the past and fore
easting the future. answer red TO the sum-
mons of the grim messenger, .sIt is well"
and as his mig hty soul assembled 10 God
the land was deluged with tears and the
world nnited In his ealogy. Blot out frem
the page OF history the names Of sIl the
great actors In the drama OF nations, aud
preserve the name of Washington, and the
century would be renowned.
We stand to-day upon the dividing line
between the first aud second century of
constitutional government There are no
clouds overhead, and no commissions
under our feet We reverently return
thanks to Almighty God for fhe past, aud
with confident and hopeful promise
march upon sure ground towards the
future. The simple facts OF these hundred
years parslyKe the imagination, and we
contemplate the vast acguBulatlons Of the
century with awe snc pride. Our popula.
ton has grown from four 20 sixty-dve
millions. It's center moving westward
ave hundred miles since 1859, Ia eloquent
with the founding OF cities and the birth
of states New settlements. clearing the
forests and sHeiuing the prairies. and sda.
Ing four millions TO tho few thousands of
farms which were the support OF Wash
!netOn's republic. create onn of the great
granarEes o. the world, and oDen exhaust.
less reservoirs OF national wealth.
The infant industries. which the firss act
OF Cur nfss administration sought 70 en-
courage naw give Tsmuntratige employ
ment 10 more pe0pie than Inhabited the
republic az the hsTinning 81 NaShsnxsoEss
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