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(From the Glasgow Courier.)
Yesterday the Right Hon. Lord Stanley was installed
Lord Rector of this University in presence of the Principal
and Professors, and a very crowded and most respectable
auditory. Amongst the company on the bench with his
Lordship we observed Sir Archibald Campbell, Dean of
Faculty, his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Belhaven,
Sir James Graham, Mr. Patrick Stewart, Mr. Camp-
bell, of Blythswood, &c. &c.
After the ceremonial of the installation had been gone
through,
Lord STANLEY rose, and was received with the loudest
applause by the students, who on this occasion conducted
themselves with very uncommon and exemplary propriety.
His Lordship said—Mr. Dean, Mr. Principal, and Gentle-
men, the custom of this University requires that I should
address a few words on the present occasion to those by
whom 1 am surrounded for the very high honour that has
been conferred on me in being plaeed in my present situa-
ion. And you may be assured, Gentlemen, Ido so with
linmingled feelings of sincerity and high gratification,
look
at the same time with extreme diffidence, when I
look back to the long list of illustrious names who
have preceded me in the office which I now fill—the
14sirnipg, assiduity, and genius of q.ampbell—(cheer-
eloqtrence` a -Brongham—(great cheering)
the critical acumen of a Jeffrey—the philosophical research
of a Mackintosh ; and, in the more early history of the
University, by the mighty, the all-grasping mind of a Smith
and a Burke.—(Cheers.) I feel how immeasurably short
I must fall of this splendid series of great names. "While I
look also to the station which this University has attained
in science and literature throughout Europe, and to the
last four centuries, during which so many eminent profes-
sors have adorned its halls—when I find the chairs filled by
such men as Smith, and Reid, and Jardine ; when the di-
vinity chair wets occupied by a Gilbert Burnet, the medical
chair by a Black, the mathematical chair by a Simpson ;
and also among her other sons a Hunter, a Bailey, and a
Watt, I feel the distinction to be one of such eminence,
that I cannot lay claim to it. When I look back to the
history of this University, and see it struggling calmly on-
ward with no great means, and no large endowments—but
with a strict economy—a strict and stern impartiality, ex-
tending its usefulness and contributing its full share to the
promotion of science throughout the world, I feel the great
compliment which has been paid me. But to what can I
attribute it? It cannot be to any private friendship, because
lam here almost totally unkown. I feel, however, proud
to say that I am not wholly alienated from Scottish blood,
for I am the lineal descendant of a name which has made no
mean figure in the annals of Scottish history.—(Applause.)
I well know, however,ft is not on these grounds alone that
the present honour could be conferred ; but I feel it is be-
stowed because you approve and concur in those great
political principles to which 1 conscientiously ad-
here.--(Great cheering.) In honouring me, therefore, I
am not sorry, for I feel that by doing so you are, in fact,
doing honour to the principles I profess.--(Cheers.) In me
you will find'one ready to assist in removing all blemishes
and deformities from the best and holiest institutions of the
country with the most uncompromising zeal—while, at the
same time, I will oppose, with all the might and energy of
which I am capable, those whose measures, whose objects,
and whose intentions are not to reform but to destroy._
(Vehement and long-continued cheering.) It is on these
grounds that I feel the highest gratification to see, more
especially when the period of life of those who surround
me is taken into consideration, and when the error of a
hasty judgment might be expected, that temper of modera-
tion ; and, while you press forward to remedy existing
abuses, extending a fostering care, and rallying round the
institutions of the country, which in a moment of peril
might be destroyed under the pretext of reform.—(Loud
cheering.) I should, perhaps, apologise to my audience for
touching upon such points—(Cries of " No, no")—but in
these times the din and turmoil of political warfare are
heard within the walls of the College, while the great
movements abroad are taking deep hold on our social
system. One, and not the least distinguished, of my pre-
decessors, in addressing the younger portion of his audi-
ence, pressed upon them, with the zeal and talents of a
master, the great necessity of pursuing their scientific
studies : but, without his great name, I would consider it
the height of presumption in me, in presence of so many
learned and talented men, to presume to offer any advice.
In this University, there is every incentive to an honour-
able rivalry. Science in all its departments is of the easiest
access, and the museum and library are of the greatest ad-
vantages, while the medical department is famed throughout
the country. I may add, however, that the greatest incen-
tive to learning is the spirit of the times in which we live.
In these days it is not only true that knowledge is power,
but it is also universally allowed that ignorance is degrada-
tion—(Cheers)—and he who displays any slackness among
his associates in mental capacity is sure to lose caste, and
be borne back to that position which he has only a right
to claim. In imitation of one of my predecessors I will
venture to give one word by way of advice, and to express
a hope that the study of the ancient classics will not be
abandoned when they are no longer compulsory. Believe
me that to the man who wishes to study politics, or the art
of persuasion, nothing can be more necessary than to imbue
his mind with the spirit of the ancient poets and historians,
that he may be able to infuse into his own arguments and
compositions, and to draw from that pure and crystal foun-
tain a copious diction, high sentiment, and masculine
thought which so eminently distinguished those great men,
but whom there is no hope of successfully rivalling. I
will venture to say one word more, on a topic, however,
upon which I do not know how to touch, although
it forms a most important part of education. In pursuing
your literary and scientific studies it is necessary that you
do not forget those studies which are to guide your con-
duct and form your hearts.—(Applause.) I do not speak
of those controversial or polemical discussions which are
necessary for those who are preparing themselves and look-
ing forward to the Ministry, but to the study of the Scrip-
tures, which, as Protestants, ought to be the rule of faith,
the rule of practice, and imperative on all. I know not
whether I am going beyond my province in thus venturing
upon ground so sacred—(No)—but whether in the calm
paths of retirement, or in the bustle of an active profes-
sion, it is scriptural principle alone which must guide our
conduct through the world. To those among you, and
there may be some who are panting with a noble enthusiasm
and generous ambition to enter into political life, and who
are forming aspirations to sway the destinies of nations, and
devote their talents for the benefit of mankind, I say do not
quench those aspirations ; do not damp those energies ; but,
amidst the disappointments you will be sure to meet with
by the thwarting of the ignorant or the selfish, the impa-
tience and embarrassments arising from misrepresentation
and misconstruction of every word and every action, it
will require a more soothing principle, a more exalted object
than mere human ambition or human honour.—(Loud
cheers.) You will then have to look up to one with whom
there is no misconstruction, no change. I perhaps ought
to apologise for dwelling on so serious a topic ; but the deep
earnestness with which I feel what I say must be my ex-
cuse for stepping out of ordinary bounds. Feelings
like these being the deep conviction of my mind, I will ask
how it can be supposed, with this conviction, I can be in-
different to the maintenance, as a national object, of those
institutions by which religious instruction is secured ?
(Cheers.) Are those the institutions which ought to be
treated by Government with indifference and non-interfe-
rence ? It ought to be the first duty of a Government to
extend religious knowledge, and see that the people, by
means of establishments, had the power of obtaining instruc-
tion and religious comfort.—(Loud cheering.) These in-
stitutions are respected, and ought to be maintained and
upheld in the love and affection of the country. But while
I say this I am not blind to the defects which at present
exist, and which I am anxious to see removed ; for by such
means do I wish to disarm our enemies, conciliate our op-
ponents, and increase our friends. But it is not our sacred
institutions alone I wish to see reformed ; it is the whole
range of civic institutions which I desire to see amended,
but not altered for the purpose of destruction. On these
principles it was tl at I acted with the Government of Earl
Grey in favour of a reform which gave to the loyalty, the
intelligence, and the wealth of Scotland, a power and an in-
iluence which they did not before possess. These powers
and privileges were entrusted to the people themselves, be-
cause it was known they loved the institutions of their coun-
try, and would prove their best defenders. Would to God
that that great man, whose name I can never mention but
with the profoundest respect and reverence, had been enabled
to remain in office to guide the helm of Government by his
steady and skilful hand ; unmoved by the praise of his
friends or the silicon of hip opponents. That man was the
true patriot, the strenuous defender of the privileges of the
Crown, the rights of the people, and the aristocracy. But
I now sincerely trust that into whatever hands the helm of
tie State may come, no man will ever conceive that he can
check the spirit of improvement, of inquiry, and investiga-
tion, that must now go on. This will never do ; the wishes
of the people must not he put aside ; they must be mot by
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