Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-13

floor OF the Senate the opinions were
uttered and enforced which were edu-
eating two sections OF the same people TO
irreconcilahle views OF their government
and Constitution. But nothing IVES added
In the long discussion by the most elo-
quent or the most accomplished to the
ideas OF these cultured and giant cham
pions. these superb representatives OF the
vigor and power the concentration and
polish which the college gives to its sons
Interest and passion reegated the great
question TO the arbitrament OF war and
the God OF Battles. and brave men OF
the same race and traditions met with
equal valor upon bloody fields. The un-
trained volunteers illustrated the undi-
fninished force OF the fire and courage
which for centuries have won famous
victories. but the organizing aud directing
minds, handling with rarest skill and
ability the forces and elements with
which they had TO work or cope were
on either side. the educated and equipped
graduates Of the splendid national col
iege on the Hudson, the West Point MIL
tary Academy.
INTO ONE PEOPLE.
American liberty Is the solvent which
blends into one people all nationalities.
and tonrues and creeds. We have to-day
the living witnesses OF its beneficent power.
Many OF US were in the heat and fury
OF the strife. and though 1t is hardly more
than a quarter of century since our
lines OF battle were drawn. you and |
can cordially clasp hands under the same
flag and rejoice in being citizens or the
purest republic and most powerful ma
ton I'm the world. We can do more.
without prejudice or fear, with calm
iudement and common pride we can ex-
ND O.
Ulysses $ Grant and Robert r.. Lee, OF
Stonewan jackson and General sherman.
and hail them as brothers In the free
and open guild Of liberal education
4 little learning is dangerous thing.
Drink deep. or taste not the Pierlan
spring;
Their shallow draughts intoxicate the
brain.
And drinking largely sobers us again.
Thus sang Pope. and his stanza has
become one OF the maxims of the Ian
euage. The rule would not produce the
hes, results in qualifications OF the
appetite. and has its exceptions III
matters of the mind. Generaliza-
tions IN some respect are nhe
dynamite bombs, they must be handled
with care The effort TO condense the
truth frequently squeezes out so nlucn
as to impair the value Of the reslduum:
The benefits and the blessings OF broah
learning for all who can secure them are
not weakened because there have peen
phenomenal successes without these ad-
vantages
This is the age OF the specialist, ana ne
attains eminent positions by the mastery
of his department At some period III
our careers we all follow one line OF me-
But those are happier and stronger "oi
generous and ingenious, who nave spent
the time for the more general discipline
and larger culture OF the university hrs''
and then brought their trained ana iipe-
rallied faculties to their chosen pursuit
Only the famous few are 20 superpy en-
dowed that their careers seem TO demon
e,,ato tho foolishness Of wasting years in
tho college. The Commodore Nsnderollts'
| the George Laws, the Andrew Carneglts'
| and some hundreds of others In business,
| and Hugh Miller. In science ana authof-
ship, Robert Burns In poetry. Ellhu Bur-
ritt the learned blacksmith, in the acqui-
sition OF languages. and the Wlzzdfu f'ui-
son. bewildering and blessing mdnKlnu
with his inventions, are 10 the rest OF
The race like meteors to the myriads OF
stars in the universe. Their creation ana
triumphs find explanation in the first mes
sage flashed over the electric-wres what
God hath wrought"
HOPEL LESSLY DISSOLVED.
They. and millions of lesser lights are
| the stumbling blocks OF the Socidhsl;
His theory of absolute equality in social
| and material conditions il hopelessly dis
! solved in dealing with superior natural
endoWn1entA Every distribution is fol-
| lowed by absorption BY the thrifty from
the thriftless the industrious from the
idle, and the capable from the incoinpe-
tent. Beneath the calm current OF CO.
temporary events the far-sighted man
sees the combinations which will form the
eddies and whirlpool beyond. Or he di-
vines with unerring Judgment the happen
ings in the course of political. financial,
or industrial revolutions. He will reap
the fruits Of his sagacity, unless 1t Is
| taken from him by violence. Bcssemer
adds more to the wealth of the world
| and the employment and opportunities OF
| his fellow-men than the combined labor
| Of fifty years have produced. The for
| tune he wins is commission upon his
| contribution TO ths common fund Of en-
| toyment and Independence too small to
be appreciated by the recipients of the
| bounty of his genius. The only way the
| leyeler can treat Bessemer and Edison is
| TO rob them or kill them The one course
| paralyzes ambition and communities die
| of dry rot. and the other is the broad
| descent from civilization TO savagery.
The life OF liberty is equal opportunity
| for all and subject to its proper cOntri-
| button for the public welfare, the secure
| possession to every one Of his earnings.
| and property.
| The singular spectacle is presented 10 us
| to-day of several thousands Of men
marching to Washington TO shout into
the ears of the representatives of 7O,0O0,-
| O00 of people a message, which the con-
stituences of the Senators and Members
| Of Congress have not sent or authorized.
The event emphasizes the wisdom Of the
! fathers. in placing the capital far from
| great cities. In a time Of temporary. and
perhaps only local madness, a mob might
| oVerawe or frighten Congress into lcgtsld-
ton injurious To or not sanctioned by the
people at large. While the millions OF
law and order-loving citizens were nj
| home peacefully pursuing the industries
| which supported their families ana en-
| riched the republic. q crowd of tramp'
| or madm might seem, for the moment
! tn vOX popull, VOX Del. When the
! Army Of the Commonwe4l. after chal-
lenging for weeks the attention OF the
world 10 its movements. it. mission. rs
orlgin, its effect upon communities from
which II demanded supplies, and upor
/ citizens whom it persuaded to abandon
their erlployments and join its ranks
J ended It's campaign in a Washington jai
for trampl.ng on the grass. Olympus
I gently rocked with the laughter Of IL,
gods. But the movement has a very g.,
rious side. II is symptom OF unrest
and N smiling Il the grotes1ucress o.
It's display We neither probe its causes
nor provide its remcdics.
HAS NOT KEPT PACE.
Education has not kept pace with pro-
+ gross. The dissatisfac-On L. every couI-
try of the partially educated with Church
aud State and sOc.e,y, and their effort.
10 overcome :h5n. are the evid ncee of tie
truth Of Popc's maxim, ard the succec-
OF the graduates OF the sci,nt lie. tie
polytechnic, The Industrial. aad the man
Ual training acaoOls-u other words OF
the spec diists-dcmCnsUa; the yalU.
of the cAc5 ptioas 4 ii. Socialism ard
Anarchy are The present terrors and fu
ture perils Of all .ihe nations Of Cont
mental Europe Tn solution OF THESE pro
blems in the crowded { 3mn3unities Of III
old World g. Taught with almost insu.
perable difficulties very few of which
exist with Us. Our country is still com
parativcly unsettled our resources are
Only partially developed. and our possi
bilitics for industry fcr happiness and
for homes are incalculabe. The Sor herr
I -, al,