The record-union., 1898-02-23

! From the day our flag was unfurled
to the present hour no stain of jus'
obligation violated has yet tarnisheo
| the American name. This must anC
F, will be as true in the future, as it has
| been in the past. There will be proph-
cts of evil and false teachers. Some
! part of the column may Waver anc
wander away from the standard but
there will ever rally around ii a mighty
majority to preserve it stainless and
| in honor.
AT no point in his administration
| does Washington appear in grander
| proportions than when he enunciateu
his ideas in regard to the foreign pol
| icy of the Government: Observe good
faith and justice toward all nations;
| cultivate peace and harmony with all
religion and morality enjoin this con-
| duct. Can it be good policy that
| does not equally enjoin it? 1t will ba
worthy a free, enlightened and at no
| distant period, a great nation to give
| TO mankind the magnanimous and too
novel example of a people always guid-
| ed by an exalted justice and benevo-
| lence.'
| To-day, nearly century from
Washington's death, we turn reverenti-
ally to study the leading principles of
that comprehensive chart for the guild
ance of the people 1t was his unflinch-
ing, immovable devotion to these per-
ceptions of duty which more than any
thing else made him what he was. and
contributed so directly to make US what
| we are.
| Following the precepts of Washing
| tom, we cannot err. The wise lessons
in government which he left us will be
| profitable to heed. He seems to have
| grasped all possible conditions, and
! pointed the way safely to meet them.
He established danger signals all along
| the pathway Of the nations march. He
has warned against false lights. He
| his taught true philosophy of a perfect
union, and shown us the dangers from
| sectionalsm and wild and unreasonable
| party spirit.
Such a judgment, my fellow citi-
| zens, is the best safeguard in calm and
| tranquil events, and rises superior and
| triumphant above the storms of woe
and peril.
| I'VE have every incentive to cherish
| the memory of the teachings OF Wash
| have been confirmed and vindicated
after more THAN a century of expert
| ence. From four millions we have
grown to more than seventy millions of
people, while our progress in industry,
| learning and the arts has been the Won
| der of the world. What the future will
be depends upon ourselves. and that of
the future will bring still greater bless
ngs TO a free people l cannot doubt.
With education and morality in their
homes, loyalty to the underlying prin
ciples of free government in their
hearts, and law and justice fostered
and exempMfied by those intrusted
with public administration. we will
continue to enjoy the respect of man
Kind and the gracious favor of Al
mighty God. The priceless opportunity
is sure to demonstrate anew the en-
during triumph of American civiliza-
ton, and to help in the progress and
prosperity of the land We love-
Upon conclusion of the Presidents 5
address the University hymn, Hail
Pennsylvania" was sung by all pres
ent, with the band accompaniment, and
the exercises were then closed with the
benedEction by Bishop Whitaker.
The audience then filed out of the
the President as he entered carriage
and was driven to the library building
of the University of Pennsylvania, es-
corted by the mounted city troops.
At the library a reception was held