New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-19
CULTURE AND PATRIOTISM.
Mr. pEPEWs ADDRESS AT WANDER
BILT UNIVERSITY.
HIGHER EDUCATION A MIGHTY FACTOR IN THE
rrBrILpiNG or A GREAT NATloN-How TO
OVERTHROW TIE DEsroTIsM OF TIE
MACHINE POLITICIAN.

MACHINE PoLITICIAN.
x,shviie Tenn June ls-Onc OF the largest
crows which ever assembled in Nashville 20 hear
a ,nhllr specch gathered at the Gospe. Taber-
racle Tonight to hear Chauncey ". Depcw al
dress the students and faculty OF vanderbilt Uni
vArsltv There were fully six thousand people
present and the large building was packed TO the
doors Hundreds were unable 10 obtain glmps"
~ tho DISTINGUISHED orator. dense Was the
crowd that surrounded the Tabernacle. The sub
feet OF Mr.. Depew's remarks was patriotism and
Education" ana he discussed the question In his
n!mitable manner. lie received the closest atten-
ton throughout. ana his remarks were frequently
interrupted by applause. MI Depew was intro
6ucei by Chancellor Kirkland. OF the university.
and the platform was occupied by severa! bishops
Of the Southern Methodist Church and other men
OF note.
Mr. Depew said in part:
The popularizing of liberal education is the
feature Gs Ia law our of eemPensaon by which the
larger demands OF the era are TO be easily met;
strongest hope in the colleges. Wherever else lib
erty has been crushed by The powers Of tyi@nny.
10 extingush its light in halls Of liberal learIing
In the mighty political nphe ed ais o. nodTfn fe
exam t Of the par.o;c power OF higher education
e. ahn German Empire Of to-day Among the wreck
Aaroleon.c hurricane none Were more disastrous
;han those OF the German States Prussias King
was prisoner her army destroyed and her capital
occupied by the enemy. Upon thrones OF the Ger
mar princes paced the relatives. or the iol-
lowers Of the corqueror II SCENE! II the vitality
Of Teutonic Independence which had resisted the
wears Of battle had been Slapped by the genius OF
Bora par,e. In the darkest hour OF German his,
f9r advice He could not ask for help. because TIE
resources Of his country were exhausted. ana NE
rest OF Europe was either allied TO or under the
heel OF the great warrior. The answer came not
~ m nosi rosrkable educator Of his lime roe
sor Fichte Educate the Germans. was ms cry;
Teach them not only me Curious iranTnT Of
ard the disciplined mind which Will unite the Ger
me ,e'' leaders Of Europe." Won HUMBOLDT seconded
Fichte. Stein saw The opportunity and upon me me
iuilded the University OF Berlin. In eighty years.
with their Incompatible gymnasla and their mag
came the best educated in the old World. Ihelr
leaders in camp. in Cabinets ard n Parlame nj
were the graduates OF their universities ana the
iSe 81 Wiuam Emperor Of Germany a, Versailles.
,n 4runrh Of Ts.narck in the unity OF The Teu-
tonic peoples into great nation. was the fui-
ihat in education lay the salvation OF Germany.
and the future Of her progress and power
WORK OF THE COLONIAL COLLEGES
American independence and the founding OF our
Nation upon constitutional lines which embodied
the experience and the lessons o. the ages. was
the work OF the graduates OF the Colonial colleges
Harvard and Yale and Princeton. Columbia ana
William and Mary were the architects OF the
Declaration OF independence OF the Constitution OF
the United States. Of the union OF the states ana
O. the incompatible system or executive. legislative
and judicial independence and inierdeptndence
which have survived so successfully century OF
extraordinary trial and unprecedented develop
ment Samuel Adams. in his commencement
thesis AT Harvard struck the keynote o. Colonial
resistance John Norm Scott brought from Yale
10 New-York the lessons which prepared thai rlch
and prosperous colony for the sacrihces 81 The He-
bell!on Alexander Hamilton. student al Colum-
a a
PAMPHLETS which were ascrbed 10 he ablesi ana
oldest patriots. educated the popular mind 10 the
necessity OF the struggle. while the pen o; Jcntr-
fon OF william and Mary, wrote that Immortal
document which lives and VII i've forever as Inc
We live In a period OF cain criticism. We con-
Mbieh we're also s nspraiOns and pleasures
] confess 10 A hearty hatred OF the whole business,
making the children Of The present and the future
happy they have been ~ making the chilarsnh
heroes. You and J. however canno, stop ihe n
,essaor or stay ,he yes sne hSy g hnye Srsaed
and destroyed half a dozen Napo.eons ana are no"
starting under the present Napoco"c craze 10 con
one name seems proof agsns, their attack. one
fame seems to grow brighter AS they probe u,
one reputatlon seems to expand the electric
light is turned upon rs inmost recesses one H'h1
seems to DE more fuli-rounded. comprehensive ana
divine as We know il better. ana tbs one tr-
ception to the destructive Presses o. moce'n
graduate. yet IN the modern sense OF gniieIs,y
By which grant diplomas IN spe,lai uepaIli,
meats he was a university man. He received
from the College Of William and Mary his Ger.
iinea,e as cSu,s ' not prsue his pro;ession The
EFFORT was made some years ago by modern crlu,s
,Se rs"s OF Shakespeare that Wasnlngtons letters
and his Farewell Address ana those comm NJ
dom OF union and liberty were me "o rh ci
other. more cultured and more able men me a.
the .anc Of and charging the veneraion o. me
people FOR the iar,sIgh,sd T'sTOia ~ for
his services and sacrifices during ne keFolo..
t.onary War excep; me gM ron ' 49, con- o.
d,tion that il should Be applied to the iouhclhg
Q: Institution O.: HeerA, G@5nne rr r1 and
benefceni Washington and Lee invest, ne
declining years Of ms NE ~eLe pHSSr or rdi-
vl!na. assistance. the formation o. HaloAat1
ssrs work was Impressed in vigorous Language in
his will The central inouehl o. W as'. .i -;
the handspring 0. every utterance ana ACTON .o oI
his life was the inseparable connection pet"een
the union o. ne states aNo tAlsi cai ,' -
H. ~ creat German whose method has re-
suited in such phenomenal triumph IN Our I'M,
neu,g be avericd by education no, by lfoyinc@l
or safe. sectional or isoa;c1 'ea r Sder me
q university common centre an un arG M V
guidance az broad. healthy, patriotic ana Ma
tional spirit.
4 GREAT EDUCATIONAL CENTRE
The churches OF the various religious denona'ha-
.,ors ~ the country have already recognized the
force OF WashingtonS dis""''''' an
IS becoming the centre in which are rapidly gamer
,,s the great schools Of these religious boules II
&c the experlmen; whose success is demohs'fa'ns
tina, sooner or later the admoniuon OF washington
viii be reverenty. periodically and proudly carried
on, by his countrymen. No one can measure WA
rn,rs; have been the effect in 1850 Of uniyer ,i
az years old at Washington Ike that OF bea.iil
win its thousands Of siucentr Gnu ~ a. he
I-p'fed a,es had 10 become acqudhteu NJ hars
saotner had 10 know tina; they were rne - 10
D"ec.sratof OF Independence. the bccy OF ,ne a ne
s,I,nfion and laws OF the United states anu NJ.
49, NJ ,h~ fathers II not so mdch inc ~,
S,o ~ the statesmen OF thirty years ago M i,
suncesstui;y reunited the Republic as me mem and
sonthern men each inspired win nat enea
the yuss'N iodgs ~ ~ their lives. Their honot am
tSHir property The Union and the ts Their
shot sectionalism 10 pieces WI" ~
NtttIa No -. DE- When me SMOKE ~ Wy