The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18

OF congress, The republic nave them lana
| OF which they made cornnlon property, and
81 which they resided IN a charming re-
tion tit,y miles beyond the froauer act
ueinSnts. TAus. no tyre OF any other
| contiguous civilization embarrassed their
! experiment. They lNvkCl neither money
nor orr7rtmity. They erected a commodi-,
Gus dwelling 10 arcoa,molatc all. The
| huffelc ard deer were aronni them to
furnish meat, aud q virgin soil invited
| their labor. Sooa enc excited disrousSnt
because he was always realiug and never
worktd another would no, hunt, but was
iond OF vonison and still another slept
| much hut would not work. Within twelve
monus these socialists. who could have
! supplied educated taleN. for many uYN.
! vorsity chairs IN sociology. abind3asi their
cream aud u few years ago two 'oao chim-
neys In Llano county yas all that re-
manned TO mark the place OF their habita-
ton.
However much we may sympathise with
! the unfortunate OF our cace stlll tie fact
remains that the great majority of our
people enjoy IN plenty. through labor on
the farm the nccessaries OF life as no other
people do under the circuit OF The sva. Tho
| welfare OF that great majority should be-
the chief aim of government. What then
shall we think OF the dreaming philosopher
who would submerge the welfare Of thu
sustaining many to benefit the un-
happy minority The poor ye Will have
with you always. and good laws. like
precious ointment are not designed for
the exclusive benefit OF the unhappy few
hui u protect the rights Of the many,
whose industry and charity must iced
them. No scheme for banshng poverty
by making the state a trustee to distribute
the gains or individual Industry ever orig
mated with any man who owned and cul
tivated land; nor is thore one remedy
urged today which has not either been
tried ana failed or advocated In ages past.
Theorize as we may Il should he rcmcm
hcred that those who would suppress IN
diNidugIism and cnUarone socialism, cen
not number among their advocates one nan
who has ever demonstrated his capacity in
the industrial world hy accumulatiug
wealth. He Who attempts to benefit the
human race deserves no praise when he
attempts Il ut the expense OF others.
The strength of a free state consists not
IN Its grand enterprises, It's corporations.
its industrial trusts, it's rich mcn, or its
magnificent cities, but in the selt-suStain-
Ing manhood and the sturdy virtue of its
individual citizens 1t is no less true to-
day than 1t was when MIR. jefferson wrote,
that virtue and manhood sicken In tue
glare of luxury and cities, and find their
coneon.al home with agriculture. Finan-
cial depression may parnlySe all the M
dusuies OF the city but agriculture will
supply food and raimont while sunshine
and rain continue. Even the bankruptcy
o. all other employmenta would bring some
benefit to agriculture, for 1t would ouee
more make economy fashionable.
lndvidualism acting through govern
mont has not failed, hut II has Numbered
in creating corporate powers and permitting
| their consolidation in trusts 10 Invade its
domain and accumulate dangerous wealth
in the hands of the few. 1t will correct
its blunder Public opinion is crystalM-
ing. Educotlon is enlarging the domain
OF thought and resources, and directine
public opinion as never before. II stands
, behind congress and kings and makes and
unmake5 them. From rs decisions there
can be no appeal and when aroused to IN
tellgent action, both the socialists aud The
trusts will cover before it's stern com
4 mand. Indivdualism viii Resume It's sway
and agriculture again assert it's proper
dignity in the scale OF employments.
The mode OF educating the farmer f.
progressing ms never before Even now n,
who owns the land he iils looks down VIII
pity on the well dressed adventurcr who
crowds the city, and who while rejoicing II
. spoticSs linen and good apparel are al
D ways hunting for some master TO employ
> them to work In the shade | recently
D listened In n country school h9use to ori;
inal orations by farmer youths, who ucvel
] lived day In town. which would hay,
a done credit to students OF This university
i STUDENTS or THE UNIVERSITY,
The graduate OF tlis era has heritage
both of benefits and responsibilities un
procendcnted IN mans history. The chic
reliance of the frccSt government in thls
world is on the men OF her universities
| For each one OF you who graduates today
, there viii be 5000 OF our youths now al
/ school who VIII not graduate, Uusolvoc
5 problems on which hinge the future Of
9 civilization viii confront YOU. They mudi
. be solved by honest aud onlightenod
Thought. and neither Harvard or Yale eau
equip so wen as Texas to think for Texas
, men on Texas soil
, When. in 1897 yonder capital hill wac
; designated by President Lamar one bright
morning after he had chased tho buffalo
as the proper seat OF future empire, NJ
pointed to this loftier height as the rigli
place for university. from whose classic
! shades knowledge could descend to inspire
statesmen. May the time quickly come
when 20 that capital Will hasten from the
! farm. from the workbench. and from the
! Office men OF the university to administer
the State in all It's departments No longer
then would the cause Of higher education
} be a mendicant for aid nor would the
statesman be supplanted by the dcfnagogue.
BE sure you are fitted for The life work
you select. Are you preparing for learned
profession? Then be certain that nature
has commissioned you for leadership. for
Trough there Is some room on the top,
all the paths that lead up arc crowded, aud
many grow hungry by The way. In this
era of high educetion there Ia no Guccesa
IN mediocrity. II the glarng activities OF
city attract yoih be- cure you sec clearly
tie wRy, for tho caprice of tustomt re
breeds subserycnce, and the quicksands
Of speculation are dangerous. Too often
wien farmer removes 10 the city drone
sas left the hive for whose honey other
people must work. If YOU viii scek indie
pondence In agriculture he assured that
in no other employment viii higher eduun-
tlon more surely lead 10 position and In
fltit nee. II you aspire TO professorsh!p
In the university. your aim Is high, for
those who serve est bboth, God and coun-
try. arc those who wisely instruct
youths There is no place In a republic
for other arlstocracy than that OF INTEL
lcct and learning From a serene height
they look down upon the trapp!ngs and
gewRaws OF mere wealth. which ie more
, often the result Of guile than OF honest
toll,
In whatever path pou tread forget not
| brotharhrOd NJ man and remember