Mexico Missouri message., 1901-09-26

Thursday, a memorial occasion in Il
Mckinley:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: As citizens of
free and enlightened Republic
we stand aghast and in umazement
at the possibility of such "A das-
tarlly deed as was committed at
Buffalo few days since. just
one year ago was in the city of
Milan, Italy, and was shown thru
the beautiful palace of the king on
the very afternoon that he fell by
an assassin's hand, n short dis
tancc from the city. AS wit
messed the excitement that pre-
vailed among those wild and i'm
pulsivc Italians, and realized that
| was among people notorious
for such deeds as this, | little
thought that the assassin who
dealt the deadly blow to King
Humbert was sent all the way
from my own country on such an
errand, and that in one year from
that time our own President would
he shot down by one of these
same enemies of all government
and all religions. 1t is II horrible
thought, that in our own beloved
country in which civil and relig-
ious liberty is so generously Sc
cured to all its citizens, an ele-
ment should exist whose avOwed
purpose is the destruction of all
social, civil and religious order,
and against which the purcst and
most philanthropic life has no Sc
curity.
What are the lessons to be learn
ed from the life and death of
President Mckinley; and what
are the remedies for the great evil
Of anarchismi Surely, no Presi-
dent we have ever had was frcer
from moral impcrfcctions than
was our late President. His pri-
vatc life aud character were un-
impeachablc so far as the public
had any knowledge of that life.
No hint Of impurity or immortality
was ever whispered against his
name. However men may have
differed from him politically or re-
ligiously, he was regarded as the
model gentleman and citizen. Be
hind the great Office of President
of the United States was the man,
upright i'll life, pure III morals,
courteous and thoughtful in his
personal intercourse with his fcl.
low citizens and devoted lover in
his own family. These personal
traits have cndeared him to the
nation, and now that he has been
so suddenly and ruthlcssly strick-
en- by the asSaSsin's hand he is
mOurncd by men Of all political
crccds, aud his memory will ever
be held dear by the American pcO-
pie.
From his life we learn that it is
the man, the personal life behind
the Office, that makes great
President who will be gratefully
remembered by all the people. Ev-
en- the poor misguided wretch who
shot the fatal bullet, pays him the
highest tribute and says he loved
him ms Il man. am 50 glad that
in his last words President Nc
kinlcy recognized the truth and
power of the Christian religion
and in dying for his country hr
died as a Christian, and thus gave
his dying testimony against the
atheism that cruelty took his life,
and seeks the destruction of our
government and all governments.
But ! feel sure that ont of the
death of this Christian President
Will come n great blessing to this
country, for God can make the
wrath of man to praise Him. His
dying words will prove the death
knell to anarchism in these United
States. The faith that he cx-
pressed in his dying words is the
faith Of Christian America, and
gives the lie to the horrible creed