New-York tribune., 1876-04-22
DUTIES OF CULTURED CITIZENS.
ADDRESS BY THE HON. WAYNE MAC vEAGH BEFORE
THE YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

ADDRESS BY THE HON. WAYNE MAC vEAGH BEFORE
THE YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
The regular monthly meeting OF the Yale
Alumni Association Of Nev-YOrk was held last
evening at Delmonlco at FouIecnths and Flfth-aVe'
Among those present were Charles Tracy, who
presided, Edmund c. Stedman, Henry Holt. William
Walter Phelps, and Benjamin X. Phelps The
principal feature Of the meeting was an address
by tho Hon. Wayne Mac yeagh Of Philadelphia He
began by saving that IL was known in this city
that he was unprepared with speech, Mr Phelps offered
hm an address once delivered by him in Congress- ana
Mr. stodman wished him TO read one OF his imprinted
It had also been suggested that he should speak
Of his own classmates among whom he mentioned
George W. smaey, Andrew ID. White, Cen Kandau Lee
Gibson aud others lie then continued;
But there are many who lead quiet lives of which we
bear nothing. who may be scattering seed when sIall
rip N golden hAryests, OF Hhch we may 10y hnoI & tn9
Tncy possess unselish hfr0lsl ana are uonS
manly work IN manly and straightforward way anu anu
eIae, glory man can win We all need garner the
lessons which Yale College IS continually 'each,
lns and hrst she demands "ar sbo Tit, Tit.
nesses Prof Gilman engaged In laying the
foundations OF broader university than any on our SOIL
Tue American people are suffering Tor we want Tl oiIi
ture. We underrate the things the spni-tle @ @H1Ju,
ecnce-and oycrrate tie things OF sense He who during
every "a hours, reads only hls he~spSpeI& ~ auI - t @
letters aud hnAs only Of makiug money ne cam Is not
= wiser and better man for II; nut he VINO hOds cou-
verse, II ouly FOR an hour' Wh ths Hu.n Ut VI 'st
WISDOM becomes a wiser and wider man .i inat
tno cAicf RoOd oI an t'Ntctn'N't,
today-tlo taste aud capacity TO rise above the thngs OF
daily aud the truth and value OF the Things pc
pDlie priyite There subtle ana necessary con-
nect0n between recognizing the laws by whie the "ot
is governed and recognizing that 10 Is Wis ana
profitable to be honest and honorable. To-day We
are Witnessing terrible revelations, wn'c" 5nIaSS P.nS
and every gentleman, but is not true that we need
nlghcr sense OF personal honor III Ie st sn1n @
not tne whole story. Piyate trusts are IN nearly as
dangerous condition Iublic ones, ana tue sense OF
nnt N !
Tue country LOOKS 10 college graduates iOr VI
rehct. In most countries, puDhc Offices arc "ol'u5
prizcs FOR the wOrthcst ambition. III,
never despair OF Ameriea; believe sue VIII not
so ~. nerd a noblcr patriotism We think TOO mucn of
ourselves and not enough OF our country iere " 10
teun.aI year Men do..d 10 patriotism! cannot pe
vii not Judge us by the railroads We have
built the mountains we have tunneled, or tine
population Of OuI cities; but VIII aSk-au vii " IN &
c,nlrusi Mere they loole and worthy OF their birth
rigti wer. hsy cean-handed and hignhearted g,nlie
ncni II We d not produce these resnits America IS
failure and Will inevitably be recorded as such ;
and therefore am eiad that tms yea, y,ni we
to GSv' be- S'nG5 able nns 70 show S"O" sgsute
rlso iulo when suspicion Of job nbs ciept The
whole country bad as We sometimes iea.' Ihe
proof of mans capacity TO goyern himself is great
truth to exhibit; IT is step forward IN the history 0t
showing. There the civil war reacncd its cul-
mutation, and when these lines broIe' the worm saY &
TINT mslcan cyizttion was saved Al men Va GU
t.lre must takc heart and tIis year IN TIC ialth
that we mean stop the tiae ~ cNu ana fcdtem lhe
national hie and the national honor In .he house OF
Commons Robert Lowe recently declared that III the
rant of his life he hoped 10 see thrre tnlrsS placed
bnye me mart, OF mcrchandi.e ami wHere baaer could
not rcachtnc honor OF soldier, the virtue OF wouan
and Inc integrity OF statesman We neeG 10 reach Tue
lust Az we nave THE uIst Two Tie men OF an paibNS
should insist ssue-ths rtioin on INC etn T.,
vice There is hope OF purity IN pubic ne unt tns nus
contaninatns influence Is removed rom IT, We
thiuA We are degenerate race, and less IN virtue ln
our fathers BtIt | stood at Gettysburg on another
dy and neard the battlefield dedicated hy Everett win
Ali the graces of rhetoric and when scholarship ana eo-
uuence ana culture ended, PLAIN, aWkwaru West
arose and III ten inmates SPOKE words "hich
cvory tnuuRhtful mind knew were the true WORDS
for Getty sburg, and which VIII last IS loh2
as the language which they were utttred.
Abrnhatn lincoln dedicated only DettysuurS but tue
American people the principle that Gov enmeht oi
tnr peopc 10y people, the people must NOT perish
srp, me earfn" That the duty of tine educated man
i'm ths Centennial year; and It brings wider culture
a uob er sense oT honor, aud hgncr regard of to M
tIests of the county II wi Judgment, DO wholly
In the spirit " Tale COacse.
Addresses were also made by William Waltel Phelps
Edmund C. stedman, Isaac H. Bromley and others, am
the meeting closed with collation..