The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-15

House of Representatives and his appea
was instantly needed.
Thus nc was ever keenly watchful Of
the rights Of the people in whose hands
was tho destiny Of our government then
ana now. Masterful as wero his mill
tary campaigns his civil administration
commands equal admiration. His fore
sight was marvellous His conception Of
the philosophy of government, his in
sistenco upon the necessity of education,
morality, and enlightened citizenship to
the progress and pernanency of the re-
public cannot he contemplated even at
this period without filling us with aston
ishment at the breadth Of his comprehen-
sion and the sweep of his vision. His was
no narrow view of government. The i'm
mediate present WIS not his sole concern,
but our future good his constant theme
of study.
Blazed the Path OF Liberty.
He blazed the path of liberty He laid
the foundation upon which we have
grown from weak and scattered colonial
governments 10 united republic whose
domains and power, rs well as whose lib
erty and freedom, have become the admira-
tiGn of the world. Distance and time
have not detracted from the fame and
force of his achievements or diminished
the grandeur of his life and work. Great
deeds do not stop in their growth and
ence in all the centuries to follow.
The bequest Washington has made TO
civilization is rich beyond computation
The obligations under which he has
placed mankind are sacred and command
ing. The responsibility he has left for
the American people To preserve and per
feet what he accomplished, is exacting
and solemn. let us rejoice in every new
evidence that the people realize what they
enjoy and cherish with affection the illus
trious heroes Of the evolutionary story
whose valor and sacrifices made us "a ma
tion. They live In us and their mempry
will help us keep the covenant entered
into for the maintenance of the freest
government on earth.
The nation and the name Of Washing
ton are inseparable. One Is linked indls-
solubly with the oih,r Both are glor-
ious, both triumphant. Washington lives
and will live, because what he did was
for the exaltation Of man, the enthrone-
ment of conscience and the establishment
Of government which recognizes all the
governed. And so, too, viii the nation
live victorious over all obstacles adhering
10 the immortal principles which WASH
ington taught and Lincoln sustained.
Description of the Monument.
The monument, which is the design of
Professor Rudolph Siemering, "a cele-
bratcd sculptor of Berlin is about 40 feet
high. From an oblong PLATFORM reached
on four sides by 13 steps, symbolical of
the thirteen original states, rises ped
destal bearing an equestrian statue in
bronze Of General Washington. The
Father Of His Country is represented i'm
the colonial uniform of the American
army. "A large military cloak being thrown
around his commanding figure. At the
four corners of the platforms are fountains,
served 10y allcgorical figures of American
Indians, representing four rivers. the Del
aware, Hudson, Potomac and Missis-
sippi. On the sides, each of these foun-
tains is guarded by typical American an
imals, eight in all. At the front and
hack of the pedestal are two allegorical
groups, the former representing America
seated, holding in one hand "A cornucopia;
in the other "a trident, and having at her
feet chains just cast Off She is in the
act of receiving from her victorious sons
the trophies of their conquest Below
this group is an eagle supporting the
arms of the United States.
The group in the back represents Amer
lea arousing her sons tO "a sense of their
slavery. Below are the arms of Penn
| sylvania. On the sides of tho pedestal
are two bas-relcfs one representing the
| march of the American army, the other a
western bound emicrant train. On one
| side the pedestal beals the inscriptions
'Sic Scmper Iyrannis, and Per Aspera
| ad Astra;' on the other Westward the
| Star of Empire Takes Its Way Sur
| rounding the upper portion of tie lcdes-
tai is the legend, Erected by the State
| Society of the Cincinnati. y