| Show GENERAL H AT DARTMOUTH eli rii r un brn president 3 it is bey bes on adny power or that df an any other livin living creature to fill one half y the picture c that has been teen drawn of me I 1 rear fear I 1 oar ear you aro arc reacting what was done so often in the early part of our war listin listing meu men lip up far above their abilities any ang and letting them down pretty hard laughter and applause nevertheless in this case cascas asin in the former farmer part of link life awili I 1 will endeavor to do whatever duty is assigned me humbly and to tho the best of my in y ability I 1 turn with pleasure toward these young men to whom wo we have all listened today with gratification and with pride you see for yourselves young c gentlemen the eyes of the people here your fathers and brothers i mothers no sisters and friends all turned upon you and why is it they have come to welcome you and to say also farwell far weil weli for you are now to pass from these tea teachers eilers ellers who have llave been becil imparting to you the their experience drawn from the study of books and association with other men and fitting yours yourselves emes eWes for the life that is before you unfortunately I 1 was not so favored in in my youth and I 1 regret now and shall regret to the end of my life that I 1 was compelled to pick up what little knowledge I 1 possess by grasping g it through brambles and pric pricking gaspin ing my hands pretty shair sharply ply too laughter you have had instructors tors hero here whose minds have been stored with all thel knowledge of tho the past and of the present and who have gladly told you everything you have desired t to 0 know now young men you must look out for yourselves applause your ship is about to sail upon an unknown sea you have your chart see bee I 1 cc that you steer your ybur course properly wo do dot got t your belr minds minas b lie e turned triffie aside from your course by the scud of the sea or the wind across your jur sail F ollow follow that compass and it will lead you sou just pst n as surely to your destination as honesty will produce a good man my dlly young fill fril friends ends I 1 remember that twenty six years ago I 1 stood as you stand now about to go fortha todo whatever fell to my share I 1 now find nind myself li horo hero org ord I 1 in n tho pre presence af men who were graduates before I 1 was born and it appears to me almost like sacrilege to stand here in the tilo presence of these old gentlemen and attempt lo give you any advice or instruction I 1 would not presume to say one word further were wore it nob not that hash ask da foi some soma reason uh uhl i known to me laughter at kt that time I 1 was told in plain english not in latin loud 1 laughter aughter that J 1 had finished my sti studies idies and in natural philosophy chemistry mathe matic sand so forehand nort fort hand was bent down to florida to catch indians I 1 did not see the loic logic lo ic of it at that time nor do I 1 now but f I 1 had to go and did dib did go subsequently I 1 was w as sent to various places and finally brought up tip in charleston south carolina and while I 1 in that section 1 J I wandered wondered through the marshes of mhd ka fitce thud the edisto and obtained a knowledge that after ward became of value to the nation applause at a later period I 1 was providentially as it would now seem sent to tale taie testimony about some come lost lost saddles saddies and iund bridles value nothing nevertheless those lost saddles au and d bridles led me to a region a knowledge i of which afterward proved to be of great j importance to you here annew in yow yew hamp j shire hind and to the whole civilized world I 1 went weng to altoona to chattanooga alq to Belle neile bellefonte fonte oh the tennessee river 1 and I 1 think aliat that inthe in tiie tile short period I 1 was there I 1 gained knowledge which paid the Go government verent back all they pai pal paid d me rne for transportation trans or tation ton ton ten times over laughter az anu and ab applause about twenty years ago I 1 remember setting hetting nt at the dinner table of hon james L with many young ofil officers cers of whom braxton braston bragg was one I 1 believe the union nien men here will not say that I 1 was in any other than good loyal hands when I 1 sat at mr pettigrue Petti grus table for ho he was loyal in and loyal when the war broue broke out and was deemed I 1 believe the only intelligent loyal man in charleston applause mr air listened to our boyish complaints that our future looked very vely poor for the tile only thing 10 open to our oui ambition was that I 1 in n progress of time we might become brevet major generals and command some small force on the frontier finally lie he said gentlemen do not be alarmed there is a providence that guides this world and there will be occasions for all nil the young men of our country it gave us all encouragement not of the right i kink perhaps before wo ire were vere were awara aware the n war broke brahe upon us mf and I 1 was sent to ali ail california all fornin fornia where gerej following t he the samo saino wan d ereg propensities I 1 jaff faff esaw pf af the aist piece of gold and wai watched cac its jis its upon tho whole world jwill 1 will say bay that it seems tome to me t there here is running through the tho affairs of men which we may way understand if we will but study to learn the firms of the great problem of life I 1 doubt very much whether if that little piece osgold of gold had liot been discovered in california this bation nation glorious in its present ent t attitude could have havo grappled with the financial problems which were working workings out during the war it was that thit discovery which created the wealth that enabled us to maintain our armies armies 1 and gave strength stian th and durability to tile the union cause I 1 confess I 1 was one of the last to see and feel that we were upon the tho verge of civil war I 1 had heard it spoken of at Char charleston leiton I 1 had hadl laughed and joked over it at the mess table I 1 hai bad heard it talked about by politicians politician sl J had heard gen scott say that wo we might have war buti but I 1 could never realize it until lif the spring of I 1 was in tho city of N rew ibia orleans and at babon rouge then theli for the fi first time I 1 began tosco that all this talk meant something that it was not mot the mere more cry of I 1 wolf wolf which wo we had pre dieted dietel ands andl luro furo enough it came upon us I 1 rno ino no niora more dreamed of it before than yeu dream marnow warnow amu what basken hasken bas has men ken tho the issue yon all know if it athas been heen a short wa j world Ut it large largo but long enough it look 1 couo camous us during those dark day dax of its i early and middle period now elfeel feci feel almost as thou though h I 1 vas yas was swed in MILIC a simple veil veli when I 1 speak of three years ngo ago 0 o nut but that is now m tl nast past j history iare lare o of it ato you will see seo th I 1 t in the pro progress gres of the war ablo able nahn luen iuen rase up one by one it until its is close you may consider consid gr y young oung aen aon men IL cn what was blics bf those min men the W var sar ar developed just such aay as yours 1 biars are look looi 1001 dook at uen gran grant t great applan ap plau piau a modest blain plain bold brave unflinching 1 gent gentleman iema lema with idea of doing d 0 what was w as right and letting no man turn him aside from it renewed applause look at george thomas A ar more modest exists not on earth applause were ho present ercse nt yog you could rould not got get him to stand up uj here herc phil sheridan would rather ibre sabro Q ihre in hand ride dawn down the rebel lines th than an c enter n tl r this thia room daughter laughter gon gen gon aj meade ende eade is a gentleman and nn an accomplished scholar J talal be would fall fill this place far better thail than I 1 can thus you am seo that haydr haY grisen I 1 seh sch to tho the and stand there liow who not only pre pro noti not but do no not t pretend rc to be more mare than you bod may become from this lish I 1 wish you to derive the simple simpie lesson and andrt it is a better lesson I 1 ici iel believe dhan Uhan you ati can learn from these hand handbooks books that any young man of honesty of purpose and ordinary intellect can maste every problem 0 f ilfe life I 1 that is brought before genat it with the purpose and determination I 1 to master it there i 1 no doubt that great greab intellectual T 1 11 al p bowels are required to empt on the boneh bench at the tiie bar or among the literati buffor the simple simpie of alf to carry earry earry carry M on odthe of the or the farmer farm eror or to follow any of those ocen pattens which engages the energies of the great massof mass mas of tf the people only an honest heart ind steadiness of purpose are required at any rate in the mill tary profession on which so many ddn han ors axe arenow itow ilow I 1 showered only nervian nervo nerve anu ana courage and that faith falth ill III the tho nag hag 11 which if wins an dwing landwing ands wins always are necessary ary j loua loud applause I 1 dont intend to oc 1 time havo have seen gentlemen gent lomen and ladies standi stand i ing hera li patiently for five hours andl andi and I 1 know they go home homb I 1 know you will say amen affe ail to the tile few words I 1 davaid to these young men and alv va a them a hearty heirty and cheerful word t leave your little village of hanover and strike out atit into luto that world which is I 1 not SO dark a world nor so full peole people as young men mm sometimes think there are a great maDy many good people in the world too the dollar and these tilde things tha which other men seek are arc very vory much ilko like other men and it Is well that you are you and all ali a 11 m men C n are pretty much as god almighty designed t you should be laughter 1 I 1 1 THE I 1 kli III uy fit fio frayte cap the needle needie gun has again again 0 been beell tried at chalons Ch alous alons and found foun a wanting Abou tone hundred and nifty fifty of these deapo weapons ns were put into the hands of til and wo the commission lias lifts reported that thil these rifles are not suitable to french troops |
