The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-06

NC I1' doctor proving himself to be a
most able. interesting and fluent
sneaker. rhe remarks were as fol
lows:
J. N. BENEDICT.
IF Is nearly two hours that you have been
e+andino or sitting here listening C
that wnich undoubtedly has been pleasing
ond Instructive 10 you. Far be It from me
+ben az the present time TO delay you much
ionCer. The toast that I am called upon to
answer, is one that any Amdrlcan enoulo De
Trr0nd OF. It is one in VIII Oh the Whoe com
I4nOnWealth OF this coun ~ are interested. 1t
is not a new question.
Nearly twentJ -four hundred years ago,
Zeno, he founder OF The system OF stoic pm
Iosopbv, made q reInarG similar 10 this, II not
in the same WOriS: That education was lhe
foundation OF every art and The corner 5tone
n ali Orsat Institutions tn has been de-
InouStTated not only III his o~n country At
that tiTne but throughout all The histories Of
Sne nations as they nave ITas'ea through this
Terod of twenty four centuries greece aud
Rome, at the height or their power, we're
knOyyn as the GENRES or le-rulBgt and when
the time came that their lower finally lefL
Them tnelr learning was one OF those indel-
fhle monuments which did lot
leave them. While they were bi Oxen
nm, while Their centres Of learllnE
sstrOJed their educated men scattered TOO and
froalmOst ever the face OF the whole earth;
vhile these events trans ired their learning
continued with them. IL was like the breaking
I'D Of a mass OF seed, the seed was not de-
showed; the kernel WAS riLe, the seed was
carried and scattered about almost 10 Ihe four
winds Of heaven. Ibis same education, this
same beginning, this same incentive 10 edU-
cation and learning was c1rrled even by the
barbarisns from theme. And from that be
Ginning following down through The ages for
the next 400 yeArs, this same cause has TO
dueed the same effect. 1Wenfy-three cenIurseS
later and bB men, NOT through ignorance, but
bv virtue Of their educaC Oh; again Opent q
1InaLeW era to this word. IL remained I 7
those so Inrn-ln times then that tired mems
sOus-to announce freedom unto the world,
ana 10 { cry man and woman within
II Wa, vas the first enumeration Of
+be kn.. ever made? That al men
are cr-a.ei Tree 6nd equal (Cheers)
T,yentN -lhree centuries It had taken TO ac-
cnnCIlsh this but It 1T last arrived. And to-
d9y we see the results and fruits OF IL No
nation, 10 peOple, no country can enjoy true
free 1Un, true liberty without education.
Iouorance and superstition go hand in han /,
sn6 ike a nall cover the intellect OF the peO-
ME. And il is only when education breaks
ibrOuVh the clOYdS and sunshine Of thought
iInlm;nes the intellect OF man that
The cIOWds ara dispersed and truth
ana liberty shine forth in brig Illness. These
TnetIers are as familiar to you ali as they are
tome. It seems but repetition almost, that
lam saving TO you OF what you have heard ne-
fore from the speakers who have Preceded NE,
Tor necessarily they were COMPELLED TO give
credit 10 education. Where would our rail-
roads be, where would our teiegraUns be-,
what would become OF that Wonderful little
instrument rs telephOne-Wh3t Won be-
come Of our country as IL stands to-day but
foreduc ton? Was il necessary that our first
Inartyrsd President must spit ral 70 become
PRESIDENT, Or was 1t necessary for hin 10 do
ordinary manual labor? was it necessary that
he should pass through all he did to fit him for
the DreEidency. He rather absorbed the time,
such ds could be spared 10 him in his work
and so well stored his mind, that when the
time came ne would De the man tor the place,
and obtain the position Following GOR q
was it necessary for Garfield to be boy on
the tow path, driving team to prOpei a canal
boat, or was IL the education that he had
obtained? Was it because he was scholar Or
was It not because he had lived earnestly by
endeaVorlng to train and develop the brains
the Almighty had given him? Go ask the old
mountains here, your snow-csPped noun
rains, your rock-ribbed hills, following them
down take your cities and villages, your sage
brush plains, your alkali fields and even from
east TO vest, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
slope and what do you find? Everything
that you see, everything you can handle,
everything yOu can read, everything really
are the necessary products Of education.
These are the alma mater OF this country.
They are they EYhO have peopled II; they are
they who VIII peUDle it and will Etand bY IL,
These are they who Will say with all educat-
ed men, We know our rig hts, and knowing
them viii maintain them. A man without
education knows not his rights, but he who is
educated, he who has his mind trained,
whose intellect has been brought
I'D IN the proper channel, who has been car
re AT fr I'm nf N
another. is ne WhOs with The whole people
and with one accord, both day and night,
year after ye3r, shall say VITA our country:
i" lis Of Thee sweet land Of Liberty" (cheers.)
The several bands-CroxalIs.
Sixth Infantry and Beesley's mar
ti4l-played between the responses,
and added greatly to the enjoyment.
The proceedings were characterized
by the best of order and good feel
ing, and the slightest thing did not
occur to disturb the good nature and
harmony of this most satisfactory
event, wh5ch seemed pleasing
to all alike. 1t is. therefore,
not a matter of surprise that the
proposition Of Gov. Murray giving
a vote of thanks to the several COM
mittees met with q universal and
hearty response. Benediction was
pronounced 10y Elder II. G. Bywater,
and all dispersed. The arrangements
were perfect to the slightest detail
and reflect the greatest credit on all
who had anything to do with
successfully carrying cut the ceIe-
bratiOn.
In the evening the display Of FIRE
works took place at Washington
Square. It was witnessed by thou
sands and thousands of persons. The
display, like the other proceedings,
was a success in every particular,
and was highly appreciated.
May there be just such another
celebration on the Fourth of July,
1888.