The Irish standard., 1901-09-28


danger, in the dark shadow of our
great bereavement. Our loss is of
such magnitude that we may be par
doned If we shrink in horror of
recurrence Of a similar disaster. We
shudder to think that our servants in
exalted station are not safe in this
land of freedom. We will not permit
the foul poison of anarchy to faint
the air. I believe it is a solemn duty
we owe to humanity not to allow the
cowardly horde Of assassins, to find
shelter beneath our flag. America,
liberty's home and freedoms cradle,
must not become the mastering field
of assassins.
This great bereavement weighs
heavily on the hearts Of the American
people today. The solemn cortege of
our murdered chieftain has been
watched by grief-stricken multitudes-
each one of whom felt keen sense
of personal loss-as it moved in dole
full procession from Buffalo to Wash
ington and from Washington to Can
ton, the final resting place of our la
mented dead. To our great national
sorrow must be added national humil-
iation and shame. The assassin, who
has struck this fatal blow at liberty,
was born, as were the other murder
ers of our presidents, upon our own
soil. EIe did not come to us from for
eign lands, with soul incensed at
the wrong inflicted by tyranny upon
Il suffering people He did not imbibe
the poison Of anarchy in the institu-
tons of other lands. He had enjoyed
the advantages that our system of
popular education affords. He might
have won for himself in this land of
his birth, happiness and plenty, the
respect and honor of his fellow men.
His name and his memory will be for
gotten, and America will execrate for
all time his foul deed.
The seeds of anarchy are not native
to our soil. The foul infamy has been
nourished here, its fiendish supporters
have been defiant and daring. The
nation mourns the dread result. Out
of the depths of our sorrow we cry to
our Father in heaven to guard our be-
loved country against the disasters
which the sins of the people may in
vite. There is evident danger from
lawlessness and contempt for author,
ity. Observing men see danger also
i'm the grasping, selfish greed that
threatens to cloud the consciences and
to harden the hearts of the favored
sons of fortune. "Man liveth not by
bread alone" Vast possessions, use
less wealth and dazzling success in
the realm Of trade, are not reliable evi,
dences of national greatness. Fright
eousness exalteth a nation" We must
guard against the evil of seltishness
Those who are strong. in their pos
sessions of material wealth, in their
mental vigor and exceptional energy,
must learn to have compassion ON
their weaker brethren, and not de-
prive them of a fair opportunity of
reasonable success.
The power begotten of wealth may
become q serious danger. If the
wealthy and strong gain supreme con-
troll of the necessaries of life and i'm
pose harsh burdens upon the strug-
Cling poor, they must not be surprised
if disappointed ambition and baff1ed
| industry drive men to desperate re-
prisals. God gave the earth and the
fulness thereof for the benefit Of man;
not for the advantage of the selfish
! few.
Every human being has a sacred
right to a reasonable reward for faith
full industry, to fair opportunity
Of sharing in the blessed influences of
religion, to home and the protection
OF family ties. The insatiate greed of
| organized wealth too often impels
! those who are entrusted with it's
power to ignore the claims Of the toll.
ing poor to the refining influences of
religion. to their needed rest during
the silent watches Of the night and to
reasonable opportunity of association
with wife and children. If Mammon
dares to rob the Lord Of the universe
Of the rights He has reserved for
Himself, on one day out of seven, and
defles His DEGREES by converting the
Sunday into day of profit, instead Of
respecting it as the day Of prayer and
public worship, Mammon must expect
to reap where he has sown. He can
not expect the toiling poor, whom he
has deprived Of the blessings of reli,
gion and culture, to be models of the
virtues that are nourished by these
wholesome influences.
Man is not mere mOney-malSing
machine. He is a responsible citizen
of earth and an heir to the kingdom
of heaven. He must not sell his soul
to servitude. He should be reminded
of his dignity and destiny. Virtue and
character, not wealth or money, en-
nance the one and secure for him the
other. 1.-THE man with the hoe cam
not be robbed Of his dignity, if he is
mindful of his destiny. The tempta-
tons of wealth may enervate the
mind and harden the heart, Anarchy