The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-09-21
o1ATH Or PRECEDENT MCKINLEY,

The entire nation mourrs the death
of President Mckinley, and the
deplorable tragedy, in which he lost
his life, has shocked civilization with
its atrocity. The diabolical crime of
the cowardly assassin was a blow,
not only against Mr.. Mckinley as an
individual, hut against the govern
ment of which he was the CON
stitutional head. and has therefore
been felt by every citizen without
regard 10 section or political faith.
1t has east a gloom over the entire
country and all antagoniSm is hushcd
in a common grief and sorrow.
President Mckinley was a most
exemplary nan in his private life,
and in his devotion to his invalid wife
he gave the world an example Of
%eonnubial love that should lift
humanity to a higher plane. There
are many acts of his life which reveal
a high type of manhood. He showed
the true spirit of American valor
when he proposed that our nation
should honor the graves Of victor
and vanquiShed alike" for as a
Federal soldier he |had-fought against
the 'vanquished' and when he
received his mortal wound he showed
in his respect for the supremacy of
the law the highest type of citizen
ship when he requested that mo one
hurt the assassin; and his last words
reveal the beautiful christians faith
in which he died.
As a politician and statesman Mr..
Mckinley has long been a man of
prominence, but of his career in
public life it is not SO easy for the
SENTINEL to speak. In this career
mas been faithful to his party and
to the men whose interests it
represents. In these interests. while
in congress. he gave his name to an
oppressive tariff measure. As Presi-
dent he has supported a policy that
has foStered and brought into exist
ence the most giagantic trusts and
ll1lnAAN1 va combines fhat 4I, ..--11
ever saw, and established a colonial
alien to our constitution.
Yet in all of these changes from the
original ideas Of 4 republic, in which
every citizen is equal before the law.
to an imperial policy Mr.. Mckinley
mas been endorsed by a majority of
lis cGuntrym2n at the ballot box. He
laS but carried out in all of his official
ictS the policy Of a dominant party
hat rules by the popular Will. The
)olicy of this party has been the
'cSult OF the same extremes of vast
wealth ON n hand and degraded
poverty. with its misery and despair,
the other that exists in the old
World mOnarchies. To meet the
~titficultieS resulting from the deplor-
lble conditions caused by these two
Extremes OF wealth and poverty, the
policy Of M~chinley's administration
vas deemed best by the party in
)oWer. and we do not doubt his SINGER
In his course he won the respect
If his political opponents and was
more popular than presidents usually
ire.
Let us hope that in the gloom and
'orrow that alliicts orr country to-day
hat the hand of God may be felt in
bringing us to & realization Of the
conditions that confront us, and in
our republic through a future
n which are angry and ominous
clouds. Anarchy should be torn. root
md branch from our soil. There is
10 room here for these red handed
n%urderelS who wage wa on law
md order and strive to degrade
But While This is true we
.hould strive to find a remedy for the
conditions that produce some great
wi, which does not exist where right
md justice prevail and all men stand
quail before the law.