Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-21

| OF tnose splendid QUALITIES which nave
made the race OF New England Puri-
tans the most efficient moral force In
our history. He possesses not merely a
cultured intellect with clear vision, but.
also. that greatest Of all great quail
ties, absolute fearessness In the ex-
preston Of his opinions. He has dared.
on many occasions. to face on adverse
public sentiment In defense Of what he
believed 10 be true; and for him is the
flattering junction. that the public, after
more or less EXTENDED periods OF OPP
position TO his Views. have usually
come TO his way Of thinking We all
recall the manly way In which. recent
ly, ne faced hostile audience Of labor
union men In support of certain state.
ments unpalatable TO trade-unionism.
One Of the most pronounced illustra.
| items Of his Independence Of judgment
| was the address which he delivered In
this city on the 10th OF March, 1892.
His hardlhool in comparing the pioneers
| OF Utah with the Pilgrim fathers was
| the subject OF considerable discussion
at the time. The parallel was more ao-
curate than popular. BY the kind words
! which he expressed upon that occasion,
| President Eliot won the undyng graft
tude OF the Mormon" people and the
respect OF every candid and competent
observer. In the course OF the address
referred to. he said
| 81 have been spending the last forty
| eight hours In the wilderness OF the
| Rocky Mountains, part OF the time
| unavoldably detained, Ny mind invol-
unfairly went back to the first Journey
| across the wilderness by civilized men
| and women to the plantation OF this
| superb colony by Christian church. It
reminded me Of another planting two
hundred fifty-six years ago, n planting
| Of another Christian church by the Pur-
itans and pilgrims In New England.
| They, too, crossed q wilderness--a Will
| derness Of water they, too, sought to
subdue the wilderness. They waited
much longer than you have done for
frultlon. Their soil was poorer. their
labor less promptly rewarded, their suf-
| ferngs greater
The speaker then paid deserved tri-
butte to the women, whom he described
as the most heroic part OF any new
colony, Their anxeties are greater,
their dangers greater, the risks they
run are heavier" he said. He found
that the rising generation In Utah had
that same great interest In education
which characterized the pioneer New
Englanders Of 1886 Continuing. he said.
There Is no motive in colonization
like the religious motive. The history
OF the world proved that abundantly
Mind Will not do II, Neither Will the
search for furs, or for game, or for fish,
or any other wealth OF the land or sea-
The great successful colonies OF this
world are founded by men and women
OF religious enthusiasm. Here there.
fore you have founded a colony in the
finest spirit, the hope OF worshIppng
God according to your consclences. And
yet here In this beautiful valley; here
In this most successful Of American
colonies, so far as redeemng the vii.
derness and establishing well-belng In a
single generation Is concerned, Is al
ready arisen the question OF religious
liberty. | do not know how any one
can have a better right TO speak upon
this subject than a direct descendant of |
the Puritan fathers and teacher OF |
the State Of Massachusetts"
President Eliot described the statue
of religious liberty now prevailing In
Massachusetts-ho all churches stand |
In perfect equality before the law, be-
ing alike fostered and sustained, not
directly by taxation but indirectly By |
exemption from taxes. He told how |
every denomination In that state has |
the right TO propagate its faith, and
to bring up It's children in It's own
falth-ths( he said. Is a liberty which
they would not part with In Massachu-
sets, being wholesome and consistent
with the general doctrine of freedom
prevailing In the American states. He
went on;
III there Is one thing evident to an
experienced educator IN the United
States, II Is this, that the variety of |
institutions OF education In our coun-
try Is thoroughly wholesome, We have
three classes OF educational nstitu-
tions. Those supported by the state,
institutions supported by relig-
ious denominations and We have again
the private schools and colleges at
tached 10 no denomination.
With this diversity we are better off
by far than If any single one OF these
three classes had full possession Of the
field, | hope | will shortly see In this
great and beautiful Territory all three
OF these classes OF education amply pro-
tected. There is room for all, there Is
work for all, and in competing will &C.
oomplish created good than II working
singly. This spirit OF liberty, relg-
lous and civil, Is what our great and
beautiful country stands for In this
world.
Let us love these principles
Let us devote ourselves to their propa-
CATION 20 the building up in this coun.
try OF the same fabric Of public libel
ty, Liberty, religious and civil, Lib
erty for associations and liberty for
the Individual, II IL one OF the great
functions or universities 10 teach pa |
trotlsm, Universities stand for ideals
In this worll--ldess OF learning, ideals
OF devoted enthusiasm and high among
Ideals Is that OF country"
In conclusion the speaker said
III ! could hope that words of mine
could bring about greater union OF
feeling among the entire population of
this beautiful territory; II | could hope
that words Of mine could show the way
of all classes OF this population to unite
In seeking the great principles Of lib
erty In the fun application which they
receive In other parts OF our nation, il
would be 20 mo a great reward"
Harvard University is foremost
among the great educational mstltu-
tons Of this country not only for Its
high ideals and great efficiency, but on
account OF the rare intelligence and
manhood OF It's president We cannot
close without Joining in the universal
desire that he may long be spared to
the institution and 10 the country.