Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-23

mems hearts the face of the world would undergo a complete transfor- nation. Kindly bear with me while quote on this point from Washington s Farewell Address,
 s'Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, re- ligion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to Subvert these great pillars of human happiness, the f1rmest props of the duties of men and clt1- Zens. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience doth forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.''
 Disrael, once prime minister of Eng land, wrote that Religion should be q rule of life; not casual incidence;;' and the great English statesman, Chan ming, said that Talent if divorced from
 
 demon than god.''
 The American people are religious people and yet. I venture to say, there Is no national need so imperative, so pressing, as religion. Not since the fathers laid the foundations of this na- tion, has there been witnessed so much unrest and disquietude as exists at the present time. Large bodies of men are losing their seIf-controL Profes- sional agitators skilfully play upon the passions of men whose hands are Drowned and hardened from toil Capi- tai and labor are clutching at each others threats and engaging for the mastery in mortal combat; and up and out from this condition of things rises the foul, slimy and filthy creature, anarchy, whose disciples murder the great and good and the exalted.
 But, why pursue this topic further? The bullets of the wretched anarchist have put the good and upright, the amiable, the democratic president be- ' yond the view of his fellow-men. The gallant soldier, the splendid states man. the wise ruler. the tender, devot- ed husband is now in Gods keeping, far removed from the strife and turmoil, 1 the hate and bitterness and the jeal- ousies of political agitation.
 Four years of successful administra- ton have inseparately linked his name with the close of one and the beginning of another century. The period during which he stood at the helm of the ship l of state has been marked by unprece- dented prosperity and was a momen- I touS one in American history. It wit messed the punishment of once great | world power from which was wrested the last of its insular possessions in the western hemisphere, as we'll as the rich archipelago with it's teeming mill lions in the Orient. The administration of President Mckinley changed the map of the world. New peoples, strangers in race and manners and GUS toms, have been brought under the protection of our flag, the grandest emblem that kisses the breezes of heaven.
 The president is dead, but the spirit that animated him survives. His life should be an inspiration to every young man within the sound of my voice. It should teach him to what heights he may aspire, what bril- aNnt successes he may achieve, if only he listen to the whisperings of conscience and obey the dictates of duty. as did William McKin- ley For him there was no royal road to the exahvd dignity he attained; he I reached it by fidelity to self, by loyalty to honest conviction.
 At rest, with the flag he loved so we'll dropping over him, the dead presi- dent lies near her whom he reyered in life, his aged mother, who lived to wit ness her devoted son crowned with a garland of nonors. the choicest gift of l his grateful countrymen. The nation that honored him in life will sacredly 1 guard him in death. May his ashes \ never be desecrated by vandal hands. May the lessons of his life be learned by those who are to be the men of the l future-reyerence for parental author ity, undying consecration to the home idea, and docile submission to the sweetening and ennobling influences that emanate therefrom, devotion to right principles once definitely known, unalterable attachment to duty. un- faltering loyalty to country, childlike trust in God. Tt is Gods way His will be done"
 The president is dead. Long live the the president The loyal people of this nation have paid fitting tribute to it's martyred dead They watched at his bedside, fearing the worst, hoping for the best. From countless firesides as- cended to the Mercy Seat the fervent l prisons of sorrowing hearts that God would spare the life so precious to the nation. From altar and pulpit the clergy of every creed have stood as humble suppliants, in the Divine Pres ence pleading for his restoration to his l grief-stricken consort and to his peo- pie; and when in the all-wise decree of Providence the slender thread of life was cut. the nation, overwhelmed with grief, followed him to the tomb. Hav- ing discharged it's duties of respect to it's honored dead, the nation is con fronted with new obligations. Its solemn duty now is to uphold the hands of the president upon whom has been so suddenly thrust the awful responsi- bilities of the chief magistracy. The circumstances under which he assumes the, reins of government give him the right to claim our undivided support He is our president. placed in that office indirectly by his fellow country