The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-02-25
OUR GROVER CLEVELAND.
HE ADDRESSES THE STUDENTS OF ANN
ARBoR, MICHIGAN.
His Subject Was Sentiment in Our Ma
tional Life" a Subject Calling Forth
Some Beautiful Thoughts From the
Great Exponent Of Democracy.

: ANN ARBOR, Mlch., FeD. 22.-EN
President Grover Cleveland, accom-
panied by Ex-Governor Campbell o
} Ohio, eX-Postmaster General Don NJ
Dickinson of Detroit, w. S. Bissell o
Buffalo, Cleveland's former law part
: ner, and Richard Glider. editor of thu
} Century Magazine, arrived here
at lao a. M, from Detroit. The city
was gaily decorated in honor Of the
distinguished party. Fully 20O0 stu
} dents of the university gathered a
the depot and greeted them with The
blare of tin horns and q university
yell. Mayor DOty met the party az
they alighted from the train and pre-
scented Cleveland with the freedom o.
the city in a silver casket. The ex
president replied with few suitable
words of thanks, saying that Of all
offices which he has held he enjoyed
none more than that of mayor. Presi,
dent Angel of the university was
then presented and the procession
formed of the Ann Arbor and
Ypsilanti military companies, stu.
dents and prominent citizens of this
and other cities and marched through
the principal streets.
After lunch at President Angeles
residence the party proceeded to the
university hall, where at o'clock
Cleveland delivered an address on
Sentiment in our National Life"
Mr. President Ladies and Gentlemen:
Among the few holidays which he
rush and hurry of American life con-
cede to us, surely no one of secular
character is so suggestive and i'm
pressive as the day we celebrate on
this occasion. We not only comneu-
crate the birth of the greatest Ameri-
can who ever lived, but we recall as
inseparably connected with his ca
reer all the events and incidents which
led up to the establishment of free in
situations in this land of ours, and
eliminated in the erection of our won
drous nation.
Washington had more to do with the
formation of the constitution than our
enthusiasm for other phases of the
great work he did for his country u.s.
ually makes prominent. He fought
the battles which cleared the way for
it. He best knew the need of CONSOLE
dating under one government the
colonies he had made free, and he best
knew that without this consolidation
a wasting war, the long and severe
privations and sufferings his country
men had undergone and his own
devoted labor in the cause of
freedom, were practically in vain.
The beginning of anything like pub
lie sentiment looking to the formation
of our nation is traceable to his efforts.
The circular letter he sent to the gov.
erners of the states, as early as the
close Of the war of the revolution, con
tanned the germs of the constitution;
and all this was recognized by his I'M
animous choice to preside over the
convention that framed it. His spirit
was III and through it all.
But whatever may be said Of the
argument presented in support Of the
propriety of giving the law classes the
management of this celebration, it is
entirely clear that the university her
self furnishes to all her students a
most useful lesson, when by decreeing
the observance of this day, she recog-
Misses the fact that the knowledge OF
books she imparts is not a complete
fulfillment of her duty, and comedies
that the education with which she so
well equips her graduates for indi-
vidual success in life and for business
and professional usefulness, may prof
itably be supplemented by the
stimulation of their patriotism
and by the direction of their
thoughts to subjects relating to
their country's welfare. l
do not know how generally sUch an
observance Of Washington's birthday
as has been here established. prevails
in our other universities and colleges;
but | am convinced that any institu-
ton of leaning in our land which neg
lects to provide for the instructive and
improving observance of this day
within its walls, falls short of its at
tainable measure of usefulness and
omits lust and valuable contribution
to the general good. There is great
need of educated men in our public