Show The Age of Washington However his military fame tame may excite excite ex ex- dt cite the wonder of ot mankind It Is chiefly by his bIt civil magistracy that Washington's Washington's Washing Washing- tons ton's example will Instruct them Such a n chief magistrate as Washington Washing Washing- ton appears like the pole star In a clear sky to direct the skillful statesman HI His presidency will form an nn epoch and be distinguished as the age of Wash Wash- ington Already It assumes Its high place in tn the political region Like the Milky Way It whitens along its allotted allotted allot allot- ted portion of ot the tho hemisphere The latest generations of men will survey through the telescope of history the space where so many mony virtues blend their rays and delight to separate them into groups and distinct virtues As the best illustration of ot them the living monument to which tho the first of patriots patriots pa pa- would have chosen to consign his tame fame It is my earnest prayer to heaven that our country may subsist even in that late day doy In the plenitude of ot its liberty and happiness and nod mingle its mild mUd glory with Washington's Fisher Ames Amea L XA |