The record-union., 1898-12-17


tainable, and their instruction in self
reliance and practical industry is most
laudable. In both the day and night
schools most of the branches can be
taught at small expense, which viii
give the man and the woman who have
mastered them immediate employment,
and secure their success afterward,
provided they abide by the principles Of
industry and morality here inculcated.
In common with the Hampton Institute
in Virginia. the Tuskegee Institute has
been and is to-day of inestimable value
in sowing the seeds of good citizenship.
Institutions of their standing and wor-
thy patronage form a steadier ard more
powerful agency for the good Of al
good concerns than any yet - oppose : or
suggested The practical is here asso-
ciated with the academic, which en-
courages both learning and industry.
Here you learn to master yourselves,
find the best adaptation of your facul-
ties for advancement in learning to
meet the high duties of life.
No country, epoch or race has a mo-
nopoly upon knowledge. Some have
easier but necessarily better opportuni-
can obtain here free, most have TO pay
for, perhaps by hardships, labor. men
tai struggles and difficulties. In this
country all can have the opportunity
for bettering themselves, providing they
exercise intelligence and perseverance,
and their motives and conduct are wor-
thy. Nowhere are such facilities for
universal education found as in the
United States. They are accessible to
every boy and girl, white or black
Integrity and industry are the best
possessions which any man can have.
and every man can have them. No
body can give them to him or take them
away from him. He cannot acquire
them by inheritance; he cannot buy
them or beg them or borrow them. They
belong to the individual, and are his
unquesuoned property. He alone can
part with them. They are his to keep.
They make happy homes. They achieve
success in every walk of life They
nave Won the greatest triumph for man
KIND. No man who has them ever gets
into the police court or before the grand
jury, or in the workhouse or the chain
gang. They give one moral and mate
rial power. They will bring you a COM
Portable living, make you respect your
self, and command the respect of your
fellows. They are Indispensable to sue
cess They are invincible. The mer-
chant requires the clerk whom he en-
ploys to have them. The railroad cor
poration inquiries whether the man who
seeks employment possesses them. Ev
cry avenue of human endeavor well
comes them. They are the only KEYS
10 open the door of opportunity to a
struggling manhood. Employment waits
on them; capital requires them: citi-
zenship is not good without them. If
you do not have them get them.
TO the pupils here assembled 7 ex-
tend my congratulations that the faciI-
tiles for advancement afforded to them
are so numerous and so inviting Those
who are here for the time being have
the reputation Of the institution in
charge, and should therefore be all the
more careful to guard it worthily. 9th
ers VINO have gone before you have
made great sacrifices to reach the nres-
ent results. What you do will affect
E91 only those who come after Won
mere, put many men and women whom
you may never meet. The result of
your training and work here will event
ually be felt, either directly or Indirect
~, In nearly every part of the country
Most of you are young, and youth is
the best time fitted for the development
both of the body and the mind What
ever you do, do with all your might
with will and purpose, not of the selfish
kind, but looking to the benefit of your
a nd
the past with the present you should
De especially grateful that it has been
your good fortune to come within the
good influences of such an institution
as Tuskegee, and you are under the
guidance of such a strong leader. T
thank him most cordially for the pleas
ure of visiting this institution and T
bring to all here associated NV good
will and the best wishes of vour conn
trymen, wishing you the realization of
success in whatever UNDERTAKINGS NAV
hereafter engage you"
Inc train left a few minutes after 1
o'clock for Montgomery, where the
party was due to arrive at 2:45 D. m.
WELCOMED AT MONTGOMERY
MONTGOMERY (AIa-), Dec 76'-
The President and his party were given
a magnificent welcome in the Confeder-
acy's first Capital to-day The whole
party was taken in carriages through
the leading business and residence
streets to the old Confederate Capitol.
The entire route was ablaze with the
national colors, while tremendous
crowds lined the streets as far as the
eye could reach. Capitol Hill was one
mass of humanity when the lines of
carriages escorted by the local military
companies reached it at 3 o'clock.
When Governor Johnston escorted
President Mckinley to the hall there
was a tremendous demonstration.
In the course of his speech, Presi-
dent Mckinley said:
ITO be welcomed here in the city of
Montgomery, the first Capital of the
Confederate States, warmly and en-
Enthusiastically welcomed as the Presi-
dent of common country, has filed
and thrilled me with emotion.
The Governor says he has nothing
to take back. We have nothing to
take back for having kept you in the
Union we are glad you did not go out
and you are glad you stayed in. (Tre-
mendous applause)
Alabama, like all the States of the
Union, and the South, has been loyal to
the flag. and steadfastly devoted to the
American nation and to American har-
mony. There never has been in the
history of the United States such a
demonstration Of patriotism from one
end of this country to the other as in
the year just passing, and never has
American valor been more brilliantly
illustrated in the battle line on shore
and in battles at sea than by the SOL