The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-09-20

tne Olty opera House, in spite of
tne gathering clouds that foretold
the heavy storm, and took mart
III the memorial services Testament.
Gary OF the untimely death of our
President. - o"i
Inc meeting was called to order
by Mr.. Jos. d. Baker, who smoke
reyerently of the deceased Rev
Osborn lngle recited the Lords
prayer ana offered an invocation
after which Chief Judge James
McSherry read the following res.
OlutlonS, which were unanimonslv
accepted:
ut is resolved by the people
OF Frederick, in public meeting
assembled, that we are, with the
country at large, profoundly dis.
tresSed by the untimely death of
the President of the United
States, who was slain bv tbn
hand of wretched assassin
Political differences vanish in the
face of such an appalling crime
and fractional antagOnisms are
hushed in the awe which over
whelms the whole republic We
are III the presence of this catas.
trophe one people, bowed down
with common and universal
sorrow. In this enlightened land
OF liberty and law the cruel and
dastardly assassination of tbe
Chief Magistrate of the repu bile
is widespread public calamity.
whose shock reaches the hearth.
stone of every right thinking cit
lzen, for it is a blow which has
not only Smitten the person of
the highest official under fine
Constitution, but a blow leveled
at the stability and permanence
of our institutions. The lawleSS
hand which fired the fatal shot
was raised not merely against
Mr.. Mckinley personally but
against every form of civilized
government.
"lt must be understood that
liberty means in this land liberty
regulated by law, and not lawless
and unreStrained license. The
lawleSsneSs which begOt this
this crime must be etfectually
suppressed. The utter and com.
plete extinction of anarchy is
imperatively demanded Rig.
OrOus laws against anarchy should
be enacted by Congress. and
when enacted should be enforced,
so that no anarchist will if here
remain, or if not here set foot on
American soil
"We believe that Mr.. Mckin-
ley was influenced by high and
pure and patriotic motives in his
public career, and that in all the
relations of life he was an hon.
est, GOd-fearing man. He has
filled a conspicuous place in his
tory. His administration has
marked a new era in the growth
and the mission of our republic.
though the ultimate function of
his policy is hidden in the yet I'M
developed future.
Gin his private life Mr.. Ne
Kinley eXemplitied the loftiest
type of an American citizen, and
his tender devotion to his af1lict-
ed wife unostentatiouSly revealed
to the world the noble qualities
of his magnanimOuS heart. His
superb fortitude from the moment
he was stricken till the shadow
of the gloom of death encOm-
passed him; his perfect submis-
sion to the will of God and his
implicit trust in Gods overriding
providence attested his deep and
abiding Christian faith. To sur
render without murmur, the eX-
allied station to which he had
twice been elected-the Chief
Magistracy of the greatest peo-
pie in the world-and to lay down
without a word of regret the re-
spOnsibilities and the power of
his office-and to do this, as his
last words show he did, because
he was fully resigned to the will
of God, is a more lasting and
lofty tribute to his character than
tablets of brass or shafts of per
ishable mar BILE could ever be.
ave Sympathize most sincerely
with his stricken and afflicted
widow, who has borne this awful
visitation with Christian cour.
age, and we trust that God may,
in His infinite mercy, give her
the strength to submit with resig-
nation to His Divine will.
"Finally, while this ruthless
murder has staggered the civil
lized world, it has not shaken,
though it was intended to shatter
the stability of our Republican
form of government. That gov.
eminent has survived o h r
shocks, and while it has afforded
an asylum to the oppressed of
every land it must hereafter be