Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-22
CITES DEBT OWED
NATIONS FOUNDER
Fess Outlines BicentenniaI
to Association of Old
est inhabitants.

Too little credit for the success of
this Government is given to George
Washington. and IL is to make the
Nation more adequately realize the
debt owed the founder that the 206th
anniversary Of his birth Is to he cele
DRAFTED on large scale in 1892, Sen
ator Tess Of Ohio today told the Asso
citation OF Oldest Inhabitants. District
OF Columbia
Speaking at A celehra ion a. First
Congregational Church. starring Al
noon. Senator t'eSS SketChed the Ia borS
OF Washington 10 uphuild the country
and establish it's institutions. and de
clared mot until the world better
understan ds he importance Of both
local government on one hand in the
interest of the largest possible liberty
and constitutional supremacy in the
interest of law ami order on the other.
will Washineton's influence be known
and our debt to him understood.
Plans for 1892 Celebration.
Discussing the plans for the cele
bration of the bicentennial Of Wash
fnRtons birth. Senator Fess said
many suggestions have come to the
commission having the matter IN
charge. and il is the plan to have
every state in the Union. and everT
county of every safe. officially oh
SerNe the occasion WIN the t'iihldN ~
he held in the Capital.
The associations patriotic Celehra-
ton was one of simple and respectful
commemoration "f Washington
birt hday. Aside from Senator FeSs
speech. the program included the read
ing Of Wa shinGion's Farewell Ad-
dress" by Frederick Emery. reCita-
tion of The "American'S Greed, bv
the audience. and the reading Of an
original poem. who Is He?" by John
Clagett Proctor. in which he defended
Gen. Washington against the recent
attack by Rupert Hughes.
Music was furnished by the I'm
periai Quartet and Mr.. Thompson. So
la1st. A luncheon arranged by the
entertainment committee followed the
exercises. They were opened by an
Invocation pronounced by Rev. George
W. Atkinson.
TOO little credi, for the astonish-
ing success Of our institutions Of
Government is given to the character
Of its founders and especially to its
chief leader. George Washington"
Senator Fess said. His was not SO
much pure intellectual greatness as
moral leadership. He was surround
% by intellectual superiors who
yielded Ia his powerful influence of
personality. Traits of leadership were
first displayed in military way.
where his practical genius won favor
a bile CONNIE mt from the military critics
of the old world.
His superb wisdom had been dis
played as a pioneer of nation building
in his conception and recomme nda
tiors touching the possibilities of the
development Of the colonies by Gre
ating a common interest," through
system of nsporta ton in the in
terest of all the colonies.
Another Notable Achievement
His success IN preventing certain
portions OF the country joining Spain
In service difficult to everest innate.
In the lcht of the present position
Of America in the world. His in
fiuence in directing the conS deratons
of The convention which provided the
Constitution. pronounced tho greatest
document ever stricken off hy man, is
not vet FULLY understood.
Not until the world better under
stands the Importance OF both local
government on the one IN nd. in the
interest IF the largest possible liberty
and constitut ional supremacy in the
interest Of la W and order on the other.
Will Washington influence he known
and our debt to him he understood.
With the theories outlined and
their sanction incorpora ion into or
ga mic law the next step was to put
them into practical effect. Washing
ton was The only person seriously con-
sidered for this task which he was
called to perform. Recognizing the
existence Of the two schools Of gov
eminent. approaching the importance
of each if under proper balance and
the liability of each if unrestrict ed by
the other. he at once set out 10 Sc
cure the rights of the State in the
interest of liberty. and also 10 insure
the constitutional supremacy in the in
terst of well regulated Government.
Makeup Of His Cabinet.
In the interest of the first school
he took Thomas jefferson into his
cabinet. and in the interest of the
second he took Alexander Hamilton.
The Declaration of Independence is
the best expression of the one, and
the Constitution of tho United states
Is the best of the other.
The limitation of the Two is the
basis of the two schools and the
American two party situation. The
basic difference between the two
parties in America is a con9t itutiCnal
one, attempting to properly answer
the ever-present inquiry. How to eN
ercise the necessary constitutional Su
premacy in the interest of general
order and still retain the fusie t eN-
ercise of local seli Government"
Around this inquiry have Wage,i the
great political battles in the past
But the though less judgment that
decides from surface indications does
not discern the real issue nor ne
fundamental leader in The ultimate
conclusion. Marshall, in his power
full utterances on behalf Of national
itv. was but the voice of Gen. Wash
Ington warning against local jealous
les Webster in his superb periods
for cons i'utional supremacy as
against Haynes State sovereignty,
was but an echo of the President of
the Federal constitutional conven-
ton.
Washington's Former Warnings.
Jackson. in his famous nullifca ton
proclamation agains Ga lhoun. was
but a repetition az Washington's for
mer warnings. When in 1880 the
clouds of Civil War were ,hickening
on the national horizon and the ihun-
ders of an oncoming storm were
easily audible. the mighty leaders in
the open forum We're girding their
loins for the struggle. in which were
engaged the Gays. Calhouns, Web
sters and Stewards. the compromise
reached to avoid The test of battle
was not so much the concession of
these leaders. but rather The spirit
of the first great President. who go
years before had looked above and
beyond the immediate issue to the
ultimate Incorporation of the best in
both sides Of the contest.
And when ten years later in 1860
batteries of actual war opened mp he
tween the forces which were not to
he silenced until after four years Of