The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-09-27
THE SOUTH AND MCKINLEY.


THE SOUTH AND MCKINLEY.
The Grief of this Section is Genuine
and Sincere
It is not remarkable that from news.
papers and citizons Of all classes in
every part of tho aouth there have como
and arc still coming to many oxpres-
sions Of sorrow at his doath and Of pro !.
found appreciation Of his broad patriot.
ism. Out Of this fooling which por.
vades the south has sprung the hearty
approbati0n Of the movement to build a
monument to the lamented president
in Atlanta. In discussing this exhibi-
ti0n Of Affection on tho part Of the pso.
pie of tho south for tho late president
the New Orleans Piosyuue says truly,
1t is not a moro transient senti.
mont galvanized into existence by the
sad and sudden fate which ovoroame
him; but it is the grief with which
friendship and Affection accept the loss
Of o beloved obj:ct joinod TO the sense
OF Indignation and outrage at the afro.
oious crime by which this loss was in
fioted. f. ,.s IA Is. q e, # !.
II IL 10 asked why the people Of the
south should have hold in such regard
q ohi,f magistrate who was d northern
man and the standard bearer Of polit-
ioal party TO which the people Of these
states have boon constantly opposed,
tho answer ie not difficult. It was bo-
cause that northern man loved tho
south, and used his high offico 80 much
as no could to hoal lts wounds and
right tho wrongs under which its people
had suffered. @
lily was through political sectional.
Ism that the graateat wrongs and the
heaviest losses had boon inflicted on
tho people Of thege southern states,
aid it was undor MoKjnley's admins.
tration that tho ohasm which had so
long bsen opon, like an .impssssable
gulf OF hate, hetween tho north and the
south, was most nearly closed, and it
was through his special exertions and
desire that this noble work of Justice
and riGhtoousness had been accom- Pills b.
ed.i'
Proiident McKinloy in many Of his
public addresses proclaimed his heart
teit desire that tho people Of the south
and thoes Of the north should be ro-
united Ia heart and patriotic purpose,
as we'll aD in name, and it is not going
TOO far to say that ho did more than
any other man to accomplish this glori-
Gus result.
At the peace jubilco in Atlanta inDs
cember, 1893, his speooh at the capitol
was not the only occasion on which
President Mckinley spoke sentiments
which sank doop into the hearts of our
poople. 9s5
10 multitude gathered at Exposi-
tion park Ac uttered ..has patsios:s G.. san:.;a. 4.
eloqaont words: s 81
-Four years have gope since / last
SAW the psoplo of Georgia in public as.
eombly. Much has happened in tho in;
tarvoning tin Q. The nation has been
at war, not within ita own shores, but
with. 9 foreign powor---a war Raged, 4
snob fog agend al hut ffp
s9sd isasSas Y reed ON and
meliorntion. Ii WAS short but deoi.
sive. 1t gavo now honors to American
arms. It has brought now problems to
the republic, whose solution will tax
tho genius of our pe0plo. United we
will moot and solve them with honor
to ourselves and to the lasting benefit
of all concerned. The war brought us
together, it's settlement will keep us
together. Reunitedt Glorious realiza-
tionl 1t Expresses the thought Of my
mind and the long. deferred oonsumma-
tion OF my hearts desire aa I stand in
this presenoe. 1t interprets the hearty
demonstration here Witnessed, and is
the patriotic refrain Of all SECTIONS and
Of ali lovers of the republic. q
"Reunited-one country again and
one country forovorl Proclaim it from
tho pross and pulpit; teach it in the
schools; write il across the skies The
world sees and feels it; it cheers every
heart north and soush, and brightons
tho life Of every American homo. Let
nothing ever strain it againl At peace
with all tho world and with one an
| other, what oAn stand in the pathway
of our progrohs. and prosperity?"