St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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ear. But the question itself remains. Was it a providential prognostication or a mere accident ? It remains for you to demonstrate, that the people are capable of' self-govern- ment, and to this end you must devote all your powers. The people must be educated for the crisis-they must be raised above the atmosphere of a pitiful partizanship, and have their feet set on the rock of a broad conservative statesmanship. They must breathe once again the fresh, pure air of the mountains that echoed ot the tread of freemen, and take their stand by the compatriot fathers of the Republic with the broad aegis of the Consti- tution over them, as they march, to use the language of the incomparable Choate, to the music of the Union. You will have your part to act in the solution of the fearful problems we have to solve in the national life. The question will be removed from the halls of debate where mind met mind, and wit clashed with wit to the stirring arena of actual life. Be true to duty. Be true to your country- Be true to yourselves. Above all and in all be true to the destiny that is before you. Strong men alone can meet the exigen- cies of the times-men of purity, of honor and of truth. Ripe culture, exact scholarship, high-toned moral principle, steadiness of will, and fixedness of purpose constitute the ele- ments of the greatness which the country's future weal demands- Drifting from her ancient moorings, our noble ship must founder. You will soon be on the quarter deck. Keep ever before you the fact that a little more drifting will plunge us on a more fatal rock than Scylla or Charybdis. Keep by you the compass, never let go- your hold on the cableg and you will ride the sea in safety. The Union Hag at the masthead-the port of entry, the harbor of '76-the haven far away in the deep blue of the sea not yet explored-the crew disciplined and taught to love the flag that envelopes them, and you will be the honored instruments of preserving the past in all its glory, and making the future the faithful reflection of the past. Wlieri I reflect that I stand in the presence of the young men ofthe country, who are destined to transmit to coming generations this rich heritage of glory, or to witness the eclipse of the stars that have shone so brightly in the iirmament of liberty and of the Union, I feel the magnitude of the crisis, and cannot express the anxietyithat consumes me as I lift, up a warning voice and bid them be true to duty, true to the country, true to the destiny that awaits them. ' zhgsr fl 'Xb iiiasarlii 97

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