Show YAM 09 an y ha recently been discovered and alv en publicity by lion S 1 Tuc kai blatant general or alie united states to the imposition 0 1880 alie gentleman was prosecuting a diligent among alie parisian archives for evidence relating to the french spoliation claims lien he came upon a paper written by nap groat talleyrand bearing on the death 0 general george washington air tuck was permitted to copy the document was in the nature of a report and eug of the foreign minister to Bonapart First consul of the lic and the copy la diw in cossem ion of the department of the decree which the minister submitted to napoleon but which the latter either front disinclination or for in the excitement of those stirring times failed to provided that a statute to washington Washing tou hould be erected in one of the squares of paris to be by the minister of alie interiors interi orAs the report which prefaces aliis suggestion Bug is prophetic in its beneral tenor and must be considered especially eulogistic in emanating frodi a statesman who epoco well of few men and was always regarded as a cynic we give it to our rca lers in full A nation which some day will be a great nation and which today to day in tho wisest and happiest on the face of the earth weeps at the bier of a man whose courage and genius contributed the most to free it from bondage and and elevate it to the rank of an independent and sovereign power the legreta caused by the death of this croat man the memories aroused by these regrets and a proper veneration lor all that is held dear and eacret by mankind impel us to give expression to our sentiments by taking pirt p in an event which deprives the world of one of its brightest ornaments and removes to the realms of history one of the noblest lives that ever honored the human race the name of washington ia inseparably linked with a memorable epoch he adorned thia epoch by his talents and the nobility of his ter and with virtues that even envy dared not assail history offers few examples of such renown great from the outset of hia career patriotic before bia country had become a nation brilliant and universal univ eisal despite the passions and political ref that would el adly have checked his career his fame is today imperishable fortune having consecrated liis fame to greatness w hile the prosperity of a people destined tor great achievements is the beat evidence of a tame ever to increase his own country now honors his memory with funeral ceremonies having lost a citizen whose public actions and unassuming in private life were a living example of courage wisdom and and prance which from the dawn of the american hailed with hope a nation hitherto unknown that was dis birding alie vices of europe which foresaw all the glory that this nation would bestow on humanity and the enlightenment of governments that would ensue from the novel character of the social institutions and the new type of heroism ot which washington and america were models of the world at large france I 1 repeat depart from established usages and do honor to one whose tame ia beyond comparison with that of others the man who amid the decadence of modern ages first dared believe that he could inspire degenerate with courage to rise to aba level of re public in virtues lived for all nations and all centuries and this nation which first saw in alie life and success of that illustrious man a foreboding of his destiny and therein recognized a future to be realized and duties to be performed has every right to class him as a fellow citizen |