Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-31
SENATOR HoAR'S ELOQUENCE.
Noble Sentiments Uttered by the Re-
paSlican Representative of
Mussnchusctts.

In his eulogy of Mr.. Mckinley before
the republican state convention at Bos-
ton, Senator Hoar said:
"You and l are republicans You and
are men of the north. Most of us are
Protestants in religion. We are men OF ma
tive birth. Yet. If every republican were
to-day to fall in his place, as William Nc
Kinley has fallen, / believe our country
men OF the other party, in spite of what
We deem their errors. would take the re-
public and bear on the flag to liberty and
glory. l believe If every Protestant were
to be stricken down by lightning stroke
that our brethren of the Catholic faith
would still carry on the republic In the
spirit of true and liberal freedom. | be-
lieve If every man of native birth within our
borders were to die this day the men of
foreign birth who have come here to seek
homes and liberty, under the shadow of
the republic would carry on the republic
in Gods appointed way. | believe If every
man in the north were to die, the new and
chastened south, with the virtues 1t has
cherished from the beginning of love of
home and love of state and love of freedom.
with its courage and its constancy, would
take the country and bear 1t on to the
achievement of its lofty destiny. The an
| archist must slay 100000 Americans be-
fore he can slay the republic
These are noble sentiments, worthy
of the speaker and of his subject. They
should sink into the hearts and minds
of all our people; and to the extent that
| they do influence opinion and action,
by so much will the whole country ben
eft 1t is the hour for reflect over
the eXcesses of partisanship. Mr. Nc
| kinley was not more severely assailed
| than We're Washington and Jackson
and Lincoln before him. But, as in
their eases, his real character comes
out strong and clear in death, and all
worthy men recognize now the great
| value of the services that he rendered
the state. When it is too late for him
to hear this undivided praise, it is
poured out in feeling and sincere abun-
dance.
We have, in fact, strong institutions,
administered as a rule by strong and
worthy men. America is, truly, the
home of civil and religious liberty. \
large number of men of foreign birth
worthily share with men of native
birth the inestimable privileges of citi
zenship. Men of all creeds and colors
have testified in battle and elsewhere
to their devotion to the flag that shell
ters them, In the two wars with Great
| Britain, a Protestant power, Protes-
| tants and Catholics stood shoulder to
shoulder. In the war with Spain,
Catholic power, Catholics and Prot
estants fought for the country with
equal yalor. This is all so plain, and
has so frequently been the subject of
comment and felicitation, the wonder
is that. even in our moments of eX-
treme temptation, we put it aside and
follow the sugges of partisan pas
sion and unrea sonableness.
But we do, more's the pity. When
our campaigns warm up, only high col
ors are used in the press or on the
stump. The other side and its repre-
sentatives are assaled in the strong
est terms, and men are asked to take
position as though the existence of the
republic itself depended upon the re-
suit. In some measure, despite all our
lessons. this will continue to be true.
But if the future shall show even an
appreciable cheapening of our stump
demagogues in the popular estimation,
and a moderation of the transports of
the perfervid and the sentimental, the
memory of Mr.. Mckinley will largely
have wrought the beneficial change.
We shall owe him for that for many
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