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The Daily Dispatch: May 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], A New Auxiliary for the Southern Arms. (search)
Gen. Washington's Statue, on the Capitol Square, is turned to the South. Those who pretend to administer the very large legacy left by him to the American people, assert that they are carrying out his policy. His policy was national, and looked to the final greatness of his whole country. Does the subjugation of the best half of that country point in the direction of its final greatness?--The answer is easy. Were Gen. Washington alive to-day, he would be just where his honored descenr the very large legacy left by him to the American people, assert that they are carrying out his policy. His policy was national, and looked to the final greatness of his whole country. Does the subjugation of the best half of that country point in the direction of its final greatness?--The answer is easy. Were Gen. Washington alive to-day, he would be just where his honored descendants are — fighting the second time for an independence which he hoped had been finally secured. That's so.
The Daily Dispatch: May 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
small stock of pocket-money, we left Richmond on Saturday, to spend a Sabbath at the "finished" town of Fredericksburg. On our arrival, we found ourself the guest of one of the most cordial, polite Virginia gentlemen we have ever met. The Sabbath which looked down upon us was one of unusual brightness and beauty; the air was sweet and balmy, and everything wore the aspect of a lovely spring day. Before going to church we walked out to the place where rest the ashes of "Mary, the mother of Washington," which is marked by an unfinished monument, the work of a Mr. Burrows, of New York, who failed before accomplishing his patriotic purpose, and, while others are anxious to carry it out, yet he urgently solicits their delay until his broken fortunes are repaired. In our walk we passed by the humble house beneath whose roof George Washington lived, and saw the garden in which his mother oftentimes labored with her own hands. As we witnessed the narrow proportions of the building where