The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-10

struggle, but every national catastro-
phe IL . part"
Mr.. White then gave typical exam
Plies OF the evolution of humanity, bv
violent processes, as seen in the fall of
Rome, In the orusades In the French
revolution and the American civil war.
He distinguished two uses of ,ha
word evolution" Its larger use. which
includes every sort of development. and
Its more restricted use, which confin mes
1t to the more natural processes, and
he dealt largely with the distinction
between development by natural growth.
and development by catastrophe.
MIR. White then gave the violent seps.
ration Of the British colonies ON this
Continent from the mother country. and
after showing that IL was q struggle on
one hand between men like Burke and
PITT, who we're men OF right reason, and
on the other hand Of George III and
sunary Americans, fsrcely radical, he
said.
THE revolus ionsry mt thod prevailed
The result was the immediate losa Of
Anglo Saxon blood, for LARGE numbers
OF the best and truest men and women.
who were loyal to the mother country,
as matter OF conscience, were driven
beyond our borders. Still worse. the
inflow or Anglo.Saxon blood from abroad
stopped almost completely. Though
men like Washing ION. franklin and
others built most nobly upon the
foundations laid and did their best TO
prevent bitterness between the two
nations becoming chronic. every think
ing man will now at least suspect that
the evolutionary process would have
saved great suffering to mankind and
probably In the long run would have
sounder democracy"
MIR. White then took the French revo-
luton as an example, contrasting "the
efforts OF Turgot, the French statesman,
and the coalition Of ultra conservatives
with ultra radicals like Robespierre.
Danton and Marat, and the success OF
this coalition resulting in the despotism
OF the guillotine, OF the mobs, of tho
recruiting officer, of twenty wears of
ferocious war, millions of violent deaths
and billions Of treasure flung into the
CULTS Of hate and greed"
In reference to our late civil war, he
said that the contest between freedom
and slavery WAS drawing on many years
before 1861. All men see now, various
American statesmen saw 1t then. and
tried to averti it. Henry Clay, a son of
Virginia. proposed to exringuish slavery
gradually, by q national sacrifice not at
all severe; in fact, by steady evolution
Of freedom out Of servltIde.
His plan was to begin at certain
year and to purchase those newly born
into slavery until, through the extinc-
ton OF the older slaves by death, and
the enfranchisement Of younger ones by
purchase, slavery should disappear. II
was great plan and might have cost
s25, 900, 900, but revolut!onists on both
sides opposed 1t. The result we all
know. Slavery WAS abolished, but in
stead OF being by peaceful evolution,
involving an outlay Of S25. GOO, OO0 by the
Government, IL wss abolished BY the
most fearful OF modern revolutions o. a
cost OF ten thousand millions Of dollars
and million OF lives.
Examples were also given from the
history OF Germany, and the present
struggle between evolutionary and rev.
olutionary efforts in Russia. Mr.. White
commended that the very law OF evolu-
ton itself seems to encourage us. 1t
seems to show US that not only better
results, but better methods may grad
uslly be evolved. he then took up the
first evolution Of the individual man,
the material evolution of the country at
large, the Importance of the Judiciary
and the evolution in the people OF
higher sense OF the judicial function,
evolution in education, general moral
progress and finally the evolutionary
and revolutionary methods as regards
the progress OF religion. all OF which he
handled in powerful and mastery
manner much to the edifcation OF all
VINO had the pleasure Of listening to
him.
Commencement Day.
To-day at II a. m, commencement ex-
ercises proper begin. Five of the grad
yates will speak, 5. II. Throck morton
being vsledictorian. Secretary of Agri-
culture Morton will be present and will
deliver an address. The Chinese minis.
ter, Yang Yu; also Ho Yen Ching, the
secretary. and Mum Yew Chung, at
tache, will be among the distinguished
guests who will occupy seats on the
stage. In the afternoon the alumni
banquet will take place at Hotel Salem,
and 1t Ia expected that speeches will be
made both by Secretary Morton and the
Hon. Andrew D. White.
Notes
Prof. Andrew ID. White, OF Washing
ton, D. c.. arrived here yesterday after.
noon al 4 o'clock on the Shenandoah
Valley train. and was met at the Union
depot by President Dreher, OF Roanoke
College, and taken in his carriage TO
Salem, where he delivered an address
last night before the college literary
societies.
To-day al 1883 o. m, Secretary Of
Agriculture Morton will arrive as Salem
with mis- sister, from Knoxville. Tenn,
and will deliver an address to the
students OF Roanoke College to-day
In The evening at o'clock q special
:raln In the charge Of Mr.. M. F. Bragg,
travelling passenger agent Of the Nor