Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
did their duty. and more than their duty.

tHey went INTO OeDt TO meet the lnOTOludte
demands upon them. They have never re-
ceived due credit either from the national
government, or the country at large, for
what they did in this respect during the
first three-Quarters of the last century.
Instead of grateful Acknowledgements they
have often had sneers and reproaches. Yet
though they were not usually given even
the encouragement of praise, they kept
right on with the same spirit which in every
national war has made the District con-
tribute more than its quota of volunteers
for the army and navy. Nothing is further
from the truth than the hackneyed SANDER
constantly repeated even to to this day,
r that the inhabitants of the District are
'graSping officeholders without civic pride
or national patriotism The officials and
employees Of the national government now,
when there are more than ever before. are
$4,000 in number. or about one-twelfth OF
the population, and, since large number
of them are unmarried, they represent not
more than $4,000 people in their house,
holds, or in all less than one-third of the
population. Moreover, they are exception
ally intelligent and well-educated people,
selected from among the best in the diff
ferent states and territories, representative
of the cream of our people, with all the
virtues characteristic of Americans. Drawn
as they are chiefly from outside of the
great cities. they have more than the av-
erage of civic pride and national patriot
ISM None but the ignorant or malicious
would bring such railing accusation
but the majority of the people Of the
District of Columbia are not in the service
of the national government. Many of them
have lived there always. and the others,
service. represent the best elements in the
citizenship of the whole country.
What Washington Stands For.
almost in the center of the original Dis
lrIct of Columbia stands the Washington
cbof of cfo
higher than any other in the world, SYM
bolic not only OF the life of George Wash
iIgton, but of the city which he founded,
rising far above the noise and dust, in
strength ard simplicity. From its windows,
five hundred feet above the ground, one can
see almost the entire District of Columbia
without a glass. Athens or Rome was
smaller when It ruled the world. But al
though the District has more people than
any of six of the states-Delaware, Idaho,
Montana. Wyoming, Utah and Nevada-and
than any of the territories, it Is smaller
than any other political division of the
United States. The Distr does not stand
for material riches, but it is rich In intel
lectual and spiritual wealth, in good gov
eminent, good society, outward beauty and
inward grace, noble memories, and glorious
history. 1T stands, In strength and sim
rlicity, FOR Intellectual and spiritual achieve
ment.
A National View Point.
INV Ne@iAi ACi6uI VI the w aSnlnStOn
monument is good place from which to
see Things In proper proportion as with the
serene eye of history. 1t is a place for on
timism, not for pessimism. AS we look
westward up the picturesque Potomac
curvlng under the setting sunbeams, we re-
member that George Washington looked
with the eye of faith from those heights
to that promised land beyond the horizon,
beyond the Alleghanies, which he wanted
tne unitedsStates to occupy, and we remem-
h,Itc
difficulties. the thought of that first great
American expansionist has been carried out
untll American principles represented by
the american flag, have been planted in the
ISLANDS or the sea, in the uttermost parts
or the earth far beyond his farthest dream.
Looking southwark toward his home and
tomb at Mount Vernon, we recall how his
loeaS OF republican freedom, his example
as revolutionary patriot, brought a score
or republics into being out of the monarcht-
cal possessions south of us, and how his
teachings made the United States the pro-
tector and the friend of every one of them
without making the United States the en-
envy of any other country AS we turn To
the eastern windows. looking out beyond
the nils Of Maryland toward the Atlantic
ocean, we see the living influence of wash
ington in the republic of France. in the
freedom which has spread through all west
ern Europe, in the democracy and liberty
OF the British Isles At The Hague, we see
enthroned by public opinion of civilized ma
lions his teaching OF international Justice
as the means OF keeping the peace of the
World-that doctrine which, by Washing
TONS direction, John Jay embodied in the
Famous treaty with England, then denounc-
ed, now admired, the first treaty in which
That principle was found. Far to the north
Ward we see our sister state of Canada.
seH-goVernlng, American in all but form
and name, revering Washington and living
out his deepest teachings.
we can trace from this high point the
way In which our own nation has been led.
thrcugh the wrongs and dangers that we
have passed, even through the awful suf-
fer1ngs and sacrifices Of the civil war into
larger opportunities, greater RESPONSIBILITIES
ana more splendid renown. 1t is a cure
Tor encouragement to reflect at the top Of
the Washington monument upon the prog
ress of the nation of Washington under the
inspiration of his principles and his career.
The Larger View.
Even though clouds cover the zenith
even though rain falls from their darkness,
the sun shining over Arlington Heights,
where we can see the graves of men who
died that the republic might live arches
the Capitol with splendid rainbow, the per-
petual reminder of the promises of God.
Taking the larger view of our country and
It's relation to the world, facing the new
occasions and their new duties, approaching
that we have been brought into unique
leadership among the nations and with
alien peoples. adding to our unsettled ques-
lions at home even greater questions
abroad, we see clouds of darkness over us,
and even the rain falling upon US; but we
also see shining through the rain the rays
of the Sun of Righteousness turning the
drops into the rainbow of the vovenant of
God, that those who obey shall be sustain
ed. and we remember all the years of the
right hand of the Most High 1t is in this
that our hope lies. as all our wisest men
confess. Not by our might, not by our
wisdom-no but my Spirit saith the God
of our fathers. Without Him our efforts
are but losing. With Him we may be sure
of success.
cat every call to arms the men of Amer
lea have flocked to its standard and the
women of America have sent them, all
ready to give up everything for the repub-
lie. 1t is harder to make this supreme sac
rif1ce in time of peace than In time of war.
But, under the Inspiration Of Washington.
who served no less nobly In peace than In
war, we may resolve to live for our country
as readily as we would die for her and to
follow in the way OF Divine commandment,
that she may have the largest life, the
greatest glory and honor"
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