The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-26
ANARCHrs CURE.
Address of Rev. Thornberry at McKin-
ley Memorial Service.
moved.


ThOrnberry at the memorial service
held at the Washington school last
Thursday afternoon, to which we
alluded briefly in our account of the
exercises of that day, is here given in
full.
A scene arises in vision before me at
this time. And as / look at it see
certain things, and as / study it l
think certain things.
/ see in a distant city large and
beautiful building, and in it a great
throng of people eagerly DESTROYS of
approaching near enough to grasp the
hand of the President. He evidently
is i'm his best element as he i'm turn
cordially takes the hands of as many
of them as he can reach. / see his
kindly face and make note of his
cordial, winsome way.
Just before him and about to take
his hand is man of evil purpose and
sinister look. And from him | pass
ON in vision all up and down the
land. AS l 60, l take note of all
others of his kinda strange COM
pany understanding to rejoice at
others woes, or to rant and hiss at
others success.
Momentarily these two men, as I'M
like each other as two men could well
be, stand face to face. The one ap-
pears the soul of kindness and good
will, the other the picture of low cum
ming and deceit. The one gives
bountifully, unreservedly, of the grace
and favor of his noble heart: the other
too gives as his spirit prompts him,
but it is as the viper gives, with hiss
and sting unto certain death.
The good man falls and is borne
tenderly away to suffer, to wait, to
die. And see great nation, Strick-
en- dumb at first by the awful shock,
afterward slowly to bend its head as
it realized the unspeakable fact, and
with bleeding heart and streaming
eyes shake and tremble with the strain
of grief.
BY his bedside | stand with the
watching, hoping, yet despairing
friends. And L see his poor, frail,
clinging wife, suddenly carried afar to
the land OF mist and maze, unable as
1t appears to tell whence she came or
why it is she fingers there. The cruel
blow has rendered her so nearly in
sensible as to make it impossible for
her TO tell whether it is fact or
whether it is fancy, that retains her
in the shadow.
/ now turn back to look at the
wretched assassin and l see him cover
ing, trembling, bleeding as he is be-
ing hurried beyond the reach of the
maddened throng. Safe within the
prison cell he is ready to speak, and
to boast of the service he has done the
cause of liberty and humanity. Alas,
and he seems to be satisfied, and more
than satisfied with himself and the
deed he has done. And with him, all
the world around, his kindred spirits
join in secret yet keenest delight
Finally, / see a casket borne out of
the old home yonder and along the
familiar streets to the new-made
grave which with such seeming as
surance awaits the coming of the
sleeper. l turn with the rest and
leave all that is mortal of the good
man behind. My heart aches, my
tears fall. / am in the mazes and the
mist. Till at last / bethink me of
the wretched murderer yonder indict-
ed before the law, mat craven beast,
and the immediate cause of my pain
and undoing. My soul cries out for
vengeance, and lash myself into a
fury. But then it is / regain my
senses and / pause to ask, Why this
bitter enmity, this spirit of unpity-
ing retaliation? Shall / seek to serve
him as ne has served me? Is that
the solution of the problem? Or the
way from the valley and its insuffer-
able gloom to the hill top and its I'M
speakable radiance and glory? So
from seeing, i turned unto thinking,
and / declare in this presence that
while tears and sentiment are we'll
and that sorrow must needs come, we
shall be acting more nearly in accord
with the spirit of him in whose MEM
DRY we are met here today, If we shall
seek to come at the root of this mat
ter, and from that position begin to
rid ourselves of the curse that now
tOrments us. Shall we imprison?
When it is necessary. Shall we hang
the offender? OF course, when he de-
serves it.. Shall we transport to a
land chosen for such? This / should
prefer to see done. But this is not