New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-01

orSsnisaon q me kc TrsasuIy to Hamilton ana
~ jay 10 sss and most eminent
nd e.es % i hs iHs%.Sn Ssssat ~
men OF DIS assSned the srmory ana sns "tness but
nSS promotion National P0s carried them through
Washington: and party passions were in1 Ssny
ess!iss 1ers Incorporate and taS rs the arm
threatened .Da 'S %ssty Personality dM ne deb.
pressure is,.sished credit assumed M1 nd .vpeweded
s ,ned 10 he wa. Of the duties upon
b snd excise sIss s1 BANKING system
md orF,nroa, BUSINESS and called on. an
public needs s sna BY force Of 70 ts
s% ss, avs imposing gnpSsnaec this great archi.
pisn MARKED out BY the and unfaterins courage
let ~ tSe Republic gave TO t ~ po%er which
s Irsincpls Of seon ana ibe wars with Great
s.nsd Isfs and Mexro in 1s4s WHOA sraed and
Snon to defeat null:heaoni ,H Sn and justified
equipped millions % P5ro sS Of Emancipation
snT Ths French Revolution was th n,vJed world The
france and the nightmare OF .n9 IN fghtsul reprsas
rose Of Ss
pss,ed to the Clotine; ,t shs every and
ss.e all anSgT and enthusiasm of mi1 Ss
n every land who belisysG 81 ali institutions
Of ana Of e
y, ma, t,,,bs and industrial
AT distress cocasionsd y,s the Articles of CON:
vo sSH sssspuoe s Of ssIs Its G sH%
existence plunge into inc bent to the storm but
purest statesmen O Of sas He stood like the rock
NASH coast Of continent between .a' love- Order is
Of fsnscism and the e sSe mind Of washington was
asayen Ths Revoou desed God ana stp snd
law washington dsy9S1t,y without law He spoke TO
eseveS Ssr 0f suGrmsst Nation ana sas ron
the saycd t the ,S'l Minister who had sp
ruin and S% 10 the people The whole LAND seeing
stetT only In bis contnusnes IN sc Cie ;e North
!on n S5sn ssesaed the secretary will hang together
Ehils they have you to hahR w.
"ni0 W. ,rurNrs EMBODIED IN ONE MAN.
an IN aver stood for much 10 his country ana
4. .s.nr,nd ~ George Washington. Hamilton. JET
-" IND Adams, Msiison and Jay. each represented
,ons ~ the elements which formed the cnion' wash
so.s embodied them all They fell at times under
ms.o. d,.,pproyal were burned in effigy were
VY ,u, hs with unerring judgment, was always
10 sdsr Of the people. Milton said OF chwe
ne ,s. Eva var made him great, peace greater me
tnA - NJ Wsshington's character and genius were
g nnspc,o,s In the formation Of our Government
o H IN patlne 1t on indestructibo foundations hah
bsdns armies to victory ana Tbe nop IN 1' any
~, "a the central thought Of his farewell address
"a Al, the years Of his grand lfe were oeVo'eo "
M formstIon and preservation he iought as Soun
~ rsddock and In the capture Of Fort Dn Quesne ior
~ nrotection of the whole country. AS COMMANDER
ns ctef Of the Continental Army. his commission ws'
from the Congress OF the oniea Ho'onm the pr,si
sent and dominant spirit OF the Convention WHICH
framed it's Constitution and i'S President ior sgnt
Te.r and guided ITS s1prss pn, 81 ims - would be
mrey ascending toward tho first place among me
psons OF the world, the asylum OF the oppressed 'he
m his comtrymen exacgerate his virtues? Listen
IA (;uaot the historian OF civilization Il" Washington
lid the two greatest things which IN politics u y per
,Hered BY war He founded free government IN Inc
ssr sway. Hear lord ErsSine, the most famous
y English sdvocates You are the only oclns ine
Thom have an awful reverence enc ro,sst n paramcn
An orator who ever swayed the British House OF
COMMONS Ilustrous man. before whom S an nOr
,Ists the character Of Lord Brougham. pre.eminent
or two generations in every department OF human rnm
ries Of your children his deliberate judgment III
n time shall be no moro Will test OF me nroa rs
our race f., has msas IN Td To the
Chatham. who. with Give. conquered an Empire In
Nc the West. by follies which even his power and
ioqaence could not prevent PITT saw tns v and
o. snn@y NAPOLEON s.r.ss tribute 2 w: ash
Q nse to washneton's greatness witnessed the vast
erected BY conquest and cemented by booh
TO s s1s own ex as sUS he
his last babblng OF battle fields and CARNAGE wash
ston With his finger upon hs pulse. felt the presence
81 DEATH and calmly reviewing the past and
he future, answered to the summons OF the grim
messenger 1T we' and as his I'm, mighty rs s smd
,sse Of history the Of ali the great actors Of his
% Wsshinston' and the century would be renowned.
20 CLOUDS ABOVE AND NO CONCLUSIONS BE-
We stand to-day upon tho dividing Ene o.tw'e"
he first and second century OF Constitutional Gov
,rnment There are no clouds overhead and no con-
vusions under our feet We rverently return thanks
10 Almighty God for the past, and With confident
md hopeful promise march upon sure ground toward
he future The simple facts Of these hundred years
paralyze the Imagination. and We contemplate tho
Tast accumulations of tho century with awe and
PRIDE. Our population has grown from four to sixty,
nce $780, IS eloquent with the founding OF cities
md tho birth OF States New settlements. clearing
hs forests and Subduing tho praics and aiding four
he support Of Washington's Republic, create one o.
he great granares OF the world. and open exhaust
ess reservoirs Of National WI aith.
The infant industree which the hrst act OF our first
administration sought to encourage, now give remu,
he Republic 81 the beSinnns If Tashimstons Presi
iency. The grand total Of their annual output OF
even thousand millions Of dollars In value places The
United States first among the manufacturing countries
II the earth. One-half the total mileage OF al the
alroads, ana one quarter Of all the telegraph Enes OF
he world within borders, testify 20 the volume.
vasae,y and value Of internal commerce which makes
hose States, II need be, Independent, ard sclfsuppo-t
ng. These hundred years OF development under
Iavoang political conditions have brought the sum Of
Dur Nauonal %eslth to figure shcn mas Iassc,; the
results OF thousand years for the Mother land her
sell, otherwise ito richest OF modern empires
Our1ng THIS generation, q civil war OF uDeQuard
caused the expenditure and Loss OF eight
thousand millions Of dollars, aud killed COO 900 and
permanently disabled over million young men and
yet the im6eIsous posross Of the North and The
marvellous industrial development OF the new aud
free South have obliteraed the evidences Of
md made The war memory, and have stimulated
production until our annual plus nearly euuals thai
'f England, France and Germany coinbIned' Th,
eeming millions OF Asia TIL the patient soI and work
he shuttle and loom Is their fathers have done for
,eiyed the benefit of the ncalcuiabe multiniSc ."n
Of force by Inventive genius since the Napoeonic wars
md yet Only ESQ years after the little bard nj III,
rims landed on Plymouth Rock, our people. number
globe do onc-tbird Of its mining, one fourth ~ Ws
2 manufacturing, one fifth OF its agriculture, and own
pnesxth Of Its wealth. ~ ""n
Thu. realism Of material prosperity SURPRISING tho
widest creations Of the romancers who have a,on o
:shod ana delighted mankind would DO full Of danger
for the present and menace for the future ~ H.
virtue Intelligence and Independence OF the peonc