The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1888-06-13

divert Itself from reallGY ana WOnQeTs
into the future. All! who can pierce
beyond the ever present? Perchance
some wizard hand may lift corner
of the veil and in q mirror view the
future reflected from the past. But
can We grasp the ideal and viewing
it in the light of reality from our.
views from what has gone before2
Alas no! we can only conjecture con
ce5ning the phantom shapes that
iii before our eyes. Then judging
from the past prosperity Of our coun-
try Whist is there yet to GOMEZ?
One hundred years from now and
ilat will Be the scenes2 Such
mighty changes will have been.
wrought, that were it possible for
one 70 stand upon some Chimborazo
height Of the moral world and view
ing the past Of our country, should
there be permitted to look out upon
the iliimitable possibilities of the
future and the boundless sea of
knowledge stretched out beyond
what could he debut .exclaim
eagle thought, fold up thy pinions
And fancy, bold adventurous sailor
Drop thine anchor in despair Htr
Y MR.. PITzER
made his first public appearance and
his reputation. A good form forci-,
bic and graceful gestures, and strong
and agreeable voice quickly won the
appreciation of the audience.
Mr.. Pitzer's subject was sThe
Bright Side Of the Nation" and he
began by saying that" God, home and
country, are three words which clus-
ter the purest and tenderest thoughts
of the human mind. Tracing the
influence of home training upon the
future life Of a child, he gradually
received the bright side of the ma
tion's history; how through energy
and toll, devotion and love for God,
Lit had grown mighty; how peace was
being restored between disunited sec
lions, and the effects Of the match
less progress Of the American Ma
/ ton upon the despots and heclouded
nations Of the world Giving the
fraud and confusion of elections in
Americ1 3 black-eye, he compared
\ the politics here with that Of the
! countfiea q con1inental Europe and
| paid 3 gI6Ui1e S1iblfR Is He iHde.
pendent yoter and the wisdom oftAa
union of State and Federal Govern
ments Scoring Mormonism and for
eign immigration, he closed his ORG
ton with a graceful eloquent appeal
to the feelings of his audience, to
stand up for God and right; to be
men, forgiving, earnest, true. The
GRAFTON commanded the undated in
terest Of the large audience and has
been highly commended. We are
are sorry we eanaots give it entire;
but will simply append his conclu-
sion to show style, force and beauty
of Idiction. X
Let us then hope on. The future
has an abundance Of progress in
store for us. Brighter annals are
yet to be recorded in American his
tory than the few Of the past has
written. From the garden fields of
the West, to the forge and factoryof
the East; from the shores upon
which break the mad pillows of the
Northern Lakes, to the lowering
Southern wales, come words Of cheer
and patriotism. A united country
bows at the altar Of the great future.
o, American citizens, brothers to- q
blessed and noble inheritance, let us
awaken to the duties of the hour.
Let us be men! Let US be forgiv-
ing! Let US be true! Let us
live for God, for home, for
country. Let us allow no man to
erect an idol. and command us to
worship at its shrine. Individual
sovereignty in Ameaica is a posses
sion more to be valued than the
flowing robes, sparkling heirlooms
and sglitttering crowns of the world s
greatest potentates. / cannot lift the
sacred curtain that walls the events
Of the future from mortal gaze, but /
believe it is the design Of God to
work out the salvation of the world,
through the medium of the American
Nations and the other Republics that
soon are to be established where now
sits imperial haughtiness, and vice
and immortality hold undisputed
sway
Let us then. be firm. Let us up
hold honesty in politics and purity
in men, and the bright side of the
Nation will forever illumine our
lives, and bless the people of the
earth
At just ten o'clock, President an
nounced the
Debate.
MR. sToETZER
placed manuscript on the reading
stand, and proceeded to read his de-
bate. He created d visible stir in
the audience when he said that the
affirmative proposition Of the. ques-