The state chronicle., 1893-06-15
HON. HENRY WATTERSON.
HIS ADDRESS BEFORE THE AGRI
CULTURAL AND MECHANI.
CAL COLLEGE.
An Overfiowing Audience at Metropoli.
tan Hall to Hear H1m-A Mastar,y
Address Teem1ng With Fine THOUGHT
Beautiful Rhetoric and Charming IL.
lustrations.

Illustrations.
II was a noteworthy audience
which assembled in Metropolitan
Hall last evening to hear the address
OF that distinguished orator and
journalist Hon. Henry Watterson,
before the students and faculty OF
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College. It was an audience COM
posed Of the culture and beauty of
the City Of Oaks, for besides the
thoughtful array of professional
and business men, there was the
charming presence OF feminine
beauty pervading the whole length
and breadth Of the hall The stu.
dents and faculty Of the Agricul-
turaI AID Aechanioal College were
presens il a body. The hall was
crowded to its utmost capacity long
before the appearance OF the orator
OF the evening, and there was hardly
standing room. The galleries were
filled. II was truly representative
audience, one which was just COM
pliment to the occasion of the visit
OF the accomplished Kentuckian to
our midss--and certainly a most
| expectant audience.
On the stage were Gov. Carr, Col.
John Robinson, Mr.. H. B. Battle,
Mayor Badger, Prof. Massey, Hon.
Willis r. Williams, Mr.. r. 81. Battle,
Capt. s. A. Ashe, Mr.. ". G. Up
church, Mr.. N. B. Broughton, Prot.
Yates, DR., IL. NJ. Marshall, Hon. j.
z. Scarborough and others.
The graduating class had the
seats in front Of the stage.
Shortly before 9 o'clock the ora
tor was escorted into the hall by
President Holladay, the trustees of
the college, and other distinguished
gentlemen, including MIR. Thos. R.
Jernigan, Mr. W. S. Primrose, DR..
Hubert Haywood, Mr.. q. Leazar,
Prof. G. D. McIver, Col. W. F.
Green, DR.. Eugene Daniel, Mr. Cof-
field, DR.. W. R. Capeheart, Mr.. 81.
E. Fries.
| Col. Holiday, President of the
A. and NJ. College, first announced
that Rev. DR.. Daniel would open
the exercises with prayer. After
prayer Col. Holiday, in graceful
words of compliment to the speaker
introduced, Hon. Henry Watterson,
of Kentucky, and announced his
subject as "A oney and Morals.
The orator was greeted with enthu.
siastic applause.
Mr.. Watterson introduced his ad-
dress with pleasant anecdote, the
lesson of which was the hope ex-
pressed by himself that the audi
ence was not suffering poverty as
to either one Of the things men
toned in his subject.
He declared there was no subject
that did not have two sides to it.
Agreement as to conclusions might
not always follow, and he was con
strsined to believe that we are more
apt to be in the wrong when most
positive and emphatic.
| The self-confessed man in the
wrong says, can't give in. so you
must. He declared hurmorously
that he would not be pragmatical
but as be had the floor the audience
must give in Qaughter)
| The speaker with beautiful burst
of rhetoric, in words Of choice
and vivid description pictured
| America and held up it's mag
nifcent possibilities. Was there
any thing to darken the light
any thing to obstruct the fu
ture? There were Canada ant
Mexico, the asylums of the maj
with money and no morals. Every
one has thought of what a trial it il
to be without money. All hav'
dreamed of what luxury it woult
be to have it-have reveled in tn
thought OF the wheel of fortun
bringing the coveted prizs-hav
thought of how it would bring com
forts to suffering friends and pa.
debts.
/ Money is relative. It is very rel
ative. The man who has 100000
and $15O,0O0 worth OF wants i
much worse off than the one who ha
nothing and wants his dinner.
| It is also full Of illusions and de
lusions. Prince and peasant, war
rior, statesman and philosopher
have all been struck by that colder
rod. It is the piston rod ths
| drives all else-it is the pivo
around which al else revolves. /
is universally used and abused. I
| is courted and reviled. All mel
profess to treat it indiferently bu
secretly banker after it.
i The speaker declared that b
never knew what it was to be happ.
till he had an income with it's cor
responding wants, and enjoyed th
friendship of those gentlemen
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