The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-20

pue: we need not praise him. Why
| should his praise by us be sung? The
name that dwells1 on every tongue ne
nlnstrelsy needs. But we, knew him and
WeloYed him as no other man in America
| Ever. tsN. mas pfen loved, and he is mourned
! by millions mcre-than any man
who ever left this earth The Immortal
1Ancoln 2niouPned-mourned from sea
! TO Sea-but hiS3 country then was re-
puellc. or thlrtgEfive millonss and more
than seventy millions. of people stand or
! sit To-Day With bowed heads and grief
/ stricken hearts,
Why are we fRere?9 To honor his men,
DRY, and thus ito honor ourselves But
though dead, heiapeaks another message
70 US. Let rs learn one lesson from his
lie and another lesson from his death.
f AIa what at, a LIFE it was Never has man
Husu PUBIC station, under the continuous
| ana bright 5Hghto of public scrutiny, and
titled it so blannelessly as he Devoted
4 son; brave soldier and patriot wise, sa-
gaclous and honest statesman; affection
/ ate, patient and thrice devoted husband.
IN al the rela tons of private and domes-
TIC life we scan the page of his history
! ana IT IS white as snow. And in his pub
ne life, step by.;step, growing as the oak
gFoMS TO Its Strength and its maturity,
breathing in all the winds of heaven,
I nuTtufed by all the rains and dews that
a Ian, sendlng its roots down until they
| cllnch the eternal verities, and develop
| ing slowly and slowly until he was fit
| TO meet the TEMPEST when it came and
he rode the storm to victory.
| TRAITS OF CHARACTER.
And, oh, what magnificent traits of
character character he had. That seetch-I ish an
cestfy-that was a bic ssing. His birth
Tlsnt was fortune And then his early
framing, and above all his conviction.
FiTm as rock, he did not think, he
ulo not 5gueSS-heis knew; that the Lord
500 omnlpotent, reigned. He trusted in
MN, he drew Strength and wisdom and
inspiration from that eternal and onlri-
seient source. And always when he took
aHa 1111if Nan loo
er' never a defender and an apologist
Inc MCKINLEY bill once defeated his
party, IL he had, been trimmer" in
ESCAPED. But no, he believed in the
principle and he went down to defeat
as lincoln once went down to defeat by
douglas. But that defeat came to be
mis- great and Overwhelming vic Dry He
peleYed in the people, in the integrity,
lntelngence and Patriotism of the Ameri-
f f4 ptgople; ana they believed in him.
he DelleVed IN the future of his country;
he, believed that there was no sea so
distant and no island so inaccessible that
the ships. of the republic might not sail
those waters, that the commerce. of the
TepQplc might not reach those lands.
He lived to see the fruit of his faith;
he lived to see the dark continent call
on America and America lead the nations
OF the earth and furnish the great me-
tropolls of Great. Britain with it's means
Of transportation He lived to see for
elgn commerce of the United States in
eoerce fo of Rasse9 s aHeed all IS
its existence. III e believed in those things
and he stood by his gun.
LESSON 70 oAMERICAN YOUTH.
The lesson that we are to learn from
his life is That there is no position be-
yond the reach Of any youth in America
If he lis mentally fitted for. it. It is a
lesson in chaFaeteR. He had character.
And what is the lesson Of his, death?
IN my. frleffdssy from his bier it. rises.
IdSlf hui r paf 5IO,,4 1I,-
speaks with asyofce that cannot and will
not be dumb Ny friends, we are in our
Fathers house L when we live in the
United StatesIY- I1speak to every citizen of
the United Statesswhos is before me. No
polltlcls; politics are swallowed up today
in -patr1otismoe There is no, one before
me OF any natlonality or descent whose
cess and thef establishment of this coiln-
try In the Revolutionary days. We have
all been foreigners not long ago.. None
Du{ the red man can claim to be an origi--
nal citizen of this country. So you will
not Inisapprehend my remarks. say we
are in our Fathers house. The people
of the United States ordained a constftu-
among; themselves. Washington; Jeffer-
son, Adamsy FEaHklin-au the great
sages of the Revolutionary edaYs-had a
hand !, IN that. constitution. We did not
ask the advice or consent of any other
nation Whatsoever, and we are not go
ing to ask it2noW aor 'henceforth. And
that constitution and the constitutions
Of the state, and laws under them guar !
aptee. to US. a. rep4 blican form of govern
ment, government by the ballot and not
by the Bullet And if we did not ask for
advice or assistance from any other
poWefsswe Will not take, it from the
ScuIns and the oatpourings of any other
country. Great, applause.)s Here in the
presence of that, mighty and sainted. dead
ty, and not Imported IDEAS Of g govern 11e,r1n
nent. (Appiause.j This monster which
never stalks forth, but grovelsz and crawls
in the darkness, which has its habita-
ton in the Internal regions, which once
had a possession son a part of this earth
and then was called anarchy--Iet us fer
ret that out; let US be blind and bold; let
us scotch that serpent; let US crush its
of laws and not of men; government of
ballots and not of bullets. Let us dedi-
cate ourselves to that. This is our
Fathers house. Let US keep out the
marauders; it is. the duty of every citf-
avoid it.
And then there is a lesson Of public
and private Integrity to be learned on
this occasiony We may have to answer
some Troublesome, questions to the an
arehist, because some of, them are in
high places, aAd they are the worst. A
I simple, unsophisticated, ignorant an
archist deserves. sympathy, but these
men of education, these Herr Mosts, these
Emma GoldmahsAlet an Almighty power
mept "a scaffold.s (Applause.) America
for the people 5ef the United States,
those. who are here and those who may
hereafter come with proper credentials,
but let us keep out bubonic plague both
in sanitary matters relating to the phys
ical health and that worst plague, which
| relates to the body polite. (Applause.)
DIED AaTRDE CHRISTIAN.
Then the manHefa of his death: Oh, to
die with that confidence and assurance,
that charity that reminds one of the
Savior of mankind! Let him not be
expo sitien showing the wealth and power
and happiness and prosperity of his peo-
| pie How happy how proud was he.
And who 'hadFa right of all the people of
Mckinley p Who had contributed more
to it: And, IN a moment, all is changed.
AsWeek of suffering, a. week of hope and
prayer such as this continent has never
will, not ours, be DONE" Out from the
stately capitol where he had labored so
faithfully, and where he was SO beloved,
oar in the mist and the darkness be-
who stood there to get one glimpse of
the mortal remains of him they loved;
out through the great keystone state
which he so cherished because it was his
ancestral. home, on into his own Ohio
/ to rest his mortal remains, to rest upon
her breast forever. oh, proud Ohio, proud
and happiest, though sadGest, of the fam
| lily of statesi Well may. thy sisters ten
der their solace and their congratula-
lions. Forty years ago she sent him out
| in the freshness of youth to defend his
| country on the battlefield. Because she
| was his mother, and not because of him
| self, at that time he received recognition
and was received into an honorable ca
reer.> Later, by his own worth and
merit, he had received the confidence and
affection of all the' people of the nation.