The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-23
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ciety of the Sons of the Revolution at
their annual banquet.
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Bishop and ans Englishman Discuss
Precepts of Washington
Chicago. Feb. p. In aceoldance with
time honcred custom Washington's
birthday was commemorated by the
Union League club today by two events
at the Auditorium and banquet at
the Auditorium tonigh- The Mar
auette club also gave inner during
the evening, at Viii Speeches were
made. Celenra lions held during the
day or evening by other clubs and or
CARNATIONS were numerous. Banks,
the boaRd of trade the stock exchange
and the majority of the schools We're
closed. Addresses were made at the
University of Chicago and at the
Northwestern university. Evanston.
Five thousand children crowded into
the Auditorium during the forenoon. a
special Programme having been ar
ranged for them.
Rishop Spalding of Peoria delivered
AN esoqUent address on Patriotism
and Character lie spoke in part, as
follows;
THE hero whose memory we honor
today was not a man of genius or of
the best Intellectual culture, but he
was a great CharaCter-bOneSt simple.
true, dtsinterested. inCOTTuptible. He
thought not of private gain nor of per
sonal glory, nor of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF his country. but believing with all
his heart in the right Of the, people to
govern themselves, he gave his time,
his wealth, his life to make such gov
eminent actual and permanent
roz4l~T =-e--a,-- ave ~,r--rrr-r,aJ Ar hin,
that Americans could ever seek to
conquer people struggling for in
dependence, TO him, who had in
scribed on his victorious banner the
Declaration Of Independence. Hs
could not have dreamed that the ex-
tension of trade and the enriching
of trusts should ever be deemed by
Americans justification Of wars and
conquests.
Claims Washington for English.
There was a big Afternoon meeting at
the Auditorium at which Frederick
Harrison the famous, English author
and philosophical critic, Has the chief
speaker
Mr. Harrison spoke of George
Washington and the Republic Ideal"
He said. in part:
While WashingtOn's memory is re-
Vered by the civilized world in Europe,
il is now here held in such personal at
fection as with the people whom he de-
teated and whose dominion he shook
OF. for all right-minded EngliShme1
nos feel that mis- work was real gain
albeit q bitter lesson-to our own ma
tjuu; while his noble character and un-
sullied career IS soldier, as statesman.
DIS patriot add new glory TO our COM
mon race George Washington is as
luiIch one of our great English heroes
as Alfred the Great OF Shakespeare Is
one OF yours
His mistaken devotion TO right. his
perfect Justice, his transparent truth
IuineSS and lofty sense OF honor VIII
ever place him above even the best OF
modern statesmen in virtue That
which sets him in d rank by himself
among chiefs of state is the unfailng
homer and gUileleSs candOr of mis- whole
public career toward both home ami
foreign opponents
The grand endowment of Washing
ten Was character, not imagination.
Judgment not subtlety, not brilliancy,
nut wisdom. The wisdom of Washing
Jtn was the genius of common sense.
-lCTinR1 t0t~ une~ring truth of view
Men IN Colony PIa0.
1T is n,t IoE a Iore,sn visitor TO
criticise the house of his hosts: but To
abe philosophers of Europe there are
spots even upon The sun o1 the Amer
Jean SilnmgIV-eatIn. II il De true that
the offices of The states from the high
est TO rhe lowest are open to- every cit
lien. is it clear that they are always
Tiled Joy the Wortniest men that the
american continent has reared; If it
be true that the flaws and forces of the
commonwealth are iu principle entire
ly devoted To the good of all. is il Ger
tain they they are uUt at times can
tured i'm the interest OF minOrities.
classes or corporations AT least So
American authorities of high reputation
are believed publicly 10 maintain.
And. when we come to- the third
condition that the government rests en-
LireIy on consent and 20 no degree on
force, it is reported ia Europe that this
must be qualified somewhat in matters
Ut color and race. L hope, before re-
turn. / may be convinced that the re-
port is untrue. But in any case. If
consent ana not force be the rule in the
United states, there are now. we hear.
some 5000. coo OF 10000 600 outside these
states whom the republic governs Out
has no intention OF admitting To vote.
All these questions are problems in
the social economy of states of which
thinking men in Europe are anxiouslV
watching the Soluti0H.- We wait TO see
how the state is going TO deal with
those gigantic corporations. which have
taken the place of the feudaI bar ,rs
and royal taVOrites of modern Europe.
and we wait to see how government of
the people. by the people and through
the people viii be recOnciied with the
government of an these millions whose
consent is never going to be asked az
all. When we turn thought 10 the ideal
republic we must have in our minds
eye the highest possible standard
May the spirit of George Washing
ton. the just. the free the far-sighted
patriot, inspire the people of this COM
mOEwealth in all their problems of
government. gsiide them i'm All the
fIr.r.f
porous ends. enable them to crown his
work when i'm the words of our English
historian. He founded a democratic re-
public with no shadow on it of military
despaf ism. "
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