Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-22
WESTINGHOUSE FAREWELL ADDRESS
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LEGISLATIVE, BILL REPORT

on the late Senator Justin S. Morrill, of
Vermont
Both of these orders were feelngly re-
ferred to by the chaplain in his invocation.
we praise Thee he prayed. that we be-
long to race which through thousand
years has enriched the. world with blood
and brain and conscience, In the persons
of eminent men, whom Thou hast sent to
! teach us the high and great lessons which
| conserve our well being. Alfred and Wick
life and Cromwell and Chatham and our
own. most iliustrious Of all, Washington,
| whom we call the father of the country.
And now, as the conscript fathers of the
ma ton gather to sit at his feet and to
listen to his words of wholesome inStruc-
ton and counsel, grant that these shall be
written on the tablets of our memories and
on the memory of the nation.
NOR would we forget that we come here
today to present the last tribute of respect
to the memory of the late patriarch of the
Senate, whose gravity, wisdom, gentleness
and kindness were a, lesson to all who came
in contact with him.
An invitation extended by the charge
d afTaires of France, NJ. Thiebaut, through
Secretary of State Hay, to members of
the Senate to attend the memorial funeral
services OF the late President Faure of
France, to be held tomorrow morning at IL
O'Clock in st. Matthews Church, this city,
was read
Mr.. Cullom Qll) moved that the invita-
ton be accepted, but it was pointed out
that the invitation was not to the Senate
as body, but to individual members, and
that any action upon it unnecessary.
Mr.. Nolcott fCol.} was then introduced,
and from the Vice Presidents desk read
Washingtons Farewell Address. in accord
ance with the resolution of Mr.. Hoar.
At the conclusion of the reading of the
address Mr.. Ross (Vt) called up the reso-
iutions relating to the death of the late
Senator Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont. and
! began his eu!ogy upon the distinguished
statesman. Senator Ross said in part:
Senator Ross EuIogy.
THE early settlers of Vermont came
largely from the best Puritan stock of Con-
necticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
| 1t was only the most enterprsing of that
stock who would venture into the wider
ness of Vermont, to subdue it, and make
themselves homes. For fully twenty years
they maintained their title to their homes
against the claims of New Hampshire on
! the east, the importunate and exacting de-
mands of New York On the west, the iHdif-
ference and disregard of continental con-
gress, and the threats and attacks Of the
mother country. They were tried in the
hard school of perpIs kitty and of conflict
Out of the white heat Of this most unequal
conflict the stag Of Vermont was born,
founded upon principles of natural right
and justice clearly set forth in its bill of
remain unchanged to the present tina, still
a worthy model for the government of
every. patriotic, intelligent. Independent
| liberty-loving people, The principles thus
thought out and settled by the fathers,
permeated and became fixed in their SONS
ana daughters, among whom Mr.. Morrill,
was reared and l.1id business with whose
| IDEAS and principles he was thoroughly in
| fused. 5a.,,,--- .
Books were few and difficult to obtain:
knowledge of proceedings in Congress did
not reach them until fully two weeks after
the events recorded had transpir,tf The
i.store was the place of common meeting
There the leaders in the community gath
eIed and discussed the history of III. state
and nation, and ell important and current
events regarding the town, the state and
the nation.
Engaged in Village Discussions.
He entered into the discussions and ne
came more or less of a leader among lis
| patrons. BY them he was led to settled
convictions on the subject of slavery, as de-
| clared in letter written while a candidate
! for his first election to the House of Repre-
sentatives. He there said: Il am opposed
| to the admission of any more slave sta. es
! into the Union, and in favor Of prohibiting
slavery in all territories belonging to the
United States"
t'Out of these discussions cara fvad .nd
| certain conclusions. out of them an earn
| est almost uncomfortable. desire to investi-
gate and ascertain the underlying founda-
! ton principles: out of them. a desire for
| good books and a habit of using every leis-
| ure moment in reading studying and think
| ing. These habits, thus early formed re-
| NAMED, and We're in constant exercise to
his dying day. They led him ia love trust
and keep near the people. The peopIe knew
| they could trust and lean upon him In
! reading, in every other thing. his MOTE
| was, Duty first, then pleasure
In Congressional Life.
He carried into his congressional work
| these habits thus early formed and they
abode with him to the end In their exar
| else he became a well-i11formed, welI-ed
| ucated man, with every faculty alert de-
! veloped and within control. He was self
| educated So is every man who gains that
| pc sltion. Eminent schools, colleges and
| teachers are great aids in obtaining an ed
| ucaton; but education cannot be put on
| ontWardly as one dons his garments IT
| springs from the man: his innermost being
reaches out and sezes the least, as well
| az the greatest, opportunities and faith
| fuliy uses them to strengthen and bring
! into subsection for ready use every Cod
| given faculty. He always lamented that
| his early opportunities for an education
! were so limited. I sure this regret led
| to his earnest, untiring and successful eff
| forts for the erection of a beautiful homo
! for the Congressional Library and to set
| apart portion of the public domain for
| the establishment of agricultural colleges
| iheSe, with his long and earnest Ia bors
| in managing and giving direction to the
| III ance of the nation, will longest perpet
uate his memory. His life covers a most
| remarkable period in the history of man.
| kind; remarkable in the changes in the
methods of living9; in the methods of com
| munication and transportation: in the skin
and ease of manufacturing. in the multi
| phcity of newspapers. magazines. books
| pictures, paintings and statuary: remark
| ahle for the events and changes among ma
tons, and especially in this nation
| His Work Immortal
IN ages to come Mr.. 2Morriirs name may
become forgotten, but the influence of life,
on his associates, in the affairs of the ma
! ton, in the management of its finances. in
the fair proportohs, beauty and amplitude
of the Congressiohal Library and the estab-
! lishment of forty-five agricultural colleges.
| will never die nor cease to be operative
| forces. Such a life is filed with inspiration.
| especially for the young if they will heed
| the command of the Great Teacher Go
| thou and do likewise. ~
| Mr.. Vests Tribute
| AT the conclusion of Mr. Ross address
| Mr.. Vest (Mo.), who had served with SEN
ator Morrill, for twenty years on the COM