The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-06
PROFESSOR WOODROW WILSON.
(Who delivered the brilliant address Leaderess Govern
ment' before the Bar ASSociaction)

as a law professor and writer is very
great who received his education al the
University of Virginia, and VINO, as "A
Southern man, has single-hahdeu lhNausu
the North and conquered 1t. ! nave tno
honor of introducing 10 YOU Df. oou-
row Wilson, Of Princeton University
HIS STAGE PRESENCE. .,
Ofimedium height, spare OF Duliiu'
eIyarthy complexion. with voice pltch-
ed rather below the usual conNefsallohal
KEY. vet powerful and sympatheuc' an
easy bearing fully consistent WIN ms
evident mastery of his suDJect-suth %
the stage presentce Of the Versalle au1
thor of "Congr.ssiOnal Government! 4tlu
.''Tba life of George Washington For
a man who has won 30 enVlaDle 80,
ton in the world Of letters IT 49,, W 49,.
presents a singularly youlnlul eoPf,,'r+
ance mis- face being of that not lhlIt4ur4.e
type that might belong 10 almost '''
His easy movement makes il hard 10
believe that he was born as lar p'oh t
1s46.and vet the wonder grows tl'ot ia
a time so short any man coulu nave - e".i'
"a from his contemporaries such meas
ura of fame and in his profession as mas
come to him. .,,,,,,,rc
In style. Dr. Wilson, as IS well known
IN the readCrs of THE Making OF tle
Nation" is short. crisp, and eplSIo
Such sentences as "Ihe house oI i'1p ,t,-
-0ntativcs is neither deliberate nor dehO-
erative" and "there IS cowaralce hoiiiI
ti,,os &, self satisfaction are terse al
IN, - 80 ahrnntness. Eut IN his writings
,horo is never the oppressive oVeraDuh-
6anca of enigram noticeable IN authors Oh
tbo French school the ear being renewed
sro,n fatique bv clever transitions IN style'
q,het DR. wilson's address was hearuy
entovca nv the audience goes without say
ing Applause was frequent throughoul
his bright comments upon the weak poli,s
en- our system of government were heafliiy
appreciated .DDpvsc
=, onening his truly brilliant address
,,rafassor Wilson expressed his Keen
rrsti6cation at finding himself I'm sueh
,ancenial company" and, after an elo-
ouent complimentary reference 10 Nir-
oipia- mis- native State, saying mat she
gave the country its first life. he spoke as
follows:
"This is not a day OF revolution; but
II is a day of change, and ol such cnanse
as NAV breed revolution. should we fan
a. guide and moderate II. Institutions
if tbev live. must grow. and suffer the
.tterafions of growth-must rise 10 new
uses. lose some parts and take others
on They cannot stand still; they cannot
cvon etiNcu to a single shape ana use.
Tho nation must at every turn make its
choice. not only as to legislative policy,
h,,t also as to the uses 10 which II shall
mt its fundamental law and It's very
nrincinles of government II ever ma
tion was transformed, this nation has
been under the eyes Of a single genera
tlon-and processes that run so fast are
perlous."
THE sneaker. continuing. discussed his
snbioct in all Of It's phases I'm a master
fnl and exhaustive manner inc Follow
inc are some Of his Utterances:
CRAFTSMANSHIP AND POLICY.
We talk of craftsmanship and OF policy
sometimes as II they arose ont OF insti-
tutlons. but we know that they DO not.
Thev are the children OF individual ini-
,i.tive and of individual strength of char
o,t.r The trainers of our Constitutions
l., +bts country made great deal Of I'm
e,i,utions: but. after all. institutions only
create the conditions under which action
,nust he planned: they do not breed ac-
zion. no government viii run itself The
evce,lence OF any form of government
deoends upon the provision II has made
for the action OF those who conduct and
chose it's policies. II gets its character
from what they find II possible to do.
Eut we are now choosing policies. not
forms OF government. The nation Is
made; its mode OF action Is determined.
what we now want 10 know Is. What is
II going 10 do with It's life. It's material