The Irish standard., 1901-09-28

lean flag. Humanity is the loser when
the beloved representative of this SOW
erelgn people dies by the assassin's
hand. Hence. with perfect proprlety,
the whole civilized world mourns with
us today. The venerable pontiff who
is the representative of the largest and
most conservative religious body in
the world, whose dynasty carries us
back to the twilight Of fable" sends
us his consoling sympathy from his
secluded home in the Vatican at
Rome. The vigorous young emperor,
who sits on the powerful throne of the
Hohenzollern dynasty at Berlin, con-
doles with weeping Columbia in her
great bereavement. The world is the
loser and the world mourns. The life
or one man, no matter how great, how
exalted and how good he may be. Ia
not of such priceless value to the
world, that all the children of men
should mourn his untlmcly decease.
1t Is not the man Mckinley, the peer
less citizen, the typical American, the
model husband, the sterling patriot,
that Is mourned by humanity today.
1t Is the representative of authority.
the embodiment of human liberty. the
exponent of the sacred rights of man.
beside whose bier the children of men
do weep and mourn.
This government of ours was built
upon man. Not upon the accident of
wealth, of family distinction, of birth
or Of an ancestral name, but this gov.
ernment Of ours Is built upon man.
upon manhood full grown. And we
pledge ourselves to secure to every
man, because Of his manhood, the free
exercise of all the inallenable rights
with which his Creator has endowed
him. This is government of the
people, for the people. Every individ-
ual who sets foot upon American soil
enjoys fair and untrammeled oppor.
tunity to win his way to success and
prosperity, according to measure of
his talents and his Industry. We
know no class distinctions. No bar
rlers are raised against any man.
Every prize that the wealth and the
undeveloped resources of our vast do
main can offer, is within reach of the
industrious, the honest and the am
bilious.
The son Of the poorest may win his
way to rank among the mlllionaires of
the land. Industry, sobrlety, frugality,
energy and thrift were never, in all
the experience of mankind, so gener-
ously rewarded, rs they IRE, just at
the present time in our free land,
In the older communities of the CIV
ilization of the old world, the child Of
the poor man, no matter how industri-
GUS, capable and frugal he may be,
can rarely, IL ever, hope to own his
own home, and see the day, after
years Of sacrifice, when he can con-
slider himself in an independent con.
ditlon. The hopelessness Of poverty
in the old world may be some extenu-
"Ih'3 ShSuAoLduCc 4OE Lue ulSCOuCeub
and dissatisfaction of the ambitious
but helpless poor mans child. The
conditions in this country, where sue
cess and plenty for all are the rule,
and failure usually the fault of the
Individual, envy and jealously of the
successful and prosperous, deserve no
sympathy at our hands.
We cannot promise equal success to
all who ask for the advantages our
country affords. All will not be equal
ly Industrious. All will not be equally
frugal and will not avail themselves
with equal energy Of the opportunities
presented. While their companions
sleep, many will "toil upward in the
night"
One of the most important functions
of our free government is to protect
the rights and the interests of the in
dustrious and thrifty against the de-
signs Of the dishonest and the sloth-
full. Ambition grows cold where the
rights Of the industrious are not safely
guarded. Industry languishes where