The sun., 1901-11-21
TRUTH is THE THING SOUGHT


uuality and the amount Of truth that he
Expressed and not upon the fact that
he said il.
This is fact that good many advo-
Gates Of reciprocity appear to Forget
Without even repeating th" fresaeh'
arguments, they are content to claim nun
rs an advocate nf their cause. This Is
not true alone of the case noted, nut
there are great many people VII" ad"pi
ideas, vaguely, and possibly without any
comprchcnsion vt the quality or effect or
thrir application t" society and govern
ment, because they are vouchcd Tor bS
some name generally supposed t" b" ms
An authority upon the matter AZ issue.
We have frequently seen arguments
about reciprocity enforced by reference
10 the Buffalo speech Of the President,
MS an inspired dclyerance and that op
position to its teaching was eauirilant to
an expressed doubt about the sincerity OF
the martyr President" in that utter
ance. This is more Jealous than wise
The dead Presidents wisdom, patriotism
and authority was expended III what is
now the past. His look into the future
was made with what was probably no
trucr vision than that of hundreds and
thousands OF his fellow citizens. He
could not fnreSee or accurately describe
thr circumstances out ot which the uecrs.
sitirs W this people must grow, the di-
rectiou apparent direction -of the move
mrnt he saw, or thought he SAW, and
with his best Judgment he attempted to
forecast the future ana prescribe rule
of conduct to meet that future There is
have rNrrtrd his great influence, man
tuly. 10 forward the movement which be
believed to he that demanded by the
hour; his couragr, his depth NJ conviction
and his sincerity of purpose. all indicate
that. But is there M lesson on this par
ticular subject in the fact OF his removal
except that which gives emphasis to his
teaching and demands the acceptance and
implicit oheulcnce to his advice! Has II
not occurred in history. however, shock
ing the circumstances however ,rrrnt tln
apparent loss. and however deep the
GRIEF ii caused, that such Interference
with human affairs. such removals Of the
Worlds heroes. has been the wise and
kindly Interference ot Providence with
human planS; Such We remember was
the aftrrthought " tho tragedy in which
President Lincoln was sacrificed; and
again IN the ease Of President Garfield.
Ahating not y whit " the respect and
Whit W the profound grief which their
removals rightly produced, who can say.
" rrrrty, that their removal nr the
deviation from plans which they hnd
formulated or the loss - their influence
iii forwarding " those plans seriously
afprtrd the country's we'll being and
progress We recall in this regard Prr~i.
dent l.iucaln's Slow progress toward the
idca - furcihr emancipation of the
slaves nr the South during the Civil War.
He had said. long before H., hccane
President that this country could not
endure half slave and half free aud yet
lie hoped Ia save thr Union without in
tcrtrriug With SLAYER, Il WAS his propn-
sitinn that the Union be Saved-thr
Ivy compensated emancipation, He a Ing
e that idea With \ trnarity that rS-
trauGrd him for timr from some ~ lis
warnm>t admirers and he was only
driven a rcliuqui>h il by AZ apparent
spuruiuG IL his utf"r ~ that rr>un"cc rs
thr hrirr Slave States II i MT crr
tain that this ;dra would not have an
prarci again ii Mr., I.iueuln~ policy ut
rcr"n,truction Il i surr that som,
southern statesmen ~ suggested pay
ncili fol thr Slaves after thc war 4,
for pruprrty cuuiiScated or destroyed dur
ins III" War. The contemplation ~ slicl
thing aow, looking through the inan
cial ana industrial experiences W th
nation since the War. makrs il appear
thing ~ ~ avoided Il would hay. aa,lr
hundreds ot millions II dollars Ia M
national duht Il would have been an IN
richmrnt ot thc Snnth AZ lie rxprns
of tie North, ani added a. what tn
couutry has experienced since. as III
nutGrowth ~ the war would have ~,
an intollrrahlr hnrlcn. ana VT prrSiirn
Lincoln believed slave property tn hav
been property ~ which the south ha
hrcn deprived for the saving ~ m
Union: and for which he favored pa,
mcpi as part of the price ror saving III
Union. Without disresnect for Mr. Iii
coin, none can think more highly ot hir
than We do, and without condoning III
horrible crime " which he was the vi,
tim. does il not appear tn have been
rrnvidrntial ovcrrulinG ~ human. b
Divine wisdom, that his wonderful in
tu"nce was taken out OF the Nationa
Councils at the close ~ the war? Prcsi
dent Mckinley's life was as conspicuous
ly life devoted to the solving of tn
economic problem involved in tariff an,
protection as President l.incoln's was il
the solving o, the slavery problem. Tn,
ripper conclusions OF Lincoln upon III,
legal aspect OF the slavery question, All,
which he only relinqnished through tn,
stress Of war rlamor was hereft NJ hi