The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-20
Synonym
for
Patriotism
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As Such Wash
inetor's Name
Has Been Ac.
cepted by the
Nations Of the
Earth. 3 3 D D
nations OF earth without
a exception employ the name of Wash

R%<tIVlLlZED nations Of earth without
81 exception employ the name OF Wash
nston as synonym for the sublmest
eA y. ession Of unselfish patriotism and ar
dent love of liberty.
The lar-reaching, beneficent results Of
his work, as revealed in the century just
closed, nave served to emphasize his i'm
mortal fame. Washington gave to liberty a
new name and established forever the prin-
sip OF mans brotherhood with positive
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r. " glorious feature is the limita'
hon g, hip to fitness and the declared
viii of all the people. o.
Washington had faith in men. He h.
heved them capable OF governing then.
selves under benign laws.
When he presided over the constitutional
convention of 1887 no country OF earth en-
joyed popular form of government. with
the exception OF the little republic of Switz.
erland whose influence did not reach be-
yond the ice-capped mountains which were
the walls Of her security, England, nom
nally free, had k.ss who believed in a
divine right to do as he pleased and whose
CuitL pIGdoulG was W Dtli4Nl W. IttIS dIl
speakers for honest expression of opinions.
1t was not until 33 years after this consti-
tutonal convention that Great Britain re-
pealed her oppressive laws against the free.
dom OF the press.
All OF South America, and very much of
NoItI america, We're under the dominion
OF despotic Spain, whose cdicts We're writ.
ten in blood and whose greatest kindness
was death by the sword. France was groan.
ing under the burden Of hideous opprcs.
sion OF aristocracy, German and Sean
iinayian peasants were hut little removed
from slavery, and the Russian bear fat
tened upon the labor OF its wronged sub.
jects.
Tie thrall of England's oppression had
been great and the fathers were resolved
TO get as far away as possible from any
binding Of the human person or human
will. They made careful study of condi-
sions among other nations and resolved to
avoid these.
In all of these high purposes Washing.
Ion was foremost, lending his acute intelli.
zencc, magnificent personality and all the
influence of his glorious record in the seven
years war for liberty, to the work OF build
ing government upon the broadest
grounds possible of freedom of action, Of
thought and of speech.
Every nation of earth had an established
religion; tais nation eschewed the subject,
leaving to each man the divine right to
worship God according to the dictates Of
his own conscience.
Freedom OF the press was denied in all
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there should be no abridgment of this right.
Other countries saw honor, distinction,
fame and glory only in the accident OF birth,
which alone could give king or open way
for honorable distinction.
Washington contended for universal suf-
trsge, against class legislation and for a
government of and by as well as for the
people.
The nation thus was born, and as it grew
the healthful influences of its life began
30 spread Where it has not revolution
ined, as in France, it has tempered and re.
hned the administration of justice, until
to-day Russia is the only nation of Europe
whose rule is absolute. Some form Of con.
stitutional government prevails in every
land. Japan, unknown to the world 100
ycalS uEo, lIctIl dChHoNitukcS ils WelRnty
obligations to this nation, and, in the light
Of recent events, one. would not be over.
bold in declaring that in the present cen.
fury China will sit at the feet of the United
States to learn of it.
Washington not inaptly is styled the
father Of his country. Not only did he take
Lading part in the forming of a constitu.
tion for the bringing OF the states together
. single nation, but also through the
ssnius Of his patience and courage in the
gears between Bunker IIall and Yorktown
As vrested the states from the oppression
e Crest Britain.
Writers and speakers Of all countries have
snaagyrized Washington as ruler. As law.
cvvr and ~ soldier, in all Of which he ap-
esaesd y star Of aFss magnitude in the
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