, 1890-10-09

Nha', given equhi courage, nuellty ana
loyalty TO every man, Illinois furnished
three'fifths OF the brigade. Applause
But possibly / should withhold these
suggestions which come 10 me, aud
which will be more appropriate when
amt to meet you as separate organiza-
ton. TCries of mo; go on."l
II have been greatly impressed with
this asse blage to-day, In this beautiful
city. in this prosperous state. The
thought has occurred to me, and the
moro have thought of 1t the more am
of the conclusion that no.
where on the face of the
earth, except in the United States
of America, under no other flag that
kisses any breeze, could such an assem-
bly as this be gathered. GApplause and
cheers Who are these? Look into
their faces. See the evidences OF con-
tentment, thrift and prosperity, and the
intelligence that we read in all the faces.
They have come from all these homes Of
village, city and farm, and here they are
to-day, the strength and pride OF our
security as II nation people who fur
nished an invincible army when the bag
was in danger the people upon whose
emil ghtened conscience and God-fearing
hearts this country rests with undaunted
hope. Applause and cheers.
Here is the ultimate distribution of
the governmental power, of all the eff
forts of presidents and cabinets and
judges and armies, even to maintain
this country. aud to continue it In this
great career of prosperity. tbs by this
great law-abiding, liberty-loying people
by whom they are chosen to these i'm
portant Offices. 1t is tho great thought
of our country that men shall be gov
erned as little as possible; that full lib
erly shall be given to individual efforts,
and that the restraints OF the law should
be reserved for the turbulent and dis
orderly. What is 1t that makes your
communities peaceful; that makes these
farm homes safe? It is not policemen.
1t Is not soldiers. 1t is this
great and all-peryading American
sentiment that eXacts law, and stands
with threatening warning to law break
ers, and above all 1t is that pervading
thought that gives to every man what is
his, and claims only what Is ours.
Great applause. That war was only
fought thar law might not lose its sane
| tionland it's sanctity. Applause. If
We had suffered that loss, dismember.'
ment would have been a lesser one, but
We taught those that resisted that that
great sentiment of loyalty to our written
| law was 50 strong in the country that no
associations, conspiracies or combine
| tions could covetturn it. ICries of
| Good" Good" and applause.
"Our government will not fail to go on
in It's increasing career of development,
In population, in wealth, in intelligence
and in morality, so long as we hold up
everywhere this great thought that every
man shall keep the laws which secure
him In his own rights and shall not
trample upon the rights OF another.
| Applause. Let us divide upon the
tariff llaughterl AMI finance, but let there
never be u division among the American
people upon this question, that nowhere
shall law he overturned in the interests
of any body. Great applause.l If 1t
fails of the beneicent purposes which
shall be the object OF all law, then let
the people modify II; while 1t Is law
let us insist that 1t shall be obeyed.
| Applause. If the convenience of II
class to which | may belong is to take
the place oil law, where Is your security2
Where is mine, when some one else
makes convenience more sacred, and
more powerful than the law
of, the land2 l believe to-day
that the great rock OF our society Is this
deeply imbedded thought in the Ameri-
can heart that 1t Is not here as as in
many of our Spanish American coun-
tries, which sometime give their devo-
ton to a man, for we give our devotion
to law, to the constitution, 10 the flag.
Great applause. So 1t was that in the
hour of gloom, when the richest cuntri-
button Of ull gems that illinois has set
in our national diadcm, Abraham Lin
coin Prolonged appausel, fell in that
hour OF the consumnIatlon oi his work
| bv the hand OF an assassin, Garfield,
who, too, met q like fate, might well
say to the trembling and dismayed peo-
ple on the streetsuf New York, Lincoln
is dead, but the government at Wash
ington still lives Great applause and
cheers.
ITO my fellow citizens, to all those
who through your mayor have extended
your greetings, to all who are here as
sembl ed, l return my most sincere
thanks. do not look Ipon such assem-
blages as this without profound emotion.
They touch me, and am sure the les
sons are wholesome lessons. We have
had here to-day tins procession of veter-
ans, aged and feeble, many of them.
That is q retrospect. That is a part OF
the great story of Paul. written In glori-
Gus letters on the armament that is
spread above the world, AMI i'm these
sweet children who have followed we
I
1t was in the procession to see
them bearing in their infant hands these
| same banners that those veterans carried
amid the shock of battle and the dying
OF men. Applause.J had occasion at
the centennial celebration of the in
auguratIon of Washington In Now York.
being impressed by the great display
of the national colors, to make at the
banquet the suggestion that the flags
should be taken into the school houses
Tappauscl, and am glad to know that
in that state there IS daily q little drill
of the children that pays honors to the
| flag. Prolonged applause
But, my friends, the constitution
provides that | shall annually give infor.
nation TO congress of the state of the
Union, and make such recommenda-
tions as | may think wise, and IL has
generally. think, been understood that
this affirmative provision contains also
a negative. and implies that the presi-
dent is to give no one else except con-
gress any Information as to the state
of the Union, and that he shall especial
ly make no suggestions. Laughter
and applause. ! confess that 1t would
give me great pleasure, II the occasion
were appropriate, to give you some in
formation of the state of the Union, as |
see it, and to make suggestions as to
| what / consider to be wise as affecting
tho state of the Union, but | would not
on an occasion like this. when | am
greeted here by friends and fellow citi-
zens OF all schools of thought in poll
tics AMI in the church. saw one word
that could mar the harmony of this
great occasion. Cheers. trust We
are all met here together to-day as loyal.