New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-12
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT At FORD
NAN.
REMARKS OF ARCHBISHOP YyycuEs


c+s wee held ia the open air under large awning,
which the shade of the overuangiDg elms rendered
almost supertuous. A platform for the speakers WA
erected, drsrtd with American flags, wi paint lg
of q the Hudson River for a background. Al
o hrIe afler II O'Clock Archbishop hughes made hs
ap) earaLce, followed by Bishop Q ,nlan of Mobile
he Rev d.. Long lin, the Rev. Father Starr, Vicar
General of New. York the Rev. DR.. Keegan OF Long
ioro Iela,d, aud the Rev. q. A. Bro~Ison, with u
large nunb.r OF other clergy. Trey were received
witt round OF applause by the large crowd who mad
assembled.
After marie by tfe College choir, performed with
usl excellence Of sty le aud execution the bret ia
the order Of exercises discourse on tbs AIM 81
Life, by Richard lgDatus herrck OF New ork.
TIE portion Of his dlrcourse in which he referred ~
the pres troubles III itIy, ana SAID that the Wear
. Of CDrst eOald peN-r succumb ~ the tempest that
" furrouudtd tim, but WOnd occupy the Chair OF
leier " hen Victor EaIa ue wa. begging hs bread
Z" bs al OuIcast Or. forth special Applause ON the
audience Next followed II Discourse on : Lib rty,
by Mr.. Peter j, FOoe OF Ergnil, Ireland. Then n
Glscour,. on Natural End CDrlrtlan society,"" by
Matthew j. McKrUu Of Staten Island. \ dis:Oirse on
The Spirit OF tie Age" by FraDcie V. Diver OF
N,w-Yek deprecating the res ontionary sJrt OF the
age, was We'll delivered, ano received with appl .use
iueu followed Il diBrOurse Seli-Culture win the
VatdlctOr,, by Sir. henry NJ. Marphy Of AlOAny;
not 10 well delivered the last one, and not suii
,iertly well committed TO memory. An adireFs vas
then delivered 10 tie graduit@s by the ke'. VIM
ktcgau Of BrUokly gradaie of he Institution. lie
said felt ike bOy again on stepp ne upon .he sou
Of foIdba aid siler listening 10 tie uddrcss just de-
ivertd be Oud not attempt 10 instruct them IN any
secular thiugs aud be- could not - lar forget the la
sIuctCrs OF this lntuCn as 10 attempt Us leich 1rin
auy religious doclrIhe. he wCud SIMPLY cohgra'"iHt"
thru Oh The success Of their saoIes hur far for tis
war but the Ii, ing the foundation for fntnre stidy
The CrgTtc OF Master Of Arts WA conferred on the
following genileuen:
.Torb.
Mhu,isr Piuaisi 0eoge r. RyIue Miodlsto~n 'oiat J.
The Il, goe o Bachelor VI Ars war conferred on The
s,tsgS Anna SOFA Mexico Richard Merrck, NevN or
Peter fVotc EngL ireland Matthew Mckron stirn Island
iTk fIapci, Ccr Newton James Sullivan, Broodyn. L.
l.; herfy NJ Murphy, AibsLy n. y Oliver hckeoH, Ssep
lie degree of \. b. wac also conferred on
Gabriel \. Heay, Newi ORR; "Asud ~igg'f, New fork'
sadeE Of the College Of ST. Francis Xavier Ne~Yols city
A gold Il cda valued az 500 was given 10 Santiago
Anna for he best bOg apnicsd ,tsiy Subject: Al
fred The Great
IN, Ar, h1jshcp then assembled the platform amid
FRAT apI lause and distributed the preuIu 10 the
succ, ssui con pelltorr Of TIE different classes The
Archbishop lh.u s'd that be was happy tnat God had
Oh, more permitted them % met uuder this favo1ts
tent, al anhd thcrc old lTees and witness Tor the
nIIeeer Ia time the spectacle which be saic sd
Ccigbtsd all. These Old trees were alDOs. Venerable
wien HshngtOn Vas 10Y, and the tradl lou Il tha'
night IN tft nhhrl ~ III
xTOuI dr. The ~ the ba lie Ui ute PLuus. tie
had therefore great Ierpect for thess old trc aud
IL Hoped thst the Fallen " uld never have Com
ueI cement in ans other hall. He had listened Fith
ptt4t deal OF pleasure 20 the e&erclvct; the mnSr IA
utual was otie /, nnd s"eded 10 im ,wret"r be-
cause i, was under the shade u the trees Appliance
Yet theIe was one rem8rk he would Ike 20 make-tnd
he Irus I'd ally young grDttH IN who heard mm wonld
feel ha. II cane from he bsart OF one Tho wouii De
theI iAih,r, YET theIe passage which Le 'ild
IL Ike ht reit Trsd little an' Cdve or rcpfrcht
ton Of he Z,brdiahs OF M4selchuse.ts sud OF Con
lie ucut He thoug1l occasion hki tins u hh bet er
been lett out. lLis IuUllc institution dd not
know any difference between one pant and another OF
this conn on country ana Lirg" Catholic irt aud
American spirit to- would ave IN irUm making any
iuviGiCus cOmpbneOn-. There was also one Other
point winch leaned n te Ia the other side, watch bad
cone INTO biz mind, be being one Of iuose Who had
s!yya,s a deep interest in education. u war ool-
par OOH bet Cahohe and PfOics'anI college very
much 10 ibe Ircci mon OF the iofmer "hi ia hsd APP
pt aTed in "A Review. lie kLeS he wss sprhhing ~ tue
lr,rrroe Of the only great Catholic reviewer, Dr..
browns n. lApyl.lse.l He knew he ws not the
author OF il lhc ersirsmr and be felt srr" that the
editor of the Review had other intention than -
e Ourbgc the very Ilr tor he ,thsy were thourg
II they were tOd tltlr faults ia klnd spirit u dd not
b, come them 10 be Ike tUnriute plants. lie h'd
III, ug I TINT stranger would b. tue one u
tell Them Of their short comings But Ia did ma
admit the aIgumfnt At all, Tor he knew trAt tIr
Catholiss bad awayr been al the bead of education
since CAristaIity began. lie knew well the history
O the foundation OF the Iutvtrsittea OF oNibrds
of Cambndgr, Of Paris, and Of faSia la Italy, aud be
Ii eSy there Nas AuKlO-SaAUn out hcmi au az
for Froltzants there Ia tbs world. Laugh
ter and appnuae New Eng aud II the only Pro osi-
ant country that has cS-r encouraged edu anon. APP
plsu.e1 Queen ElI4bcth founded TInuy College,
tai had aways been re- pectable n1isture llaugn-
tII, but rlshnan, after nhlf begging aud hhi deny
ing his eed had secnred schOlar-hip or rz"f-
clip there that wac worth cents after ward laugh
ter AID ap.aute lie did not call that cuCUur rlug
education; it war a mockery, dtlusiJD, ani a SNARE
Tie last Of the Plant gepete, Queen Ellabelh, next
cOnfs a,d the property OF the University ~ Armagh
where once there Weie 500 studen Take away
Trinity College from the Brush Dominion and all the
Tet is Ca hOcbdt j., originally Created ~ Catholic
though perverted tnce. lie ", uld ray ~ phrt-e 10"
exactly Classical " Give IA tine aid We VIII cticn mp
I.tt,riy the QueeI-uOt tne amh,ble lndy who il
called by that name, but her mnlsJern-hii
inflicted pretended and hisly boon on
the Ieople IN esablt hing That 10 called
Queens Colleges; Il sort OF OAiatan g0ihsrrn, IN
viung Cathu irs aud P'oiesauts .hore There wa
plenty Of Que, l. mutton but most literally ,erved on
Friday. Laughter. Who would eat tue Queens
mutton under sncb clrcumstinc~s! He wouldn't m-to
il lApplau.e Tn ~ colleges were, If he might
use the expression, HViaf,O Colleges, neither white
nor Llak but mixture Of ALL and lie rejOioed III God
,lat the IRISH proyle and tbs lobie irnh clergy bud
~ rit enough no, TO accept Of any sGeh 20 II, lne
bard. Of that tgopenny satcsuan, called Lord John
kpss.D lApplause. ireland IN 10 country i)r
nlat'oes they ios lshed there, and never ca
Int he hoped tue Ime War coming when men, Anglo
Saxon or Ccit would eDdow proieo'oisIl' IN C~'ii 'c
colleges even though they made condition Of c'.ing
them by their im's AS IL ~ they must strngge on
II. ,onciu1ed by saying that Notwithstanding what
he rad sad every Catholic that lives ought 10 ru'
scrie 10 Brownson's Review. Laughter and APP
pL use.
DR. o. A. Browpson sid that in regard IN the arti-
cl referred TO- ~ criticized by the Ar hbshsp II sas
written not only by Cathulic priest and Nh irnhmau,
bu, rrote cor in q, Catholic Seminary also Great
lsugh,er and applauie.
This cl,sed the tasrci es Of the day. The College
a.. kfter short VA