Litchfield enquirer., 1848-08-31


 of shose wh0se aaneS have baen rad viii
 b. lvilowed by consequences sarc smpot-
 tani lhau ihs.Se Ia war ch we have itS'eileti.
 While rscssllec ioHS weTr thus aTakencd ot
 those prrSen, who had heen dSSocia'ea wath
 tie dec aSed in College, or "On''ecaea wash
 ,hesu Iu the sub eqaeni anaifS 0i human
 lIt what ppiiusti' n ought 10 oe made ot
 ,tr truth igtat our lives arc indeed but va
 nu2 Eartv vsa1Ss ago he. was graduate
 ,,f this Gasirye, and the fory years had
 paSSed as the watch uf the night. Grey
 hatrs had come upon him and upon ms
 surviving brethren. he tn1ad that they
 were seniors. He remembered ton, the
 ,earhp,s mat survive-buI how SNon the
 lime will arrive when Te Shait see ti-em
 bs,s nj, mare Sume of the deCeaSed had
 oh,,iped rank and emiuenCe in he learned
 proteSsiuns, many had distinguished them
 Seives while Servlng the church ana Siase-
 and the actions are not forgotten. Il is a
 delightful pIivilege and duly to call lhem
 ,o mind. Lei us cherish the memory ot
 thsse who do their duty in their day anu
 generation, n deed and in rum; anu oe
 followers af those, who, for 'heir emiheht
 services, acquired for themselves meriWu
 di>iinc' ion in iie, and are entitled 10 De
 resarrfpi with honor and gratitude BOW
 that they are win the dead.
 Dr. Pierce ot B,ookiyu, rear BoS'on was
 u,-ssnt al the inaus sutdtion ot PreSident
 Dwight. Perhaps Il would be gratifying
 u,,.,s rnnnser members 10 know a lilllc ot
 the discipline ot fnrmer times II might
 amuse some 10 know that wnsn he was
 tutor uf Harvard, il was standing ruie.-
 that whenever a tutor entered tie college
 Va Il, which is very large enclosure, the
 s,uttatx uncovered. When he was otlc
 a;iag IS Tutor, Dr. Channi0g and Judge
 Stary were students, and then, when but 25
 years of age Dr. Channirg aud Judge S'o-- rv when ne entered the yard, uSe;l tr take orf their haiS to hisn. hnsh laughter
 He wanteh to Ieil another fact There a. e lwsI gentlemen now living who were born in iz59, and if hey come here aexl year Il
 will oe lhree score years aud ten stace they gradaaled James Lowell sou at Master
 Llveii, attended Commencement two years asty, al Gambri,ig-, add three score and leu yearS had then passed since ne STad0a'ei Dr. Pierce iS acquainted witn cier9PmaH
 whn says thag Siuce he was Sixleen years ot age, he naS waked up under the caStlSasion of Master LlIveit He was told whea sixty ulat in July I775 the power of boxing the ears of 5 udeulS was taken away from Ia~ tors. A E,uga He was told lnat in TAI, iu rrcIiutIou, when O d-(we thought he said Nathan Smth.I who was aH old baches,sr, and Sumetimes E7t.e crusS-put oui Creek word, il would be missed by o1s and another, until il hdd passed by leu, 1 aad then he would box every one of their e;,rs. (Lsughtsr,( This power over tnr uadersra,t ua,es ot Cambridge was taken away oa me Sun oC July, t455.
 Hon. shaci SuMth of he class sc 1894, la M.JliSter Of Texas 10 Great BrilaiA w4S . yt introduced and renaa ked Gentlemen, what shall say to you? Il am no orator as Brutus was,' and as the gentlemen who l preceded me are.
 II IS now m )re than % years-it is 24 | years since I left New Haven, and my in | el .ourSe with New Haven has been entire | y interrupted since that time. l came | pack hert' for the purpose of offering my ri5ute of affection and gratitude to the man who sits before me, (Presi- lent Day) and to those o her venerable men. nay instructors. Venerable, say, and yet they do not appear to me as old as they did at the time when l hiSt recetVed from them instruction, Time has dealt kindly with them-wjth them as individu- ais [ erense here quietly 10 tender my gratitude, and 10 meet fe~ old faces which Ii inc has annually impressed more distincs- ly upon the tablets of my memory. The honor of Ieing called out at this time, at> tribute to no merit of my own. l dare Suy ], arose from the fact that ] came from a remote D IT, of the Union-from, in one re- spect, the newest Stale of the Union. h. stead of amusing you with rhetorical 1 inurishes, will give you few plain facts -a plain dinner, such as we would give you at home will give you few facts n regard to education in Texas. We nave few yoing4men old enough to be al College They are yet to grow Fifteen 1 years aga and Texas was wilderness.
 We are producing children f0r the C. C.,leges of other States in the unioB.- w.. have laid the foundation forasystem ,f common sehoois. In Galveston our | 3: aoDlS contain tour huDdred1 ch.ldres ,, v;o. receive as good an s-diIcaiion assI received in the schools of N,;w Eng.aud, | are open tO.every one, tOihe onsof tsIe poor,s as we'll as the rich Os t rse more wealthy. The importance 1f educaiion is appreciated. The ques> ioa has been put tot the people--wili you yavscons,abies. jailors, prfso1s;ands spsu tertiaries, or sclol. masters, school h0us es, preachers, and chuFchesl And we l ve decided that it js' better to adopt ire latter than to be reduced to the ne. essitv Of employing the former.
 We have thought that sctIf'ol houses a,d churches were better lbaH pstsous nd. p-nitpatiaries.. One word with rts ard tn morals. The two principal owns settled bv the Spaniards, date as ;,r back as l732,. they never numbered s many inhabitants as Houstoa and Gal- aston. These two have Catholic Mis- ions which are mostly neglected
 H, Galveston the Presbyter1aHs, Meth- plis,s, Episropaiiaus, anu B,p.ists have .l.cil church, with stated preachers for sserY Sunday, and all are well filled In ious on oniy eiea en years ago there w,s :, ly one meeting house, aBd now lt c'tn- ,a ins the sa.nn nunbeF of churciies as Ga sesi"n. Throughout the settlements l.. |