Homer guardian., 1890-03-07
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their. magnificent opportunity aad
urging their employment OF it all
for benclicent and righteous pur-
poses.
Again, | remark that Henry ".
Grady stood for Christian patriot,
ism irrespective of political spoils.
HE DECLINED ALL OFFICIAL RE
WARD.
lie could have heen Governor Of
Georgia, but refused it. He could
have been senator Of the United
States, but declined it. He re-
mained plain Mr.. Grady. Nearly
all The other orators of the politl,
cal arena, as soon as the elections
are over, 90 to Washington, or
Albany, or Harrisburg, or Allan
Ia, to get IN city or State or ma
tienal office reward for their SER
vices, and net getting what they
want spend the rest of the time oil
that administration in poutlng
about the management OF public
affairs or cursing Harrison or
Cleveland. When the great po-
litlcal campaigns were over, Mr.,
Grady went home to his newspa-
per. He demonstrated that it is
possible to toll for principles
which he thought to be right,
simply because they were right.
Christian patriotism is too rare q
commodity in this country. Sure
ly the Joy of living under such
free institutions as those estab.
lished here ought to be enough
reward for political fidelity.
Among all the great writer's that
stood at the last presidential cleo
tion on Democratic and Republi,
eau platforms, you cannot recall
in your mind ten who were not
themselves looking for renumera-
tive appointments. Aye, YOU can
count them all on the fingers of
one hand. The most illustrious
specimen of that style Of man for
the last ten years was Henry w.
Grady.
Again, Mr.. Grady stood for the
New South and was just what we
want to meet three other men, one
to speak for the New North, an
other for the New East and anoth-
er for the New West. The BRAY
est speech made for the last quar-
ter OF a century was that made by
Mr.. Grady at the New England
dinner in New York about two or
three years ago. / sat with him
shat evening and know something
Of his anxieties fol he was to tread
On dangerous ground and might
by one misspoken word have an.
tagonized forever both sections.
His speech was q victory that
thrilled all of us who heard him
and all who read him. That
speech, great for wisdom, great for
Kindness, great for facification,
great for bravery, will go down to
the generations with Webster's
speech at Bunker Hill, William
Wirrs speech at the arraignment
of Aaron Burr, Edmund Burke's
speech on Warren Hastings, Rob.
ert Emmett speech for his own
ylndication.
Who will in conspicuous action
represent the New North as be
did the New South? Who shall
come forth for the New East and
who orthe New West? Let old
political issues be buried, let old
grudses die. Let new theories be
launched. With the coming in OF
al new nation at the gates of Cas-.
tile Garden every year, and the
wheat bin and corn crib OF our
Land enlarged with every harvest,
and q vast multitude of our pop
aIation still plunged in llliteraey
to be educated, and moral ques-
lions abroad involving the very
existence of our republic,
EFT THE OLD POLITICAL PLATFORMS
that are worn eaten be dropped
and platforms that shall be made
OF Two planks, the one the Ten
commandments and the other the
Sermon on the Mount, lifted for
all OF us to stand ON. But there
is a lot of old politicians grum-
bling all around the sky who don't