Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-04-10
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.

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An Interesting Letter From the Pen
of Leonard Erickson.
! Continued from last week)
/. But Washington is more than beau
! tiful. It is the heart of the nation,
the capital Of the oldest republic on
the Western hemisphere. Washing
ton represents not the growth of man
ufacturing industries or commercial
pursuits, rather, Washington repre-
sents the material side Of great mems
brain work. Here have they lived
and toiled for the upbuilding Of a
great nation; here have they walked,
delivered their orations, outlining
great and lasting policies; here have
they argued cases before the greatest
Judicial tribunalin the world, the U. S.
Supreme court, and ablished rulings
lof law. To be more concrete, in this
city Webster argued the case con-
cerning Dartmouth College; here was
the constitution of America first at
tackled by Hayne, and successfully
defended by Daniel Webster, the ex-
FOUNDER Of the constitution. It was
in Washington that Kossuth spoke
perhaps his most eloquent plea for
Hungarian liberty when he came
here in the latter fifties upon the in
vitation Of our government, an exile
from his fatherland. The District of
Columbia was the place where the
really great policy Of our government
was formulated, the Monroe Doc
trine," principle invoked for the
protection Of American interests for
the benefit of American citizens. It
was here again where John Quincy
Adams and Henry Clay pleaded in
most eloquent language for the har-
monization of Western interests
among the different sister republics !;
where Henry Clay Compromised"
and where the Union army finally
marched from victory, having once
for all given the death blow to the
cause of compromise, and enthroned
the idea of one Union. Nowhere is
the national feeling SO stronglyez-
pressed ssinthe City Of Washington,
where the representatives and the cit
izens of all the states and territories
meet and contribute to the popula-
ton; where the national government
carries on its operations; where the
President, through a Secretary of
State, conducts the negotiations re-
specting it's foreign relations with
the ambassadors and ministers of all
the other governments who are per-
manently resident in Washington.
Indeed, the District of Columbia is
national, cosmopolitan, removed from
local and provincial feelings and in
fuences, and belongs to all the peo-
pie Of all the states and territories.
| There is yet another phase of Wash
ington that singles out our capital
conspicuously among the cities Of the
nation, viz: it's rank among educa
tional centers.
At the present time even in the
absence of the great national Univer-
sity, Of which Andrew Carnegie pro-
poses to be the founder and patron,
Washington may be justly called a
great educational center. The over
shadowing interest attaching to its
political life is apt to minimize or de-
preciate it's mission in the realm Of
learning and science. Nevertheless,
in no other city in the United States
is there group of educators gathered
together who have obtained greater
prominence in the annals of educa-
tion. The predominant reason for
this fact is that here are concentrated
the great departments through which
the government carries on it's mission
OF civilization. The best intellects of
this and other countries are drawn
hither by the Turing field Of activity
presented to them in the departments
OF agriculture, engineering, medi-
cine, mechanics, law, diplomacy, and
even art. Said one man recently !:
"It is almost bewildering to examine
the list of names of teachers, lectur
ers, professors, and experts connected
with such institutions as the George
town and Columbian Universities.
a study Of the life work Of some Of
these noted men would prove both
entertaining and instructive,