WASHINGTON: PATER PATRIAL.

High over all whom might or mind made great,
Yielding the conqueror's crown to harder hearts.
Exalted not by politicians' arts,

Yet with a will to meet and master Fate,
And skill to rule a young, divided State,

Greater by what was not than what was done,

Alone on history's height stands Washington;
And teeming Time shall not bring forth his mate,
For only he, of men, on Earth was sent

In all the might of mind's integrity;
Ne'er as in him truth, strength and wisdom blent;
And that his glory might eternal be,

A boundless country in his monument,
A might nation his posterity.

-Richard Grant White.

GOVERNOR HOWELL'S VERSES.

When, one hundred years ago, Washington was on his way from Philadelphia to New York to be inaugurated, the fair women of Trenton, N. J., went out to meet him, singing the following ode, composed by the governor of the state, Mr. Howell:

Welcome, mighty chief, once more
Welcome to this grateful shore;

Now no mercenary foe,

Aims again the fatal blow,

Aims at thee the fatal blow.

Virgins fair and mother grave,

Those thy conquering arm did save,
Build for thee triumphal bowers.
Strew, ye fair, his way with flowers.

PAUL SELBY

A personal friend of Abraham Lincoln and associated with him in the first steps in the organization of the Republican party, wrote the following:

(Dedicated to Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic.)

Our Union banner waves

O'er freemen, not o'er slaves,

The patriots' pride;

In Freedom's fane, as one,

And wreathed the names they sung,

Lincoln and Washington,

The Nation's guide.

The character, the counsels, and examples of our Washington they will guide us through the doubts and difficulties that beset us; they will guide our children and our children's children in the paths of prosperity and peace, while America shall hold her place in the family of nations.-Ed. Everett (Speech, July 5, 1858, "Washington Abroad and at Home").

While Washington's watchword, such as ne'er
Shall sink while there's an echo left to air.

-Byron (Age of Bronze).

O Washington! thrive glorious name,

What due rewards can man decree

Empires are far below thy aim

And scepters have no charms for thee;

Virtue alone has your regards,

And she must be your great reward.

-Philip Freneau (Washington's arrival in Philadelphia).

and aim has been

"My ardent desire to keep the United States free from any political connections with any other country, to see them independent of all and under the influence of none."-George Washington to Patrick Henry, October 9, 1795.

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world."

"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience proved that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government."-From Washington's farewell address.

When the federal convention met at Philadelphia, May, 1787, to form the present constitution, Washington was made the presiding officer. He was instrumental in holding the convention together when they were at different times about to dissolve the convention, and he also incorporated several wise provisions in the constitution.

Lincoln, in 1865, was instrumental in obtaining the adoption of the 13th amendment abolishing slavery.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. Speech to both Houses of Congress, Jan. 8, 1790.

A great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle (patriotism) alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.-George Washington (Letter to John Banister, Valley Forge, April 21, 1777).

I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel

me to do it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.-George Washington (Farewell address).

Here you would know, and enjoy, what posterity will say to Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.-Benjamin Franklin (Letter to Washington, March 5, 1780).

You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government; while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect and defend it.-Abraham Lincoln (First inaugural address, March 4, 1861).

America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.-Daniel Webster (Completion of Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1843).

LINCOLN'S TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON, LOST FOR SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS, FOUND.

New York, Feb. 21.-Seventy-eight years ago tomorrow, in Springfield, Ill., where his tomb is now a shrine before which a nation bows in reverence, young Abraham Lincoln paid tribute to George Washington.

The words he uttered then, perhaps as eloquent as his worldfamed Gettysburg address, have been lost for three-quarters of a century in the pages of a country newspaper hidden away in the files of the Congressional Library. They were brought to light to be given to the world for the first time almost on the eve of another birthday anniversary of the first President.

"This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of Washington," he said. "We are met to celebrate this day. Washington is the mightiest name on earth-long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name an eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name and in its naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on."

The text of this unknown example of Lincoln's eloquence was found in Washington by Lucien Hugh Alexander of Philadelphia, who gave it to the Associated Press today.

An account of the ceremony at which Lincoln spoke was contained in the copy of the Sangamon Journal published at Springfield on Feb. 25, 1842.