Show wl TRUSTED BY ALL washington always apa full confidence of the nation We whaler baters word words fittingly ties the sentiments of thou those who wn alberty under areat leader J v oh the same day the 1 brates tho birthday ox of two great americans who rendered service to their country though in widely different dlf fjelde george wash ington ing ton and james russell lowell the first president was inheritor de fender rind perpetu perpetrator ator of ii a treat great tradition As a 0 revolutionary leader he differs in fan extraordinary degree from all others of the class A quiet and reserved gentleman rich xo sot the times in he lived conservative by nature u abundantly satisfied with his patt st elate e and nd condition with no fondness ond tot fot abstract principles a stronger to speculative theories the orlee and aud quite with out personal ambition lie he I 1 la perhaps the ehst lastman man that would have been ex to lead a revolutionary movement tet yet it aa as to the personality IV job A e bust gust of washington qin lift to Ens england land 1 it was placed plaited in st pauls jea cathedral thedral similar tar but sue have ben bien presented to L liverpool ikani and manor the Ancient home orna of vf family I 1 oi of this inin manji that hat vera due one the victory la ku the ae field id athe still greater 1 S WE f i 1 r i AK 11 A A SA tory that ins us won when the constitution vins a adopted and the foundations of our national life cre ere laid speak log ing in 1832 on the centenary of ing tons birth daniel webster said tbt world was to see whether society could by the strength of this the representative principle main 1 tain its own peace and good government me nt carry cam forward its own great interests te and conduct itself to political renown and glory by the them benignity of providence this thib experiment so full ot Interest to 0 o us and to our posterity forever so full of interest indeed to the world in its present gener generation atlon and in all alt its generations to come was suffered suiT ered to commence under the guidance ot of washington destined for this high career he was fitted tor for st jt by wisdom by virtue by patriotism b by y discretion by whatever can cm inspire confidence in map toward man in en on the untried scenes early disappointment and the premature nature extinction of all hope of success would have been certain had it not been that there did exist throughout the country in a most extraordinary degree an 4 unwavering wavering trust in him w nho lio stood at the helm helno virtue patriotism and discretion 4 such are the qualities ascribed by to the first president there are many rany others quite as foreign to the epical weal revolution revolutionary ory character such as gs calmness serenity moderation and deliberation but he was more and greater ter chaft a revola tt for be he was a builder and creator his problem was not slimly sli ply the creation portion of a nation but the molding of tt a deop people Is into oni one he ho was the cry ery embodiment of the principle of self government for he be was bis his own master lowell says of him hami go soldier idle r and statesmen rarest anlon 1 nigh I 9 h poised example of great autlee aone don 81 simply ply aa breathing breaW ng ma worlds honors nor or worn an jiffies indifferent lifto to alt all apenborn rp men enborn born 0 0 t odest yet fl firm nature t un save by the men his nobler temper N lob hajner haj ned kever never deuced shaw bow of present BIC ajr other rood or tha than llata to leer steer now la ia heaven hea vennor nor than MR lit v kare mare far from brashna an a from mai fear wi t rigid gw but with arst till fa in pol pot the oa irta twill koi not honored then or now became because be he thy the popular latr cotee tee but that ba still till with stoos broadminded broad minded high bould there li in auf but r on who NM wae was 11 all II this and oura and all ag mene bawn washington 1 such a character as this cannot i be coo 00 oo closely or carefully studied by peo ale under democratic institutions es especially lally in times like these ter zon if democracy 12 ia ato to ce govern the world it must be a clean boin a il d ond and true democracy it has been buld that washington as bom born in a great tradition and that he lie was its champion and defender the liberty for which bd stood and for which the american people must stand has been developing in an orderly tiny ay for a thousand biar it was no gift bestowed at once and in all its fullness men liae for gen orations crat erat lons ions tolled fought and died for it and built institutions to guard it our liberty id IS liberty under the lay ia the liberty of men capable of governing others because capable of governing themselves it Is constitutional und institutional and not a mere sentiment and it Is with men of our raca traditional the attorney general of the united states Is to out gunning for profiteers again A perfectly harmless form of pleasant amusement |