, 1864-09-20
PREF. G0LUWYN Smith.
Ills Visit to the High School and Chicago Uni.
Eersliy-. Speeches bf Professors
Burroughs aud Smith.

eIy 10 ne 1oand within The halls Of TINT hot bed
tor5iun-pa.d visit yesterday to tho Htgh 8chos
and Chicago University, where he WAS warmly an
cordially welcomed by the faculty and student.
He ia one OF the few eminent men Of rRoslaud "A
bare correct appreciation Of the trials and blood
: shtd through which our country Is now passlus
hit, haying faith In our strength he predicts 10
us reunited penpIe and broad system OF unl
vereal liberty, neither Of which are agreeable Il
the wiehcs OF tie English aristocraey, From tim
to time, ever since the war began, brave words O
Encouragement and sympathy for our Nauona
causetase come to ns from his pen. Seeing clear
ly the cause of the contest Ard too broad and ger
erous In his tsmpathfos to allow any Jealousy o
our national grsKt1 TO influence him, ns has nerc,
failed to say the Just and intelligent word JUS
when 1t has been most needed. We have nosym
psthy With the .!tontztnc Of cur Eng isa cousins
after .tbe Chu2zleRttt Etyle. bur We would ente,
liking toward man who la 60 well emitted to onf
gratitude for bis consistent aud sr-siatent friend
AT TUE u1an SCHOOL.
TIE opening exercises IN the High S.hoo! called
torth@ few rcmarks on one O. two points OF differ
ntsa ss hs ~ Il TN. a:bo
ste @ chi'd5en from many dcnontna. Ion. Il chrt.-
naPs T6a. SnnhApP,' eosid rot &c ,he in
10 eAter 90 lsgey into all otaer mstte.s inst
chlldrtn Of different secss arc not to~te found IN
| LAe eame SCoool. thls ifee religion ~nleh yUu
baSe happily eCured In this couutry gives yot1 ffs
| adtsnfase:" He did not Wish 1t to be understood
that religious differences arc Of smail monent.
Ihss IT. OF ths @ utmost importance. But 1t is our
| only that We nre Ehrtstlhns. He SPOKE stiI; fur-
tEer OF the moral rfht OF buys aud girls attending
Inc famc school. and added II remarks on tbs
favorable Influence OF sach a.socfatI0n on both
sexes.
AT TIE UNIVERSITY. =
In INTRODUCING the learned rsi.or, Professor Bur-
the eountrye history, antecedtu Mt to the breaking
ont 9f the Nresent rebellion, he should have dweit
upod and explained The faets his copnccuon Win
Tow 10 Americans that wonld be 4lmoat d sesonda
y co1 slue1atien. For theslaxf three yesrs the
question with them has been hot quo Of ednc1-
tiotA protrcsr, but one Of c1istecce, and
omoug their >Iupportert>~none haye baan
aote % ze.lous, more trnihfu1 moro powerful
Especially has his Beneficial influence bean frIi n
England, where in the eolusnns olthe london T.,nss
and 1e tgrnph bis pen h9s be N tndeatisa saby used
Issue trvo yed 10 the present fearful rebellion
doly ts5,ed BY shsi5 shie yi.itoE, who bad taken
non to the present conflct. He had great pleasure
IN welcoming Professor Smith ID The Chieac6 uni.
vess,fy, and In intruauctng him to Its students,
PROFESSOR Go1nwTH sx1ru,
Pfo'eseor Smith was received with loud and
Es'ntinued aEplaufe- lie aatd that whcn their
Pntident. Professor Burroughs, had asked
aecress them, he did not feel ready 10 decline III
kind c1c7. though only private tourist In tbeir
asy., He 5ad great I'easore In meeting the educa-
Nonal 1rst1tutanne OF 9 country Of which, tnouuh
an alien By birth, he was no alien in fe.IIne or
principle. n the mornins he had visited their
comfy. and now le happy1o be mes ant NJ en
institution where the higher brAacaes of ed1caton
q a1ta31nents we1s imp,rted. A. sEy Tina to
Of one Of the oldest Universities in The world: he
Interested IN a-JoDng University rafsiu. its head
1 an'td the bustle and business o. great commsr-
Bnt It this time feeling. Of wonde. as zc,1 q, Of
pleasure occupied bis nind. Il Baa woader for
h TO M sfasd sd as h. hsd stood oson the watch
trg in every direction hcigh,cd With lie Industry
Of great peop!e-to Dottce the many buiIdinss,
that though he not past the middle are OF lie
great CITY u his feet had 20 existence This T nate
remembered That 20 many rai1zoadt, those crestoxs
o. ercatnees ereT5 Whtfe. centered at the edge Of
st1dant and ftuitnl tract, bis wonder was greatly
relieved. What. how eTer, still foscshly struck
htm was that Notwithstanding this ex1raosdin.ry !
growth Of material prosperity, the thonehslu edti-
Of commercial inte5catf. This BE- acconp1ea ior Ia
would BE- found to Rteat degree IN the nnissrss.
which II tie old country Nns deb.7ed aud kept
haek eyfan 1nheakhy connection with the -tSte.
"a nsteIine ana holding in power csambkns
Their college voald probably have some d,m-
;Snty tn 1ts march OF psoezets It Il natural that
GctnmeaAi Interests. shou1d bare to stra.clc T.
dstply, but IN the end d-success nust attend Ihc
government grant for thetr Side, which vs. Ia.
tended to cree fun0 for The tufthc11pce Of iearn-
ipg. Some yEished Il 70 be devoted~to the fur
others thought 1t should be tolely applied to lid
a.1ientu1al pursuits, He hoped the Iurmer would
uoesed 1or wouid prove y be oi the Ereatest
continued fht Professor, he heard sturdy Weatern
farmer ss5 ia relation to this subject that sclence
True. but Years ago when Algebra and o,hsf ina
thematlcal branches were ii their infancy, they
were consi6c1cd to be little more than Ia3rlo1s
mariner at1ors ,hs 1rsckisss pe16 Of ihsessnn
! AppIzuee.} Ltberal education and general ecIcn.
pcr1ty Of a gre.t city as any subject which could
be iDt1odused into the community. They conti-
As he e. sepresenaVc OF Of one ss Of n}aest
pEite1eittes be wac elad TO Ieel thepowet >ot that
bond which would b1ud them closer and closer Is.
linaee, but . Young nation, Though lheis ori: in
was farther back than rome stated, aud proved the
common maternity q the two ..resl Christian co1n-
t11ef. The al origin OF America was nut the rev
olutioa o. the last century, which slap1y severed
TIE bcEd which bound them to the la,hersand, but
filed with high hopes and holy dstsrm1natians'' '
!e't Epe land in The Mayfloses. Thst is the origin
m Amer must iook back to. From the btst |
looked round the world WIS 1hera nation they
would Eoonel Claim ass a parent. IApplause1 |
ss s esis s Ss sas e i 4
America with more than 1dcadly nauonts love.
fChet 1e.]
tonch upon any subject Of the party politics which
Low erG1osEed Datlonai attention, foe, though
asep. be Was neut44 ,obterret to this coua1Iy.
nos lite to eay anything which would tend TO e.
traDrc hin from ans American friend. one theme,
however which he won'd monitor, though neces
at present existing between thls
country and England. They were Of but receat
e5isn snd he fs,eny hoped 'hsy wsnla b q
hi. country VAS 1isited By the young Prince OF
Wales. Enelano 1n;ure monarch, and wneEarer
ai.h heal4y Is eeome ri. Il welcae RaPsl'sS
men believed Was not only extended to the royal
SCION az an indivldual. but as totem Of respect
heee amicabIe feelings had somewhat caaneei,
md feeling OF eatfsncemeut had eprang up BE-
wteu the two people. Let them not. however,
sisIn cn the rnr Of England was as deep as many \
u lha-ald country organs would Wish to make il
fibe London 1smss sometimes spoke dercelg
,ot the 7Tns&s did not represent the English peo
,le- tApplause.l-- There waa time wnsn th,r I
e piopiletors bad grown rieh and srstocratic.
They had mingled in tho society OF aristccrkts un-
u tbear paper became the representative Of Lon
len ciuht. the oHgan Of English a.istoczacy The
4ondon Telegraph, afsper wsAh twicc the cisculs-
ion Of the ItM<s, and the great organ Of thB mud.
lie clsseee> was lot though hostile to the WAr,
loseie to the American people, Many En0li=hmens]
:oun1r5, nut had no featlng Of bostility to the I
people. He would fla1kiy co1fess that ::
Z the commencement Of the war he considered
:oey were rushing to national destruction. Since
more elostl,, and had revised hIs opinions % Ian.
gEeat misses Of his c6nntzsmen had not
Tben there we're iarge numbers Of Eusllehmsp.
Th0 were not hostile to this Government, but l.
Ft1etrtcnd1Y to It. The lover part Of the niddfo
s'asHea-the representatives Of the free Churches,
country. He;e ft1cndIy-tls working men OF Ian
:ashife uisned them yell ID their struggle, thonth
[hat etrnggle brocght starvation to their very | !!
1oors: lHneers] Twas tIpe that many OF the
ench Eere mixed too strongi3;n the ttoe Of ffashion
ano oio Lot represent the Een}rs Of the county,
Al oxford, where be was. four Professors beslde
stion Society," which had for It's chief aim the cn.
!. = afcs 70 properly 1epreeett Americans to The |
he locsl nsess the Manchester Ezan,snsr, pa1ef
7ffafs, Is favorable to th!a Government. while
Iefy lew rapers poEkees 1ha.eIt{emeiy radical |
We We fnnndated by the TArnuerer. tCheers.1 .
AZ Ams,ns 20 F1st,ed the cid county and c,re
o see this fact: Henry Ward Beecher went Is
England supposins he had 10 ENCOUNTER an ela- 4 !
u,tnt sntago1istir 10 Ills countrJmou, but ers he
Z N nP,e1 Ane speaker was mlssakep, those
REGARDING, eaunnued the speaker. The hostility | ]
Is EnClaud-the building and cqufpmcnt Of the |
A Aiabama.; he you'd HE 70 1sy i few words. !
EeopIe, but was e1ected by party Of LfycTnool | ,
merchants. Liverpool, 1t must be remembered | !
sas 1stheE bsaEsh q Offset Of the Southern