Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-08
GRADUATED WITH HONOR.

Degrees Conferred on Two of Sacra-
mento's Sons.
At the graduating exercises of st. Mary's
College at Oakland, on Wednesday even
ing, the degree of Bachelor of Science was
conferred upon William H. Taylor and
Charles T. Hughes of this city, they stand.
ing respectively first and second in theil
class. Each delivered essays, which were
published in the Oakland papers. That OF
Mr.. Hughes was on the subject of "Ameri-
can Patriotism" in which he said:
Zone of the strongest, noblest and most
providential passions that God has I'M
planted in the heart of man is the love OF
the land that bore him.
'Breathes there man with soul so dead.
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land.
by mysterious attraction Providence
fixes the feet of man upon his native soil,
so that neither the ices of Greenland nor
the burning sands of Africa are destitute OF
inhabitants.
"'But that man may love his country,
says Cicero, 'his country must be lovely,
and we may add that it should be loved in
proportion as it is lovely. This being the
case, how great should be the esteem of
Americans for the country of their adoption
or their birth.
I'VE feel elated at the thought that we
have grown within century from three
millions to more that sixty millions; from
an obscure and almost unknown people to
one of the most powerful and influential
nations of the earth. Our wealth, our I'M
rivaled success in developing the almost
inexhaustible resources of our country, our
populous cities which by tens and twenties
have sprung up as if by the enchanter's
wand, our happy homes where men of
every race and every tongue enjoy the
blessings of liberty and peace under wise
and just laws, the rapid and unimpeded
progress of the arts, sciences and literature
are sources Of gratitude and joy.
when we reflect that we, the freest of
people, have, probably, the most stable
government in the world; that the late
civil strife has served only to strengthen
the bonds of national unity, and to bring
the whole people into fuller harmony with
the underlying principle Of our civil con-
stitution, our belief in the sublime destiny
of our country is strengthened, and we
look with higher hopes and serener conf
dence to the future. We have home and
a country, in which we enjoy the rights of
freemen, immunity from oppressive taxa
ton and an open nelQ Tor the fQll exercise
of the powers which God has given u.s.
Our hearts dilate with joy and pride at the
marvellous growth and ever-increasing
prosperity of our country; thrill of glad
ness passes through our whole frame, and
we feel proud of our title of Americans
ISABELLA OF CASTLE"
This was the title of Mr.. Taylor's essay,
in the course of which he said that the
events of the life of this model woman
and peerless Christian stand sheathed
in the charmed atmosphere of her own
heroic excellency and womanly good
ness, for she was the flower of chivalry
in old CASTLE. Amid enthusiasm she was
proclaimed Queen upon the death of her
brother, and at once entered on those Wig
orous measures which have placed her
reign foremost in the annals of Spain. Her
reign left a permanent impression on the
character and condition of the nation.
Her name is one of the brightest in the
annals of history. In reading the history
of America the sweet name of Isabella
comes spontaneously to the mind, for she
was the medium of its discovery as Column
bus the origin