New-York tribune., 1903-02-24
HIS VIRTUES DIVINE.
HO4R ON W-4SHINGTON
The Principal Speaker at Chicago S
Celebration.

Chicago. Feb a3.-The anniversary OF the
birth Of washington was generally onser'eu
here to-day the principal celebration being ,ha'
under the auspices of the Union League CIuo
this afternoon. in the Auditorium Seha'o'
Hosr was the principal speaker he said III
part:
There is one unerring test of true greatness s.
vhetber in literature or in science, or thought or or
sction or character. That is that 1t seems 10 The
fseTe% eretre the essays OF Bacon the plays
q p dpR b9~er IF sRd rea n5T and dh Lincoln and
Franklin Plato and Socrates ano 80 ms today
freshly and without loss Of effect 10y TeaSSn d oi IKE
noteness OF time They wouiq hafH fiehrew or the
tireek or the Roman Commonw eslth Ihey tim mn
80 any gene generaton 1 that hath ears hear IF
ha[ eIs Is e, rspS Of him in Piutarch there would
be no sense that he out of place lie " T@a1u xn,
we're to read of him on the page that fgs Eance ut
story Alfred the Bruce OF - tbn m Hebrew
CONFERENCE.-The there would be no teeIihs ,re a was
of ,sr 1e snS grer Alfred or Bruce St Louis or
Hebrew monarch. So believe there ter
Ike that Of Washington will excite sense rnI OF n
congrnity r Of snIiqnE nreme Dnr U exceilence has
iaen bestowed bv God upon man. , ,o Of
America especially the youth of AmeTlca o5 Sos5
have for our national herG GS"i in every CON
5frion every transaction. every occupation III AZ
cannot II think n6D Gf anSy amy eeTsted 81
r,edienc in the conduct of doubtful ana I9 nn
av answer by asking himself and telling @ himself ms
like case do not know of any other nation aei ei'
Garth that possesses has possessed SuCl
s MssapgrSn t geeer il From that day this his life
and his praise have been The IN theme TerT " recurring
nniversary of his birthday which KT @ tHo te W great
Think how poor were wsshingions -, eeSonTfee sour se
segns the British army Boston ne hao scarceg n
powder enough 70 Ie IRE sxs across New-Eng
from Ticonser6ga lie had no money 10 Pay PpsSruIts its
military discipline no military textbooks Io5 1 hs
eaosies and md strses STR which existed II that Ss
in quite as large degree now, among Ills rn.1
and e oG11s I ops na e"of' Of the has feTent Colonies The
inexhaustible pecunisry resources O. sye Or
1neTcenarv His great antagonists had the supp9Ie @
% sy1 p{ H6e Rroon whose great service to the
snse oe Independence has been so much overoohec.
1n6eed il is doubtful whether without IL the NO
Tor liberty coul have been brought to to
Tll close Blu: chief service was IN i,.e
J1nslish commerce and not as an aio 10 our lhil''
So in the time of framing the constitution rf srbf ahg
in administering the government for the iT5e esr @
Years Washington had nowhere TO look etef me ,rod o
example or for instruction. All the paths ne @ ITO
had 70 be broken by himself and his great com con
iToten. saacadafnzed ievelled. blazed by the sure
safe preeedsnts Of IL years ean naIai gio1 And
vet il. his whole life. from the time when bn5 G
;aDSeI S1seIp to to General BraddoeE brought home
al the isures of that most disastrous s IeFt
20 his countrymen his Farewell Address-t1at al, IL
mos! ilsprfSa 9 S PTrouSht amd ever will bring
safety. prosperity and glory. the departare b
rever made mistake and never gave unWlse couii-
TSere 1e e are some characters unhappily few OF
whom we never think struggling with or con-
sgprose this was never yet literally and perfectly
true OF any man or woman aet IL vas @ a. man or
woman Integrity. unselash and unamo bilious ser
a 20 fe done nnhestating self-sacrifce- pur
sty NOT only uusulied but untenpteo were all e ns
that lofty nature. oesieged that impregnaol a
such an waste his time tempting GeoIst
Washington's virtues the cornerstone yir-
tues They were the virtues which lie al The
foundation Of all civil society well as of noble
individual character The virtues OF MasllilsbIS
are the virtues which we ascribe in our humble
imperfect and faraway conception 10 eiVo-aS ad
with his o~p hand 3 vest CORRESPONDENCE enough
brain snd body OF athlete even if he had had "a
hear no other burden 81 5,s Pu0G ca srp Yo,nes
and there IS great deal. suppose, stIIl 9npne,,
lisled But there is not trace of dupicIty. .,
concealment. Of saying thing to one man and
another 10 another, OF assurances OF respeet o1
good Will that doubt come from the heart. suef
am spr-y 10 say. disfgure the correspondence o
The little fable Invented br weems. his enthnsi,
astic biographeT- has become the standing Jest oi
body ever doubted or ever viii doubt that George
Washington could not tell q lie could not act a lie
could think a lie: that lie could not live III
his presence. that all falseheod and dissimua
tiou would slim abashed and confounded from the
Of those pure eyes ard from that perfect wit
ness.
lie had weighing and falan -inz mind. His in-
teile~.t Ike a Dair II accurately adjust cd
scales. He did lFtcn. especially in civil affairs
listened carefully and patiently 10 every counsel
from which he could instruction and then
brought il IN the end Cn@ sure t-St II his owl
1lnerTing JUDGMENT. lie weighed the advice of his
s~d - Jefferson and Hamilton and Adams and
4,i0kering. in balance 'nfalhhi" a. IN" golden
scales which The Eternal hung forth in heaven
Betufxt Astrcs Scorpion sign.
IN which. according MILTON. the arch-rebel read
and knew his fate
Rut after ali Nasfl3irsfan has but one lesson for
lesson cor the country. ono lesson for eacf
fhan history old creation That Is that jus
1irr- -acrv. rnsnifiSlresS character lie At the
Foundation .: All rational and an individual great
Justice aus freedom She parents of fate
Tn the larger and vision there is no sucl
1liHC fortune Where those are Ne have NO need
ourselves with what the DAY may brii1s
Tho cosmie ree.l.s @ be the same. whatever the
daily event NAV he. this .hat the story 81
George Washington j. perpetual witness TO his
eourrrrmen. II Viii 5e their fault Il they do not
Kind
In the evening the principal event the
dinner at the Union League Club, where Sena tor
FToar was the guest Of honor. Other speakers
were President Bancroft OF the Union League
club, President Eliot OF Harvard the Rev.
Frank " Gunssulus and Bishop Caller. of Ten
aessee
MRS HEATH HAS GIRLS ADDRESS.