The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-11

| respects 10 Mrs washington. Conuut'su
| by her grandson they approached her
/ house. and found her busy at work In her
| garden. clad in homespun garments. her
head covered with a plain. straw hat.
! Her face beamed with pleasure as she met
Lafayette, and she said to him. All
| Marquis, you see an old woman; but come
| IN, can make you welcome TO my dwell
| ing without the parade OF changing my
! dress" When he spoke Of the great ca
reer OF George Washington. she simply
said. II am not surprised at what George
| has done, because he was always gooh
boy" II have SEEN" said Lafayette, tine
| only Roman matron"
On the 18th OF April. 1883. washington
received at Mount Vernon official inter
ligence that he had been chosen frer no
dent Of the United States. he aI o"
prepared TO go to New YORK ana ~ a
upon the duties OF his office out ~
doing so he set out on the evening o
same day. mounted on his horse anu ~, a..
tended by his favorite body servant nIIS
Lee. 10 visit his mother IN inns ~.
He found her feeble In BODY. Du' oiIsn
minded and cheerful and he INFORMED
her that he had been elected Iresiuen''
and had come 70 bid her an aiec''oi ~ y
farnuou before assuming his once. 90
soon" he said "as the puoilc pus'ieso
which must necessarily be ehcouh'ereu !"
orraneino n new government can be as
a. shau hasten to Virginia"
"a horo che interrupted him. and said,
~, ,.,,II Geo me no more. Age and dis
-. .rn mo that ! shall not be long IN
~. r,orid. trust in God ] am somewhat
rod COR n better. But go; fUnll the
bisb destinies which Heaven appears 10
aeeIpn YOU: 20. and may Heaven 5 ana
your mothers blessing be with you al
ravs' This was the last meeting pc
tween the mother and the SON IN NJ
gust the 18th OF that year she uIeu' 80
on the 9th day Of that month. 17S9' al inc
:, otahy.tbree she was laid to rest
a. tho snot around which we are now as
sembled.
THE END CROWNS THE WORK.
For MANY years this grave remalneu
unmarked But that this mohu'le".
been slow 10 rise is no PROOF lh@' 40
Washington was unappreciated or Ioiso'
ION hundred years after the death oi
Dante the people Of Florence. where ne
was horn. begged his body from heVehna'
whore he died. Eighteen hundred years
after Armenus. in the Black forest'
heat hack the Iegions of Varus the peo-
nile NJ a great empire reared n monu-
mont TO him. That this monument II
reared now is better proof of apprecla-
lion than If It had been done under the
nornentarv impulse Of some transient
feeling Time is the great test, ana ,he
hoary years to-day set their seal on heI
glory while the teeming generations OF
which she did not dream rise up TO can
her blessed. One circumstance ana an
other has LEO to the delay. In l@3 the
Hon. Silas +. Burroughs, Of Buffalo' ~
Y. an opulent citizen, offered 10 erect
4 monument at his private expense Inc
cornerstone thereof was laid with I'M
posing ceremonies by the President OF
the United States, General Andrew jack
son. on the 7th day OF May. 1893. in the
presence OF a mighty concOurse Of peo-
pie and many distinguished guests. Re-
verses cut short Mr.. Burroughs plan'
and going to a distant land 10 repair
his fortunes, he ever bore in nina tne
desire to complete the work, OF WINCH
alas! his death forbade the consumma-
ton by his hands. Generous patriot let
him not be forgotten! The half-nnished |
monument fell into decay. Meantime
more than threescore years have rolled
by. Vast changes have taken place, ana
I'm the commissions Of civil strife armies
found their battle-felds among these old |
time graves. and In the blood Of the liv- I
ing were soaked the cerements Of the |
dead. But ideas never die. Holy thoughts |
struggle ever for fruition. Peace ever |
lifts her fair face up through the smoke |
Of conflict Patriotic hands essay again |
the broken tasks which have fallen from
those Of passion. and loving hearts oind |
up the wounds Of hate
MAY TIME AGAIN.
Once again the May time breaks, with |
its sunshine, it's verdure, and its bIos-
SONS. over the land whose hills and plains |
were shaken and whose homes were shat-
tered by the thunders Of war but no
more do the long lines come cleaning on
TO the deadly fray; no more is heard
1.-THE noise of the captains and the shout-
ings" no more are seen the garments
rolled in blood. Yet history repeats 1t
self and a mighty host again is mar
shaled upon these plains. Manhood and |
won1anhood and childhood are here, the
people have come from far and wide-the
old Masonic lodge Of which Washington !
was a member and the volunteer sodiery !
are gathered here. and our noble CHER |
MAGISTRATE and commandments. who |
fills the seat of Washington and Jack
son-they are all her to lift up the pure
ideals of the Republic and to imbibe and |
impress the lessons Of this consecrated |
day. 81 prophecy" says Thomas Carlyle.
that the world will once more become
sincere, n DelleNlnB NOliu, WITH many
heroes in It. a heroic world. 1t will
then be a victorious world never till
then" Fireside lessons and the mothers
love must make it so; sincere. believ-
ing, heroic victorious. In scenes like
this are tokens of fulfllment OF the
prophets vision. Patriotism. kneeling by
this good woman's grave invokes Its in
spiration and prays Gods blessing on the
land OF Washington.
Near the close Of his masterful Grafton
Senator Daniel. evidently having in mind
the splendid tribute paid him by the
President when he was introduced by him
10 the audience referred eXtemporaneously
chief magistrate. The vast throng anpre-
ciated this Appropriate recognition on the
part Of the orator OF the compliment be-
slowed and a loud cheer went up from
thousands Of lusty throats The cheer
had scarcely died away when one old
enthusiastic veteran from close by shouted
to Senator Daniel That's right; well
have you for President next time"
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS.
After the grafton Of Senator Daniel.
Governor O'Ferrall presented on behalf
Of the ladies Of the Mary Washington
Association of Fredericksburg. engrossed
resolutions expressing their thanks TO
the National Association for the erection
OF the monument.
These resolutions were gracefully de-