The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24
JUDGE w. H. KING
ON WASHINGTON
Ex-COngressman Delivers the
Address at Barratt Hall.
TELLS OF GREAT MAN
L. D. S. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
HOLD EXERCISES.

Washington's memory was honored
yesterday at the Latter-day Saints
university by the students and their
friends. The decorations and the exer-
! cises in Barratt hall were in keeping
with the spirit of the occasion. and
oreathed the patriotism which ami
mated the participants The exercises
were commenced with appropriate
songs by a quartette composed Of
George D. Pyper H. G. Whitney, w. G.
Patrick and J. D. Spencer. They sang
The Flag Without a Stain and Land
Of Washington Elder Samuel Rich
dIus offered prayer and President ]. H.
IauI introduced Judge William II.
said:
Through the history of it's great men
we get very clear idea of the country
IN which they lived The history of
caesar gives US an idea of the history
OF Rome. In the life of Napoleon we
get the history of France. EngIand-s
history is traced in the lives of the il
tUStIious train of spirits who stand
torth IN the corridors of her past. So
IT Is with the Mormons. Their history
mas been shaped by the men who have
neen prominent in her past. Yet the
NE OF no great man is perfectly under
STOOD unless we study the social con
ditlons in which these men lived. Wash
Ihgton cannot be learned from Irving's
works. Back of them are the schools.
the nome and the religious life.
Character of Washington.
Every age has name which stands
out conspicuous above the rest. WASH
i iIL was one of them. His name is
h n, everywhere. Not that he was
the greatest man that ever lived Ma
poIeon transcends him in genius. Wash
lnston was not a great genius. He was
not great as a military commander.
But he possessed great poise He never
Iost his head. He was never defeated.
lie had uncOnquerable will and won
where men of genius failed. Even he
was criticised and at one time an effort
was made TO relieve him of the CONT
mental army
He was the personification of hon
esty. He hated deceit. He had many
OF the characteristics of General Grant.
yet 1t was not his genius that enabled
MIN to succeed. Reverses in battle led
TO cabals and factions which even
found expression in congress. and at
one time promised his overthrow, but
before the intrigues against him were
ccnsummated a providential coinci-
that the fortunes of the nation were
lndissolubly bound up with Washing
ton himself In the Indian wars, and
later in the French war, he DISPLAYED
wisdom in the execution of his mis-
sions which would have appeared ad-
mirable in older men.
Men often turn from great man
and rally around a spirit of lesser abiI-
ity in whom the elements of honesty.
integrity -
right are strongly blended. In Wash
ington they found such a man. He did
not promote his friends in office. He
associated with him men whom he adj
mlred and loved regardless of the DO
nucal preferences which moved them
When Thomas Paine implored the col
OnistS to send representatives to con-
gress to reach an understanding as to
what they wanted. it was Washington
VINO was selected to give pOise to that
BODY. After the battle of Lexington it
was Washington who was elected to
take charge of the continental forces.
Wins Foes in own Ranks.
During his sixteen years of retire
ment he had studied government prob
lens and the wishes and ultimate aims
or the American people. When ne took
charge of the raw continental troops
he had forces which were opposed to
him, but he held aloft the banner of
the republic in such a way that people
felt that the fate of the country was in
his hands and bound up with him.
washington was not the first to con-
ceive the idea of bringing France to
our aid. The honor belongs to Patrick
Henry, who first expostulated against
the tyranny of taxing the cOIonists in
conflict with the charter granted by
King James. The idea of a republic
was sneered at by other countries
There had been ancient republics, but
they were i'm ashes. Ours triumphed. !
and after the war Washington retired
to Mount Vernon. He was not ambi-
tious to rule as cOnquerors usually are /
He cared nothing for military honOrs.
With others he sought to make strong
the tOttering central government, and
as a result the constitutional conven-
ton gave us the constitution. He was
an aristocrat, but believed in the doc
trine of legal equality and believed the
people could be trusted to govern them
selves.
4 hate war. I abhor bIoodshed. There
are dark spots on the pages of history
which were paid for by glorious deeds, |
but the most glorious page in the his
tory of any nation is that in which its
people are trusted to govern them
selves"
Solos by Professor Kent and George
d. Piper and Rotations by Misses |
Leria Mcdonald and Minerva Jensen |
the programme. Benediction |
was pronounced by President Angus NJ |
Cannon and the pupils were dismissed
for the day.