New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-27

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he same time fully developing bis mnd-when this Is
,ore Wa I,av he .ble 10 present the legitimate result
AZ RenubIic,n Observation-Disclosures We VIII be put
.bsre and by.word. With all and above al is the
bengn spirit Of Christianity needed to Undue all W.
spirit OF love.
Dr. Wayand passed a glowing eulogium On DR..
No,t and concluded by addressing him IN tbase
words Venerable man, we rejoice to ..e ,h,, thine
:. eve IL NOT dim. though thy natu' =. 60 !. SOM
=. nh.t ,bnted We thank you for en- oysr our
:. youb we thank you for thos cornssIs which have
80 often guided our msnho' d. we thank YOU for that
" example when nas pointed out TO US the path
of earnest du'y aho selfforgetful charity. Long
may you i've 10 witness the happiness which you
have created ard cherish the genius which your
inspirations rst awakened into conscious existence
" And "he tie Savior, whose footsteps you have
rcaoer sall call thee home 10 receive thy reward
may death lay his hand gently on that venerable
90, m sid gently qet the pulsations OF that noble
heart MAY thy head recline upon the bosom OF
that Redeemer whom thou hast loved may thine
eve orn on visions of glory which man may not
utter But when an entrance is abundantly admin
Uttered unto thee into the joy Of thy Lord, where
"shall those who survive find any one earth 20
resemble thee" Loud and long continued ap-
plause.
At2P NJ. this day the exercises connected with
The orchestra was again in attendance and performed
was even more numerous than in tie forenoon. When
the music ceased DE-. MOTT arose and was received
with great and renewed applause. He then spoke in
the following words
Fifty wears ago. having ben invested with the super
vision Of Union College stood for the first tine IN
youder rising ground where the College edlhces are
now SEEN These grounds, now symm stricsl and
ornate then mere pasture-ground, SCARED WIN
deep raynes difficult OF access, by swamp and sand
ILL., and divided into different compartments Indicative
Of different ownersbps There was no tree, snruo'
nor garden building. Some thirty students, scat
tered ever the then village of Schenectady, met at a
cabinet makers the corner of Union and Ferry
sts--aEd these then constituted the whole of Union
College. A stflted provision had previously been
made for academic hstructIon-ior the education Of
the masses here. Nor, fifty years ago, was the
provision for trade and travel more abundant.
Chemistry was then little known; the motive
power Of steam less. The application of cleo
tricv and the sunbt to any practical purpose
entirely Unknown. BY the power Of muscle and of wind
the internal Of the country conducted.
visit TO Albany and the return, through the inter
veniDg desert over the winding pathway, required
the time of three days 10 New York often three weeks
to Buffalo six: voyage to Whitesboro was executed
by the oar or the sctng-pOe, and took time and
involved greater dangers than voyage the Allan
tic does at this day. Rome then the great com
mercial capital of the West. Beyond il commerce,
eXcept with savages, was unknown. The plOwshare
of the husbandman lad scarcely disturbed the soil
the AK Of the wOOdman assaled the forest the wild
West was a desert for wild men. Even in
the older States the wild beast and sayage fingered
in all of them the husbandman by the of the plough
the sythe and the sickle worked to repensh his gar
ner, and the spinning-wheel converted fax into
ramcnt Now, how changed The hand.whee and
the hand-loom have been exchanged for the power
loom and the spinning jenny. The settng-poe and
the oar are laid aside. and the seam-engine has been
substituted. Nor this alone; human labor is con-
stanty disappearing, and j. a thousand ways,
processes are now carried by steam, which, fifty
years ago, were performed by the human hand,
and this only. Meantime, artificial channels had
been excavatcd round the Falls Of the Mohawk the
Hudson, the Niagara, and the -. Mary, connecting
the waters of the lakes with the Villages have
sprung up numerous population has appeared, and
from them the hum Of industry heard. Nor does the
speed Of steam satisfy the demands OF eager popu
ation the lightning has been trained to convey dIngs
from friend to friend at any intervening distance.
Light too has been put In harness, and has learned to
do the bidding OF man; the artist, indeed, still bends
his eas and slowly lays on the cOors which com
plee his work hut art has deserted his studio, and
now in an instant by the impress of the sunbeam her
eLd is attained This substitution is more than sub
sution Of elemental for muscular power-lt is an IN
crease of power itself; and perfection and rapldity
lave been attained whichever could have been reached
bygtLe power Of man or brute however applied or
extended Hence the great increase OF comforts and
caIital which we witness. The mere dayabOrer now
is better clad and lodged than the arstOcracy of
England three hundred years ago Meantime, emigration
in its western flow has been carrying with il arts and
sciences English common law and the Christian re-
lpi0n from the Atlantic to the shores Of the Paclc
Ocean. What has, in short a time, produced such
wondrous results Mind: educated religious, Chris
tian mind This is the land of Bibles and of liberty
ard the land of liberty because il is the land OF Bibles
The world over, where the Bible is read man is free,
and where it is not, oppression relgns. Time was
when freedom of opinion was the prerogative OF gov
ernments when the masses were required to believe
and think the ruling power taught and 10 believe
in its teachings and to compel this obedience the rack
the gbbet and the torture were applied. To escape
this tyranny grim fathers fled savage shores and
forest wids and their successful resistance formed
a new era. Individual opinions became everywhere
apparent; these cOngregated and formed public Opin
ion and this brought into action, became an element
of nations and grew into governing principle of the
world At present il is but in its infancy; but when
it is enlightened by science sanctifed by grace the
voice of power shall 10 longer come down from
usurped palaces TO the people but 60 up from the peo
pie to the seat of Government. Within this half cen
fury, public schools have gone forth 20 elevate these
masses; Church and State have been separated in all
the States and the books of nature and of
grace lie open, without note comment, free to
all 10 read. During the same half century, the
educational system has been revised and
liberasod, as well as extended. In the Common
School the erule and the rod to great extent have
been exchanged for the premium aud the plaudt; the
schOohCuse has been rendered alluring by maps and
charts machinery and eyolutOns, and is no longer
prison house. The free press, too, in cOnnexOn with
the free school with It's educated reporters and print
ers and other attaches, is sending forth its mag
nifcent sheets the vehicles of information elOquence
morals religion and scattering them broadcast with
a rapidy, and extent of country that amazes
In the college too, the system has been iberalised
suited to the condition of young country and free
people inviting the youth of country to its
Grated halls. And last and best, the church. reared
not by tribute co6rced by the tax gatherer stands
here tie free-will Offering of grateful hearts points