The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-08-16

Delivered ~ ti.e University Of sIis.i--fppi.
90 behalf % tbs moAFa 81 Tgnsae~-, %
Commencement day, Jaas a. 1899, ~
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The fable 81 the tortoise and the hare
Intended 10 teach the value OF perseverance
aud you mar rest assured. INV Young friend
that success IN life depends Infinitely mol
upon extraordinary application than upO
extraordinary gifts BE not discouraged b
difiieultie. that present themselves IN yOu
path, however formidable they may appea
for Il will generally be found that they an
magniGed by your apprehenslons, rs th
fOrins Of Objecis are distorted when sec
through mist, and you have bnt 10 20 rel
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be thou chaste as ice, as pure iis snow
Th0n shalt not escape calumhy.
And rs there ever have been, 80 there ever
win be, envions and malignant ratnres who
without necessarily being corrupt themselves
have yet q very imperfect appreciation ofthe
value Of character and recklessly assail the
character Of others without knowing or car
lnR whether their accusations are true or
false. There are those also, who, conscious
of delinquency themselves, Judge others by
their Owl perverted standard of morals, and
seem to f9ke it for granted that wherever
there haNbeen an exposure TO temptation,
the viel|flato that termination has been a
lnattaf Il 8,ifse. unless prevented by con-
sidefns IA ii mere expedfeney. But thank
God fl,at bad rs human mature IN, il is not
all bad! There are still living virtues that
date hack theirs origin to Paradise, aud vim
dicate orr nllianee to Him in whose image
vfre cr,,atad An instructive love Of
ripllt because n is right and he who pos
Hpsses this hi,gh and ennoblinp attribute.
whose eoaduet IL shaped by an iIrflexible adj
herencp To principle, rudelv as he may be
assaulted and NAMED AZ his proud and sensi-
two nature NAV be by this assailment has
yet that within himselr which will at last.
not a,liy bear him triumphaIftly through the
st,rtn Of ,letraetion and persecution. but
which will sustain and support him I'd that
inevitable hour when he Is summoned into
the presenee OF the Omujscient Judge
The time NAV soon come when my official
connection with this University shall cease,
mud when shall he no longer The citizen OF
a state amongst whose people / have lived
far \ o,iarter 81 a century. and the remarks
that am now making may perhaps be re-
corded M yaledictory. Bat should this
,vsnt ocetr.-cgIum. non hnimun, mutabO
and never shall cease toAhcrish an earnest
and affectionate Interest," your welfare my
roung friends. and in n welfare OF an in
t,itntion with which hive been SO long
and 40 Intimately connected and never,
I'M life's last pulses beat. shall or can for
ret the tender association, aud strong at
t,chments which hind me TO n State in which
so mneh of nv youth and manhood have
been nass,,d.
Ge,,tlernen of the Board of Trustees, sad
indeed ,yiIl be tile hour that shall separate
ma f,nm vnu with whom have been SO long
officially associated. That official life. ex-
tcnding tbrouvh n period of perhaps some
fifteen Years has been to me, and | believe
ia ali al mn one of unalloved satisfaction, and
ever MIN. fragrant with the most pleasant
memoriea In M of orr deliberations, diff
er,ng os we often did in opinion, remember
not n solitary departure from an elevated
and chiynlrous courtesy i'm debate, nor a
sinvL, incident TO mar our tratemal fellow
slim OF the measure of success that result
tcJ rom those deliberations. il becomes not
ms IN sneak We have each OF us. however.
with onr avn breast the assurance that we
have been nuimnted nv mn nffectionatc devo-
tinn 30 The int.rests of tbis Institution. and
bo,a I,bnrod with nm ave single To its well
tnre and IL IA no mean tribute TO our zeal
and ncrse,ernnre that IL stands today the
,,rida and haost of thr STATE second To none
Viii refcrrcnce I'm its enninments and its
c,naoitv fornse(nlncss. which wore of 40 rare
a charastcr ns no exrite tho wonder and adj.
,,i,a,i,,, az ,he in,.,,l;ng fne aud 10 stay the
nnliftcd hand of war whose fury spared but
littic cise. Those bappy reunions TO which
we have been accustomed TO look forward in
pleasing anticipation us golden hours
snatched from the Earring scenes of life, will
occur 10 some of us perhaps no more,-hut