The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-04
ANNUAL LITERARY ADDRESS,
Delivered before the Students Of
TazeWell College, May %, 1879.
by Capt. r. f. Patterson.
CONGRATULATIONS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 81 think
that this occasion should be a time
of congratulations with as all. We
may congratulate ourselves, as a
community, because we have now, in
our midst, an established institution
of learning, which for wise and
wholesome Giscipline,--for literary
advantages Except an apparatus)
and for moral culture. is probably
unsurpassed by any college in the
State. We congratulate the young
ladies and the young gentlemen and I
the youth of the college for the pro-
ficiency which they have made in the
various departments of their studies u
for their lady-like and gentlemanly c
department during their ten months j.
sojourn with us and for that polite i
courtesy and demeanOr upon all oc- n
casiOns which has won for them the t,
love and esteem of cur citizens. We f
congratulate the President and his d
able staff Of accomplished teachers 6,
upon their success, their splendid W
success, in an uncertain and hazard fc
Gus enterprise The rubbish and ci
debris of past failures in the college N
had to be cleared away. New faith W
and enthusiasm had to be infused al
1 j. 0F Eh Ia Of |
college. The building had to be re- al
paired and beautified and bell pur. eC
chased at considerable expense to III
its patrons-but after all this bad tn
been accompl plished-after a large pe
number of young ladies and gentle m
men and interesting youth had been er
gathered into the school-their char Liz
acters and future influence in socie- We
ty hung with leaden weight upon M
the hearts of their instructors and tn
the friends Of the school. And just go
at this point it will be pertinent to in
cay a word in behalf of the over we
whelming majority of the citizens Of an
our much abused county-that in an
proportion to its population (and l VIII
know whereof speak, that no coun wa
ty in the State can boast greater val
number of good, substantial, law spc
abiding citizens. But still the fact
is undeniable, that whisky, whisky,
red mans s'fire devii'-
has cast a shadow over our good 80
name. For this the authorities of :.
our county and the law abiding citi- I'll
zens are not to blame. Our good e.
State has seen 1T, in her wisdom, to 49,
surrender into the hands Of his Sa- 90
5anic Majesty one of the most po- u;n
;ent engines for doing evil, and for IL,
disturbing the peace and welfare of roo
aer citizens, that has ever been in uis
vented. All over our State-in ev- ono
cry town and city, and at every &C. 10
,essible cross road, this Satanic
General has his line of attack -.
against our public peace as skill -,
.
'ully laid and as strongly fortified ~
rs a skillful military commander -
would distribute his forces and for -,
,ify his strategic points for an ag. co.
gressive campaign against his ene- -.
my. So far as our country is con- .ho
cerned, the only accessible point in cot
his line has been broken, and the -.
oreech filed by the determined -.
friends of temperance and order. l d;a
am not now aware of single IL 80
oensed doggery within twelve miles mo,
Of the town of Tazewell, The ene- -;
nv has been routed-"foot, horse ~
and dragoon. The cOlumbiad Of
ntempersnce has been spiked. A.
Strong barriers have been erected H.
lpon the side of virtue. And hew ,ho,
we'll all this has been accomplished, t;ro
Ind how glorious the victory, and orr,
low universal the rejoicings and tbo
sent to us from all D.,
PARTS of this county, | call upon thisi ,ba,
arge and intelligent audience 10 NJ
'ear witness with me to-day. H.
DUCATIoN-ITs RELATIONS TO THE cart
PUBLIC GOOD. will
Now, ladies and gentlemen, if COG
'ou will pardon these preliminary The
xultations I will attempt for short hos,
ime to discuss the subject of eduea. stea
ion in its relations to the public that
1elfare and perpetuity of our gov natl
and, in order to do so in, nos,
we must take glance at GOV,
he history Of the past. Not one in lust
his enlightened audience, to day, tion
ill deny the fact that the shores of
'ime are strewn with the wrecks Of
mpires. To the student of history, !.
is a matter of inquiry with him, "
neither he should be more astonish- soy
i at the nights to which nations "oA
ave risen, or at the depths to which "
ley have fallen. He sees an en-
ire rise in colossal Proportions q .
ask for few centuries In sunshine 49,
T power, wealth aud grandeur, and "n''
,an 30 rradnalIv disannaar from, any