The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-03

hundred years ago, the directorate
 gave way to the consulate, with Napo
 leon at it's head, and the banished anc
 proscrbed of all Europe were ordered to return to the homes of their youth
 The. password of the day was Liberty l Paris, and Lafayette" His return was 1 somewhat of a surprise to Napoleon as
 Lafayette was a formidable rival in the | affections of the French people.
 Upon the fall of Napoleon and the es- | tablishment of provincial government, | Lafavette was placed at the head of a l commission to treat with the allied pow | CTS. which position he filled in spite or his advanced age, with the same honor and fearless integrity that had charac- terized his entire life
 He had almost reached his three score years and ten. He longed to vlslt once more the country to which he was so much attached, and view the evidences
 of her growing wealth and power. Ac-
 companied by his son, George Washing
 ton Lafayette, he arrived in the harbor
 of New York on the 18th of August,
 1924 To describe the brilliant parades,
 the triumphal processions, the costly
 fetes, the balls, the parties which fol-
 lowed him upon his journeys as ne Vls-
 tied the various scenes of his early campaigns; to recite the fine speeches and describe the great enthusiasm or his triumphal tour, would be lmpossi- ble. He visited the tomb of Washing ton and was received by congress In a speech by Henry Clay.
 He went to Charleston. Augusta, Nashville, Buffalo, New York, Boston, stopping at New Haven in the month of August The Second company of Governors Foot Guard through whose courtesy we, the Sons of the American Revolution, are permitted to hold our gatherings, acted as escort upon his ar rival in this city, where he was most cordially received, and during his stay he visited the house (still standing) of the late Miss Foster on Elm street, next to ex-Governor Ingersolls.
 He was present on the 17th of June at the laying of the corner stone of Bunker Hill monument, fifty years after the first battle of the Revolution. Some of the old soldiers and officers were present and participated in the celebra- tion of the day. some scared and Nouilucu etHu Dcul Wltil yCdIS, lealliH5 on their slaves, and with their children and grandchildren and hundreds of thousands of loyal Americans assisted in laying the foundation of that monu- ment on the historic spot where Warren fell
 Can we do better than to leave him here standing on this sacred spot, tall well proportioned, and strongly built, with ample forehead and regular feat ures, eyes of grayish blue. prominent, expressive, and full of kindness; in de- | pertinent noble and dignifed; with | manners easy, graceful and winning; | voice agreeable and of great capacity; l habits simple and regular; diet abstem- | ious and temperate, benevolence un- | bounded, ability demonstrated. In the | words of John Quincy Adams in his elo- quent eulogy:
 Pronounce him one of the first men | of the age, and you have not yet done him justice. Turn back your eyes upon the records of all time, examine from the creation of the world to this day l. the mighty dead of every age and II cline and where among the race of F mortal man shall one be found who as a benefactor of his kind. shall claim to I| take precedence of Lafayette?"