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The University Opening Exercises

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Day
9
Month
October
Year
1863
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Public Domain
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The exeroises cmisoqneni upon me manguration t4 Dr Havkn m President of the UniverKity the dedication of the f,aw Building. &;., toot place, as au nouneeá, en Thni-sdny of Uat week, October lst. The jiudiencen coüvened i u occasion were larga and iip,reciat i ve, ai d with tlie esoeptwn oí t!'o, to sny tliu least, utilortunato, ill-timod, ;i'.d ïiipro priate introductury retuarks by Regent McIntvkk, cve thinjr pussüd off with gond fcelmg. Dr. Haven ftcquifted liimself irobly, aud tlie orher addresnes of the day were reeeived with favor. We eopy from the Fret l'ress a synnp. s's of ihu iuaugural of Dr. Haven, and also of the addrn s ot Prof. Coi.'i.EY : INAUGUUAL OF Dit. HAVEN. When Dr. Haven rets1 lo rcply 'ne was gveeud witli oheprs lïe said lic feil that the fBimtiotl tu vvliich he had been called wnuld iijü d tliu exercise ot' whatt'ver be poessed oí eïiergy uw flnmiess. Uur LTi'iv.iity díws iVot $)8 (e?s, like niai.y otlirrs, 11 h i sr ry of i thousiind yi'ni. The niaiiMiri ment nf tln se oíd Univi rsiftt'8 s eoiiipiinmvely 4n ea.-ytisk; tliu iiuiiii (iu stions preneiited tu ihoir rulcra ln-iiig queaiiutis nf refijfm. In the Mae oí I he Univorsily of Midi gun the ditfiouliit'S t) be Dverconie tute entiiclv of :i (lilíeriTit chaiuctcr Urnv.-ií"iy (.t Niiciiiaii i-tutwts la' a l'osi ivo .ronf liia :i S n e Uiiivirsii) cni: ns.t r. I .- tir-t i:n: prdf protosM r. iruwi tu bd 1 f ei!u ;tl(;(J iii ihe oider l41'{? "1 ihc Utiiti'd Sttitl. íiiid lio winel) csiiililii-heü a hili stmiíliinl of jln}wnl i, wliich 1 he Univfisity hotí cw-r sii.i-i ii.ii(iliiiic(l. The ni u iiii-h it huí! t ein oii t t. r ai-i si! (nuil the op poíiiidii tu nciu'f iiiiüiii'ti - (jreat t-n lienviil'ti hriníí ln:nlu ti instituto ü iiiiin bel' l Hitfli Sc-lionls, in.-ic (1 uf dif cenfiíil Uiiiveiity. I ir emly tii'.oi j wtis !il) titi.bui ras ed by tiiniNuuil i'liffi culiiew lint ihioiifíti the libersility uf l lie eitizens of Mii;hij;iN, and tlio la boiv "f tlie hile Ch:ini-f!l(.i-, Dr Tup'n [ilu:ei], it has brtm eii;iíiR-il tu irt'arcciiie ni iticse liltiiilliK'.u, BBíJ tu tnkc tu nk wi(L Üib pn.udi'St and i 1 h-t ni ?tituli"i's of the i- 'lili t IV. ín a lew veuri' llie deítll piuca I)::S indtcd üe j eme u L"iii1t 8, W)d the vtilderowiiS llttH tltlMI tllütll' ti) ll('()(Ii MS I FflStJ II lui; been fn'qiu'iiilv mji'Uj1 thüt Anierica hnn no Ujuívecsüy, "s ll s alsT) been Hfumrtl ihut w have iki natiori:] church, a d, un'il wiiliin i leci-nt :erod ni) anny, itinl but un :[ ii navy. But we hav# ffiaiiy insiituiioiitt wliich muy justy be cal!d Uiiiveiilit:8. They me tur thu inusl pwit yoiui!, nd ire thelt-fon; g-fiiernlly U ihd.se of t lie Oíd YVi.rhl in iiKeful facililits ind ükcIis lunilicr.- They were ori;iii::liy rrunlt-Ied u'.lvv the UliivArí'itiw ol (jrCiit lir.tain, but llu-ir loiindcis soiui dii-covt'i'ed that thciu weve imiii) clKiraciiMislics of these n whic-h 'hey ci uld iiot or wonld rit icpioiiuce 'lile UuiversitifS uf Ameru a, it hii.'-beei' loiincl, must Lt) MflitptíO Id llie pcoul:intu;s una wan h l the American peiiplu In vigor of growth, in i ohilii y of pur pose, in adViti.cfiiicnt ui' Science, mid in ill thiii is nquiifd nf a ii!iiveiity. the colleges of tliu Uniled MaU'S, duiini; He ];it half cenlurv, have been Mjrpased ly ibe cn'li-cji-f cf no ciniiiii in ilie uoild. 'l'lie coliffjt-M cl 'lic Uni'fil S!a!es are (if two c-lisscs - i-'i n i i-li ciillrueH and St;ite uuUtgftét. In 1 1 1 j 1 1 1 v nf the Innntir nïï ttiöifaeülttiti'' bwtt mild I; rcqui'ed will lm TIh.-v posM i-K riKHiy ud viiiitüge.-. 'l'hf chnroli tn which tlicv ure aHawhed i lesponsiUIn !r ÚtvÁv 'jhuriii'ier, nt:d cdijcfiiti ■iitinn nnd luirR i.nv are eiu-ily atlaincd. But, they havf uiiiny iiictinveiiieiicci w hicli atv insepai tihl rlached t(i their cl. ss. 1'he sccond chtrn, State Willtger1, ure o 1hUt gn'Wlh, iiid even smne et the oldi'i' chnrch c(illef;'S re trnulii:dlv )tfmiii'ntr tki ch;ii'iK:ler, as in the c-ie vvi'li Haiianl Univeiii_v. Tlie Uni vei:ty cf Mii-hÍLrfin i.- the oldest and laruust 1 ii u: iou in the ciiiitiy uhich g jiiplly fiitilled to the utrfliö 1 aState An institution of tliis oharnoter is nccüssarily cuibarrassod by many difficultks peculiar to itwlf. Ouo vital qut musí a State college nec ssnrily :ie irreligión and inmortal in i's influ IlCesv - h::s heen answured in the affirmative hy tlie ciiemire of such iustitu tioim. But no such necí'ssitv is allegcd lo exist in tlie cise of tlie common and ijighcr free schools; and a State Univerpi'tv slii'uld n I lie same iiüiiiiht rcflcct. tlie rrliirii'us bTísrixíter oF the puople, os is tlie c:sfi witli ti efe inferior schools. A 8'ate Unveriv l)'iuld be riligious; it alicmlrl be Cl:rictian and uot sectariau; the Bilile shuuld be t:iken as the founda tion of the moral instruction iinparted to iis sliulitits; scienco literatuie and niatlietnatics should pot be divorced from ralijiion, Lct it be the effort nf tlie facultas of the University of Michisr.in to show thut the great system of State institutions of lcarning has no suoli fatal defeot. A notlier question nrises : Must they í'pcospiii'ilv be politica] iimtilutions ? Must tliev be flucluating and vacillatinfr in tluir cWracffr ? Must. iheir teachers and oñiec-sbcclianfred with every changu in the icilitr-,-il soiitiinonts f thepenple? I aiiRwcr, dcciilid!y, No! Factsanswer. deoidedly, No! 'I instiiutionBshmild be as poriiianént in their chiiractor as the iininovabl' ni'iuntüiii. Thoy sbotild be entircly retnovod from the iiifluenoes of party politics. Tt id an evi'ence of mi nintnvity ii n coinniunity tbt a persnn sh'Hilii be selected by it for m .-iringing a Univcrsity on account nf his peculiar [oliiical ftiitirnents. The practice of MrcliïgN.n '1!1S sliown tliat the cause ot lcaming niay ri'O alove politieal tur müils. But sucli an nsiitu'ioii aliould newrtheleSs have a dftcided politic.il cliaracter. It ia the product of American ciiti-iprise, its studeti's come from maiiv States, it owrs ailegianoe and (i dciity to tliu wbo'e Ullitcd States, it is Xniercni ; i' is 1 mocratic, and not ai is tocrn'ic; it 1 fepublicaii ai-d i.ot inonnrchicul. The University of Michigan lias alw:ys boen political in tbis high seisp. Manv cpsentia's ure requisite to tlie of a Slatt' College, 'l'lie greatest apd nió?l fundamental i moiie.y, - The great difficulty in tlie way of all Ároeriean eolli'gea is ttè want of niiney. It is not unuMinl to sec men erf talent gpeiuttDg their time aiid wasMng their euetgy in bejrging for moe ey tú endow or q88ML iiistifi:tions of learning. 'I lic Universi'y of Michigan li:8 a gooden dovnieiit; but the original fund has now rèacned its ïnaxiiinnn. and the further asttigtHtiCf rcqaiid tnïght be siiven by the hout lUrfteriál i;;eiiiveiiionee AiH'tliiT ii(Misite is a geod and ïicnt guveriimelit. 1 lie Bjfiteu] 't Micnea i w.ies ; B.ud ''"' E"egeilt w'10 uu rit -ctiid by tlie people of tliu Stuti; iil [fciicialiv bu fniiüd amply qu;ilified for thcir pow'íoíi8 Tlie Faculty is one of themn-timpiijetatit essenticls te the rosperity t' IJiiivtisity. The cluiiccst. inni in tlicir depH'.tment flmuld be aelected as Professor. Maiiy faiilts liavn bee:i fcmnd wit li tlie rdjf'uWf undcrgraduüte course, and inuTiy .xul'Stitiiti(iiií I ave been made tu p m. (h ts (iif. cíe, by gubtliitlliig ii. tlie [ilaou df Latín aud Gieek tlie modern íltiigbitjícs and na ural scieiid', oí by leng' liMiirjí tlie time tobe dtvotcdto tlie r guiar course of siudy. Tlie true mm Wy s tlie tgtiiblislihient of Iluivirsi ty éntinum in depariiiioiits o( kiKiwleiifro. Sueh u ci ur-e I1B8 ln't:ii purnned to a rrcat extent in tlie Univcr sitv of Mitliiaan. bv (lio irstitution of 'lie Scieniifiu Dipartment, and thse who prefer th course of study adupted in iluit dep:irtnient rnay avail thmiselves df the advantages of' the University, and there is lio reasou hy many üt the studies pürnúéd ín theological seminarias plionld not also be pursued in ihe Univtraitv. Anoilier riquisite for tlio suceess of a University isa proper syiiiparhy wilh it and deinmid f'or it in I lie cummuiiity frrii) hieli it recfivts i's nuipnrt. ]5y tliia I d'i lint rufer to tlm tnjili' of thtí tiiun nr .-.ity wliere it happens to be locutcd, who iré üften deccivcd and clamor mis abuut wliat they canu' t undcrstand, hut I refVr to tlie peop'e of the S ate in tlieir cuiíS itutiunal rclutluna to tlie Univrrsits'. Wctliout tbfir approviil, tbe ITniversity c-aiiiidt fully acconmlisb i_ts wurk. Tliey must bu taugbt tg feol íts neoessity' and valué. To aupply tbis deniiiiid, I appeal tü tbc Alumni,, who have expcrienced its advantages aud know tbeir v iluc ; I ap)eal lo those wbo have been berctofore bonored to preside over its interests a" lUgents, nnd wlio Lavé dirocted its great and beiirficeut iunuences ; I appeal to tbe teachers of the publio sclioolH, reiiiindiii theni of what tbey aíreaa.V aparecíate, thal all the public sciico s ot tlie rtiate torm 0110 systeni, anu tliat. tlm niily sound pi oBperity of a part s M be seiured by tiio prosperity of every otlier purt.; especially do I nppejil to ïlie principáis atid teachers ot' our IiÍüIht íáirsfwij in the unkii schools, who re prctiunicd frum tl.eir positiuiis, to be uien of culluro ai.d liboral tlioujrlit a.sk tliein to koep bi-fore the niinda of tl.eir pupila th it thoso wlmse tiihtu or genius inclines tliem to it, liave oppor funity f'rei'ly fiirnislied thcm by the State to prosfcutu their iiiquiries in'o Hcicii'-e md tbintglit still furthcr, in the Univeiity wiih :ill t!ie t'acililies that the most inibitimis ciuld desire. I ask them ciiStHiitly to organizo and preserve elawB !f pupils in prcparalion tor the Univcisity. Tliis is clearlv a part of thetr duty a it is curs to do all we can to niaintarn the honor and efioienoy of all the public schools in the St:ite. Let tlie vulgar r'rrjinliee airainst ktiowlcd're be discoiitenanc6d and bteuhatl f.Tever from au intelligent and frec pieo ! ple. L't si;ience continue to unloek lier resources, md reveul them to our .'"He. Let the people continue, as hereti.t'urc, ' through the aid of science, to rise in the i seale ot beiig and in comfort, till ono by i one tbo causes of iguorance, povertv, nd freblem-ss iirtï removed Let tlii great torces of nature bu made our obedient servants let the experieneo of pat ages waru us against evil and show us good, and lel thoe engagrd in tlio di.eipline and instr uotion of the tnind, togiither witli those imployed in the spread of tlie Gospel of Clirist-, suceeed in makingthia earih so far as we can, au ante cbauiber of llcaven, a paradiise of God. SiR-h, gentlemen, is iny ambition. - Sucli, I doubt not, is t h; purpose of all associated w'th tne, and together rpsponsible witli me, in tlin inaiiaüenieTit of thia University. Tho liopes of its founders j fhall not perish. As its walls orumble, tliey sliall be replaced by others. lts permaneiny sball be that of the soul, incorruptible and eternal It sliall be the perpetual fountain of sound pcholiirsbip, geuuine morality, truü chrisiianity. It sball be a glory and a bulwark of t e State whose honored rrvinie it beai-s - That thia n;ay be the fact, muy the ap proval and blessing of the Father of Liuht, froni whoiu cometh every good gift and every perfect gilt, be upoii it, not fur any worih uf our own, but from Hb.sovereigii mercy and for the glory of Uis name ! [Prolonged clieels ] Tiie addrcss was eloquent and earnost, and worthy of one oecupying the positisn to whieh Dr. Haven has been so rectutly raised. DEU1CAÏI0N OY TUE LAW BUILDING. In the ai'lernoon a very large number of peoplt) assembleu ni the tiew law building tn listen t o the excreises "f its iitniigurqttpD Goed music for all the exei'cisrs of thü day wore furnislied by the orohéatra ol the Del ruit City Band. In the afturirioii variety was added hy the íntroductiop of two vooal p ces per formod by 9 ohoif of jóulig Uien uid la dies. '1 he large law leotiire room was filled to overilowing The exercises were opened with pvnyer by Ev. Dr. llngarth. of Del niit Professor T M Coohj was ihen introiluyeil, wlio eltvërod au vd dress. ADDH1S5 OK PROF. COOLKY. The speaker rtlcirul to the enrlv in. visión [Tiade liy (inyi;-p fof the e? tahli-luni'Ut i'f a Univl'HÍty ni Micbi ttuli. v l;i!e vel the uxtt of the puineer was irnly hfurd aing ihe b'iideiH of the Teniti'iv ; n prnvlsWrn tunde tlius earSy v view .it thj faot tbctt a yicat Ui.ivei i-it v mut lie !i ihinof of gi'owth; un Oxford iind O:t[iihrid;e :u;d Hurvurd, ;ill foiinclêy in the pririiqvs] for est, lüive tieen He .-kuirhed bfiefly the tftouth of the instii uiion, loslered by ihe eareful band of the Shitb, iiiuil sdready, ui the liletauu oí persons who t 911 lts first jihiniinfr, tin; iniits of a Univi'isiiV, comple'e in all iltj depart I meiija, can now be enji.ypd. As now the stndërils rtitëiV'H thia h'tll, duvoieii I lo ii:sti 'tic. ion in the scii.nce n the liv, erectid f'i'i' Hicin by tüöimfl ol the pni I dent ioiethonoht of iha men ol' I the country, it seeiued meet to the t speaker to eonsider liio relntons ■ 1 si.itüin to tiial coun'ry, and w ha! elaime the o-c_'an',el sí cicty into lrrh we are linin lias upnn the Miivtico we are to st;fly nd tlie prufesh)11" "e al0 tfullow. At the (iuset it. was pro i r to (ion Ml dof the nature of tiii society, und thé eliarr.cter cf the people wiio eotnpose it. More eni hn:i-al!v tlian if uny other people, il ollld he Miii of our rare, hey wrn i people who reverente the lti'w. Tliis fict he ilhiWt'nited kj briet listoiieal refeience. And ihis Iih th iifilii wassoin reat part beeanst; il.ey eru u peoi la ho made iheir o.in l..vs. f-'elf' "overnmen'. wasnative 0 the t'iico. Enlanl never kneu deslotic pfovenvent in the i-ens ■ in uhi-'h 1 was i.nderslDod e.lsewhe e. Neiiih joihood self-iroverniiient by tens tnd jy hnndreds or by othei local diviions as lilüer than the good laws of E'lwiird the Confessor. Tft'é English comrnon law vrás a ccëe enaeted by the p pk thftnselven; tlie ruil .rrowtb ofth.ir daih' habita and cutoms oí budines and thontit, fo that the eustouw ol ttie coiniiir.n peopie bocati.e Ihe law of the r-ubn. When the people emignited to Ariifcrica it wtis .lover n question with thein wheiher power should be ue-.itrulized in one man or hiidv ol tnuti, or divided and localized. Loe.al governtnent in respeet to locnl ntÏ!ii'-8 was po mucb íi matter oí (jourso arnouor the pioneers lliat they took it upon themselves wi lioni difcnssion. And s niembers of the, local (iemocracies they leurned their duties is e.iliztiiis of the Stut and the nation. The race aro also a people who love jiistice and fair play. As the iioblest inyans of ensiifing justice they oriyinuted Ktid ptjiTtí.Cíted, una tttmugn uil jigi' have iidhered t.o Érffd cliiinied the btoiit-fil "t, the sy.s'em oftriarl lv vju ry. Thi.s the speaker illustruted inmi history, at the sume tune that he paid ii !iiwi!ij{ trio iito tt) the eylérii it üelti With tliis pcoplo he tlniígfit the infl.iCMCö of the leial pri'f'esHion wnt {reu er lh:in with ; i i i y otlier n t;; fth. Fkt'ediMii was nei-e.s.-iaiy to h hiyh sl;indard oí exoeílence at.tht) b.ir, and the power of the bar was propotinned to the ti'. udcm nf' tl:o people. Luwyers in reut part vveio ruMponsiblo in thi.-i ciniDliy i'or the lVaming of thu laivs. - Ttioy ere (Milirc'y rc j ' -nsi l for the expi"indi sj of 'the law,, lor the judtics wi-re MUTcU' the mötith-precöM nl ihe pr(if(;sii'i, tiiifl speke ;i thu wisdom ál the prntWsinn inr-truoled tiiein Wtiili; cimstitutional tnd other rentrunits ;oild bw tiiiown aiound ihe legislativo power, i-cnld lie iihüo ii]kui hv. expoumlur- of 'he law shvo the leani I ing atui virlue nf thu pi-ofession to woieh thev bëïotlgüd; lind it was therr fore the d.ity of tho lawyer in his pruci lico iio merely t" suctied in Uit pnrtiuular oase, luit alys to no sjjeuk and act. us to udynncu tho general cause of j truth and J-ustice. Tlie c.eker thrti rt:t. n ed to tho ■ i-riv'n'egec graiited ly the commonweal.h to the profesión', tbth luim of Oourt in Enulmid, uhirh alone ure allowed lo adiuit to Ü hiher walkt ot prac lioe, and to tho provisión here for ma king tho prnlewipn lfiirned and able. B.V "1! tliis thereare luid upon thelaw yer diiliH which he can neithur cast off nor evade. He owes to s .ciety an infliionce in fnvor of ifnod Miornl.i Humun Iayv it ell 'x but tho iippiióatiöti, a ncar u erriOg tuiinan wisdom will dniit, ot the will oi henven to the affairs uf mankind. The speaker spoke in cathiug terina of thoae luwyern who undt-rmine the very foundation of nociet y, by bring ing the"lavv, whi li W 'lm coiiBervullve element of souieiy, into conto mpt and ditiHt'iieo. He who owfft ihe weight f lus tiifln eneo to good nrtfeF. laweyr is and houíd be conservativo. Chnngta m BVstertiB of law and governmmt uun only bo saiely (rought ahnut in tho lpw pi(oefseH f tin e. This the speaker i'liix'trutp'd %f chowing liovv littlo was traintd by tlie atteinpt at violent rovo huion in'Eiiííl ir;d iie viut tr(tles have bi'.-n n.a e, bloodle.-i-ly and bhw iuipei:cep(iblv, in ■(■ Htitiiuoaal Ji) etty uncfer the Hi(Ke of Hanover, and everv Htêp is funifu'd beduid recovt-rv by kvizy or arli.iary pmvt'r. Thete;.dy DfUBBUra of expanding thonglit has piovi-d hir more fatul to dtspuiiMn ihnn the axe d the fxocutioiier pr (he Biford ot thtí avenger. 11 i s lid i duá to legal and social progresa, lo the lite oi nations, conMjrvaUüín and pnigrubü [U.Ut be foiind to go hand in hmid ; and et=peeially n tho law, ni order tiiily tr cétwervu v!iat ig g(H)d it) itie irt-sent, we must (lo t0 by relioviiifí it oí w líate er is bad It lawyera vill o'dt aid in teffal reform, iinAillüd haiitis, lioonlv tec-1 its DócetKty, but do not ktiow how to uocoinpiish it, wili be f-üie to Beiaa u)ion ttie toóla and cut und lit-w uuuy until ttie í'nir líibrio is di's rojod. Th Aiiu.-rica!) luwyer owbh all to (V:ci!oiii and the Ireè ínstitutióhs under whicli he uves. Foritiee have ruad lis íKition jiat and ]iro-pei-ous and ü i,,rj_'e jan ni' all llial is f{flt uxl unin ly tihi.soun natuie is dueto thein. To liis proiet-'Mon is enlrustecl the causo of fiüiidmip ; and ii htieatti-r, as heretof. 'ie, it w to proper, and itn beiit'fii;. nt ii.tíurüoi'K to spread, it mtii-t be be ause 'he Bar, iuiíJM'd wi'.li the epirit of lib riv, comí ul ihe law to t-pcak iü iS hehalf. The speaker enhirged Upon (liis puin;, showed the n.Huenee ni the preMiipp'ions in tavur ol libeity in ra lievirtK Eiïginnd o! slavery iind serfdom, and i-lo.-ed with the hope, Im.jí nmy U be befare American hïwyera and Arneriei n judies shall cease to give lo the law a Rtrittt uofW'HlÍKSiñ ín favor ni lile anci liberty ; a- PoWia dtd when ki,-, adjutJge'l. to S! K'ck his pouiid of fleei : í!Jiot One drop oí' Ciiiistian blood Dut jut une pound of flesli." And wliou shu ilueatcucd liim with the heavy htind of law il he tuos 'lime Or lesa tban just a pound - be it but so much As makes it ílgW " heavy n the substauce, Urtlie división oí' t lie tweutieth parí 01' oiie poor soniple- nay, if tlie scale do turn But iu the cstimation ol a hair." The Bpfakev ihen ñ'ent (n to. fhow that ff'ho Auieriuan be a tnie lavvyer devoted tr murality. to good order, lo social progres. and to fruedom, lie wtU bu divotcd also In lbo nirioiuil unity. No mar-, likc fhc luwyer is muda to teel the ]fcnli:iiities of nur couipoi-itu sys tuin, and the unportácü of preserving evurv v heel in iln tmiipljcated niai-hinery utilirokcii. The unión of 'ftiii ty-tivo .Stat. m is peí meniíted in every part by vital cords of wtjicll ihe courta aro the centre, vvhieh have l.-ecll caret'ully contr.vod with íi viuw to prev.-nl . Ihat :'a?h ing ot local intere-its, feltflg, andj'ul oufww whioh utbcpuijo rniwht leud to Vfar or separatitir). To teuch the'íaw in America is to teach loyalty tp the Union, ,nd in propoition is thut loyalty is pure -nel devoted, tilo law will be respect ed and care be taken Ihat itiü decisions of State and national oiiris and within their pöujiectiva ripherés sliiill alike bc res ected The hattle which nur brothers itré waging in Virginia Tenntessee nnd Arkan sns is one oí' constitutioral luw. A q'io.1 i mi proper tor Ihs efntw habeep forcibly ré't'ed fieyn theiii, and riad-e the gitge of bloed v wrewted fKrtlil them and nmde the i;i' bloody conest. And who shiill siy thut ttioso Soutl.ern tii ld-, the iscuno f tliis i-oiitc.t, uhich h"ld in tbeir embruco the facred remaiüs of the mar'yfs óf libt-rty but reo rilt v in our n;ulst, ire not ourn ? Even now as we meet, rcji'icinfj; it the com'UKiiooinent of i new cullee eiir, thfie comes ui irom Chattanoou the HÓunü'of nioiVrriint; for anóther of our comraiU-s fallen, and the bruve snd cIiÍvkIinU8 Wells is adcled lo thu 1181 oí ttiMst! ho hiivo l:iil down thcir üves bueaiisa tl'oy love country and would not seê the banner of their fathei"8 robbed oi' ts 1; imintr stars, The B(iHikur then refoiTod to the inimy thi'igs rominding fheiin as thcy entered tluit hflll', of iheir dutius t ■ tht; naüoi) ind ;o tfce ritüle, :uid closted wit'u Üiti liivouation Uiat ihis building, in the tt'iichiny ot thoso who wijl t-cu,iy its uhtiir o! ' ititruolion, und iií 'lie influonce of those wló sluill íí forth with its lionorw, hu dodic:itf(t lo ..11 thoou jrood iritluenc'ijs which houl'1 ever iiliti.-'d thu study and lht pructii-o of tlio luw, to sound morality, t gixicj rdur to pr'rro.-JH in attJligenoe, virtue anJ needom, to tho rihts of tho States da protectivu of individual rictus and lihi'i-lics, añil lo the prest.'rvulion und per)i!!ratio:i of th;it nulional n ity upon i w icli a' .lust must Statu righis tlicnn l'oieisn and ty cfttiMwtio foen. S shull IIiíh HepHi'tment virrm to be loved mil venerat. d by tho-é whn beur i a hirtioM, and putriotRshal] leurn to bess und to uherish the ihetitiition that gives tbc full irengr h rf ts sona alike and equally t the Union umi lo the firat rights and liberties if th Htate.

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