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

| Olutl0n. 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 II new dscov-
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-
opmcnt Of this idea. The individual
alive with the weight Of his powers has
exercised them. lie has ransackcu the
world Of matter to explore and harness
its utility. lie has swept the heavens
with his eye Of science to matcrializc
its celestial treasures! The marvellous
advance Of science and invention has
cnthroned materialsm. Whence tho MA
| tcrial universe? The answer is matter.
! Whence man and whiLhcr? The answer
ia matter. DcaG, sensclcss matter.
| Persistent in the faith in matter, and
the 10Th century will yield II world rev.
olution staggering to reason and moral
instinct. Destroy belief in the over
soul and you strike dead morality at
suffering humani!y'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 rcgcneratc the race.
| The new idea OF brotherhood must grow
| into powerful civilizing agent. The
| stewardship OF wealth must realize its
| obligations to the masses and hush the
cries Of millions for bread. The uni
versal conflict sharp and stern between
organized capital and labor must force
the level OF mutual Interest. Popular
education must prepare tho soul. Lib
cral 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 kingd dom Of the
higher life.
| The alumni association met immcdi-
atcly after the speech and the follow
ing officers were elected: A. O. Mat
thews, president: a. j. Bowers, sccrc-
tary; w. X. Sligh, treasurer.
Prof. W. Is. Sigh 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 the 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 as fol
| lows:
| MIR. popE's INTRODUCTION.
Ladies and Gentlemen: L esteom
it a 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 when you heard tho magnif-
icent baccalaureate sermon by DR..
Voigt, tho pastor of st. Paul's,
Wilmington. His lessons sank deep
into the hearts Of his hearers. And
that night DIR. 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 rs this and de-
livered speeches Of which we wore
all proud. AM. then today when
the alumni orator charmed all who
heard him. 1 say this Is gala
week for Newberry. And tonight
we meet in order to hear the oration
delivered before the literary societies
Of Newberry College. The gontle-
man they have selected rs tho orator
is no stranger in South Carolina,
nay, he is no stranger in America.
He deserves all he has received and
moro. 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. L have said this
much IN regard to him. will not
say moro. 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 Gon~
tlemen: I esteem it q 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 have appeared in
Newberry before, several times, and
I have addressed audiences hero
larger than this. But these audiences
were composed exclusively mon,
and I have never before had the op-
portunity to look in the faces of the
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