The record-union., 1895-06-19

luont OF LIlo business men OF tnlS clIy ID
largely In opposition to free coinage.
f. S. Woodson, Danville (Va.) register
I am opposed to the unlimited coinage
of silver by this country Independently.
Edward Craighead, Mobile Regis ter
L am opposed to free coinage independ-
emily.
VANDERBILT COMMENCEMENT.
Chauncey Depew Delivers the Annual
Address.
NASHVILLE, June lS.--The event Of
Vanderbilt commencement was the ad-
dress of Chauncey NJ. Depew at the Tab
ernacle tonight, delivered before an inn
mense audience. The address was to
have been delivered at the Vendome
Theater. the largest in the city, but its
capacity was not equal to the demand for
seats, and the Tabernacle was selected.
ON the platform was assembled the Uni
yersity faculty and prominent citizens,
and the audience was magnificent one.
Upon being introduced MIR. Depew was
received with great applause, ana during
his address was freely and spontaneously
greeted with cheers. He said III part:
1.-The nearest approach to complete
realization of ideal pleasure comes with
commencement day Of the college man.
To the alumni, coming back from the
cares and duties of their distant homes,
it recalls the best days OF their lives. For
the graduate 1t is the supreme moment of
his existence. We, the veterans from
American universities cordially and en-
Enthusiastically welcome the young knights
to the order of higher cd ucation. Patriot
ism IN republic has It's best support and
strongest hope in the colleges. Where
ever else liberty mas been crushed by the
powers of tyranny, superstition and
bigotry, they have never been able to eX-
/. tinguish its lights in the halls OF learning.
The finest example of patriotic power
OF higher education is the German En-
pre to-day, which is the outgrowth of
founding the L University of Berlin. Har-
ward and Yale. Princeton, Columbia and
William and Mary, institutions OF learn
ing, were the architects of the Declaration
of independence. No one can measure
what might have been the effect in 1860 of
a university fifty years old in Washing
ton like that OF Berlin, with its thousands
Of students of national inspiration. The
people had to become acquainted with
each other. The Union and Confederate
veterans shot secttonalism to pieces with
their cannon and their rifles. When they
were convinced of each others equal
worth and valor they could clasp hands
| over the graves Of their comrades, i'll the
utterance of a common oath of loyalty to
| the flag which was the common protector
ana common glory OF them atI.
The student must remember that
every period has its problems to be
| solved. Anarchy, socialism, taxation,
| currency, and the relations of labor and
! capital are questions as different, and re-
quiring as much patriotic consideration
of the college men Of the country as any
which have agitated the Nation since the
| formation OF the Government. A man
can serve his country more effectively in
the protection and promotion of the
building of good roads than in spending
his time in shouting currency fallacles.
II the educated men of the country would
perform their duties in primary school
saucus, we would never experience that
C(esp0tism of a machine which plumbers
ilnpartially partlsans and antagonists.
Tho great opportunities OF our COun-
tr are in the South. The flood of immi-
or ztion for fifty years has sought the
West and Northwest and Pacific Coast.
In the South we find, as nowhere else,
the original stock which fought at Cow
pens. Kings Mountain and Yorktown.
The Intelligent patriotism Of the South
ern psopie IN the last quarter Of a century
has overcome difficulties which seemed
inaurmountable. The young men of the
South have no call to tempt fortune in
the crowded cities of the \ North and East.
At their own doors, and within their own
States, are their missions and their
careers. Be not deceived by the glitter OF
wealth and pleasure OF success n life.
The moment that in your chosen vOca-
ton you are sure of an income beyond
| the requirements OF modest living, you
are a success. All the rest Is accumu-