The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-06-21
aeoa Words 10 Southern Youths.

| Among tile noteworthy incidents Of
| commencement week at the Univer-
| sity of North Carolina was an Grafton
before the students literary societies,
delivered by Mai. Joseph A. Engel-
hard. Among other things he said:
"With this munificent country under
our control, the duty comes up direct
ly before us to develop it. That de-
velopment can only be secured by
wOrk-and if was called on to de-
clare, in one word, our duty, l would
without hesitation, utter the word
the greatest of all wordsworth. And
by that expression | mean work of ev-
cry character-professiO mechani-
cal, agricultural, scientific, artistic
in their brOadest sense. 1t is the great
law of nature, the necessity for human
happiness, the staff of human virtue.
| hope the day is not distant when the
man who works the. most will be
known and appreciated as the most
honorable among us all, for such he
deserves to be. | desire to see him
rank above the richest, above the
oldest, above all. Let work be the
watchwOrd of the South; write it on
every hammer; inScTibe it on every
standard. Mental and physical work,
labor that cOnquers all things-is the
first paramount duty of all of us. 1t is
the great mystery that made Newton
and Franklin, Morse and Washing
ton, Caesar and Napoleon, immortal.
1t is the one great want of our people.
Bountiful nature has almost dispensed
with the necessity fOrlabOr here. Nor
al causes must he the motives and in
centives with us for work. The time
has come when labor must ba the IT,
10 IN mi hnA TO
long heeH done to it. 1t is the fOunda-
ton of every value that man pos>
SeSSeS.n
In another part of his address Maj.
Engelhard said: "NOr can We do our
duty hy indulging hatred to other sec
tlOns of the country and perpetuating
the animosities of war. The glory of
a people cannot be built upon hatreds.
God will not let discOrd be the fOunda-
ton of happiness or honor. Our hon.
or, our happiness, our fame, must rest |
upon surer fOundatiOns-upOnt the rock |
of eternal justice and right. Hatred |
of the North will not build UP the |
South or lessen the burden which we |
must bear. Pronunciation of the |
North will not restore our prosperity |
or heal the wounds of war. 1t will
confer no blessing. My young cOun-
trymen, we are too great, too good a
people, to he degraded by the had pas
sions of the human heart. The i'm
age have in my mind of the South is
to high and too pure to think it can
be sullIed by frowns of iguOble hatred.
In the dark ages of the world tho
wrath of Achilles or the oath>hound
hostility of Hannibal TO Rome might
be the themes of song and history, !
hut such passions will no more blaI,k-
en- the pages Of poetry aDh eioduence.
In their PLACES is tie higher Christian
virtue. "swhich Plato never dreamed,
TO conquer all things by doing right.
The enmity of Hannibal to Rome
made him miserable and entailed un-
told miseries upon his country. Let
us transmit to our children the sub
lime sentiments that live above the
bloody passions. Let us remember
our misfOrtunes only TO conquer them.
/ .et us remember the faults Of others
only to prove that we are superior to
them. Let us manifest to all the
world that nothing can overcome our
supreme sense of right, of justice, Of
duty, in all things and at all times.
Our past is so full of great deeds, Of
great results, of great virtues, that we
can well he magnanimOuS. Our very
sorrows are glorious. Our defeats are
more honorable than the victories Of
others. Let us crown our achieve
ments with a brave, most illustriOus
over the passions and weak
nesses that have dishOnOred less noble
people"