The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1902-03-07
Cant ana Lee. who knew when they he'd
A TENDER KNIGHT.

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rsant and Lee. who knew when they had
fought enough for honor and for country.
A TENDER KNIGHT.
william Mckinley. one Of that sensible
million Of men. gladly laid down his sword
and betook himself to his books He
| quickly made up the time lost in soldier
would have done q hostile inlrenchment.
Finding the range OF q country law IL
brary too narrow. he went to the Albany
/ Law school. where he worked enerReticai-
| ly with brilliant success. was admitted to
the bar and settled down to practice-a
| brevetted veteran of twenty-four-in the
/ quiet town OF Canton. now and hencefor
ward forever famous as the scene of his
life and his place OF sculpture Here
many blessings awaited him-hizh repufe.
| professional success and domestic afsc-
ton so pure. 80 devoted and stainless
that future poets. seeking an ideal Of
| Christian marriage. will find In II theme
worthy Of their songs This 10 . subject
| TO which the highest aIfusion seems
PROCLAMATION. but II is impossible To- speak
| Of William Mckinley without remember
| ing that no truer. tenderer knight to hrs
chosen lady ever lived among mortal men
| n to the .pirits of the just made perfect
rs permitted the consciousness 81 earthly
things. we may be sure that his faithful
soul Is now watching over that gentIs snf
ferer who counts the long hours In their
shattered home In the desoiste spIsndor
Of his fame
man possessing the qualities with
which nature had endowed Mckinley
seeks political activity az naturally an y
growing plant seeks light and air
wholesome ambition. n rare power Of
m king friends and keeping them. faith
which may be called religious in his coun
try and its institutions. and flowing from
this belief that a man could do no no
bier work than to serve such country
these were the elements In his character
that drew him irresistibly into public iIfe
He had from the beginning remarkable
equipment. a manner of singular grace
and charn. voice of ringing quality and
great carrying power Vast were the
crowds that gathered about him. he
reached their utmost fringe without ap
parent effort He had an extraordinary
power Of marshaiins aud presenting SIT
nificanf facts so as tn bring conviction
tn the average mind His range Of read
Ing was not wide He read only what
might somc day find useful. and what he
read his memory held like brass Those
who knew him well In those e-rly days
can never forget the consummate skill
and power with which he would seIec. =
few pointed facts and. blow upon blow.
would hummer them into the attention of
r-eat assembiages In Ohio an Jaei drove
the nail into the head OF the Canaanite
captain He was not often imprisoned
He rarely resorted to the aid OF wit or
humor. yet I never saw his equal In con-
trolling and convincing q popular audi
ence by sheer appeal to their reason and
Intelligence He did not fatter or cajo,e
them. but there was an implied compli-
ment in the serious and sober tone In
which he addressed them He seemed one
II them: In heart and feeling he was one
4 them Each artisan In a great crowd
might say. That Is the sort Of man
you'd like to be and under more favoring
circumstances might have been lie had
he divine gift Of sympathy which. though
'.ivcn only to the elect. makes al men
their friends
HIS POLITICAL SAReek.
80 Il came naturally about that IN fssG
the beginning OF the second century of
the republic. he began by an election tn
congress his political career Thereafter
for fourteen years this chamber was his
nome ! use the w-rd advisedfy No
where In the world was he 10 In harmony
with his environment as here Nowhere
else did his mind work with such full con-
seriousness OF Its powers The air OF de-
hate was native TO him Here ne drank
delight Of battle with his peeD In after
days when he drove by this stately pile
or when on rare occasions hts duty called
him here he greeted his old haunts with
the afectionate xest OF a child OF the |
house During all the last ten years OF |
his life. Giicd a. they were with activity |
ana glory. he never ceased to be home 1
sick for this hall When he came to the
presidency. there was not a day when !
his congressional >eervice was not Of use |
Tn him Probably M other president has |
been In such full and cordial communi |
with congress. II va may except Lincoln /
alone Mckinley knew the legislative body |
thoroughly. It's composition. its methods |
foundest respect for its authority and an /
in1exible belief In the ultimate rectitude |
OF its purposes. Our history shows how |
surely an executive courts disaster am.
ruin by assuming an attitude Of hostility |
or distrust to the legislature. and. on the
other hand. McKinley's frank and sincere
trust and cor iiencs In congress were re-
paid BY prompt ana loyal support and CO. |
operation During his entire term OF once |
this mutual trust and regard. % essential /
to the public welfare. we're never shadow |
ed tvA single cloud
He wns . Republican He could noe b |
anything else 4 Union soldier grated L
upon Clay whis- he necessarily bsiiev-
ed In the american system--in protec- /
tion to home Industries: IN strong. a.. l
sres>ive nationality; IN liberal construc. |
ton OF the constitution What auy self 1
reliapt nation might rightly do he felt this /
nation had power to DO. u required b IL. |
common welfare and not peohibttod ~ /
our written charter.
'a'klNLev IN CONGRESS.
Following the natural beat of his mind. /
ne devoted himself to questions % finance I
and revenue. to the e1sentfals e Tie ua- /
tional housekeep1ng lie took htgh rank |
n The house from the beginning BIS
readiness IN debate. bis mastery Of ever /
subject he handled. the bright and ami. /
able hight he shed about hin ana above /
al. the unfaflin8 eQurtesy aud good Utl1 /
With which he treated friend and foe alike
-one Of the eurnst signatures ~ = mature
born 70 great desfinies-1uade his ssrvlc~
N the house . pathway % uubroken ssic-
ceos and brought him n last 20 the an In
pertant past Of chairman Of ways ana L
means and leader Of the me- joesty. OF the
famous revenue oct which IN thai e.
'actty he framed and carried through coa-
Eress e y not my purpose her4 and nov +
70 speak The embcrS Of The coutrov>r~y
q the midst Of which that law he'd ils
'roub'ed being are yet too warn q ~
handied on = day IKE this { may only