The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
WHOLE NO. 275

Wrt, Wnlle ne was ulscantlnS on tne
tyrany Of the obnoxious act, that he ex
claimed with a voice of thunder, and with
look of a god, Caesar had his Brutus-
Charles the First, had his Cromwell-and
George the Third, ,-(Treason! cried the
Speaker-Treason, Treason! came from
every part of the house. 1t was one of
these trying moments which is decisive of
character. Henry faltered not for an in
slant; but rising to IA loftier attitude, and
fixing on the speaker an eye of the most
determined fire, he finished his sentence
with the firmest emphasis) "may profit by
their examples. If this be treason, make
the most of it"
Note the condolences, victories, and
honorable death on the anniversary of our
national day-On the ushering in of the
4th Of July 1926, in the good old Bay
State in that Pilgrimtown of Quincy, sur
rounded by men of mark who revened
him, lay John Adams the Puritan presi
dent. The air was hushed with the awe
of nature at the good mans death. and
while the soul OF the great revolutionary
statesman was passing away. the Omni-
scient eye witnessed another solemn death
bed 1t was on the heights of Monticello
that his peer and friend Thomas Jefferson,
who like him had lived to ripe old age,
both having flied large places in the
worlds history, which their patriotism
had illuminated Both having set their
hand to the declaration Both having ac-
complished the wish to have theirlives ex-
tended to the full half century of the ma
tions life, both babe farewell to the land
of their love, and Heaven in its mercy full
filed their prayers. On the 87th anniver
sary of that same 4th of July, lin 1869
the terrible internecine war, had reached
its elimination and the Trinity of Victories
for the Union armies gave the crown of
glory to that day. Gettysburg and the
surrender of Vicksburg and the re-
pulse of Morgan at the Green River made
that day forever memorable.
1t was April, 1865 The Janus gates
were at last closed, and the bloody strife
of brethren was ended. The natien lifted
its weary head and rejoiced that Gods
anger was at last stayed. 1t was then
that by the assassins hand the Liberator,
the Emancipator was stricken down.
His work was done. His unprotected
toll was left for others, of sterner make
and harder fashion. A merciful hcavS-
that found his work was done, now flung
open its doors to receive the Savior of the
Union, the Deiverer of the nation-the
martyred Lincoln.
With what poetic justice could our dead
statesman Sumner, driven to his death by
the same brutal barbarism of slavery, say
of his departed friend From the fall of
q sparrow, or the sweep of a planet, all is
according to Divine Providence, whose
laws are everlasting. 1t was no accident
which gave to his country the patriot
whom we now honor. 1t was no accident
which snatched this patriot so suddenly
and so cruelty from his sublime duties.
'"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh
away; blessed be the name of the Lord"
Says his historian and friend "And so,
from the frozen gates of our Republic on
the North, where the brooks had not yet
begun to murmur, down to meet the flush
ing spring in its coming, till it reached the
orange-grovcs Of the South, one wave of
sorrow swept its gentle way; while under
the ocean the sad news was flashing to
different nations. There was not cline
where the tribute of tears was not paid ia
him. 1t was one of those few funeral days
in which the obsequies of grand philan-
thropist were held within "a hours al
round the globe. He waa the friend of
Humanity and Humity wept when he was
no more"
To sncceed as nation in educational ad-
vancement, we must be ready at an early
day to introduce technical education into
our system of teaching. Five years ago l
sat in one of the great audience, chambers
Of Washington. There was gathered the
great National convention of Educational
lists of the United States, Men from all
lands were there. Upon the stand, occu-
pying the Chair, sat Hayes, the President
of the United States. On the platform sat
DR.. Runksl, of Boston, President of the
School of Technology, which carries in its
broad bosom twelve hundred children.
And without mark or compass, with moth.
ing of the appliances of the mechanic arts
to give direction and symmetry. those
children of toll by technical education were
| taught to master all the mysteries of the
mechanic arts. The master mechanic of
Boston and Albany Railway was asked to
examine the steel work made without
compass or triangle, without guide or
measure. by boy only six months in the
school. and he said "Sir, have no man
ia my work shops that.can compass such
work." And In that great argument before
that vast company, DR.. Rupkel said, ."Sir
| Let me say to YOU. that In the great art oil