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THE PRESIDENT IN NORTH CAROLINA
RECEPTION AT CHAPEL HULL
Speeches By the President and IKr. Se,c
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CHAPEL HILL, N c., June 5. III
Presidential party arrived here this afteI
noon, and was welcomed by DR.. Swair
g President of the University, who, in tn
g course of his remarks, said in the reput
. lie of letters theirs should be no partie,
c and paid high compliment to the hon
0 esty, integrity and administrative abiIit
: of the Executive.
President johnson returned thanks 70
: this manifestation Of friendship, not onl,
from the Faculty and scholars of the Uni
Verslty, but from large concourse o
friends here present. He would Ce falls,
to the State of his birth we're he to sa,
that this demonstration was not pecu liar
ly gratifying to him. No matter whaI
advantages might be conferred by institu.
tlous and kind friends, man to succeed
must rely upon himself, upon his own en-
ergies. He was rejecting while walking
along the road and cOnversiug with =
cavalry man that forty one years ago to.
day he walked over the same ground alone,
and he was going to say almost penuiless.
with scarcely money enough to pay his
expenses. Although he could not boast,
as many who now heard him, of learning.
and although be left his native State for
no crime, but to seek his fortune elsewhere,
he could say in oil the warmth of his
heart that he was still proud of old North
Carolina anu loved her still.
In returning among his friends be
claimed no more than an earnest effort to
perform his duty. His object has been to
sustain the institutions of free govern.
ment. He had laid down as fnndamen.
tai tenet that merit alone. in a broad
sense of the term, should constitute dis.
tinction in society. and that when we un.
dertake to perform our duty We should
have good conscience. Ho had ALWAYS
made public good his aim and the Con-
stitution his guide. He was for sustain
ing the Constitution made by our fathers
and cemented by their blood, in its in. |
tegrity.
When we depart from the Constitution
our institutions will relatively suffer. The
government which has no power to enforce
the laws fails in its great object, and the
public rights of all are at sea. He trust
ed one of the leading studies of this Uni
Verslty would be the principles of the
Constitution and tree government. He
Owed his country and regarded the Con.
'tifution as the palladium Of our safety
md our Liberties. and by it in the future.
IS IN the past. he intended to stand. {
Our principles of government we're. if
properly understood. sufficiently expansive :
0 embrace not only all the States of this a
Jnlon, but the entire civilized world. He c
ad been invited to Chapel Hill and TO- .
morrow would be proud to witness the l.
University commencement. I"
In conclusion the President encouraged U
ne pupils of the institution, who were Z
ItentIve listeners. to works of usefulness. q
'minding them that the paths of honor IN
ere open to all. 81
The President was frequently Interrupt hl
d BY applause, and the instrumental pI
and performed several patriotic airs.
DR.. Swain, President of the University ID
few appropriate remarks called upon te
'ercsary Seward, who made short but ~
'triotlc'speech exhorting his hearers to Sc
rget the disagreeable events of the past i'll
ID bend all their energies to consolidate
public good. At the present time, he 10.
Id there was an eclipse passing over W
T constellation and from the Southern les
ab, Don't believe with the savage oy
at an eclipse can obliterate the constel.
iou. 10 Is the principle of the Ameri-
people to extend our constellation. not y;
ring that some of the stars may drop for