The Portland daily press., 1899-02-23

breadth of the land. He spoke of tine
honor which was paid Washington even
by his foes, and touchingly referred to his
great qualities as u man as patriot, a
soldier anu statesman.
l now have the honor of calling upon a
gentleman to address you whose name
will live forever in the story of this
country. A distinguished educator. a
| scholar, o soldier and statesman. A
man who participated In more than
twenty of the hardest fought battles of
the OWL war, the hero of Little Round
Top, who was honored ty more conseou-
tive elections to the highest office In the
gift of the people than any other man,
Gen. Joshua L. Chamb erlain.
Gen. Chamberlain was received with
great applause, which contin ued for some
time. When the applause died away Gen.
Chamberlain saiu that he had wante d to
speak on the application of Washington S
| farewell address to the questions Of today
and supplementary to this and counter
part with it the application of the Mon
roe doctrine. But instssd of speaking Of
these things l shall take for my subject
"washington. He said In substance,
The more / read and reflect on the
character of Washington. the higher Ia my
opinion Of his ability. my reverence for
his moral heroism, my appreciation OF his
surprising service in war and peace
Comparisons are inexact; superlativos
| are unsafe; both perhaps are unjust; but
| we can grant him an eminenoe which can
not detraot from the lustre OF other
names. We should never forget one Of
these noble men; great In soul; great In
courage; In wisdom; in self-sacrifice; in
patriotism; In craftsmanship, and all
] that makes strength, who wrought to-
gsther for fulfillment of the mighty trusts
committed to them; to organize and
much In mnny things, in habits Of life,
| Of thought, of purpose, of religion, OF
ideal, into body polite that should see
itself as one people. 1t required all
those strong and different characters to
| effect this contamination.
But think 1 may safely say that, 50
I, far as We can understand the character
and issues of that momentous period, one
personality was Indispensable No other
could have brought the country success
| fully through the war. no other could
have secured the final adoption of the con.
| stitution; no other. certainly. could have
bourne the Union through the trying and
1 toTftpic biLucs Oc6oNtAhe eho oohfy
trasion of the government In these three
fold service, Washington was peculiar,
foremost, and supreme.
He had all the heroic qualities; courage,
| resolution, parsist6ncy, calmness,
patience, modesty. There was need OF
every one OF thess. When he took the
army what did he findp Troops without
organization or support; government
| without head; a people without body
| umult everywhere; passion not clarified
into purpose. All had to be formed and
formulated; projected into organization;
calmed into order; disciplined into effec.
| tive working power. From the first be
made or suffered enemies; jealousies, In
trigues, treHcheries, surrounded him, de-
| Tended by his own integrity. People put
the responsibility of Office upon him be
cause he was to be trusted; but his sup
port was In his own great consciousness
and not in them. How he sustained thai
army. How he maintained that war
How he ended 1t. He, called this FabiaI
the delayer-the irresolute In the face o.