New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-30
VOL. VIZ. no. 95.
Union College Commencement Exercises.
SCHENECTADY. Wednesday. P. " Jalv D. l.47.


Correspondence Of Toe Tribune
SCHENECTADY, Wednesday. ?. " July o. ls47
The humanizng influence Of Literature is in
nothing more srikngy displayed than IN tho harmony
and Fellowship with which men Of sn political parties
and religious beliefs meet On lie broad and LOFTY table
land his was strkingy exemplaed 10 the Addre..es
just delivered at the Annivcrs ~ Of UNION COLLEGE
which fully justified he name ~ bringing together into
the same rostrum leading Whig and distinguished
Dsmoers,-sn Episcopal Bishop and a Presbyterian
Divine.
The exercises commenced on Sunday evening with
an address before the Theological Soeioy Of the Col
lege by Rev EBENEzEa HALEY. of Salem washing ton
Co. NswYork. His subject wss CHRISTIANITY; re
pat sSuggestts rreseat portion and 10 future pros
pas. The reverend speaker. somewhat We5serianin
appearance in style also and clearly snd mas
sgey portrayed the progress Of bis high subject from it's
early Roman prosecutions TO ito pre,ent prospsrty and
drew uuhesatnRy bright picture of ia anticipated
growth and rise far onward in the Future 10 the
nation Of 4. things
THEODORE sKDewIcK Esq on Monday evening. id.
dressed the Senate (cOmposed Of Senior Class who
assemble weekly 10 Discus with al legislative f0rmaites
the important questions Of the day upon The true %
sa0n character and duties Of THE AMERIcAN CITIZEN"
The ssing effect Of the cesr and voice
Of tho orator fully borne out by his matter. lie
commenced with graphic sketch Of the present con-
felicity and happily chsraceTzing the first leading
tionF-Engand, France Russia aud tbs United States.
Eu gland has terrible future before her. France should
have al honor for heryicory hereditary Nobility
and an established Church bot she has passed her zenith
while Russia and America still rising dizZyDg
sht Of power Prominent among the duties Of the
American citizen nc placed courage; the moral courage
OF avO@lng and defending ones sincere opinions how
ever unpopular and unsupported they may be- II you
approve Of Rcpudiaon0i Slavery, cay go boldly; but
If you believe them 10 be dsgraces and curses to the
dol NF EeNf. Cod crAr
motto should be heplers advice 10 Calico" COntde
/ Ct Progredve !" Courage, and Onpard 20
Our duty 10 educate fellow citizens By social con-
with them ioTcibly incu!cated. The opinions
Of Burke OF Washington and Of JefersOnon party spr
placed ia striking juxiaporton Removal Of sub
orduaes from Office for opinions sake was emphsical-
y reprovcd WqT was denounced and wildly depicted.
R,liRi0a duly hoDored. Many other important and
delicate topics discussed. and tho fact ihat
stranger could have discovered Of what political party
the orator ives 80 ofuuFuished member, wa5 the high
est compliment 10 his independence 'act and ability.
On TUes3ay afternoon RI. Rev ALONz0 POTTER,
Bishop Of Pennsyyauia, very kindly consented at only
a day 6 notice, to address the NawYerk Apta Of the
Phi Boa Kappa Society, whose appointed Orator was
not present lie took for HE subject the tendency Of
modern Science 10 explain everything by natural causes
and general laws rejecting totally the supernatural and
the miraculous and ending 10 the complete Fats
ism. The Necessity OF Edwards, denied only mans in
reference, but this refuses 10 admit that OF God The
Vesges OF the Natural History Of Creation, and Bah
baees Ninth Brdgewaer Treatise, supplied mOst strik
ing expOsOns of this doctrine la its most specious and
attractive form The arguments by which Bishop Pot
ter powerfully and impressiveiy depicted It's moral
and mental evils too varied In character end too
logical In form 20 admit Of analysis OF them here
without doing them much injustice particularly
the Address ii to be hoped will Reprinted for general
perusal and study.
Ia the evening Han. GEORGE P. MARSH Of Burlington,
delivered most comprehensive ana profound address
upon The Scicpoe 81 Hs0ry" what II had Deen, and
what il should be. particularly IN America Hitherto
History has been little than record OF wars and
outward circumstances overlooking the inward men.-
Historians have been partisCus, and have written
for rulers not for the people The domesic life OF
tons is however that which should DO especially To-
corded. We want the history of Governments. but
that Of Man The quaint Chronicles Of the Middle Ages
contribute 10 this much though uncousci0usy, amid
their abors II prove that Adam snd Eve spoke Low
Dutch In Paradise that Odn and Ulysses were ide1tci
and that Pato's Atlantis In Sweden Antiquarian
knowledge is here invaluable The iDvestie cation of the
age and authenticity OF manuscripts has become sci
ence. In country new and superior school OF bis
tory may be expected. The history OF year OF one
OF our Atlantic States is eptome Of European
tnry. Prom such history as should De written we
woud learn dangers and our duties and we should
look to Europe for parnHg, but for irsrction 10
fathers and their God
Wednesday, the time of the regular Commencement
exercises, cool, calm. so bright that IT
seemed made expressly 10 order tor the occasion Thirty
Of the Graduating Class delivered oraOns in English,
Hebrew. Greek. Lsuu. French Italian. and German --
Their addresses generally marked by that maturity
of thought and practical tendency which peculiarly
characterize the graduates Of Union College. Where
ali Sid well il would be invdious 10 particulsrize
Eighty members of the class received the first degree
in the Arts aud that of A. NJ. conferred on twenty
sew n in course The total number OF undergraduates
10 the catalogue of tbs present term ia Mrfe hHdrtd
The following HONORARY DEGREFs were conferred:
/ Ii. D-Rev John Mssso, ID. ID Manchester Eng.
| Hon Alfred Concklin, Auburn RI Rev. VIM II De
Lsncey D d. Geneva.
D. D-Rev William Thompson. Prof Bib. Lit. in
Theological Institute of Connecticut Rev David Chal
sell. Fairfield, Herkimer Co. Rev Henry Vaudeville
Prof Hamilton College; Rev. }. T. Bsckus schenec,s
/ dy; Rev John Williams Schenectady Rev. Albert /
| Chester Saratoga Springs
A.M-Alonzo Phelps Principal OF New Berlin Acade
my Seth b. Cole. Principal of Franklin Academy
I Plst,sburgh, Aaron B. Olmsiead. New York Lewis
! Gaylord Clark New York stephen A. Daggeit, sehe
nectsdy. IT,