The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-23
.WASHINCTON'S
BIRTHDAY.
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until a Republican should occupy the
chair of Washington and Lincoln. Wise,
patient, calm, he has proven himself
the highest type of Christian ruler.
Assailed upon the one hand because
he did not precipitate a war, upon the
other because he finally permitted war
to come, when he saw that Gods will
had decreed it; listening patiently TO
ALL but obeying only the dictates. of
his own mind and heart, he has en-
rolled his name high, very high, among
the statesmen of his century. 1t is
said by our Democratic friends that
William Mckinley hesitates. For one,
l thank God that he does. In William
Mckinley, as contrasted with some
Democratic Presidents, the world has
found the distinction between frmness
and obstinacy. That President who
knows absolutely to-day what he snail
do six months hence is not the man
to direct the destiny of 1O,OO0,OOO OF
free men. William Mckinley has many
advisers and but guide-that of an en-
lightened conscience.
What the morrow may hold in its
keeping we do not know. But we do
know that the history of the world
from the Garden of Eden to this pres
ent year of our Lord contains no chap
ter SO full of inspiration as that which
begins with Lexington and ends with
Santiago. The mountain peaks in the
more than a century of our national
life are Hamilton and those who have
held his views. There have been great
Democrats, l admit, but the moment
danger threatened they have passed
into the Republican ranks.
THE Republican party has tn
umphed in every crisis because 1T has
met that crisis with set face, undaunt-
ed by timorous Democratic cries.
Charged at every step with the viola
ton of the Constitution, it alone has
preserved that Constitution in hun
bred hours of peril. So long as 1t shall
dare to speak the absolute truth ana
face the consequence, it will direct the
desinty of America, and the Constltu-
ton will remain intact. There may be
an occasional interregnum konwn as
IA Democratic administration, Dat
whom God loveth He chasteneth, ana
whom he chasteneth He will finally
save
A few days ago I stood before the
tomb of Alexander Hamilton. L READ
again the tribute inscribed thereon 10
The patriot of incorruptible integrity,
the soldier of approved valor, the
statesman of consummate wisdom.
Almost a century had passed since IN
tragic gloom he has found rest. Inc
great metropolis in which he sleeps
was then but provincial town. AS
stood there the tide of human life
swept by, every one secure-the mer-
chant in his gold, the artisan IN the
wage of his toll, both in their liberty
and their right to happiness. This, II
seemed to me, was Hamilton's zeal
monument. l thought, also, II the
prophecy inscribed upon that simple
stone that his talents and virtues VIII
be admitted by a grateful poster1ty .
shall not become history forever ana
ever. that old grave of Hamilton IN
Trinity churchyard will become also
the sepulcher of the Republic.
God grant that this luminous race
shining out of the close of the last
century may light up the pathway OF
the statesmen of the century about
to dawn
The next address of the evening was
by Frank S. Monet, Attorney General
of Ohio. whose subject was Ihe
States control Over Corporations"
President Mckinley sent regrets, as
did Hon. John S. Wise and several
others.
Patriotic songs We're intersperseo
throughout the evening.