The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-07-09

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questions of national policy. A person
standing upon the Mississippi at New Or
leans and viewing the majestic stream
which moves with -esistless force along its
course, floating the white sails of the ship:
of every nation, and being likened to
vast inland sea, is not apt to consider what
forms the mighty torrent. A drop of wa
ter would be counted but bubble upon the
ocean "one moment here then gone for
ever" a thing of no account, and yet, away
in the Rocky Mountains, upon the sum-
mits of untroddcn peaks, around whose
head the sun beams bathe in eternal SHOWS
warmed by the fires of Heaven the
little trickling drops start on their way
to join the deep, roaring caverns of the
Atlantic. at times they are so small that
little children in their childish gea could
dam them with sand and turn them obedi'
ent to their wish, but one by one and little
by little they trickle down the mountains
steep, seeking the precipices and gorges ol
the dreary hills, until united again in Lake
Itasca, whence they start anew, gathering
the rills and branches until they become Q
river whose progress continues augmentine
in power and majesty until millions o1
monuy is required to confne them to their
bed and nations of men could neither stop
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made up of drops of water.
So it is too often, when men contem'
plate the union of our States. They see 0
country stretching from the rock-bound
coast of Maine upon the North, to the
golden fields of California and the rugged
hills of Mexico on the South-upon whose
shores the boisterous waves of the Atlantic
are dashed to foam where the coming sun
wakes the morning in the East and the
placid waters of the Pacific WOO to sleep as
the shades of evening gather in the West
They see country whose climate varies
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to the colder climes Of the far North which
embraces greater variety of products than
are possessed by any other nations contin-
uous territory. They see country great
and respected among nations, the sails OF
whose commerce whiten every ocean and
bring golden treasure in return for our life
giving grain. They see country in which
the applications Of science to the wants and
comforts of man have distanced compari-
son. It was here that the discovery OF
steam was first vigorously utilized. In this
State the railroad was used for the longest
distance then known, and the first steamer
Hudson. Here the lightnings of Heaven
bringing into every day use the telegraph,
the implements for cultivating the soil have
country has given to the world corn and
cotton and provided the gin by which the
latter product is easily prepared for use.
And last and greatest, it has given to the
world the grandest government Of which
men have ever conceived
THE SOURCE AND FOUNTAIN OF A NATIONS
POWER.
In contemplating this vast country we
are apt to consider man as insignificant,
and yet all OF this greatness has been
wrought by men, and individuals, in their
aggregate capacity, are the source and foun-
tain of its power. How much then gen.
tlemen, is it incumbent upon you and US
to prepare for the humble part which we
are to take in the discharge Of the duties OF
man is the architect of his own fortune"
There are no titled mobiles here. There are
here no exclusive paths to greatness or to
business which are opened only to favored
classes. ALI rre equal. In this republic
esteem and love were never to be sold''
but won freely by merit, and the humblest,
if found worthy, obtain preferment as sure
ly rs the more favored of fortune. A
tailor became President in Fillmore and
johnson, a laborer in Lincoln, tanner in
Grant, canal boat driver in Garfield, and
clerk in Cleveland. Here
Honor and shame from no condition rise,
Act well you. part, there all the honor lies.
Worth makes the liian and want of 1t the fellow. y
THE HOPE OF THE COUNTRY.
But it must not be supposed that these
men who achieved greatness despite adj
verse fortune, succaoded without strug-
gle. Their lives were examples of faith
ful, diligent, patient work and energy
All of them obtained education, and by
their sclf-development, commanded the
success they attained. The great duty
which rests upon the youth of our land is
to utilize the advantages of wealth, and
mind, and health which God has given
them to qualify themselves for the battle
of life, and the proper exercise of the du.
ties of citizenship. On your mental and
moral development, young gentlemen,
depends the future Of our country's pro
gress and perpetuity. The church and
the college are the hope Of our republic
Their combined influence is necessary for
the full development of man. These arc
the forces which have irresistibly driven
America forward as no country has ever
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that is free to pour tho light of truth, a:
they hold it, upon the world, has brought
blessings to America which no creed nor
Sect established by government, could
give. 1t has engrafted upon our people
science and OF action without which oul
al nd fo1 1,rto IN G
as an insu bstantial structure grappled by
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WHAT COLLEGES HAVE DONE.
Colleges have given training, culture
and depth to the American mind. They
are and have been, like Erskine in its no
BILE work, bringing up the youth of oul
country to the statue Of full grown men,
Scientia Cum Moribus Coyuncta. They have
laid broad and deep the foundations Of
knowledge and sent forth the young men
of America prepared for trained thought
the equals in practical scholarship OF the
citizens Of any country.
Young gentlemen, have sought to i'm.
press upon you the dignity of being citi
zens of the foremost republic of the world
Do not fail to realize the obligations which
it carries with it. You are to become 6
part of the force and power ofthe republic
Napoleon addressing his soldiers before
Cairo exhorted them to deeds of valor by
telling them "forty centuries are looking
down upon you from yonder pyramids y
It is no inanimate stone which beholds
the men of America-the young men o.
to-day. The liberty-loving people o.
every nation watch tho institutions O.
America.
EACH OF Us MUST ACT a PART.
You and each of you havo part in tho
issue. 1t is for you by example and by
precept to contribute towards the comfort
the progress, the prosperity and the hap
piness Of all our people. Whether it j:
destined for you to tread the paths O
greatness, or to attest the Makers noblesl
work, IAN honest man" in some private
sphere, "Still in thy right hand carry
gentle peace to silence obvious tongues
Be Just and fear not. Let all the ends
thou aimest at be thy CounLry's, Thy
Gods and Truths"
Cultivate the moral along with the in
tellectnal powers Of your mind and strive
to impress upon the community in which
you live the beauty of duty well perform
cd and you will be benciactors of your
race.
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