The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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great American, George Washington. Had
he lived to see yesterday he would have
been an old man, full of years. for 166
years are quite, jag of time. when one
considers It fully
The day was observed in this city. and
presumably IN other cities. after fash
lon Flags were hoiSted on many Of the
principal buildings and the employees OF
the banks, grocery stores and the post
office took holiday. The only people in
town VINO kept the day as il should have
been KEEP. were the newspaper workers.
Their minds Were concentrated on Wash
ington all day: They wished they had
peen porn IN his time SO that they could
nave fought with him at Monmouth at
White Pains and at Yorktown Then
they wouldn't have had 10 work yester-
day, While everyone else was resting.
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Washington was q great man-in his
time II IS doubtful what he would have
amounted TO in this day and age. He
might nave gone TO congress from some
rural district down in Virginia but then
he would have encountered Tom Reed
ana the fat boy from Maine would have
sat on him: refused to recognize him
when he wanted 10 speak 10 the Dingley
Dill. and George would so down TO his
srave. unwept, unhonored and unsung.
lie might have walloped the stufting out
OF Reed, however. and thus gained recog-
I milton. Tor time. but the fate of the
man who does that is simply $50 or 80 DAYS
and there is no glory in such a transact
ton Washington might have been an
attorney of note. but for one thing. II
youth, with ample opportunity. he could
not tell a lie At least he so declared
That would have settled George. Think
where WhlttemOre. Wiley Brown John
Lu Taylor ana the rest of them would
capped.
He couldn't have gotten into the army,
and II he had he would have had to be-
gin as cheap seconG lieutenant and it
would have been 30 years before he could
Ia hon
ne mad attained that position, some colonel
would have become jealous of him and
mad him transferred to some agricultural
college way down in Texas. where he
would teach young IDEAS how to march
IN line and what was the best fertilizer
for carrots.
On the whole perhaps it's a good thing
George died when his time came. The
life We live would have been too swift for
him. Besides he was very useful about
that hour There wasn't a man in his
day who could have taken a small army
and walloped the stuffing out of the Brit
lsh as he did. Peace 10 his ashes. Long
may his memory be green in our hearts
For he was American. every inch of him.
There is great deal about Washington
Whlch historians do not tell the scholars
in the public schools An effort is made
to eXalt his character and make the tots
believe he was man who never used
cuss words and that because he said he
could not tell lie when he was a kid,
he never permitted himself to get ratified
in after years History, that is to say,
the ordinary history. says that at Mon
mouth he rode up TO General Charles Lee
and said in thunder tOnes- What does
this mean. sir2 Now, ordinary history is
away of on that point Just as badly as
when it made the commander at Waterloo
say. The Old Guard dies but it never
surrenders-' One is as truthful as the
other.
There is history an unabridged his
tory, which says that Washington gall
exclaimed: You blank BANKED son of a
blank hlankety blank blank what in
blankety blank blank are you doing here;
attempting TO have every blanked blank
people may say that was beneath man
like Washington. but as matter of fact
it was refreshing bit of Evolutionary eff
fort on his part, and does not lessen his
greatness bit No more than in Sheri-
dams case at Winchester. Historians tell
us that Sheridan rode down there and
yelled: Turn. boys. turn were going
back" Members of Sheridan's staff say
that when he struck the field he turned
army's hair curl Now. as a matter OF
fact. the general who wouldn't have
cursed Lee at Monmouth would have been
out of place and should have been chap
lain. of some militia regiment
Even chaDlains swear sometimes In
is story told of a minister who went out
TO see if he could prevent hostilities be-
tween the Americans and the British
troops. He got between the opposing
forces and exborted them in the name Of
the Lord of Hosts to refrain from splitting
each others blood in sanguinary strife.
The reply he received was a discharge of
several pieces from the red coats. As the
bullets whistled past him the parsOn for
got his calling and became an ordinary
man in an instant Cd d-n them. they
are firing balls he said. Give me a
gun" and it is related that he used all
of Genesis and Exodus and a good portion
Of Deuteronomy for wadding during the
fight that ensued.
Now, that parson was forgiven for that:
no doubt of it. Rest his soul he did a,
great days work. and according to the
narrator fought like a Trojan all the
way down from Concord Bridge. and was
one of the last TO fire on the British when
they reached haven OF safety Perhaps
it is all right to keep the history of the
swear words from the little ones. but the
record ought to be preserved for them
teach them that while Washington was
great, he was a man and not a deity.
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Does the spirit of Washington yet live
in the hearts of the natiOn2 Judging from
the expressions heard all over the country
during the few days last past. it does
Despite thu efforts of brokers and sugar
stock holders to throttle the sentiment
of the people that same old feeling which
peryaded the hearts of the minute men
at Lexington and Concord is with us yet
Stand your ground, but if there is to be
war. let it begin here, was the motto
then. and when the strife did commence
war did begin in every spot where stood a
man. or boy. 1t ended when the inde-
pendence of the colonies was established.
The spirit Of rs slumbered until 1872. when
il broke out again. One more victory
perched or the standard. In '46 Mexico
was made to feel the iron. And then
came that fratricidaI war. when brother
lunged against brother. and state Crap
pied with state 1t is too long after its
close. and the grass is too long green on
sides TO alleSe any but the best of motives
to those who sleep under the stars. and
who shall deny that the same old feelings
which fired the men at Lexington and the
men who fought with Marion. actuated
the armies which grappled from 81 to
65? Let any nation no matter how great.
make the test and note whether or not the
spirit of '76 yet lives What though we be
careless ON great days like yesterday?
Suppose We do not spend the entire time
lauding the greatness of he who was
First in war. first in peace and first in the
hearts of his cOuntrymen2 When the
first gun is sounded. there Will be
fiocking together which shall mean no
good toward those who confront the SER
the nation, its sons by birth and adoption.
Medical men say rheumatism is the
forerunner Of heart disease. Hoods
Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism by it's
action on che blood.
Why not try a can of o. S. Baking
Powder; it is fine, it is pure, and is
guaranteed the equal in strength of
powders which cost great deal