The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-29

sr1rss-s Of e6uca-ion- she srezfes sad
that herefn corssEs.sd tbs chs~f as~ereare
1etSeen savage TRIES and efrslzzk5 na-
iEcrs. ard thai 30 clear conception cS
is Importance ne oss our rcre<nzzsssr
AMI It's INSTITUTIONS He cited she early
Organization ~ grammar Schools ny lie
coicnisfs 40 perhaps the r1csf Important
step taken CT them so~asc giving p~-r,s-
II ncy % ire srnbryo ration He referred
90 fse f1ss39tnx and en1oerert q Har-
yard college. fhe 1Shacf 81 the rrDpa-
cts. tbs morning star Of TIRE Western
zcrid- % which each fre<tci6er was re-
q1tfed 70 contribute ard IN speaking %
It's Influence IN deTeso2snx and shaping
the tt5seefsf OF tire szn4snts. declared tat
nefhfDx could have beer better adapted
70 laying re Foundations for The fuftre
rKpufgte than TITS System Of scue@Sion.
70 whteh there was nothing sir.slAr IN Ess-
fcpe- ana three geBerztictz % ~hirh BAD
prepared tire coionfsts for indepeadtrt
citizenship. lie maintained that without
tech system - efz1affor the rercaEasea
would have heen an irng0ssihiiitS. and
even n Il could have besn accom- q aEesi.
that the SUBSEQUENT intricate and wstzksy
problems ~ s;atecraft and economics
could never have been successfully
solved
~OEvsr wen1eIl Holmes. the wise All
witty doctor" sad Judre BrrEs. yrs
once u
ssesid 5zx5n. He replied. About fsty
years befsEs g - horn Ard there Is
m1ch truth IN that remark. Nothing great
can be accomplished ty nstlcn without
a system OF education which shall give
its peopIe the required culture and intel
Eectual vigsT through generations Of euma-
ia;fse training.
The early co8onists did not conane them
selves 70 the grammar school. bat care
fully fssferes and strongly emphasized
shs higher education az well And with
out such a method the grammar school
itself can rever flourish. but on the con-
trsry viii Sffher and decline.
Each generation has ~ own duties,
its own pro5sem1 Those who have gone
before We were charged with founding a
government that should afford 20 It's clti-
zens the largest degree o. personal iiber-
~ consistent with the public welfare. To
y0u IS committed the task % perpetuat-
ihg and extending the institutions which
they esfahsished.
II am reluctant Ia my position today to
offer yoa advice: for i has been said
thzt the world may be divided into two
classes: those who give advice. and those
who 10 not take II. I win ccnten, my
solf rather with offering you a few sug-
gestions.
You are expected 70 make good citi-
zens. Ard you are 70 become citizens OF
the greatest and most powerful eoDa,ry
IL the worit: q country more powerful
even than the great empire that has
been celebrating the coronation this week
OF czar Of whom IL has been said that
three hundred languages stand at the foot
steps 81 his throne. Bat remember that
this very power may easily become a
source Of danger. There IL such thing
as unconscious issoience sprtngiEz from
tie consciousness OF power. With her
great natural resources. with her glorious
Institutions. her vast wealth and great
power. II would indeed Be a calamity II
Afbsrfss should become domineering ma
Lonsi bully"
The speaker then referred to the sin
guiar fact that while the disasters OF
war fall heaviest on the mass OF the peo-
pie. yet the masses Of the people have al
ways been resdIssi 20 take up war and
mentioned as an illustration the wave Of
seiigerent impulse that had recently swept
over the United States. excited by cause
Of which he said no man had been able
TO give ar intelligent statement
"Benjamia Franklin has sad there new
er sas a good war and there never was
bad peace. We may not go as far as that:
but We may say that there IS never good
war save In defense Of ones home or
liberty. As I re1d 81 the immense ex-
pendsinres now required 30 equip our vast
engines Of destruction I am amazed
may tie wrong. hut Il seems 10 ne that
those engines are more dangerous 10 us
than they are 20 others Shakespeare,
whom We might almost call the fount ain
Of all s.sdom, has sail. How often the
sight Of means TO do III deeds makes III
deeds done
A. an Illustration OF the same Thought.
the speaker mentioned the practice OF pi.-
iol carrying as tending 10 promote trou-
bic. He held THAI II wolld be no glory.
but rather shame 20 the American ueopIe.
u become e@sfroyers OF commerce and
national butchers. and the audi
snSe' among whom were some
Gently spoken In favor Of international
arbitration. ap1lapdsd HIM when he said:
Justice between nat'ens should prevail
as jnstiee between individuals" He ad-
Nerted - the military spirit as having
been the real easse Of decline In many
nations and asserted that Americas true
pain 10 greatness lay IN different dirac-
ton; not in achieving glory as a great
rpnguefoT. but IN gaining the victories OF
pence. no less renowned ;han thoss of war.
and IN the great task OF uplifting and civ
Hiring humanity.
Without any OF the hofnbaSt ana hun
connie OF The sprsAd-eagle orator. Judge
Burke spoke OF America ss tha greatest
country n the world and Of It's govern
meHt as the best. ana held hat II the GOV
eminent Nsre not properly conAgcts.l IL
NcDb be the fault az the citizens He ex-
pressed his own abiding ard unswere.r~
fAith that K would be properly conducted,
ana mat u would continue TO live through
the ages, blessing 20 the world and 4
tn1sre o. strength within i;sslf Ha quot
81 the ir.ha,e Of FOREIGNER. Who had
asciafed The American constitution Tho
aiost perfect instrument eVar devise. nv
man ant ne government the robes, ro-
facal ee'nce eNar constrsctat. and said
ihat u was tribute 20 the greatness OF
the Founders 70 tais government that. with
UNFRAMED minds. they had been able to
siFpSss THE wonderful Gree. and the mas
ierinl Roman in sta,esmsnssaA
And shall We Be asked q" be continued.
'in times Of storm ard stress 10 tear in
riecea this strand instrument Of our lfbe--
~ and Faze our pol. teal fabric 70 he
ground Such an aet. such a proposition. il
iAat az foolish man. cf mailman Men
DO not reason thus about other matters ~
the farmer discovers 4 leak IN rs roof. 10
does not tear bis house down. but vrlSa'y.
proceeds % mend the leak II he finds
weeds growing in h's Earfen ne does na.
pi0w ND IBIS vegetables or turn his garden
spot 20 waste. lie knows that the same
ground ihat has produced the rankest
weeds VII produce tAe finest vegetables
and he simply upr0ots TIRE weeds and
saves MS garden
I bic you. young ladies' and young gen.
uenen. equipped as yoa are with all that
THIS university has been able Is DO fe,r voit
- eut 20 the condict fhai lies befogr Won.
hopeful % he futgre and with mistaken
condolences in me Institutions OF xea-
country 10 not - out via the xo<ssl
81 aespair hUt SO ~lth ooarawc % tAe d N
Naiah awaits you" tAapiauseD
feunS sattrs ana Heuux gentlemen.
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