The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-15


Of the Commonwealth.
Rev. DR.. Ormiston, of New York, was
next called out. He cordiilly congratulated
the friends OH the realization of their hopes
in this institution, and especially In the near
completion of this splendid building, which
hud repeated the old fable of Orpheus, fol-
sweet voices had charmed brick and mortar
into these splendid halls, as the Hampton
Singers" had drawn crowds to their con
ce,ts. He took this building as II type of The
| make an admirable address on physical, IN
| tcllectual, and moral education, which he
thinks are here combined in their due pro
portion. He insisted that the object j
not to cram. but to deyc0pc, discipline
| mike the pupils appreciate their relations tt
others, cultivate their powers OF teaching
| others, bringing them TO appreciate ant
| meet their responsibilities to God, and sent
| hem out to be a blessing to the world.
| He expressed his great satisfaction at,tht
,horoughncss exhibited by the pupils in The
examinations, and closed with some excel
lent practical advice. He was loudly ap
| plaudcd us he took bis seat.
Rev. DR.. George d. Armstrong, of Nor
| folk, was next called out. He introduced
his remarks by relating an incident OF no"
be had once parted with a friend goln: in al
opposite direction from the one he had beer
travelling, and, becoming lost, he had wan
| dered for some time, and after while was
SURPRISED TO meet his friend again. They
| met on the top of the mountain, so rs he
| came here to day he felt that the men OF Tue
| North and Of the South were meeting on mt
| top of the mountain in this great work, ano
| U-re beginning to see each other eye &c
eve. Standing here Us one whose whole
| summarizes are southern, he coulo
vet say from his heart that he approves Of
| Inc work in which this institution is en-
| gagged, ard of the manner in which it is con
Quoted. 1t is striking the nail exactly on
the head when an attempt is made to edu
cite colored youths AS teachers for their IN
| race.
lie expressed himself as highly gratifiel
with the examinations to-day, which he had
watched with the greatest interest
He had been especially struck With the
e.od taste displayed in The dress Of the pu
p,I> and in the general proprlety OF their
behavior.
HreXpresSed. in conclusion, his best wishes
for the success Of The students, and told them
to call on him freely for recommendations to
situations Is teachers. lie was loudly APP
pl.uded.
Rev. DR.. Dyer, of New York, being called
out, said he had come here with some mis-.
yivlngS as to this enterprise, but that these
had been vanished By what he bad seen and
heard. He would henceiorth do what he
could for the Institute.
Senator Edgar Allan, Of Farmville, was
next called out, and made characteristic
speech, in which lie spoke Of it as suspicious
in the hopes Of the future Of this institution
that Dr.. Armstrong, as representative
southern man, had come to "Shake hands
across the bloody cha>m," and to meet on
the mountain-top the friends Of this great
enterprise.
He attempted to make some political CAPT.
tai out OF the failure of the Legislature OF
Virginia to make an appropriation last year
for this Institute while doing so for the Uni
vcrsity of Virginia and the Virginia Mill.
lary Institute. He told them some ancc-
dotes. and was loudly applaudcd.
General Armstrong next introduced Gene
raj .. 0. Howard as the best single friend
the Institute had ever had.
General Howard proposed to speak on
two points: /. Love. 2. Money. he
warned all to meet on the mountain-top Of
d'iop. or race. And he eXhorted the stu
dents 10 economy and work, that they may
never lack money. He was received with
great enthusiasm.
General Armstrong next introduced w.
Il. Rut1ner, Superintendent of Public In
s.ruciion, with 4 few words of warm COM
p'lnenr to him as the friend Of the education
of the freedmen.
Mr. Rutfner brought down the house by
saving at the beginning Of his address tina.
one thing that he had once made up his
mind never to do was to iore General Ho,1.
ard
rat this point General Howard crossed
the platform and shook hands with Mr.. Ruff
ner amid the loudest appIause.l
He said that as he meant to say some
plain, serious, practical words be had DEEM
ed it best to write out his address.
DIR. RuFFSE1's ADDRESS.
He announced as his subject "The
Educational Policy for the Colorcd People"
He began by saying that when the war cane
on there was among his slaves an old preach
er, Who carried his Bible always, and whether
his pioush-horscs were resting under 4 tree
on a summers day, or he sitting on the car
liage box whilst the ladies We're shopping or
vi>i ;ng, "Uncle John" would improve the
spare moments in reading his Bible. He
could not have been induced to take his
freedom; but he was a great anti.slavery
man theoretically, and he used often to init
mate to the Doctor that he thought the
history OF the Jews was put into the
Bible for the benefit of the cO!ored peo-
pie. Upon one occasion, when the Federal
soldiers were making free upon his premises,
he gave Uncle John certain valuableS to hide
| and protect, which he did most faithfully !;
but after StoneWall jackson had cleared the
| neighborhood he found that Uncle John
was suspecting that the "'pinted time had
come when his people were to be delivered
with a high hand and an outstrctched arm"
| have observed, continued the speaker, that
Uncle Johns view of the case has occurred
to many people, some of whom manutac-
ture deal of fine rhetoric out of the an
alogy.
The Israelites were in slavery, were de-
livered, were trained, and finally were put in
possession of citizenship and riches; and
| this case was all ordered directly by Almighty
God. The Africans 10 this country were in
slavery, were set free, were citizens, and are
objects OF fayoritism-We shall not say by
the Almighty-but by the Federal Govern.
| ment.
1t may be assured that those who under
God managed the first case managed wisely,
and it may also be assumed that those who
manage the second case would do well to
study the first.
How did the Almighty manage the Israel.
les? lie forbade them to mir ,rtth other
people-in any sort of association. In doing
this the Almighty did not Of course mean to
| establish n permanent law-for in Christ
Jesus there was to be neither Jew nor
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