The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-23
DAYS PRINCIPAL. EVENT

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Next came the principal event of the
cay, the address by the president of
the United States. Mr.. Cleveland spoke
as follows:
MI. President and Ladies and Gentlemen.
AS those in different occupation and with diP
feTent training each see most plainly in tbe
same landscape view those features which arc
the most nearly related to their several hab
itual environments, so your contamination of
an event or occasion, each indiyidlIa1 snec-
tally observes and appreciates in the Iight
his mode OF thought supplies, such of its
features and incidents as are most in harmonI,
with his mental situation.
Today while all of us warmly share the
general enthusiasm and feIicitation which
peryade this assembly, lam sure its yarious
suggestions and meanings assume a pronin-
ence in our respective fields OF mental vision
dependent upon their relation to our experi-
ence and condition. Those &larged with the
management or direction of the educationaI
advantages of this noble institution most
plainly see, with well earned Satisfaction
proofs of it's growth and usefulness and its
enhanced opportunities for doing good. The
graduate OF Princeton sees first the evidence
of greater glory and prestige that have
come to his Alma Mater and the added honor
thence reflected upon him, while those still
within her student halls see most prominently
the promise Of an increased dignity which
awaits their graduation from Princeton uni
versity.
But there are others here. not of the fanoi1x,
of Princeton, who see, with an interest not
to be outdone, the signs of her triumphs IN
the fields Of higher education, and the mart
she has taken during her long and glorious
career in the elevation and betterment of a
great people. Among these take an humble
place; and as | yield to the influences of this
OCCASION cannot resist one train of Thought
which especially reminds me of the promise
of national safety and the guaranty of the
permanence of our free institutions which
may and ought to radiate from the uniyersi-
ties and colleges scattered throughout cur
land.
Obviously government resting upon the
will and universal suffrage Of the people has
no anchorage except in the peoples inteIli-
gence. While the advantages of collegiate
education arc by no means necessary to good
citizenship, yet the college graduate, found
everywhere cannot smother his opportunities
to teach his fellow countryEaen and influence
them for good, nor hide his talents in a nap
kim without recreancy to trust.
In a nation like ours charged with the care
of numerous and widely varied interests q
spirit of conservatism and liberation is abso-
lutely essential collegiate training, the
study OF principles unvexed by distracting
and misleading influences and a correct an.
prehenson Of the theories upon which our
republic is established, ought to make the
college graduate constant monitor against
popular rashness and excess. The character
of our institutions and our national self-in-
terest require that feeling of sincere broth
erhood and disposition to unite in mutual
endeavor should peryade our people. Our
scheme of government in its beginning was
based upon this sentiment, and it's interrupt
ton has never failed and can never fail to
grievousIy menace our national health. Who
can better caution against passion and Bit
terness than those who know by thought and
study their banefui consequences, and who
are themselves within the noble brotherhood
of higher education?
There are natural laws and economic truths
which command implicit obedience, and which
should unalterablyfx the bounds Of wholesome
popular discussion and the limits of political
strife. The knowledge gained in our universi-
ties and colleges would be sadly deficient If
its benefciaries were unable to recognize and
point out to their fellow citizens these truths
and natural laws. and to teach the mis-