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COMMEMORATIVE OF THE CHARACTER

M R S . M ARY WA HINGT N S O ,

B HE R A’ QR Y . T E Y ESQ. g} L ,

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O R A T I O N

COMMEMORATIVE OF THE CHARA CTER

R W M R . MA Y A HI N N S S GTO ,

HENR TA OR BY Y H T , ESQ.

—~ A S mun. VERETUR NI SI AB SGONDI a n VERI T . co I B .

Gr o r i t Ei s t r e b p g g b u .

ALBANY

J O L MUNS L L 58 S S R E E TATE T EET .

DE DI CATORY EP I S TL E .

C m d c o nt e m la har ing indee , is the task , of p t m ’ ing a consistently oral , and wise Mother s cha r acte r ; it is like viewing at a distance , a goddess o f m . b e love , through glasses fra ed with gold To

the u - - m e hold f ll lighted oon , sinking g ntly into m the broad stretched ar s of a blue horizon , is u fu m bea ti l ; but to gaze upon a venerable atron , m m antled with ind and virtue , leaving behind

m o f B b l her a fa ily i lical lights, and prayerfu ly m resigning herself to a terrorless to b , is the f If m ost beau ti ul sight on earth . Seraphs look hither and sm ile u pon the d utiful deeds of m ag nific e nt m an m ; surely the Everlasting hi self, o l u m l oks fond y down , pon the ore than angelic

o f m m acts worthy wo an , and s iles again the m m s ile , which ages of ages ago illu ed creation

m a m . d issol illi itably This rocky Globe , y be v ’ ed into a g ass e o u s m ist ; ye t wom an s nature ’ s a we . Yo no r b s b r i ht m h ll never ar away g strea s,

’ m ay be shut o ff this i nstant ; yet wom an s

m . brighter na e , shall blaze on forever This

o f ray gratitude , to the Mother of Washing ton , I dedicate ,

m To y Adorable Mother,

TOR . MRS . MARY TA

OR A'T I ON

F RIENDS o r F REEDOM O bserving the gross origin, rash growth , and f - f o f m f Luci er like all , evil E pires, is event ul ; o u n n bserving the cooling clo d , e shroudi g the n a ' m pure and sile t He vens like a pal , e itting m fierce fla es of electricity , and then dashing u e s pon the earth , like the driven wav upon a o ave n ful shore , is also eventful ; bserving an g ’ m o u ar y, bearing with it , death s blo dy del ge , e m m e n slaug ht ring illions of , both by earth and m f a ll ocean , is extre ely event ul ; but these e v mm m ents , and all like events , are i e orable , whe n contrasted with those of a m ajestic mind e d m o th e r m , deluging cri e , with count m e o f less duties ; rearing an E pir virtue , upon th e ignoble ruins o f vicious Empires ; sh ow e r w m ing the world , with the solace of isdo , and the fie r - fl uid s e delighting it, with y of exc l l n o f e ce ; the watchful sentinel , a worthy sex ; ’ f o f the living estival , loving friends ; her parent s , ’ terrestrial prize ; her husband s , celestial honor ; o f o f her daughters , wreath wreaths delight ; d l ’ her sons, goodly gui ing star ; and the wor d s m m m i ts ightiest onu ent of worth ; with base , o n m m globe broad ; its t weri g su it , gilded by ’ God s shining thro ne ; its structure graceful and ’ beautiful as a sacred mother s form ; its m at e rials , pure as her maternal philosophy and substantial as the exhaustless energi es o f h e r 6 f soul ; this is a bene actress ; and this was Mrs .

Mary Washington . Mrs . Washingtonlived a n u C o f obsc re hristain , discharging the d uti es her m e e e b e atronship, until her b loved son G org , ’ cam e the nation s l e ading son ; when heros t h e r m spiri ually bowed before in ho age ; sages, s regarded her as their saint ; and aints , as their

. O e w sovereign bscurity lik reno n , has its bless mf h ings ; it co orts itself, wit the pious plenty of wr a ts content ; p itself, in the beauteous drapery m of daily worthiness ; constructs its si ple robe , ’ o f sacred conduct ; sings God s glory , by its o wn i d o br ght fireside ; rises up , to all the little ’ w its w d uties of life , ithin eye s range ; lies do n , i d l a w th all its uties done , to b ess its life yet e w m i o b sc ur i nobl reno n , is far ore bl ssful than ’ t . . n n y Mrs Washi gto s practical sense , was the m e seat of her ntal power , senseless trifling was aphelio n to her nature ; her sound jud gm ent u e e u j dg d saf ly upon all s bjects , to the extent of her kno wl e dge ; and her knowledge upon all e practical subjects , pertaining to the duti s of a

t . m rue Mother, was extensive Good judg ent h e d in bot sexes , is attainabl , and when attaine adds to their joy ; d isip line judgment by col l e c tin r m m g facts , and theref o for ing correct de c is io ns m m m ; per it no fact in your e ory, or habit in your life , to escape the analyzing cru cib le of your judgm ent ’s power wom an’s jud g m w h ent , like her goodness, should cope it ’ m an s and her decisions concerning his habits , e n lik her devoted ess to his heart , should receive ’ h i s assent and obedience . Mrs . Washington s n m m m atro ly dignity of anner , was al ost d ivine ; m m a nd she co anded universal respect , by uni o f ve r s a lly respecting h e r com mands . Dignity o f m ind and bearing, is the axis divinity shows m of us, that our ortal destiny , is independence 7 f h mind ; de ends its right position , or peris es like m f d e n c o m a hu ane hero , in its right ul ef ce ; m m ands the ar y of its own thoughts , and its u m ff tho ghts are like an aroused ar y , to e ect a ’ world s reform ing conquest ; awe s m ankind to o s e lini an an n g p duty , like archa gel standing ’ u m m a r ac e ful d i ni t pon a saint s onu ent ; g g y , is ’ i o f woman s peculiar gift . Surely the d gnity a m ’ m n real s e press , e gaged in her pictured draw m m n m ing roo , or pro e ading her irrored par l m m m ors , is i posing but far ore i posing is it , m m to behold a”M y other , E press only of a a ' ” ' h a m e n a ed i fi ppy fa ily, g g supplying their pre c io us w n m a ts , with providential econo y and n m i m educati g their spirits, until they beco e m t m w l or al irrors, hich shal reflect in full a ’ m m . a e other s blessed i ag e The present g , car i m l r es with it a wo an y force beyond , and He ave n~ hi h o f a e g above , that any previous g ’ m e it is unquestionably wo an s age, 'at l ast its m m e n d awn , 'or an age , in which wo en , rise in m e n l of tal and oral reb llio , ike a band saints, against a band o f Satans ; b u r sting the tyranni w m an m s cal rules , with hich , in ti es pa t , has t ac t c l i . y enchained her Each sex , should know l tt e r and its own duties, w than the other each f m its m o f - sex , by ra ing own sche es self e m th e o f m obling , suited to nature each , will ost rapidly advance , the natural interests of both . The sexes should continually counsel with each w n fo r other, hile labori g the perfecting of all l s and should be to each other like true sca e , ' whi c h c an not deal out the distilled poisons of injustice to others , because of dealing o u t m bounteous and continual justice , to the selves . m l l Each sex , ust fu ly appreciate , and du y r e spect the other, before they can be truly b e ne fit ed , by their joint enterprises . As the interests o f 8

no two individuals should clash with each other ; so there should be no clashing between

the interests of the sexes . Dark would be this

' b c h and le r i an terrestrial eing, were yonder fir m a m u m ent exting ished ; darker still would it see , b m u were every ea ing eye , str ck with Miltonian blindness ; d arkest and dreariest would be this b w m m m an finite a ode , were o an , who is ore to , n m than all the shini g lights of space , ore than o f o f m m illions Globes , golden ines ; m ore m o than kingdo s of thr nes , or than the thrones of kingdom s ; nay more than thrones o f f o . Ye t crowns , or than the crowns thrones m m m e n m a am ong wo en , as a ong , there y be seen choice and distinguished sp ir it s ; ~sp i r its m m t hat exalt the selves, hu anize humani t se x . y , renown the race , and superiorize their m m t A noble wo an , irrors every virtue in he m vault of her aker ; builds the ladder, that l n leads worlds to b iss ; i vests ordinary duties , with an extraordinary clear and delightful in ’ id ualit f R d iv y ; strews li e s oyal Lane , with the beautiful hoquets of sanctity ; wrestles with h e God , until governs her ways ; and baptizes her works in the J ordan - like waters of b e ne vo lence . g ' A s h e m n n l n W nd w h e m le t a sio s b i d , its i o s i lds fro ga s , w m n’ e e h e r e nm e S o o a s lov , prot cts chos al , He r arde nt care to supply his e ve r y ne e d i e e r th e w we r all sh e h e e d L k a th to orld , that po is s , r n e n now n He soul o c si gly, is doubly stro g, e no fo e e x e th e foe w n S he f ars c p t of ro g . ’ r n e e n sh e e e h e r n m r e He Husba d s Qu , f ls ki gdo g at , e e e h e r e fie e T hus s at d tru , faith d s dark fat ’ r e e e e nfill h e r e e He littl subj cts , full y s , n e n me sh e w i n th e e T he ir a g l a s , afts high ski s . e r we e kin n e e h e r n e m T h i s t atur s , giv atur bloo , n e m e e the mb He r th , t th c t . soul surrou ds ill— y gra o He r fr i e nds sh e love s fore ve r fore ve r de e ms e r w n ne fin e we l e e m H ork u do , till ish d l it s s , — h e w r e of e n l T o k of lov , lov that truth u fur s , w n e n w n n w r And avi g g tly , i s u to it o lds . 9

m Mr s . n . Such a wo an was Washi gton Mrs . Washington lived an advanced and abstem iou s f l m b e li e ; and she lived thus ong too , ainly cause she lived upon the bounties o f te mpe m n rance . Te pera ce , sews up the torn apparel of sickne s s and pain ; is the life of every easy ’ e ar th s lawful e t as m i liver x y ; worthy econo st, ’ to supply life s everincreasing wants secret of ’ and o f beauty , beauty s queenly seat ; archive e e a nd gr atn ss, greatest aid to goodness ; the ’ S w e pirit s canary , of s e test caroling ; pink, of M ar i ni a n t V The c linian puri y, iolet of virtue , lily of Washingtonian liberty ; and rose of Baconian m s o ve r i n m reason . Te perance is the g sanctu ’ of wom an ; a nd is m ans richest m int . ’ Mrs . Washington s vanity , even when sur e w m m o f fl atte r e r s round d by s ar upon swar , s c r u lo u sl t d u was p y subjec e , to the rule of q ali s m h tie ore valuable ; and vain glorious thoug ts , were the fewest and far th e r e st of all though t s which absorbed her soul ; p r o ve ing that u ar e m when our virt ous thoughts nu erous , s l a vaingloriou ones are expelled , ike v grants V m ’ from our presence . anity poisons the ind s m o f m alac ti o ns blood , until the tu ors , bestud ’ God s gracious Prototype ; transform s the m an f m to an ape , and ro that to a self tyrant ; turns D u m ivines to d elists , and duelists to de ons ; o wn l f- digs its whirlpoo , of sel destruction ; m - a changes the philosopher to a hu an pe cock , and the latter to a p e vi sh peasant ; e nvic e s t h e ’ m B O judg ent , as in aal s jaws ; breaks pen the ’ fi r e - n m n ki g, containing ind s kingly fortu e , w fir e d e and steals a ay its contents ; vanity , like , i n stroys itself, the act of destroying the object

which invites it . Mrs . Washington aspired to o f the wealth goodness , rather than of gold ; am and to the f e of great sense , rather than 2 10

s t h great ation ; she attained both , retained bot , and enjoyed both until death . A spiritual ’ w u C n ffe He e ealth , fills p the hristia co rs , of av n s savings bank ; both sexes , all ages , sects , races, m a n t h e and kindreds of people , y tra sact busi m m ness of eternal i portance thereat , by co ply a nd h e u l ' ing with its rigid rig t o s ru es , of go ve r nm e nt ; all days , all hours of all days , and all m m n all m o e ts of hours , are its ti es of dis count ; every m an m ay m ake his deposit the re w u e in , hose f nds are secur d , by fair and sub s tanti al e acts ; its capital stock , lik its influence , surpa sses m ortal co mputation ; i ts notes of i s u m o sue , o tnu ber, even the countless s uls who i t n m e e cling to for protectio , fro irr trievabl n e n bankruptcy ; its felicitous divide ds , are giv daily and foreve r ; its redee m ing po wers like its a r e o basis, reliable ; its st ckholders, are heaven l u n y seraphs ; its caref l directors , are e rapted c o nfid a b le cherubs ; its just cashier , is a Jesus ; e its teller , is a vigilant St . P ter ; its bookkeeper, - i s e . c a dilig nt St Paul ; its notary publi , is a n Re an fra k velator John ; its chief clerk , is a m iable John the Evangelist ; its nu m erous sub e clerks , are ang ls and saints of solid grace ’ e t is m eternity s c n re , the cite of this co ely edi fic e J e f ; hovah , is its presiding o ficer , and per p e t u al j udge . Mrs. Washington drew forth the ’ e th e m lov of friends , as easily as la p s blaze draws fo rth the substance it consum es ; and m d e s u fo r her co pany , was as wi ly o ght , as her characte r was widely i m itated ; her individual attractiveness in society , like that m e m of an a iable princ ss a ong her people , m m s h e e was i ense ; personally , was unlik what m ost women are ; yet just what all m m a wo en should have been , and y yet be ; she m m enjoyed ore then ost ladies, because she 1 1 was a lady in all her enjoyments ; and in all o f things the lines prudence , were to her pre cions as life ; her li fe should be read to be fol we lo d , and followed because it leads aright ; and the enj oym ent conferred by its repe ated u ~ per sal , is repeatedly greater than that pro cured by peru sing a war - fort full of nauseously

f . ictitious works Enjoying the antidote aspect , b m of an Eden , loo ing with ripe beauties ; and r r i s filled with palatable and prope f uits, ’ heavenly enj oying the scen e s of a hill s s u m m it b i n m , at evening, bathing the row, its bal y w h o breezes ; while the akeful nig t w rld , sends it s f n c o upward prayer ul so g s , h icer and holier than hu m an chorus ; while the brilliant stars r a' e break th ough the blue zure , lik glittering lo wfli e s m g fro an alpine grove , is likewise hea ’ ve nl b ut n h e o y ; e joying a true roine s c unsels, to th e m conduct us to honor, as co pass conducts its c o nfid e r to the pole ; her exam ple of e x p e r i e nc e v , to exalt our existence , as the fair go er m ness pro otes those , enlisted in her favor ; and h e r long schedule o f means to successfully m m ~ anage our stately ship of life , is ost heaven ’ l . . e y Mrs Washington s character , was pur as the play- thoughts of a c hild ; and he r c o m va li e nt r panions, were controlled by her y , as is V m health by a irginian cli e . There is in ’ wo man s nat ure an insatiable yearning fo r f n peerless purity of li e ; and when u warped , w e d she arps worthlessness , as does st a y heat , ’ green substances ; wo m an s angelize d purpose m an and work , is to , as was the loving glance of

- - e . Juno , to the God great Jov ’ m u m h Wo an s p rity , turns fro the savage s ark o f se lfishne ss a nd m , he closes his life consu ing jaws ; spurns upon the coiled serpe nt of u n s tr c hnini an f f kindness , and his y angs, all from e c e iv their dark sockets ; bids absence , to the d n and ing Sata of her confidence , he sinks abash c d m m e , a azed at her presu ptiv purity ; S am s o ni o nl m y levels the inquisitive te ple , of the m f enslaving Philistines , har lessly to hersel ; while s h e C hristianly conquers her fo e ; ap ’ r o ac h e s l m i s p king alcoho s throne , and the c hi e vous m m , guilty onarch , springs headlong fro e l s his seat of h lish o vr e ig nty . Wom an was no ’ m u m l ore the first ca se , of hu anity s fa l of falls ; a than she will be the last , to c use its rise of ris i ngs ; and if m an has lessened her wor th lj / r n m m aj z inapp eciative ess , God will ulti ately e m it up to her , by pro oting her above her de tractor . Ye t wom an has faults ; but they are like a h ’ ero s scars, which , though ghastly to behold , m have still behind and beneath the , buried

s m n . . acredness , and a redee i g soul Mrs Wash i n to n was m g , slow to adopt inadaptive custo s , e she pref rred taste to style , or rather the style o f t m f rue taste ; co fortable dress, though ash i o n d n i h enounced her choice ; conve ience art , to what was artfully comm on ; and the sm ile m c o nc i e nc e of s iles, of an educated , though

' followed by the contem pt of both sexes . m no t n m b e Wisdo will undo a sta ding custo , cause it is custom ary to innovate ; but its inno n b e m e vatio s will pro pted by experi nce , and it ' will adopt them to render i ts experience m ore pleasant .

m n th e e w th e oli an e e n th e l Re for p la ts oliv t ig , of p ac i to sou , n e o ’e r w e r e m se r a hi an And spri kl s it at rs , f sh fro p pools e n e e n w n and m n e Att ds its t r al gro th , addi g buds blosso i g hu s , e e n on e e n m e Till h av h av bloo forth , as its issu s , n th e c ano i an fla o e m U furl p g f just r for , n th e e e e n n Uptur spirits y , its pot t thoughts ador , n r S n th e e e e e . cor past , if pr s t prog ss it r tards a th e e e n w e e n w e e Disc rd p r s t , h r i it th arts duti s discharg , 13

mm ne wi h f u e ime e anf m he m wh ’s ob Co u t ut r t s . gl ro t at t e , fl n an e e e e n S z e e e d . pirituali r ctio , r v al t r ity W in th e a e e r and l r e rapt sb stos rob of t uth , spiritua st if , F me m s n ke s r nnot r e la s fro a thou a d sta , bu our gua d d life , But e e th e th e e fals hood , disrob s spirit , drags it to stak ,

And fi e th e n e w r e e the e . r s k otty pil , ith da k st d ath fat W e n e e r m me e n me e o h tru r fo is co , th co s r at j y , o e e h th e w r k e m Wh e nj y is gr at ; th n trut o 'ploys . Re m for th e valie nt e e w r d for the W r e r e w for v ss l , a o l a l ss c ; E e n th e e n G ’ r ne th e r in e w t r ity oc a broad , od s th o po t vi , A e e l n e e w an r w r v ss stro g as virtu , a cr of st da d o th , An e nw i n in m e ne or th e o r r h oc a av g a iabl ss , our p t p t of t ut .

’ M s r Washington s pleasant ways, were the m o f i t way to peace , her s ile love , was the l gh m o f of her soul ; and her treat ent every society, m was altogether tender and symp athetic . A iable m m o f co n anners , are the anners angels and s m n oling thoughts uttered in s ili g tenderness, m are oonlight dews , falling to refresh drooping

. m D n in flowers Tender s iles are olphi s , playing ’ the lake of life s delight golden - c r e ste d ~King ’ i lets, singing in the heart s grove ; daylight m parting hues to the globe of countenance ; vio in a t e r r e s ti al lets , set the vase of front ; flashe s f m m ’ ro the eridian blaze o f Jehovah s face . ’ . n m its Mrs Washi gton s si plicity of life , like m lasting solidity , was attained by si ple observa tion , and solid reflection ; a sound thought m e d ifie d m n si ply uttered , her ore , tha a golden ur n im b e d e d se , with pearls , pre nted to her with a gorgeous display . What she thought was thought with sincerity , and her every thought was truth ; what she said , was said with sensi b le ne ss , and her every saying was sacred ; what m and she done was done in si plicity , her every ,

e . m o f de d was a duty Si plicity , charters nature the right to follow her, while she leads to per ’ fe cti o ns - o f palace ; secures the copy right , the u se fule st m m volu e , because it is ost virtually ’ n m for s s i u derstood ; ar our honor cadet , h elding 14

’ him f om ff o r e S a , r a ectation s dish no abl bres ; ’ - an grey locks, to author s works, working for e m a e e o f th place , siding sag ly peers ; alphab t h e d a n t worl , early wining it to alliance with a ’ o . Man l b e m n natural n bility shal wo a s p up il , m e m r in ost things, until he reach s ore nea ly the m m o f um m m su it s its, where a wise si plicity r eigns . ’ r s n m —w ha ine ss w M Washingto s ho e pp , as her e arthly heaven ; she there superintended m h m m fa a fa ily, whic has since beco e ore m ous than faulty so vr e ig ns ; she there likewise b h gave irth to a child , which has given birt o f F u to a republic ; the star redericksb rg , like t h e o f B h m i n star ancient et lehe , was born w n i n m and lo li ess , and ti es of danger to its life , m in m c h distress to any living ; yet ti es, whi most needed its life and d utiful labors ; by her nu f w hearth side she rsed an in ant , hich has nursed an infantile nation ; rocked to repose a i n ch ld , upo which a country has reposed in the cradle of renown ; clothed the growing son , o f Am e whose orb orbs of greatness, has robed h m m n rica wit the ost co ely apparel , of adva ced m f Christendo ; taught the youth ul loyal thinker, who has t aught Americans the loyalty o f de fendi ng their liberties m oulded and developed m an m u o f a , who has o lded a world worthy e n and m m t m , i ensely developed their inheren ’ m — m o th e r dignity . Ho e happiness is a s dower f m i nh e r i te nc e o atronship , and an too , as ex h au stle ss as the light of Eternity . M r s Wash ’ to n s m ing connubial , like her aternal love , was m m constant and subli e ; nay , it was the subli ity of constancy ; she was doubtless careful in b e ff stowing her a ections , yet when bestowed , her w bliss was to cultivate the soil , in hich she had planted the purest seed of her soul . Her con

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testimony of its practical b e ne fic e nc e . To per ’ f m o f m or acts kindness unto all , is wo an s m first nature , her second nature is to repeat the ,

and to i ncrease their num ber .

Mrs . Washington possessed that virtue of m virtues , a practical syste , in every thing she m m perfor ed , fro the earliest , to the latest years o f her life ; and the creations of her syste m s of m i m i actions , were as syste atic , and as closely in ’ t ati on D m of eity s , as it was possible for the to

be , in her then stage of being . Life is the first, i s d truth the second , and or er is the third law of Heaven ; our lovely heroine was the three

. N thirds, of these three heavenly laws atural d is sh e ve le d e o f order scans the tr sses , private ff l e m ad a airs , and ooking again , it beholds th justed with neatness and taste ; touches the u n n o f h al stru g Lyre universal enterprise , and its lowed strings are restored to sound action and ’ sweetest harm ony ; s m i te s th e Pa lr ny r i an s ruins m o f of public panic and illions vaults , filled with m illions of valuable m oneys are open to e h all . h Let order r ign in all things, even t oug the reign of all orders of oligarchies cease , thereby . m . for n Mrs Washington , re arkable possessi g m m so nu erous, and s uch vitally i portant cha r ac te r is ti c s e t a fe li c i tatin , added y , that of g cheer fu lness ; this trait in her character, was like a d r o happy anecdote , recor ed in a Treatise of p t t h e u o f foundes philosophy , val e which is e heightened , by its r lationship to things , even ’ m h e m l b . r ore va ua le May A erica s God , help s e x m m o f , to i itate her exa ple living a cheerful m m life . Were a daughter of ine , to request y m ost fatherly advice to guide her throu gh life ; h u ao one rule s ould say, let cheerf lness R m . co pany your lot, whatsoever it be eal c f a heer ulness is sponge , to suck up the tears 17

' ano d nial th e o f sorrow ; y agent , to arrest ague m of distress ; pericraniu shield , to protect and r estrain the excited spirit ; eyelids to ke ep m oist m n m ’ and in easy otio , ind s ever working eye m or e b i an f ball ; a hy n of praise , to paci y the He aven- adorning heart ; and step - moth er o f m existence , to every soundly educated ind . B u wh l eing cheerful thro gh your ole ife , con ’ s ume s half of death s life ; but death increases ’ - n its life s dread , if life decreases in cheerful ess , towards its close . Mrs . Washington drew large l r e y upon the future , for her p es nt happiness, m despair like deathly diste pers, was as far dis t m n tan fro her uprisi g desires , as the poles of Eternity are fr om e ach other ; if s he could not at i n first succeed her designs, she struggled d e s1 nl g y on , until she succeeded at least , in see ing a way worthy her striving . She hoped for t h e all n best in thi gs , even though in m ost n things , she should e joy at the best , only her Th e m an hopes . who will not build , lest his m ansion should burn ; is himself burnt down to the ashes of distress by o v e r b laz ing cau tion ; s o he who enjoys little of the luxury which an honest hope yields ; y ields indeed but little o f m e n that luxurious life , which and him self

m . ight enjoy Let the oppressor despair, if he please ; b ut le t it be the pleasure o f the o p p r e s se d f , to hope for relie and to rejoic e in their

. R hopes ational hope , solders the heart fast to ’ Heavens shore ; sets the autom ata of general m enterprise in otion , and accelerates i ts Gabre ’ l o f ian strides ; prophetess ability s youth , and ’ s ecret of a youthful ag e ; d essert of life s feast of f m easts, aking it a continuous feast of des s Cle o atr i an ert ; crystal hope , is the p jewel , o f ’ Jehovah s crown . Mrs . Washington exhibited

’ the of of m possession the faculty fir ness, to an 3 18

extent entirely extraordinary for her se x ; he r o f m cast character te aches us, that when wo an

fixes her will , it is fixed ; likewise that what l sh e she wi l , generally should , and what she should she always wil l fortitude is as natural to m m e wo an , as love ; and both qualities, shine or b m n rilliantly in the diade of her character, tha ’ m m i nm . fir an s Wo an should be , because her fickle condition and destiny require it . The n m w m o f ess of others , ill turn ankind to a band m iserable traitors , to their choicest interests ; e t m l m y their spiritual fir ness, wil ce ent their ar e excellent purposes together, as solid as ’ f s t the earth s two hem ispheres . As the lo tie m s Egyptian Pyra id , has bayed the whirlwind of -nu and hurricanes the plain ; broken , self m har ed , the electric bolts that have burst u pon it ; defied all elem ental destruction ; and i s in still standing, deeply based the earth , and breaking the elysian blue ; so a fir m and n m s d s oble ind , bay the whirlwinds of wicke ne s, s et in m otion by wicked brains ; breaks harm e f d l ssly to itsel the bloo colored bolts of envy , m wherewith rash and a bitious rivals, would l to n glad y strike it oblivio , and bless the stroke , u l m r les the savage e e ents, of rashest conspiracy i n against it ; and stands the end , like God , ere ’ he gave Globes light . Eternity s unrivalled h an King . Mrs . Washington was gifted wit o f b lith s o ml b e fit energy thought and action , y ing the great Am erican m atron ; her m otives o f were exalted , exalting too the ideas all with in the hap p ifying h alls of her influence ; her s ervants obeyed her biding energetically b e cause her energy served to t r anfuse throu gh them the spi rit of their chieftess ; she never feared the electric storms o f natural fatigues and death ; but she wisely s ecl uded he rse lf 19

m m n of s fro the boo i g blasts unnatural sorrow , and an early death ; sh e prayed for length of life not because she feared death ; but the fe ar f sh e was, that death would seize her, be ore ’ f had accomplished life s delight ul works . An enlightened energy scales the towering Alps of f of inac t1on thought , and the destructive oes 1 no r ance o wn and g , are slaughtered upon their war -fie ld s ; burns the wild prarie of wicked m m n custo s, and a world reads, a govern e tal of o f i t catalogue rational rules, by the light s axe of n bloody blaze raises the righteous reaso , ’ of m f s f f n and forests an s ooli h reaks, all be eath its e r r le ss stroke ; m arches against intruding m n d is onarchists, and anon they surre der in s sub honor, to the honored ouls they sought to

due , like yoked stags ; and to enslave like sold

f . u e a ser s, when subdued Aro se the world lik ’ ’ m s Gabriel s shaking blast , heralding judg ent u i day, by your tho ghtful actions ; lead it higher n

o f f f e . the Heavens li e , than it was ever led be or Our M ' not the others, what are they are they of m e n exact Engravers . ; the peerless Painters m of of races and the subli e Sculptors world s . m to The Engraver, carves out his wooden sy bols f please his patrons, and acquire living ame ; f m Mothers, carve orth their spiritual sy bols , to

please Providence and obey their nature . Th e s m and Painter flourishe his i itative pencils , his canvas exhibits a lifeless perishable form ; Mo ’ th e r s and flourish their spirit s original pencil , o f sove r i the living picture God , appears in g n m f Sc d l to r ajesty be ore us . The p strikes his steel - toothed chisel , cutting truly with his sharp f curled awls, and the rocky eatures of the ori inal f him a g , strike out be ore ; but Mothers, r e of - - w Sculptors sacred breathing statues, hich se t An e lonian ar t s m n a r g , ee ingly upo p a , wi th 20

k fu . m the uns il l novice The glory of atronship , e u m which Heaven has bestow d pon wo an , is ’ only equalled by Heaven s own glory . ’ e Mrs . Washington s ag was passed in recalling m le asu r e th e mm with un easured p , unco on events o f fill her past eventful existence ; with a goblet , ed with the steel-bright and life blessing waters of n death before her ; and a cluster, of long ripeni g C - n sh e hristian deeds behi d her ; beheld each , and Heaven above both , with the blandest ex pression of love ; she partook freely of the lat ter nourishing yet unfor b idden fruit likewise f o f m m - fluid partaking reely that for er , har less , whic h quenches all mortal thirst ; she looked u b e pward , with the spiritual eye of eyes , and

l . v h eld a better ife A enerable old age , stands bravely upon the co mm anding Him ale ah ofe x p e u m m i n l ric ce , with a eek and ad ri g wor d at its base ; issues the flying proclam ation o f its p r e c e p m m n tive researches, and editative illions bur with joy at the joyous news ; presses the sounding m o f keys, to the instru ent its rapturing designs, b m and the only desire ofa raptured race , is to ar o n C ize with the leader , whose hristian strains

m . they reciprocate , with an unrestrained ho age m Earth has nothing ore honorable , than an h honorable old age ; and he who attains it , s all ’ be attended with signal honors . Washington s ’ m o f Mother, like the other Jesus , was her sex s m l m m ode her na e , like her sagely si plicity is m ad irable ; her nature , like the nobility of her se x n m m b , shall he ceforth beco e ore revera le n her birth , was like an a gel incarnate , inspiring m wo an with her weighty worth ; her death , dis ’ embodied our world s immortal benefactress ; yet x this world , like the ne t, rejoices in her exist e nce .