The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-18

h Rev. Dr. wadders address.
g We have been kindly favored b.
/ DR. Waddcl with pamphlet copy o
. his Address delivered on the occa
!. sion Of the Inauguration OF the Fac
b ulty of the University Of Mississippi
on the 2Sth Of July last Our first i'm
; pulse on glancmg il over was TO trans
Ter it entire to our columns, but ",
are SO crowded for space that We cal
give, at this time, only few OF th'
concluding paragraphs
Young gentlemen ~ tho University NJ
Mississippi; Whom turn TO YEN my emo
tons bceome too mighty tor utteranco, ans
can only appeal 20 you for the truth OF the
tnmark, that whatever may hu the defects
OF the man who now addresses you he bean
within hts bosom a heart 20 sympattiEe
With yon. greet Aou A. the highly priv
iloged class for whose benefit especially this
vast preparation has been made. For YOU,
the vigilance II the Trustees, the devotion
af the Faculty, the wise providence OF
anxious fathers, tho tears aud prayers oi
tender mothers, tho high hopes and kind.
ling aspirations ordevoted sisters, aud tho
4 expectations of YOUR snrrawing and dasola.
trd Southern taiherland aro al now c0nren.
trated into one Intense aud burning focus
( Of deep and absorbing interest Can yon
I then prove recreant 20 yonr obligations
/ Can YOU turn all these glowing hopes 20
dust Shall al this care and anxiety be
lost and scorned
IL sAonld turn 10 Your career during the
brief and happy session, whose last hours
are now rapidly passing tur an answer 10
these questions shonld gladden. the hearts
Of Trustees, parents, friends and country
mon, by assuring them that " Your nupnilde
maturity may bat correspond with the bril-
liant and mobile promise OF yonr early dawn,
then, indeed, may we confidently anticipate
Il bright aud cloudless day uthonorablc use-
hlness for each, aud a setting OF the sun OF
life ia calm, serene aplendur, promising .
niarious mOnaw of ineilahles unaloyed,
excited, pray you blast not Nnyer,
Young gentlemen, did your country more
deeply thnn now, feel her need Of q highly
educated virtnously trained, aud manly
class, TO raise her up from her desOlateness,
and restore her 20 her former greatness and
rlory Soon, we who now lead yon MS your
guides shall sleep In death fon must
close M the chasms that ever aud anon o.
cur In the broken ranks, aud Oil our vacant
places Are you roady} win You prepare
yourselves for your exalted dcsiiny look
upon many an nptnrned, familiar iaeo ~
that crowd, which hats bcamed upon me
morning after morning, In the openness Of
lilial confidence, rs we gathered 10 our
rlnce Of PRAYER, and often have felt the
deep conviction that then and there gaaedl
upon the future Statesman, who was dcs-
tined to lead back his country TO her lost
greatness the future Orator, whose ell
uquenee was 10 command the applause OF
listening Senates the future Divine, whose
holy preeepts aud noble advocacy were 70
be Instrumental In ditlusing the light Of o
pure faith and heavenly salvation over the
darkenesl earth. God grant You the realizn-
ton Of these lofty aspirations
Grand and Sublime is the field before MS,
Colleagues Of the Faculty Let us enter
and reap It, Toll aud care and anxiety
are before ms; Islander aud vitnperation
too, may be hurled against MS from those
who know rs not. But we may win . place
in these young hearts around us, by our
zeal and devotion. and as together wa climb
the steep of Science, they will lovingly
cling 10 ns for aid, and luolj TO nH for gut
dance, until we can place them safely upon
the summit, whence they may strike out
boldly for themselves a pathway over the
broad plain of life. But even when We
part from them, and weep to see the paths
of life divide" the n0istening eye, the ial-
tering tongue, the cordial grasp Of the hand,
MS they pronounce the farewell, will tell
more eloquently than words what Il pro
found hold we have npon the affections OF
these Young aud noble hearts Then, too,
from these secluded shades Of classic assoc
citation, while engaged IN training ever re-
curing classes OF the y0nth Of the land, our
eyes will be blest, and onr hearts gladdened,
by the brilliant and dazzling glory or some
rising star IN the broad sky Of life, whose
frat spark was kindlcd at our affairs here,
and whose beams will be illumining with
ioy,aDd hope, and peace, their native land,
Hicl guerdon of our humble toll Who
would not feel repaid by such rewardl
For my part let who will grasp the hero's
laurels and tho warriors bays stained with
blood and tears; the statesInans high hon.
ora--and surely these are not 10 be de-
spised-tle glttering diadem Of kingly
glory, or the shining heaps Of golden treaF-
IRE only give me the honor of being % sue
cessful laborer In this great enterprise ofthe
education Of our young men let nue. know,
that by q life Of self.denial and toll | have
trained for usefulness here, and happiness
hereafter, these multitndes Of my young
c0nntrymeD, aud the goal Of my ambition
will have been attained, and ] shall quit the
stage of life, feeling all the joy 30 album.
dainty deiivable from the reflection that, by
Gods grace, Ihaye not lived In VAN.