The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-14
A STATUE D VANDERBILT
WAS PRESENTED TO v,v,
''1r UNIVERSITY BY THE c,r,
zhSs OF NASHVILLE.
4 SPEECH By gHIUIGEY 4. pEpEN
~ was the Feature of fl. o..
An'0sium Heaped Upon the Msm
ors Of the Late Commodore
2 'anderbilt-Larse Crowds,

position tbic ofta ne auditorium of the ey
es attend I,s afternoon to listen to speech
sized statmNs sae presentation of = Iifa
VanderbHiiItte III u commodore Vanderbilt t(
in bronze on University w This statue was
upon tbe' vne u the most notable fenres
citizens Of Nashville TO ths t Tue, glit Of
ana the formal exercises acoo uminersity
, tne uenatlon were to have tatapp 'r W ils
iast night, but because Of tho Ai IN Piace
UL VI. Chauncey NJ. Depew 10 ,na attal
it I;1y were deferred. Fully ZOO v ar.emu
pilt university men, alumni and Stndn,'tr
t tpprneG IN the procession and marcbod
through the exposition grounds TO '4 tSa
az where people from all nart s
~ ahe state and the city had assembled Il
~, rhe enthusiasm was marked. John w
Inoinas, president of the Centennial ev''
POSITION, presided. In an address he nre.
sented the statue to the university -
chancellor Kirkland of tha un;vors;+, :,
made the address acknowledging the H bc.
quest on behalf of the UNIVERSITY tb,n NJ
ing the citizens making the gift for their
pubic spirit and recognition of tbe in.
stltution which is doing a great work
III the cause of liberal education.
\ PRESIDENT Thomas then introduced DIR
, ,Shaunceny NJ. Depew amid cheers and col.
eee yehs and intense enthusiasm. He
spoke as follows. ''' LIZ
DeDew's Address.
The American commonwealth is built
upon the individual 1t recognizes
neither classes nor masses. That all
men are created equal, that they are en-.
doWned by their Creator with certain
nnailenable rights, that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
plness,' are the words of the immortal
declaration of independence. These
truths are not only the language of
American liberty. They are interviewer
into the character of American citizens.
who are taught from childhood and re-
celVe by inheritance the lesson that to
secure these rights governments are in
stituted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned.' We have thus become nation
of self-made men. We live under just
and equal laws, and all avenues for a
career are open. 1t has become a
proverb that there are but three gen.
erations from shirt sleeve to shirt
sleeve from the necessity to work to
work from necessity. Neither the sys-
TEN of all the past by which the few
We're born to privilege and property and
the many to struggle and privation, nor
the advanced views of the present by
which the capacity of the weakest shall
be the measure of success permitted to
the strong find any recognition in the
workings of our institutions.
''If the result of our system is the
survival of the fttest, experience has
demonstrated that it is possible to so
temper the doctrine that the efforts OF
the born leaders of industry shall uplift
whole communities to greater happiness
and to better standards OF living by
originating enterprises and developments
which give to thousands new occupa-
lions and larger returns Tor their laDor.
Every youth sees about him inspiring
examines. They are not few nor iso-
lated. They are found in every settle
ment. however small it may be, and IN
most families. All men who have risen
above the conditions of birth and sur
roundngs and maintained their advance
are illustrations. Freedom of oppor-
tunity and preservation of the results
of forecast. industry, thrift and honesty
have made the United States the most
nrosnerOus and wealth country Ill the
"Commodore Vanderbilt is conspicui-
ous example of the product and posi-
bilities of our free and elastic conditions.
His father was a small farmer with
large family. and it became necessar!
for the son to look out for himself WheI
very Young. Ordinarily his career woui9
have been to work on until ne couiu
take a little farm for hlmseli, ru s IN IN
debt for it, and labor half ms ne III
the effort to pay off the mortsase: pue
he knew of some and read OF many WV
from the same beginnings hau oe o,th,
in business. lie was n ,Gnrona
and strong. His mother nau , r1a,'' He
Inv, In GOOD habits and principles. ne
i,ad i;ttIe education. but marveiousiGy
nIoar head and sound judgment AZ ~
KNOWING a hundred dollars from ms
mntber he began the battle OF Ire, ah I
i,n diad the richest man in the Woliu,
Nv, the reputation of having niaue
VIII money than was ever before AZ,
nnmulated in a single life. ne il"o oor M
rhonstless capital of courage anu 'o,n
a, sense His motto was Simple a iIa
l lt,a htforward, like every ACT III the
anGarfnl drama of which he was one
W. actor What other men Ia W
1i,re, 7 can do was the handspring u
his eNertions. ,h;oh make a great
III, or orator. or statesman
w civ, civ recognized. The woriu Na IF er
tte clements of mind ana of cen
, vn made Hannibal the aeies ononerors
ornis Caesar the greatest % ofn reform-
e end rulers. Cromwell chleI VI notri-
"n and Washington hrst a,iion7 In their
ots Authors reveal then l.;os Of n sue
,,,orEs The contemporaries t;ra of dis
c w man of affairs neao eib his rise
onssinp the question Mood Judgment.
10 due to good luck OF soo olr language
The ., aes anI hit There are not ooo ex.
are II anu ~, the world to hold tn i1,,on M
enough ~ Of tired and firing ln ,rnu,d
planatloff't be brilliant things tney Wa" Ion-
telling Oh ,i .if. something had not noisy Ha
have done, II for the uneXpecteu,
nened. anu p ore hurled at strong i,l"n
These words a are his career. Fortunes les
TO accouni III discovery of NINE t oi ' in
made by ei'o If a patent for useiui III
possesslon common accidents; Van
rention art years CommodeSorreo He
FOR SIZE as in perpetual war!ar'' The
derhilt WIZ We'd nor gave quartet tsn same
neither "n The same laws. l I.trnit;ps
same coun ues the same toomaily
open az ho had before him N.Y. MI keenpst
when ne nrorv other man. J he e,r"Irr of
he1ore. ,tion and the earnest MOT him
compe end ambitious opponents Wary adj
q PIE arv step in his care9L, weakness
at eNe ,o, We're watching lot his mans.
veTsa n Schemes or a failure y, or began
N N ms n, day renewed an ola ~ checked.
haen u'' one. He was oite nt and take
Il ,, meT forced to retL ,ras never de-
S S,onther position. but ne remnined mas
aal nU,nG lie ultimately s te'| straightfor-
l ieu Of the field and pHS ment of his pur-
ward to the accoilitPitt he creation of luck
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