The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-06-11

REV. ). J. LATFEKrY's ADDRESS 70 THE GRAD
GATES At TRINITY COLLEGE tsOHTa CARO-
LIMA ON WEDNESDAY

REV. J. J. LAFFEKTY's ADDRESS 10 THE GRAD
GATES At TRINITY COLLEGE tsOETa CARO-
Ina ON WEDNESDAY.
AT the Trinity North Carolina College
commencement on "Wednesday Rev. ]. DE
NJ 1almage, u Brooklyn. preached the
annual sermon. His theme Wa :. The Lit
erry -pieDdOr % the Scriptures" The
greai American preacher drew the largest
audience ever known on any commence
ment OccasiOn.~
In the afternoon Rev. ]. j. Laferry. ID.
D.. oil this city, delivered the annual adj
dress Ia the class Of So. taking for his
theme The Old Time and the New. -
The address wa. published in full In the
New York Herald Of Thursday. and does
Nr. Laiier1y great credit a. . fine thinker
Who not only sees good point. bun knows
hoy u put il.
he opened by saving that on tins very
spot be surrendered Ia the cOnQuering Fed
eri.ls m 1850. He Wa glad TO greet them
with better things. Hi theme was =. The
Old Times and the New lie drew a bu-
mprous contrast Defw cen the Old systems Of
schools. medleines. travelling. ana churches
and the present DE drew arguments from
hi amusing pictures IN favor Of the peC-
ple ~ to-day. he put over against each
other the Confederate and the Continental
soldier. and brought forward sections Of
history 20 show that the former. though
conquered. was superior 10 the sire Of
-. even though victorious. He cob
trasted the Great event, and the CAUSES
which led 20 them in the first Revolution
with familiar fart- Oi the late war IN way
that was very interesting.
Said he.
d" The Confederate could not conquer
Providence The Union Wa not doomed
20 death. II could not have lived had
Sfonewal lived another day. When the
wounded warrior. in Great faith and sub
mission "a the viii u Heaven. said il i
al right. hc uttered the decree OF God.
The army Of Northern Virginia beat Nc
Ciellan. Hooker, and Burnside, yielding
only % jehovah"
And, again:
=. II battle tested the proves OF the south.
defeat tried them in the furnace. The So
cial and political fabric tumbled 20 pieces.
The African from the rice-swamp was or
dered % put hi, muddy foot Oh the neck
% scholars and statesmen. II Wa u II q
continent. with al the fair works 81 ar and
civilization. had suddenly sank below the
sra-ievei. and the monsters and OOZe Of the
ocean had flowed in over all. ,Iudas a.
home and Barrabas from abroad joined
hands and became the fiduciaries ~ the
public pur-e and the protectors OF private
right
In conclusion the speaker said
WHAT rare that ever lived could have
risen: Tie Greek never rose TO manhood
after Che Roman conquest II Wa, living
Greece no more. The ,ou- Of the men o.
Marathon were slaves forever. The barta-
riu broke IN proud spirit Of tht naughty
Roman.
"In @ single decade rhe south rebuilt
her burned altar, hI-trated Der temple, Of
justice. and turned the balance ~ trade by
her exports. and made nited states bond
good a. gold. II Ten year. she had Te-
gained political power IN f0ngre-, and
prosperity I'm hey h0me>. II j. = triumph
oi character. iortitude. patience, industry.
craftsmanship. prime manhood over ad-
yer-ify without parallel in adj history.
When tie cruel centurion whose
-rourgr had smiit,r jesus. whose spike,
had HING him Do agony. saw the patient
grandeur of the sufferer. the rude Roman
said thi- Was surely q righteous man. u
had come % pa-> that Henry Ward
Brecher ha. confessed in Plymouth pulpit
tfu the south ]. without = rival Ia al
the grand virtue, that adorn and honor the
human race.