The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-31

Or ely TO the glory and lustre Of the
University prior to the Civil War in
proportion of the positions OF honor
and trust in the State before and
since the war which have been filled
by University men. whatever poIiti.
cal party is in control of the state.
whatever our dcnominational differ
ences, the University has ALWAYS
friends in public life loyal to her
interests, who rally to Der support
and i'm serried phalanx resist all at
tacks upon her.
Referring to the larger equipment Of
the University under the administra !.
ton Of DR. Venable and the expendf
ture therefor of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars since 1900, and 10
the increase OF the States appropria-
ton from $4,000 to $4,000 since the
re-opening in 1875. He then express
ed the hope for larger endowment
of the University. and in that connec-
| ton paid a tribute to Andrew Carnegie
| for his late offer of fifty thousand
dollars to the University trustees
! "Coeval," he said, with the growth
of our University, and equally as mar
Velous has been the growth of our
State. With the tremendous educa.-
| tional advance of the State, having
| the University as the cornerstone Of
| the public school system. there has
| gone hand in hand the States pro-
| gress, commercially and industrially."
He then depicted the wonderful indus
trial progress of the State. 1.-The
State weaves and spins the equivalen
of her entire cotton crop in her own
mills, and the time is not far distant
when the State will have a factory
and a school house upon every hill
side and in every valley. and i'm this
progress we are but keeping step with
the general advance of the South"
Referring to the late gathering at
Appomattox. forty years after the sur
render he drew picture of the won
derful change which has taken place
within that period of time, the South
rising from the ashes and desolatiop
of the war Diversified crops" ne
said, land great manufacturing indus
tries have wrought a revolution. Out
side capital is rushing in, the world
has it's eyes turned this way. The
great world supply of cotton. iron,
timber and coal marble and granite
must come from our fields and noun
tains and the worlds great factories
must do their work in our midst
When we think of that disastrous
April day at Appomattox, let us not
forget the shining record unrolled to-
day"
Referring to the glories of the "Old |
DOull, anu It's part III lllc lOTHldllbtl |
and control of our National life and !
history. he discussed briefly some pro-
blems of the New South" In that |
connection he said: 81 shall make /
two pleas, first for the obliteration
of sectionalism, except the just prin- |
ciples and the sweet and hallowed |
memories of the past second for the |
restoration of the South's commercial |
supremacy without sacrifice of the old |
ideals to the sordid love of money"
Referring to the late speech of Con- |
gresham Boutell of Illinois, which |
paid tribute to our section of the |
country and suggested the advent of
an era of good will and kindlier feel
ing between all sections Of the coun- |
try, he quoted substantially the same
sentiment as uttered by Henry w |
Grady, William Mckinley, Fitzhugn |
Lee and Senator HoaT, and as express |
ed through the representatives Of the |
American people i'm Congress assem- |
bed in the return Of the Confederate |
Battle Flags. 'The South has nothing |
for which to make apology, nor would |
she concede or sacrifice any principle.
or any of the ideals. traditions and
policies of her people, but patriotism
and the best interests of the South re-
quire the obliteration Of sectional feel |
ing, preserving the just prin ciplcs and |
hallowed memories OF the past" Such |
sentiment, voiced by eminent public
men, formulated into policy would |
mean the adjustment of the race
question" the solution of the threaten
ed Force Bill" and the reduction Of
the South's representation.
He then spoke of another problem
deserving the best thought and attcn-
ton Of the Alumni of the University
and the men of the "New South"
namely, the Restoration of the
South's commercial supremacy" The |
statesmen of the New South" should |
strive to secure such modification of |
our tariff laws, either by revision or
reciprocity treaties. as would expand |
Southern trade and open up new mar
kets. Such legislation and a let-alone !
policy of the race question would make |
the South again the commercial rival |
of any section of the country. These
are problems for your solution. But,
he said, "the South has not abandoned |
and would not abandon her old ideals |
however rich she may grow, or what |
ever her commercial progress, she still !
holds to the old-fashioned belief In |
strict construction Of the Constitution. |
She still defies the corrupting influ- |
ence of money in politics and heart |
less commeTcialism, which has preci- |
plated the conflict between labor and |
capital and set the nations of the earth |
upon a war footing and negatived the |
efforts of The Hague Tribunal for ar
bitration."
Referring to the problems which |
confront the whole country, requiring
the best trained thought and educated |
citizenship, he said: THE ingrained !
conservatism and high ideals of the
South will yet prove the salvation of
the nation" He appealed to the
Alumni to maintain and cherish these
high ideals and this conservatism, but
at the same time to seize the oppor-
tunities of the present day and pro-
mote the progress Of North Caro-
lima and the South commercially and
industrially. ut was high saying of
Patrick Henry, I am not a Virginian,
am an American. / would modify
that and say proudly today l am both
a North Carolinian and an American
citizen. | want to see the Alumni Of
the University and the statesmen of
the South generating her ideals, loving
her for all her past glory and chivalry.
standing for all that is embodied in
the strict construction of the Constitu-
ton, standing for the educational and
moral uplifting of the people. yet withal
selling the opportunities of the pres
ent, and the commercial supremacy