The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

Party that Builds" His address was a
laudation of the Republican party and was
heartily applauded. In the course of his
response to the toast, he said:
THE Republican party was born OF ma
ton great emergency and was baptized
In blood 10 make a stable government. In
the hour of impending ruin the Nation
gathered her powers for struggle which
her own people and the world knew meant
lie or death 10 the Republic. new party
rose TO power-a party whose tundame ntal
creed has been that where there Is a Will
there Is a way, where there is a necessity
there is a power, and where there Is
worthy purpose the Constitution sanctions
1t. And so the Republican party was born
1t was party of builders and the builders
went forth TO build. The Union was IN dam
ger and the Republican party with courage
worthy OF it's purpose, determined to save
the Union without measuring the cost or
counting the sacrifice, and save the Union
But the Republican party has not been
a political organization merely, or II could
never have accomplished these things. II Is
much more than political party. IL Is the
naturally associated forces that make for
CIVIC righteousness; IL is the harmonious
blending of all the elements OF progress; II
is the Nations vital forces made manifest
Opposed to this party of constructive
craftsmanship has been the most fatuous
band of political malcontents a veXed ana
suffering world ever looked upon.
Without practical judgment, without COM
without a positive belief on any subject.
when they have not been dangerous they
have been ridiculous. They never had
policy that was not secondhand. In fifty
years they have not shown enough con-
structive genius to build a political hen
coop. Opposition has been their only creed,
and weakness of the Constitution has been
their favorite folly. A surplus is personal
affront, and the march of the flag is the
very winter of their discomfort.
But the Republican party has not only
f0rin
fifty years of the Republics history, 1t has
also furnished the men. And what a splen-
diu galaxy of builders there has beerr
When in the mind of Providence the
time had come to rid the land OF slavery,
when the Union was in danger, the coun-
try in distress, God raised up man for
the hour, and inspired him for his work:
And Abraham Lincoln was Republican!
Lincoln the Republican, Lincoln the mar
tyr! And when he fell. the party lost its
greatest leader, the Nation lost its great
est man.
THE years passed away. and another
period dawned The one success of the
party of opposition had brought reign OF
industrial terror, and in its pathway left
the slime of anarchy and the mutterings
of discomfort. Industry was crying for new
life and labor was pleading for another
opportunity. The Nation longed for a new
baptism in the love of country. Cuba was
looking to America with hope and prayer.
The child people of the Philippines were
waiting for the gift of AnglO-SaXon liberty.
The Republic was waiting to take her place
among the nations of the earth. And when
the hour was come, when His purpose was
ready, God raised up another man, raised
him from the people that he loved, placed
the laurel on his brow, placed the scepter
in his hand. and inspired him for the work
he had to do. And William Mckinley also
was a Republican
Lincoln and Mckinley. Mckinley and
Lincoln. Two kindred spirits from higher
world that sent them here to guide party
on it's way, to lead Nation to its destiny.
How well they builded, how nightly they
wrought, what noble monuments they left,
a glorified Nation testifies and mourning
people pays its loving tribute"