Evening star., 1927-02-22

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tigation In courts Of justice? And
| let us with caution indulge the sup
| position that morality can be main
tained without religion.
Whatever may be conceded to the
influence of refined education on
minds of peculiar structure, reason
and experience both forbid us to ex-
pect that national morality can pre-
vail ff exclusion OF religious principle.
| 1t is substantially true that virtue
Or morality is necessary spring or
popular government. The rule in
deed extends with more or less force
to every species of free government.
! Who that Is a sincere friend TO II
can look with Indifference upon at
tempts to shake the foundatio OF the
| fabric?'
Appeals to Highest Nature.
without bigotry. without intol-
erance, he appeals to the highest
! spiritual nature of mankind. His
genius has filled the earth. He has
| been recogized abroad as the greatest
man OF our own or any age he
loved his fellow men. He loved his
country. That he intrusted their
| keeping to a Divine Providence Is re-
he made in 1894:
LET us unite, in imploring the
| Supreme Ruler Of Nations. to spread
His holy protection over these Unlted
States; to turn the Vaccinations OF
| the wicked to the confirming or our
Constitution; to enable US. at all times,
to root out internal sedition and put
invasion to flight; to perpetuate TO
/ our country that prosperity which His
! I,ao ofroodxy onnforrnd ana TO
verify the anticipations Of this Gov
ernment being a safeguard OF human
rights.
HE was an idealist in the sense
that he had very high standard OF
private and public honor. He was a
prophet to the extent of being abie 10
! forecast with remarkable vision the
growth Of the Nation he founded ana
the changing conditions which 1t
would meet. But. essentially, ne was
a very practical man. He analyZed
the problems before him with a clear
intellect. Having a thorough under
standing, he attacked them with
courage and energy, with patience
and persistence. He brought Things
to pass. When Patrick Henry was
asked in TIA whom he thought was
| the greatest man in the Continental
| Congress. he replied:
| eff you speak OF eloquence. Mr..
Rutledge of South Carolina is by far
the greatest orator; but If you speak
Of solid information and sound tudg-
ment. Col. Washington Is unquestion-
ably the greatest man on that floor
Accomplishments Great.
His accomplishments were great
because Of an efficiency which
marked his every act and sublime.
compelling. faith in the ultimate
triumph Of the right. AS we study
his daily life, as we read his letters,
his diaries, his state papers, we come
to realize more and more his wisdom.
| his energy and his efficiency. He had
the moral efficiency of an abiding re-
ligious faith, emphasizing the i'm
portance of the spiritual side Of man,
| the social efficiency shown by his
| interest in his fellow men, and in his
realization of the inherent strength of
a people united by a sense of equality
and freedom. the business efficiency
Of man of affairs, of the owner and
manager of large properties, the gov
ernmental efficiency of the head of a
new nation. who taking an untried
political system made 1t operate sue
cessfully, Of leader able to adapt the
relations Of the government to the
people. He understood how to trans.
late political theory into a workable
scheme Of government. He knew that
we can accomplish no permanent good
by going to extremes. The law of
reason must always be applied. He
followed Milton. who declared I"
law in a free nation hath ever been
public reason. and he agreed with
Burke that men have no right to
what is not rea asonable.'
| 1T ia Yn0rk nf q praat man that
he surrounds himself by great men.
| Washington placed in the most i'm.
| portant positions in his cabinet Jeffer-
son. with his advocacy of the utmost
degree Of local self lf-government and of
| States rights, and Hamilton, whose
theories of a strong national govern
ment led him to advocate the ap-
pointment of State governors by the
| President. Either theory carried to
the extreme soon would have brought
| disaster to what has proved the most
successful experiment in liberty under
proper governmental restraint in the
history Of the world
Fostered State Rights.
"It is due to his memory that we
guard the sovereign rights of the
individual States under our Constitu-
| ton with the same solfcitude that we
maintain the authority of the Federal
Government in all matters vital to our
continued national existence.
Such is the background of a man
performing the ordinary duties Of life.
| AS 1t was George Washington, of
| course he performed them extraordi-
! narily well. The principles which he
adopted in his early youth and main
| tanned throughout his years are the
source of all true greatness, Unless
we understand this side of him, we
shall fail in our comprehension Of his
true character. 1t was because of
this training that he was able to as.
sume the leadership of an almost i'm.
| possible cause, carry it on through a
long period OF encouragement and
defeat. and bring it to a successful
| conclusion. In advance Of all others
he saw that war was coming. With
an army that was never large and
constantly shifting, poorly supported
by confederation inexperienced.
inefficient and lacking in almost ali
the essential elements of a govern.
ment, he was victorious over the
armies of seasonal troops commanded
by Howe, Burgoyne. Clinton and
CORVALLIS. supported by one Of the
most stable and solid of governments.
possessed of enormous revenues and
ample credit, representing the first
military power of the world.
LAS an example of generalship, ex-
| tending over series of wears from,