Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-15
-a1S1ssS a Hon. Miisons ssayIsr.

Aad1sss q Hon. Miisenssay,sr,
The Annual Address before the lisesAsy %.
clesies Of oasrbein University was delivered
al Tussday evening. Jeue l0.h, By Hon. MIL
ron SAYLKa, Of CIncinnati. Univsrsisy HALL
which holds fifteen hundred people, was crowd
cd 10 tie utmost capacity by an appreclasive ana q
delighted audience. The Address was an
eloquent and elaborate production, and aeiiv-
cred BY such an accomplished elocusionls' ~
Mr.. sAYLrR, elicIied the mois hearty ana en-
thusiastic applause from all who heard ID.
Addressipe an assembled audience oil men
and women, the speaker ptoposed to make tnose
two words the subject of his DISCOURSE mot 90
much to speak of men and women In masses,
ss TO say something of the individual man, OF
bis estate and sovereign rights. Of the transition
from boyhood to manhood, Of the discipline
necessary TO the latter and OF the elements
essential 70 ts noblest embodiment sla,l liag
The speaker then gave several definitions q
msn taken from different stand points Looked
at in iis spiritual Significance, the meaning o.
the word wss more difficult OF apprehension
and the distlnction between the state Of those
Implied In Il and the preceding state OF boyhood'
harder to set forth, as well as vastly more i'm
portant. The boy be affirmed to be q creature
Of instinct, receiving all thingS on faith. Hls
whole life 10 under control and he Ia governed
BY authority, BY prescription. and by prejudice.
These are the spiritual swaddlirg bands OF the
boy that must be broken ere be becomes man
But II the boy 10 q creature OF instinct the
man is no less a creature Of reason. II the
boy is constitutional believer, the man, II no'
constitutional, Ia certainly an educated
doub.er. II the boy receives on faiih' the MAJ
only on trial. Manhood 10 the period OF the
develop Of reasoD, the time with every one
0f spiritual trial. s,r -r 17
d The discipline Of the family and the schools
was then discussed as preparatory to manhood
Bus the discipius OI the period which P'ecede'
manhood 10 not always divided between tht
family and the schools; and the speaker would
be very sorrs to be understood as sfirmiEg shat
men csn be made only in this particular way
The discipline Of the family could rarely be dis
pensed with, but that Of the schools more fre-
qaently. 10 lhis land, par'iculsrly. there Is ar
education which proceeds from our free life
from the contact Of opinions, from the uurestrAin
ed discussion of mat ers Of intellectual interest
from the spirit Of inquiry among the people,
from book, and pspers, from sermons and leo
lures. that arouses some minds to independent,
manly Thoughts, and bsoomesto them asubstituss
for the discipline Of the higher schools Of learn.
log. 'fsa
The speaker then defined what he considered
to be q gentleman, and spokeof selfreverenoe,
love Of country and regard for her political in
stitutIons, and reverence for God and religion as
elements essential to the noblest embodiment Of
manhood. '..- !. Ia .e-1sc7 g. .s-.,.l ..is1,.a u
II is when men are spprehended In their true
light that We are able to draw proper lines Of
distinction between them. Society has thous-
aud distinctions that are wrong; wrong be-
cause they are artificial; wrong because they
depend upon somewhat outside Of the man
himself; wrong because they often teach the
inferior to look down upon his superior; and
temporary because they are wrong. With the
aisht Of years these ell pass away; but there
are distinctions lasting as life, lasting as eterni-
ty. --e .gsi
We regret thstWe have not the space to give
more extended abstract of this really able. Ad-
dress. Would that all the Addresses before the
Literary and Alumni Societlesof our Colleges
possessed the sterling characteristics Of this Aa-
dtsss.