South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-05-10

~ hEPUBLICAN DOSE FOR dARRI-
sos.-The following address was do.
livored ny Bishop Potter in 81 Psups
church. New York, during the cen.
lennial celebration Of last week.
PRESIDENT Harrison. who was, OF
course, present, must have felt good
While he wac listening to 1t. Bishop
POTTER Is strong republican. The
address is as follows:
bishop Potter referred TO the fac.
tOata hundred yetsrs ago Washing.
ion bad knolt within these walls, aud
EiLer paying a high tribute to the
character Of he Father of his Coun.
~ and the men who with him
ieunched our ship OF State said
thet the safety Of the ship Of State
dapended upon competent mastery al
.ae helm. He added, The concep.
i'cn Of tho national government as a
huge machine, existing mainly TO:
TIC purpose ofrewarding partisan ser.
yice-this was conception 30 alien
10 LIE character and conduct OF
Washington end his associates that
would be hard 10 imagine the first
president of the United States con.
.on'ed with some one Mho bad veo =
,uSed to approach him upon the basis
81 what are now commonly known as
practical politics. But the concep-
rgA Is Impossible. The loathing, the
outraged majesty With which he
9@ula nurs hidden such creature 10
csgo ie iofesnsdowedty. tbe ge ptle
dignity with which, just before his
Inauguration, replying to one who
tai TIC strongest claims upon his
friendship. and who had applied to
him during tbe progress OF the pres.
idential campaign as we should say,
ic- The promise OF an appointment
10 cihce, he wrote: Should i, be nv
'ate to administer the government, l
will 40 to the chair under no pre-. en-.
gaRement Of any kind or nature what
ever. And when in it, will, to the
brs OF my judgment. discharge the
duties of The office with that Impair,
tiality and zeal for the public good
which ought never TO suffer connec-
tions If blood or friendship to have
tie least sway on decisions Of pub
lie nature. On this high level mov-
ed she frat President OF the Repub.
tic. 10 il must so who are the heirs
Of her sacred interests be not unwil.
ling to ascend, If We are TO guard our
glorious heritage ! Then, ideas ruled
the hour. Today. there are Indeed
IDEAS hat rule the hour, but they
must be merchantable ideas. The
growth Of wealth. the prevalence Of
!uxu y, tlc maBsing of large material
forces, which by ;heir very existence
are o standing menace 10 The freedom
and integrity Of tue individual, the
infinite sWaggcr OF our American
speech aud manners, mistaking big
ness for greatness, and sadly con
!oulding gain and godliness-all this
- contrast 90 the austere simplici-
.y tbe unpurCbasaOle integrity Of
be fret days and first men Of our re-
public, which makes il impossible to
reproduce today either the temper or
'Jc c1nduc' Of our fathers. Ii there
be not utular royalty nov sll the
need is thore OF personal roy.
.ty. If mere 10 TO be no nobility
descent, al the more indispensa.
Ale ia "a tDa here should be nobility
.i ascent D. character in them that
boot Ole. 81 inc and high and pure,
-rt- - men come within the circle
81 10 irfuonce they involuotarily
pay rom GO . hat which 10 the one
| pre-omiqea aiIlincLion, the Royalty
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