Decorah-posten., 1901-09-24

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McainIeps Batriptisme. Siperi,'
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Brriioent iom Statsmano. Gongre.
Acknowledgment @iaet ~ireTnbolot.
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burbe ub6raae al, at Mitarfismen og'
iaa her 2onoet bapbe aabenbaret iie
iamnle rpoiomme Sfiffelie Tom tioli.
aere / oe europ9iife 2arroe. !.
S. 9. GoneerL en- Seternn fra Dor.
aerfrigen, tolte / ggenifab al Weo.
lem al the @rattb Irmp Of tie BE-
public. Yaitor Smith gap Ell Gill
bring al Wcainlep iom Menneife.
3erefter lang ben belle Sorianling
"Nearer, mn SOB, TO 5bee."
Erof. 2aur. 9ariens Gale loo |
lin Selbco iom felger:
Fellow citizensl This is the third time
| have been called upon to say a few
words on an occasion like this. was
in Decorah when Lincoln was murdered.
and the older of us now present here will
not have forgotten. how a citizens rally
was held in the old Methodist Church,
where we tried to give vent to the feel
ings of our terrorstricken hearts, and
with great anxiety asked each other:
What next?
Then came Gar6elds' death. when we
assembled in the old rink, and now this
- words cannot express it and there
fore | only say: this-this blow that has
struck us.
Our president has recommended all
the people to assemble to-day in their
respective places of divine worship, there
to bow down in submission to the will
of the Almighty God, and to paw out OF
full hearts their homage of love and re-
verence to the great and good President
whose death has smitten the nation
with bitter grief. And this has been
done, at least by some Of us. The Luth-
erau congregation to which | belong,
has held its divine service in our church
this morning. But the affection that
has beiallen us. is a common affection,
common to all citizens of the United
States. We may be of different faith or
no faith, one thing we have in common,
our country; we are one people. And
the chief magistrate of this people, who
has been assassinated, belonged to all of
us, he was mine as well as yours, duly
elected according to IA constitution. a
representative Of the whole people. The
majesty Of the whole people has been at
tackled in him.
What shall we then sayl what shall
we do? | think the president is right,
when in his proclamation he advises us
to bow ourselves. to humble ourselves.
We cannot but feel ashamed that such
things can happen among is, in this
land of liberty, where every citizen
through the ballot box has an oppor-
tunity TO do his best to remedy evils.
But what evils had this man who lifted
his hand against our president, to COM
plain of? The evil he would abolish vas
this, that we had a government. We all
know what a good man u lamented
president was, how earnestly and dill
gently he worked to fulfill the burden
some duties of his high office. But that
did not weigh anything in the opinion
of the anarchist. Mckinley was the
highest representative of government,
and all governments should be de-
stroyed.
Fellow citizens! What terrible prin-
ciple. Does not the best of books say,
that we shall pray "for all hat are in
authority, that we may lead a quiet and
peaceable life in all goodness and hon
esty"? And does not common sense tell
us that we cannot lead a quiet and
peaceable life without government?
0 let us then be loyal to our govern
ment! Or to speak again with the good
book: Let every soul be subject unto
the higher powers. For there is no
power but of God; the powers that be
are ordained by God. Whosoever there.
fore resisteth the power, resisteth the or
dinance of God; and they that resist
shall receive to themselves damnation.
fOr rulers are not tefrOrS TO SOOu
works but to the evil.
Let us be vigilant against the enc
mics of law and order! And let us use
all our influence and power as citizens
to preserve it.
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