Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-22

We feel that we need make no apology eulogy of Washington The words are
 the wor or of hS knew he grea chieftain. the brave soldier the wise coun- selor, the first and greatest American pa been made by congress in selecting mem Der to deliver eulogy of the beloved dead. ington. in his ability, in his patriotism. md md when those faint-hearted patriots in have sacrificed all that had been won, when they would have surrendered the e ,o Gngand and +G f9regEne all h nope pc army in the field. and by the American
 The eulogy of which the following is but an extract, was delivered before congress at at Philadelphia; December 26 17a9. More but the words uttered then have as great Il 1,-a ln1G;anlng 1;i! today as they had then and ment of the prophecies regarding the last ing lame of Washington.
 HE founder of our federated repub-
 1 Hc-our bulwark in war, our guide
 Tn peace, is no more! 0 that this were but questionable! Hope the com forter of the Tretched, would pour into our agonizing hearts its balmy dew. But, alas. there is no hope for us; our Wash ington is removed forever. Possessing the stoutest frame, the purest mind, he had passed nearly to his siSty-eighth year, in the enjoyment of high health, when, habituated by his care of us to neglect of himself, slight cold, disregarded, became inconveni- ent on Friday, oppressive on Saturday, and , defying every medical interposition, before the morning of Sunday, put end to the best of men, An end did l say ?-his fame survives. bounded only by the limits of the earth, and by the extent of the human mind. He survives in our hearts, in the growing knowledge of our children, in the af- tection of the good throughout the world; and when our monuments shall be done away i; when nations now existing shall be no more :; when even our young and far-spreading em- pire shall have perished, still will our 1 Nashington's glory unfaded shine, and die not, until love of virtue cease earth, or earth itself sinks into chaos
 l How, my fellow citizens shall single to | your grateful hearts his preeminent worth ? l Where shall l begin in opening to your view character throughout sublime? Shall I ! speak of his warlike achievements, all i sprlnsing from obedience to his country $ 1 will-all directed to Eis country's good? 1 W i'll you go with lie to the banks of the i Monongahela, to see your youthful Wash | lngton, supporting, in the dismal hour of l Indian victory, the ill-fated Bfaddocl, and saving, by his Judgment and by his valor, he remains of d defeated army, pressed by the conquering savage foe; or, when op. | pressed America, nobly resolving to risk her | all i'll defense of her violated rights, he was elevated by the unanimous voice of congress | to the command of her armes2 Will you
 follow him to the high grounds of Boston | where, to an undisci plined, courageous, anG
 9irtuous yeomanry, his presence gave the l stability of system, and infused the inyinci
 bility of love of country; or shall carry you to the painful scenes of Long Island l York Island, and New Jersey, when, com | batting superior and gallant armies, aided by powerful fleets, and led by chiefs high in
 the roll of fame, he stood, the bulwark oi our safety, nndismayed by disaster, un
 changed by change of fortune: Or will you view him i'll the precarous fields of Trenton l where deep gloom, unnerving every arm
 reigned triumphant through our thinned
 moved? Dreadful was the night. Il
 was about this time of winter, tho | storm ragged, the Delaware rolled
 fnriously with floating ice, forbade
 the approach of man. Washington, self
 collected, viewed the tremendous scene; hi,
 country called; unappalled by surrounding | dangers, he passed to the hostile shore; ht
 fought; he conquered. The morning sur | cheered the American world. Our country
 rose on the event; and her dauntless chief | pursuing his blow, completed, in the lawn 1 of Princeton, what his vast soul had con l ceived on the shores of the Delaware
 | Thence to the strong grounds of Morris town lie led his small but gallant band
 and through an eventful winter, by the higl l efforts of his genius, whose matchless fore, | was measurable only by the growth of diff
 cnlties, Ee held in check formidable hos
 tile legions, conducted by chief experi l enced in the art of war, and famed for hi
 yalor on the ever memorable heights o l Abraham. where fell Wolfe, Montcalm. an, | since. our much lanented Montgomery, al