The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-27
THE VIRTUE OF
WASHINGTON
Waived All Salary Due For
Eight Years Service

George washington from Otner neu
who have achieved greatness strikes
vibrant chord in the hearts Of mil
lions of his countrymen whenever they
are called upon to commemorate his
great achievements.
In this age of commercialism, with
is lust for money, its greed for ma
terial power and social prestige it is
difficult to imagine man, so free
of personal vanity and love of se't
exaltation as to feel an honest serJe
of resentment in I, Suggestion OF bis
admirers that he turn TO his individual
advantage the triuInphs of the heroic
little army he did 80 much to keep
together and declare himself king of
American colonies. 70 many the SIR
vile, obsequient manner assumed TO.
ward the nobility Of other countries
nowadays by many Americans, who
bow to the fetch of royalty like tho
stories of old and who apear to be
ashamed of their Democratic heritage
must seem the survival of that snob-
Dish spirit in the land to which the d.
cision of Washingt to keep faith
with the people, brought such keen
disappointment.
BY his waiver of ali salary due him
for his eight years service as Com
mander in Chief Of the Continental! |
Army, his insistence that he DE a.
lowed to retire to private life st the |
end of his second term as president
and his refusal to accept for himself |
or his collateral descendants any 9TH
er honor than the abiding confidence
and esteem of his appreciative coun-
tryInen an example in unselfshness
which they might contemplate with
great profit to themselves and their
country on this anniversary.
TO him the respect of his fellow
mon was worth more than the liim5y
spiendor Of crown or the emolu-
nents of an office for the establish
rlcnt of which his countrymen poured
forth their blood and offered up their
lives on a hundred battlefields from
Lexington to Yorktown. Studiously
avoiding all entangling alliance with
foreign nations against which he
warned us, we have left them to sap
.hoir vitality preparing for war while
we have assiduously cultivated the
acts of peace. With our hands ont
stretched across the seas we haze in.
yiter the healthy and the strong of
the old world to make their home
wlh us and help us develop and make
fruitful the vast heritage he bequeath-
ed us, Winding our own business and
untroubled by the concerns Of our
neighbors, with a pleasant word and
friendly smile foT all, we have kept
steadfastly to the task to which Wash.
reared the creates and mos prosper
Gus industrial empire upon which the
sun has ever shone. We feed the world
with our wheat and our corn, keep ii
il profitable employment with Ger
machinery, and clothe it with our cot
ron, thanks to Eli Whitneys cotton
gin, the only great labor saving inveL-
ton of his countrymen he lived to
see applied to use. We surpass Ger.
maEy IN the production Of steel, excel
France in the value and volume OF
manufactured products and through
the use of the oxford processes. lin.
Gle Sans newest monopoly which &c
comp ishes here in one to two days
what requires thirty weeks to do
abroad we have begun to wrest FROM
England its centuries old predoml.
nance in linen, one OF our most prom.
iSing infant industries. In our peace.
ful commercial conquest OF the earth
we follow the trail of civilization into
the most remote corners Of the uu..
verse and open its doors TO the ont.