Show VIRTUES OF WASHINGTON Those Who Repudiate His Counsels Are the Countrys Enemies Washington Feb J3 Senator Hoar of Massachusetts In a lecture at th Catholic university before a large audIence ence congratulated the youth of America Amer-ica that w e have for our national hero a character they may take as a mete of behavior on every condition transaction trans-action and occupation in life There can be no question of morality our tesy and noble elevated behavior r > f expediency in the conduct of diffl ut affairs which may not be in some way satisfactorily arranged by determining what George Washington would have done in a like case Washingtons virtues he continued w ere the cornerstone virtues not those which excite the imagination or delight of an audience in their portrayal portray-al Mr Hoar ended by calling on his hearers who aspire tp take an honorable honor-able part in the service of the country to follow in life the example and counsels coun-sels of George Washington and to ho d that man as the enemy of the country who shall counsel a departure from them He pointed out how In the past any departure from them by the people peo-ple had come back to them again as in the case of the events preceding and following the civil war So he predicted predict-ed it will happen in the future if In a spasm of popular excitement the people peo-ple for a time seem to forget Wash ingtons counsel to be led astray by the lust of empire or passion for conquest con-quest or to have their eyes dazzled by a false glow |