The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
WashingtOn's Wise Words Recalled
by Mckinley.
JUSTICE TOWARD ALL NATIONS"
"CuItjyate Peace and Harmony With
AlI"---A Distinguished Gathering
i'm Honor of the Father OF His
COuntry---Other Observances.

| to-day.
BY his side on the stage were assembled
the faculty Of the University OF Penn
sylvania and many professors and eNecu-
! tive officers Of other prominent educa-
tional institutions. The seating capacity
| of the Academy is 500. All the seats ana
| proscenium boxes were occupied and from
| four to five hundred persons stood In the
rear of the several galleries. The main
portion OF the auditorium was reserved
for the students OF the college.
VOCIFEROUs WELCOME.
The appearance OF the President on the
stage was the signal for thunderous ap-
| plause. and as it died away the students
! broke out with their thrice repeated col
| leee cry OF Pennsylvania" and the mu-
nicipal band followed with Hail to the
! Chief" and the star Spangled Banner.
The exercises were opened with prayer
| by Bishop OH Whitaker, OF the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church
Charles Harrison. provost OF the Uni
! vorsity of Pennsylvania, then delivered
an address, I'm closing which he intro
duced President Mckinley.
The President as he stepped forward,
! was greeted with spontaneous handicap
! ping from all over the house and the stu
dents again gave their college cry 1t
was some moments before quiet was re-
stored.
WASHINGTON
The Presidents address which was de-
! livered in his customary easy. graceful
manner, and with clear distinct voice.
could be plainly heard by every person
i'm the audience
President Mckinley first spoke Of
Washington as the man. the lover Of
| liberty the patron and advocate OF free
/ public education. and then as the soldier.
statesman and Christian. He extolled
many OF his public acts and utterances
and gave special praise to his farewell
address, a document in which was laid
down principles which appeared 10 him
"all-important to the permanence Of your
felicity as "A people" In conclusion the
President said
Life to most is a struggle and there
is little time for the contemplation Of
the theoretic when the practical is press
ing at every hand. Stern duty monopo-
Lies our time. The command Of others
controls our preferences and often de-
feats our intentions. BY steadily adher-
ing TO firm purpose amid the activities
of life we may keep in touch with the
literature Of the day; but to go back 10
the classics or to grapple with the fOun-
| datons OF the sciences is beyond the
power Of most men when they have en-
tered upon their chosen business or pro-
fession.
CHERISH THE PUBLIC CREDIT"
"Ones mental fighting. often hand TO
| hand conflict with obstacles and tempta-
tions. is a battle OF his own campaign
whose motive force is individuality rather
| than circumstances or luck. Work I'm the
mental world is as real as that in the
| physical world. Nor has any prescrip-
ton yet been found TO take the place
Of application and self-denial and per-
sonal struggles. which have given to the
world its greatest leaders and noblest
achievements Cherish the public credit
How much both of restriction and in
struction is combined in this simple ad-
monition Of the Father Of his country.
THE United States emerged from the
bitter and prolonged struggle OF the rev.
! dictionary war exhausted financially
and with a hundred existing perpleXities
and difficulties which remained 10 be solv-
| ed before the financial credit of the new
I nation could be established at home and
! demonstrated abroad. But Washington
| knew how TO gather around him ana
I, place in positions Of the greatest trust
the able iinanciers and economists whose
names the country still venerates and
whose great work II still enjoys.
Hamilton and Morris and Gallatin ana
others were successful IN establishing the
! Treasury and inaugurating the financial
/ operations Of this Government upon prin-
ciples which recognized that the most en-
| during basis of national credit was ma
tional credit was national honor and
| that whatever other assets We might have
| 20 acquire. that was Indispensable. first.
| last and all the time. If we would cherish
| the public credit. We have been fully
| rewarded all along our history by adher-
ing 10 the principles of Washington in
keeping the public faith. Before half a
century had passed. we had paid OF our
! national debt. and had balance in the
| Treasury. Another debt the greatest in
our history, was incurred in the civil
| war for the preservation of the Union,
but this did not exceed the resources or
discourage the American people. There
| were those who suggested population,
but the people repudiated them and went
| on discharging the obligations of the
Government in the coin Of honor
NO OBLIGATION VIOLATED.
From the day our flag was unfured
10 the present hour no stain OF just
| oligation violated has yet furnished the
| American nation. This must and will
20 as true ID the future ~ III mas ptth
| In the past. There will be prophets Of
| evil and false teachers. Some part Of
! the column may wayer and wanser away
| from the standard, but there will ever
| rally around it mighty majority 10 pre-
serve II stainless and in honor.
AT no point IN his administration does
| Washington appear in grander proper
lions than when he enunciates his ideas
| I'm regard 10 the foreign policy of the
| Government:
" Observe good faith and justice toward
| all nations: cultivate peace and harmony
with all. Religion and morality enjoin
this conduct. Can IL be that good policy
does not equally enjoin Il? II would be
worthy OF a free enlightened and at no
distant period. a great nation, to give
10 mankind the magnanimOus and too
! novel example OF a people always GUIDED
by an exalted justice and benevolence.
To-day, nearly century IRON WASH
| ingtons death. we turn reyerentially u
study the leading principles OF that com
| prehensive chart for the guidance OF the
people. Il was his unilinching, immov-
able devotion to these perceptions to duty
| which more than anything else made hin
VIII 4. he was and contributed so directly
| TO what we are. Following the precepts
| OF Washington we cannot err The wise
! lessons in government which he lett us II
would be profitable TO heed. He seems
! 10 ahve graspeG all possible conditions
and pointed the way safely 10 meet them
He has established danger signals al
along tie pathway OF the nations march
He has warned us against false lights. He
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