Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-20

EnucAroRs IN CorNcIL

DIV br. shndbOuFmcs fFoi- mcH"hoS
Rev. DfiIdhdsIeys GoperHers Brown
and FOofe. General Howard and
others ,S19lfl .iJ31 ~ 4
ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS OF SECOND DAY
MEETING. .i''
The brilliant gathering Of the wise ana
practical men Of the nation at the eapitaI
of Tennessee, Eas an occasion that should
not sgfet toige hnataieed and unremen-
bered. A larger gathering than any day
previous was plainly perceptible. A great
number Of the members arrived by yes
terday's iraina. The presence Of quite a
number Of ladies throughout the three
several sessions was exceedingly gratifying.
Our minutes are extensive, therefore we
will make no further preface.
MORNING. SESSION.
President titeguosy called De cenvehtiOn
20 order al "a. NJ. He delivered a short
address, and was followed by music from
. the colored choir Of the Fisk school.
Prayer by Rev. DIR. Bunting, Pastor OF
First Presbyterian Church. "a p
Dr. Lindsey thea read the subsequent
excellent paper . ... 90.
DIR. J. BERRIEN LdHDsI.EY's PAPER.
Every nation which has made a mark in
the worlds history, has done 40 because OF
some great 'cenlrAl idea which has shaped
its own career and destiny, and which has
enabled IL TO transmit the impress Of itself
clear and inefiaceabie TO distant countries
and TO remote ages. To the Jewish nation
was committed the idea Of the one true
God, maker Of Heaven and earth. The
history of that most remarkable Of ali nae
tions clusters entirely around this truth.
Aud from the little district Of country In
termediale 10 the three old continents, that
yitalizing truth has spread until il has con-
quered all Europe, great part Of Asia, a
large part OF Africa and all the American
hemisphere The Greek nation, multifa-
riOus in government, was a unit in art and
letters. And from their wonderful 1istle
peninsular and circumiacent isles there
went forth continuously, for centuries,
amongst the neighboring barbarians, aR in
fuence civilizing and refining subduing
and exSliihg which to-day Is felt In every
fibre Of society throughout the vast ex-
tent Of Chrisiendom and Islamism. Rome
and dominion have for ages been syno-
nymes The idea OF law was Rone's crown
ing glory, and gave it the sceptre Of the
world under the two most dissimilar forms,
military and ecclesiastic. And to-day all
civilized governments from America east
ward % Russia, are but notifications ofthe
Roman. Our German forefathers had neither
religion, nor art, nor law TO transmit
as a precious inheritance. But their
central idea was one without which
all the rest are a vain show and a deceit
that Of individual liberty. And the his
tory of our world for more lhao three
thousand years has been the history Of the
strifos and triumphs caused by this fourth
essential element Of modern civilization
and progress.
America, this young giant in whose early
history we take part, and whose wonder
iul future gives scope for fancys widest
imagiaings, is 10 live in remote ages and
among distant peoples, moi because Of its
enormous physical proportions and vast
material power, but because of its contri-
buttons 10 those great central ideas upon
which will be based aud erected the civil
cation, property and happiness Of the
hundredth and succeeding generations
amoag tbe future inhabitants of our globe.
As dishnCi from and superadded 20 the
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tual strength which We have received from
Jews, Greeks, Romans and Germans, the
idea which aeems 10 be our own, which
broadly distinguishes us now from other
nations, whnsli is already exerting marked
influence upon distant and contemporary
peoples, is that Of opening tCidc he door Of
kaOtp'e8ge 10 eucry human being.
Sitting out from the data co-eyal with our
rla
ated upon our birth as a nation, that the
American citizen has no superior as a
ruler, being a freeman with no monarch
between him and his Maker; and also that
every mao must select his own way to
Heaven nnaided by any church establish
ment Il followed logically that every one
must &c furnished with the means Of az
certaining bis duty TO God aud 70 man,
This idea we find dimly limited at and
faintly acted upon in the obscure and feeble
embryotic period Of the nation; more
clearly and earnestly maintained at the
period Of birth emphatically insisted upon
and developed an early and vigorous youth
and constantly growing in its influence
upon the States new and old, until now il
ia admiued everywhere and by all, that
education for ne masses, by some means OF
WAYS and the means furnish endless themes
for discussion. The end is universally
conceded knowledge Heaven descended
knowledge, which alone eXalts man above
the brute beast the birthright of every
living soul is the grand central idea of oui
Young American civilization. This is tbs
fertile, broad-reaehing and penetrating idea
which haa withinthe briefperiod of a century
Ill,
family of Christian nations and which
during the coming thousand years or more
is 10 achieve a1ong the myriad millions
Of our favored descendants triumphs Of
peace no less remarkable and no less be.
I.efoent than those resulting from the re.
!gion Of Judea; the arts, letters and NH
losorhy Of Greece; the law Of Rome N,
liberty of Germany; and all the more re
markable, and ali the more benefeent, be
cause summing Up this religion, art, law
liberty, and conveying them TO other re
mote nations vet in darkness and bar
barism. f..,sH. ....-.-
Gentlemen and ladies OF the American
Association, for the achievement Of eduea
ton. permit me TO welcome You 20 thi
beautiful city and 20 this magnificent Com
monwealth through the eloquent tongue G
one OF 1tAhttaecn iAhrN ARtoANA HSlF
himself a splendid Instance Of fhe mos
brilliant career ever opened 10 genlul
whsa kindled by knowledge, in this on
great republic.
After DR.. Dindsley had finished, Goy
Brown delivered the following address {
"Welcome, as noble aud pure as his ow
good heart:
ess. RnowN's wELeemF ADDRESS.
Mr.. President and Ladies and Gent,
men: In behalf Of the Committee Of r,
oepd0n, lhave tie pleasure 10 iensief 70
cordial ecople @ THIS Capital aud
bid Won Hod.speed ia tte great 1nissio
for which You have assembled. No caus
affecting the hattrml aui moral sell-bein
Of society, is more important than educa
lion. It's value can not be over-eslimatec
and wild neTer be Justly appreciated. llTh
warrior performs his great part, bat npo
theateT where al the wsrld an has BTeS
tatoss and reoeives hy aeciamation III
,,ro,vu Of laurpla N Of the sfafasu,au an