The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-09-20
HAURIsON,s APHORIsaIs.


Has any man in whole lifetime
Of public service set more elegant
terse, enduring aphOrisms afioal
than General Harrison has since the
adjournment Of the Chicago con.
ventiOn? Old men and young
students may tax their memories OF
| search their books without finding
more wise aud pithy sayings than
those that are strewn through Har-
risOn's imprnnptu speeches IN all
the writings Webster, Clay or any
other American publicist, Franklin
| perhaps alone excepted. Aud in
excepting Franklin IL il to be
remembered that the sage of Phila-
delphia evolved Poor Richard s
maXims at leisure. HarrisOn's :
/ aphOTisms have been like instan-
taneOus photographs; they catch the
subject In motion, as il were.
Has any one summed up, or can
any one sum up, the beneficial
effects Of the American system more
pieturesquely and tersely than i'm
these words: 1.-The gates OF Castle
Garden swing inward. They Eever
swing outward to any American
labOrer seeking a better country
than this.n Or is there anything
that sets the dangerous certainty Of
lack of protection in clearer cOlOrs
and on a smaller canvas than this !:
"a policy which transfers work
from our mines and factories to
foreign mines and factories in-
evitably tends TO the depression OF
our wages" The declaration and
solution OF great economic truths
are in these brief sentences.
Passing from the economics TO the
ethics aud morals of politics he has
been equally terse and pungent.
Addressing a delegation Of wOrkmen
in which there were some colOred
men, aud remembering that certain
cOlOred men In the pay Of the Demo-
Gratis were saying that the Republi-
can party had failed 10 give suf-
ficient protection to the negro in the
Southern tier, he says:
~ beg the gentlemen who urge
that plea to answer me this ques-
tion: Against whom Is Il that the
Republican party has been unable,
as you ssy to protect your rsce?n
That Soeratic question will remain
unanswered till the end Of this and
all campaigns has come.
And how concise Is his refutatiOn
Of the Southern theory that fraud in
an election which concerns Con-
gressmen is a msrely local affair;
"Our Congressman passes upon
questions as wide as the domain over
which the flag floats. III the debate
on public questions IL 20 he Of value
the voter must be free to register his
In one strong sentence he shows !
that where election laws are loose |
election practices are foul;
"Find me the party that sets or |
holds the gate Of election frauds /
open, and I will show you the /
party that expects 20 drive eattl e
through it."
Columns could l,e filled with scn-
Iences OF like weight and brevity,
chosen from his unstudied speeches.
Dne or two must suffice for the
The home is the best, as It Is the
first school * citizenship
81 take more pride in the fact
hat the Republican party has
always been the friend and protee-
nr Of the American home than ia
lught else"
"lOu are members OF party that
vas not maehine-made."
I'VE refer 20 the great war in no
pirit Of hostility TO any section or
lass Of men, but only because we
eiieve Z 10 be good FOR the whole
OuntFy that loyalty and fidelity 10
he flag should be hOnored,m
''fhe glory woven into the flag
hat we love-"
GeneTal Harrison had no special
aputatibn as an orator when he was
He was known as a
'gieal and ready debateT, a correct
but was supposed to be {
1mewhat cold IN manner and
Eeeise 10 method; and behold, be
as blossomed into the most genial
men and re most pieiuEesgne of
lfakeEH. l