New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-15
WAsHINGToN's GREAT EXAMPLE

victorious army encamped AT Newourg IN suH i
from long arrears of pay 1t had little respect for
the Congress which Tss SO 10 Of p
ular soldier who became in after years secretary
Of War it placed the Debppe Ism e
great captains, who I'm the hour of such tempta-
general gem Aq less loved would have been set aside on
refusal and another chosen Washington, by
their sufferings and anger to loyal devotion for
the Republic which had been won by their yalor,
Which a free government can exist the subordina-
ton of the military TO civil authority. -
uSany His egs erres he thus
tered in his diary when he left co ms IN to s ne
Mount Vernon; to private life and to domestic fe-
ious and painful sensations than have words to
express. set out for New,York with the best dis
o obedience to its cali but with less hope Of an
swering its expectations" Samuel Adams, Patrick
Henry John Lamb. the leader Of the Sons Of Lib
try doubted the new scheme of government
eyed in The right Of the States to nuilify the acts
Of the Federal Government, and that It possessed
Navy nor merchant marine Its unpaid Army was
disbanded. There no manufactures, no credit
only 100000 had been protested In Europe, and by
protest and instruction the people declared their
ernments of Europe received representative
with scant courtesy or contempt The only bond
dolatrous devotion OF the people to their President
Eight years after the forebodlng entry in his
Mount Vernon. Ills work was Completed He had
given National life to the stately sentences the
indestructble institutions principles and policies
were working tremendously and smoothly for lib
The pace had been set for the perpetuity Of the
M6G or hs cv neither s nor
impair ts glorious opportunities for its citizens and
It's Inspiring example for peoples of other lands
One hundred years. ago to-day his spirit assembled
universal sorrow The British channel fleet lowered
their flags at half mast. Napoleon Bonaparte
dered that black Grape should he suspended from
all standards and flags for ten days. and arranged
Grafton. Lord Brougham, with characteristic clear
ana % saS % be the he e ,S 0
historian and the sage Of all nations TO let no
man. and until time shall be no more will test Of
the progress which our race has made In wisdom
and virtue be derived from the veneration paid to
the immortal name OF Washington"
THE OLD TIMES AND THE NEW.
Contrasting the days of Washington with the
present time he said
The population OF 100000 has become at least
100000 Our revenues have increased from 49,
10000 to 100000 600 and our estimated wealth
10000 OF merchandise annually against $4,000
In liss and from an exporting country OF Ss.OOD
sd0o ys h hscsss s@a
trade against us in 1893 was exhausting the slender
resources OF our forefathers, while the opulent
surplus Is making US the richest, most prosperous
ana most progressive nation in the world. Two
hundred thousand miles OF railroads and 100000
miles OF telegraph wires have succeeded the 1000
miles OF postal routes on which then conduct
ed the internal traffic by land and the dssemina-
ton OF letters and literature. The earnings OF the
railroads OF the output Of mines or the prod
ucts OF our farms are every year far In excess OF
the total wealth Of the country at the death OF
Washington. The nineteen colleges at the close
OF the last century have grown to Az. with $4,000
students while 5000 more In the theological
law medical and scientific schools. The common
school system. which hardly existed outside OF
our land 100000 pupils
There were only 1900 books in the United States
while to-day there 100000 In our public libra
ries alone. There was not boat on the Ohio
the Mississippi or the Missouri rivers or the Great
Lakes at the close OF Washingtons Administration
while We close the century with internal COM
merce by land and water greater than that on all
the seas OF the earth and all the railroads OF the
rest OF the world. We were at that time importing