The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-15
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anu 10 lne ShlCuQOt OF MS achievement IN
the advancement of justice and liberty
among men.
His fair fame. secure in its immortal
ity. shall shine thro countless ages with
undiminished luster''
The National Architect.
The struggling republic for which
! Washington was willing to give his life
and for which lhe ever freely spent his
! fortune and which at all times was the
OBJECT of his most earnest sohcitude. has
steadily aud wonderfully developed alons
the lines which his sagacity and foresight
| carefully planned. 1t has stood every trial
and al the dawn of a new century is
! stronger than ever to carry forward its
mission of liberty During all the inter-
veninS years il has been true forever
uue, to the precepts of the constitution
which he and his ilustrious colleagues
| framed for its guidance and government
/ lie was the national architect says Ban
! croft, the historian, and but for him the
| nation could not have achieved It's indie
pendence, could not have formed its union.
| could not have put the federal govern
ment into operation. He had neither prec-
edent nor predecessor. His work was or
| lglnal and constructive, and has success
fully stood the severest test.
He selected the site for the caDital of
the republic he founded, and gave 1t the
name of the Federal City, but the commits
sion substituted The name of WASHINGTON
as more lifting, and to be perpetual r. c.
/ ogmtion of The services of the commander
ln-chIef of the continental army, the Pres
! ldent the president Of the convention
/ which framed the constitution, and the
first President of the reDub ic More than
! 100000 people acknowledge allegiance 10
| the flag which he made triumphant. The
| nation is his test eulogist and his noblest
| monument.
EuIOgy Mt His Death.
Il have been deeply interested and
touched by the sentiments of his contem-
! poraries, uttered a hundred years ago on
| the occasion of his DEATH The Rev. Walter
King, Of Norwich Conn, Ia the course of
| an eloquent eulogy delivered in that city
on Jan. 8, 1900 said in part:
BY one mighty effort Of manly resolu-
| ton we were born anew and declared our
bloody contest for everything we held
dear. The same Almighty Being by whose
guidance we were hitherto conducted be-
held as with compassion and saw what
we needed-a pilot, a leader in the peril
GUS enterprise we had undertaken. He
called for Washington, already prepared
anointed him as His servant with regal
| dignity, and put into his hands the control
| of all our defensive operations.
But here admiration suppresses utter
| ance. Your minds must fill out the active
character of the man. A description of
| w WHi'iAD ciNlAif llt PROFOUND WISDOM,
! the prudence, the heroism and integrity
| which he displayed In the character of the
| commander-in-chief would suffer mater
tally in hands like mine, but his-I may
say the eyes of all our American Israel,
were placed upon him as their savior.
under the direction of heaven, and they
were not disappointed +"
THE Rev, Nathan Strong, pastor
of the North Presbyterian Church in Hart
ford spoke as follows, on Dec. q, 1893:
He was as much the angel of peace as
of war, as much respected, as deeply rev.
erenced in the political cabinet for lumi-
nous GOODNESS of disposition whereby party
| jealousy became enlightened and ashamed
! of itself, as he was for GOODNESS Of com
maud in the dreadful moment when en-
| pires hung suspended on the fate of battle
His opinions became the opinions of the
public body, and every man was pleased
with himself when he found he thought
| like Washington.
Under the auspices of this great war
| riOr, who was formed by the providence
| of God to defend his country, the war was
| ended and America ranked among the
| nations. He who might have been mon
! arch retired to his own Vernon, unciothed
of all authority to enjoy the bliss of being
| a private citizen. This was a strange
sight, and gave a new triumph to human
virtue-a triumph that hath never been
exceeded in the history of the world, ex-
was from the presidency of the United
| States
The Same in War and Peace.
"And on the day preceding, Dec. &c, 1893,
| in the course of his memorable funeral
| grafton before both houses OF Congress,
Maj. Gen Lee, then a representative from
the state Of Virginia, gave utterance 10
the noble sentiment as forceful to-day as
| in these early years Of our national life:
81 I,r a Of hqffTe.
succeeded, and our virtuous chief, mind
full of only the common gool, in a moment
tempting personal aggra Indictment, hushed
the discomfort of growing seditlon, and,
surrenderiug his rover inlo the hands
/ from which he had received IL, converted
his sword into a powshare, teaching an
admirug wo Id that 10 be truly great, you
must be truly good
"While strong with his own generation,
he is strong even i'm he judgment Of the
generations which have followed. Alter
a lapse Of a century he Is better appre-
ciated more perfectly understood, more
/ thoroughly venerated and loved than when
he lived. He remains an ever-increasiuS
! influence for good in every part and sphere
of action OF the republic He is recogn zed
as not only the most far-sighted states
man of his generation, but as having had
almost prophetic vision. He built not alone
for his own time, but fer the great future.
and pointed the rightful solution Of many
of The problems which were 20 arise in the
| years TO come.
John Adams, the immediate successor
/ of Washington, said Of him in his address
to the Senate on the sd of December,
1893:
For himself, he had lived enough to
life. and to glory. For his fellow citizens,
if their prayers could have been answered.
he would have been immortal His
example is now complete, and It will teach
! wisdom and virtue TO magistrates, citizens
and men, not only in the present age but
in future generations, as long as our his
| tory shall be read.
1.-THE nation needs at this moment the
help Of his wise example In dealing with
our vast responsibilities we turn 10 him.
| We invoke the counsel of his life and char
acter and courage We summon his pre-
| cepts that we may keep his pledges 10
| maintain justice and law, education and
morality, and civil and religious liberty in