New-York tribune., 1903-02-24
HIS VIRTUES DIVINE.
HO.4R ON flashing TON
? The Principal Speaker at Chicago S
Celebration.

Chicago, Feb e3.-The anniversary of the
birth of washington was generally observed
here to-day the principal celebration being that
under the AUSPICES OF the Union League Clun
this afternoon. in the Auditorium Senator
Hosr was the principal speaker. He SAID IN
part
There is one uncrring test of true gTestness G
whether in literature or in science or s 10 be
action. or character That Is that ~ Seems The
cotemporaneous with all the generauoisS. ~ ,lsX,s
~ Shskespesre Homer and Virgil and Dante. inc inc
character and glory Of Alfred ana L5ncoIId d 1 fne
Dceiaraticn Of Independence, speak TO us tofoay lay
iTesy snd Without With sS ,oSS %o9d have made like
suppression in the time of the MeereT T,eW U wiIl
speak with like effect hereafter in all coming ''i's
40 any generation that hath ears 10 sbnston heJI If
you read of him IN Pl9tarch arch thfTe ERE Would
SIN be the most perfect of Plutarchs men II y yS
to read of him on the page i nlst f pI Rance
or the greatest and best of the men OF the 3 ne
@ , eang n his age but only that there was
q better and purer Alfred or Bruce or q: riIl
Hebrew monarch SO believe there neber neberacter
he a period i'm ali coming time when a % f ;n
like that Of washingon, viii & efclTe x the natural
feelTng mat a character Of supreme eNceiiehoe ii
pen n Is t6e great good fortune of the people OF
America especially of the youth OF Aie tsr n.hon1
rhev can take as a model OF behavior IN eNerl Sv .e
,1ton every transaction, every occupaIoll, ~ of
I rannot think of any question of morahty' o.
orlrtesv of noble and elevated behavior z os ,1. 81
aSisrcx in The conduct of doubtful ana nt
affairs which young man or an od mans man eoS9 bimseIf
safely answer by asking mrse S siib have done in
like case ] do not know of any other naio1 aei ei
Wssbincton died one hundred and lou, SeSi e :
ago next December. From that DAY 10 1Lfs f orstory @
and his praise have been the theme OF =, rri,-
and poetry the country through on egsFS & the birth,
day of the country itself, is one of our TWO sie"
naG1Si TbiIS bos Door were washingtons resources
11irinc a lsre, part OF the time when ne was D
sieging the British army in Boston ne ae hs9 fe cannon
had beer dragged by oxen acr0sS r0oney TO nav his
soldiers no drill officers TO teach his raw t b;s
military discipline: military teNtbo9hs d 9T e h,
jealousies and strifes which existed IN tac Ia 80
S ~ g nScsrs and SShat has happily passed by now1
among the troops of the different e9s eooniess- r,1
39 AN neShsnstible supply of troops native or
1nercenary. His great antagonists haa ene the
9syr al the Revolution. whose great service 10 the
5 % II e SoTltfIIl whether without it the war
for liberty could have been brought 70 tToyins-
mi close FS its chief service was IN deslvs lIs
English commerce and not an AID 10 our lliiil'
So. in the time of framing the constitution o;a and
in administering the government tor @ oe itbeT For
xsmpie or for instruction. Al the pa paths he ,3' tF0d
had to he broken out by hiInset alo ms onr path
iToken r1acadasnized. leveled blazed by the sure
ana 5als ~. P;rsonItse which beset Washington And
Vet in his whole life. rom me ~ lint ~ hit ain
E Eousp -. ~ t1eSal Es-addoeI and brought home
all the laures Of that that N most s5d bonoT he EFT
20 his coan,rymen his Farewell AddreSs-tnat al, al
most inspired political Bible. the adherence 10 10
z-bich ever has brought and ever will bring to US
safety prosperity and glory, the departure aiG. h
,rever made mistake and never gave unwise eou'
Tl9ere 'T are some characters. unhapply few OF
whom we think STRUGGLING with or or con-
suppose This never yet lteraliy ana perIeei eeiZ
true of any man or yemen @ sf of Of waS ANY man Of
woman Integrity. unselish and unameioous ser
n1eG ~ m one 1nhesitnting seif-saerce- pur
sly not only unsuied but Uninterrupted were an ms ms
rhe temptation to evil never seems TO nave peS Il
that lofty nature. neseged that impTegn16 ,
fortress. The deFll IS an ass oiu .Ii ~ nc fSeorg,
such an TO waste his time tempting ueols
Washingtons virtues were the cornerstone vir
tues They were the virtues which lie al th'
foundation Of all civil society as vel % as o. mo6
arc the virtues which ascribe in our humble
Think .! his sbsoiute veracity. He conducted
with his Own hand 3 vest correspondence enough
brain and body of an athlete even If he had had tc
bear no other burden OF public care His pmn-
and there Is 4 great deal suppose, sun Hnpup,,
concea lment. Of saying one thing TO Que man ato
another to another. Of assurances OF respecl Gl o.
am scrTy 10 say. disigure the correspondence o.
% 81 his & famous and henqEa r len psntIe
astic 5iograFhei. has become the standing jest o.
I,ody ever doubted or ever viii doubt that George
Washington could not tell lie. could act lie
could think q lie: that lie could not I'VE II
his presence. or that all falsehood and dissimua
tion would Slim abashed and confounded from the
of those pure eyes ard from that perfect Wit
lie had = weighing and halan -ins. mind. His In
scales. He did aften especially in civil affairs
originate the policies E4pcn which he acted But hf
listened carefully and patiently to every cor-il~o
from which he could -St instruction. and tf1er
brought il in the end rha I.-st If his nwT
1HlerrinE judgment. lie weighed the advice OF his
rost -oUusellers the ci7irls of conIe1dne parties
AID of Jefferson and Hamilton and ADAMS and
lirkerinC. in balance as Fnfalhhi. as IN" soldeF
scales which rhe eternal hung forth in heaven
BetWfxt Astroa and the Scorpion sign
in which. according Milton. the arch-rehel read
and knew Ills
Fut after ali Wash; stan has hut one lesson for
fis, lesson *or the country lesson for each
- his countryrn1T- il = the old lesson ciaoi
1jco. v.;aciIy lnsoiisfpess. character lie at the
Foundation All national and al individual great
1tesS. Justice ans freedom The parents Of fate
To the larger and vision there is no Slcf
iiii1ic as fortune Hal1ra those are have need
concern ourselves with what the DAY may briias
forth. The product uf ne etCrntcS viii be secure
Tho Cosmic reS.-s Mil be the rame. hdteYer fiis
daily maY he. L is 10 this thdt the story 81
George Washington j. perpetual witness 70 his
s-ousitrymen. II viii ~ their fsut L they do not
sraSe their country SIS AhrpHt'ial ni'neSS 10 F7al
Kind
In the evening tho principal event Was the
dinner ~ the Union League Club, where Sena tor
Hoar was the guest Of honor. Other speakers
were President Bancroft OF the Union League
Club, President Eliot Of Harvard, the Rev.
Frank " Gunsau ulus and Bishop Caller. Of Ten
nessee.