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society. thirteen speeches in honor OF the
thirteen primitive States-the thirteen
who fought for freedom the thirteen who
cngendcred so many other States. the
WHO " were fhs rs spu5e
81 have been asked to speak, and this
will make a fourteenth speech: PERHAPS
It has been thought that In fact sa,, r there
arrayed together for freedom. Tor one
more sided with the others, and that was
France.
as she did cverything-army. navy and and
colonies-she was only an auxiliary. our
officers were ordered never TO forget Il:
and these old soldiers Who nad ,loISn u.
rity precedence OIL every occasion 70 tnelr
American brethren, who we're deienolns
their own ground. and their own lloe es.
Z 'rhcse 1 consider to be standing Orders;
r speak only as an auxiliary. and my ad-
dress viii be, as 1t should. q brief one;
ut will. however. givc expression 10 Inc
feelings which snoh ga'tneI.trt ~ az cn,,ns
try whence came, years ago, such fl. .nss as
Lafayette, Rochambeau and de Grasse.
whose growing glory was ACHIEVED unde eas
fields not far remote from this, city
s1a' Peace was not yet signed when George
Washington devised your socety--a noDle
one, worthy OF its founder, meant to pre-
serve the hottest traditions between the
men who had sided together IN the de-
tense Of the great cause between the Two
nations, between the f9 3u1aisn Srater.
nifty, human bcnevolence.
Ne com mcmorate this foundation most
appropriately to-day. on this sacrea sou
sington and to Jefferson. which beheld me
glorious end OF the Revolution. heard the
earliest declaration Of the&riEhts 81 man man
and saw the great Amerlhe ant haVing fels
the pains OF old age, as in the Qu1et peace
of a summers day. st$
Admired by the World.
..Ha died admired b. the whole world,
and especially by France and by those
Frenchnen who had seen him Working
for his country. The trust IN him ma 9,
been SO grent from me altst nca
to our oIncers here. they re rens41tfltf a.
TIE usual reservation: Except. o. Epurs =;
10 Monsieur Washington: Inc 1eelIls So - !
LAFAYETTE for him is w laYe knI@ ess known
and no less striking Is the imprG;ssii ",
made Dy the great commander on M .. - =
General de Chastellux. Chasteli y "a cu' rs
over With .Rochambeau: he. was not e, Il 50 Q
voi,ns as Lafayette; he had fought IN the
ssever Years war. Ho was wttnal keen
observer. a man of letters and menDer
Of the FRENCH AcadenS; IN me ne etay IN
took from day to. day, curing us staS n = :.
America, he writes:
It Was Washington.
..I saw in the courtyard tall man;
nearly six feet high, with a noble and
sweet countenance. It was the general
himself The compliments were brle1 an
i soon found myself quite at my ease
by tn. side Of the greatest and best o.
ali men. The whole Of Northern America,
from Boston to Charleston,..is a q g1ie ca
book. each page OF which offers ms praise pa,
Brave without temerity, hard .w ',o s.ins
diganty. noble without pride. yirtuous
Without severity, he seems ever 70 STOP
within the limits where virtues. while as;
sumin, more glazing but more changefu
cnjnrs may be considered by some as
akin TO defects. The suffra ges IN his
favor arc unanimous. 1t Is poSS'ple thal
there exists virtue able to Dind lE
chains the injustice of men, or IS " Ina
happiness and glory are too recently es.
| tablished in America for envy to nave
at times to cross the seas
France Mourned.
"When Washington died, when France
herself had known many, troublous days
mourning in my country was universal
IN the august public ceremony held a
the Tuvalides, In Paris on the Sth o.
February, 1900, to commemorate the grea
deeds OF the departed chief Fontanes, tht
nubiIc orator voiced the feeling OF thu
| nation when he said. in The presence Q
| the most representative gatherlns OF a!
| that. was best in france: =,
":More than any words the mere hold
mo nf this funeral, soldlerly ceremony
Nj, impress all hearts with strong AM
Iasting emotion. The mourning ordered