The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-06-21

olUtiOn. Heaven with its saving faith
was swept away! The reign Of terror
struck the death blow to absolute ty-
ranny. The middle class graspcd the
leadership. With this shift Of power
and responsibility came Il new discov-
cry. The philosophers OF this class
brought the awful conviction that mat
ter is God! The history Of the 10th
century is but the rccOsd Of the dcvcl-
alive with the weight Of his powers has
exercised them. lie has ransackcu the
world Of matter to explore and harness
its utility! He has swept the heavens
| with his eye Of science to matcrializc
it's celestial treasures! The marvellous
| advance Of science and invention has
cnthrOncd matcrialism. Whence tho ma
tcrial universe? The answer is matter.
| Whence man and whiLhcr? The answer
iH matter. Dead, sensclcss matter.
| Persistent in the faith in matter, and
the 20th century will yield world rev.
olution staggering to reason and moral
instinct. Destroy belief in the over
| soul and you strike dead morality at
suffering humanity's feet. Destroy
conscience and the moral nature ard
society Is chaos and ruin. There must
| be reaction. The materials are ut
hand with which to rcgeneratc the race
| The new idea of brotherhood must grow
into Il powerful civilizing agent. The
| stewardship Of wealth must realize its
obligations to the masses and hush the
cries of millions for bread. The uni
vcrsal conflict sharp aud stern between
organized capital and labor must force
tho level OF mutual Interest. Popular
education must prepare tho soul. Lib
eral culture must bring forth master
| spirits in harmony with the sovereign
| will. Then shall be made with the
ruling middle class and the masses an
everlasting peace. Then shall the
sovereign mind rule q kingdom Of the
higher life.
The alumni association met immcdi-
atcly after the speech and the follow
ing officers were elected: a. Q. Mat
thews, PRESIDENT A. j. Bowers, sccrc-
tary; w. X. Sigh, treasurer.
| Prof. w. Is. Sligh was chosen az
speaker for the next annual address
and J. w. Strickland, Esq, of Wal
halla as alternate.
TIE LITERARY ADDRESS
The address to tho literary socie.
ties was delivered. Tuesday evening
| by Senator b. r. Tillman. We give
herewith full text Of the address.
Senator Tillman was introduced by
Associate Justice Y. j. Popo rs fol-
| lows:
MIR. popE's INTRODUCTION.
Ladies and Gentlemen: | esteom
it privilege to appear before such
an audience. This is happy week
to us all, the Commencement week
of our college. You were delighted on
Sunday whom you heard the magnif-
icent baccalaureate sermon by DR..
Voigt, the pastor of st. Paul's,
Wilmington. His lessons sank deep
into the hearts of his hearers. And
that night DR.. Watson pleased ev-
cry one with his magnificent sermon.
Then on Monday night when our
young men in all the glory Of intel
lectuality stood up before an aud
ience almost as large as this and do
livered speeches of which we were
all proud. And then today whom
the alumni orator charmed all who
heard him. [ say this ls gala
week for Newborry. And tonight
we meet in ordor to hear the oration
delivered before the literary societies
Of Newberry College. The gontle.
man they have selected as the orator
is no stranger in South Carolina,
nay, he is no stranger in America
He deserves all he has received and
more, He is true man and pa
triot. He loves his people and en-
deavors in every way he can to servo
them. And it delights mo on this
occasion to see this magnificent aud
ience Of tho friends of Nowberry
College come out to hear words
ringing words-from this true son
Of his native State. / have said this
much in regard to him. | will not
say more. L prefer to lot him speak
for himself as he has always hereto.
fore done. L have the honor, ladies
and gentlemen, of presenting to you
on this occasion Senator Benjamin
Ryan Tillman.
SENATOR TILLMAN's ADDRESS.
Mr.. President, Ladies' and Cen
tlemen: I esteem it Il high honor
and / assure you it affords mo pleas
ure to greet 80 many Of those who
represent the beauty and chivalry of
! Newberry, of Lexington and of Sa-
luda counties. I lave appeared in
! Newberry before, several times, and
I have addcossed audiences here
larger than this. But these audiences
were composed exclusively mon,
and I have never before had the op-
portunity to look in tho faces of the
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