Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06
Pays Eloquent Tribute to Memory
of the Late William
Mckinley.
SAYS HE WAS A TYPICAL AMERICAN.
Commemorative Summary of Memo
rial Address Delivered by invita-
ton of ConGress-Martyred Presi-
dent viii Rank with the Greatest
of American Statesmen

crate the lIC anu the htdAil u a IA N'ANN -
sam by the hand OF an assassin. ne az
tentiun OF the future historian VII! De az
tracteu to the features Whch feappedf Win
startling sameness IN all three Oh tnese
AWFUL crimes: the uselessness, the utter
lack OF consequence OF the act' the op-
scurty, the !nslgnihcance OIL the cfllhlhdI,
the bIameIeSSnesS-SO lar as III our sphere
OF existence the best OF men may be heIu
blameless-of the victim. Not ore oil our
murdered pre- esidents had an enemy IN the
world; they were all OF such preemlneHt
purity OF lie that no preteXt could be given
Tor the attack of passionaI crime; they
were all men of democratic instincts VINO
could never have offended the most JeaI-
Gus advocates of equality; they were OF
kindly and generous nature, TO Whom
wrong or inJustic was Impossible; oil MOD
crate fortune, whose sIenGer means no
body could envy. They were men OF aus
tere virtue, of tender heart, of eminent
abilities. which they had devoted with
single minds to the good of the republic. II
ever men walked before God and man
without blame, it was these three rulers. OF
our people. The only temptation 70 attack
their lives offered was their gentle radi-
ance-to eyes hating the light that was Of
fense enough.
Going on to speak of the uselessness and
absolute folly of the crime even from an
anarchistic standpoint, he SAD: me
stupid uselessness of such an infamy al
fronts the common sense OF the woriq. one
can conceive how the death of dictator
may change the political conditions of an
empire; how the extinction of a narrowing
line Of kings may bring in an alien dynas-
y
ours, the ruler may fall, but the state feels
no tremor. our beloved ana feNefeu Iehuer
is Sohe-put the haluraI process oI oui m ia W.
provides us successor Identical in pur-
pose and ideals. nOurished by the same
teaChlnSS, INSPIRED pE the same pfInc!pltS
pieqSeu py tender aiIecIoh aS wen az pS
hlgh loyalty 10 carry 70 competition the mn
mense task committed to his hands. and TO
smlte win IRON severity every IldLlestsda
tloh OF that hlGepus crime "HiCh ms illIu f
predecessor, Win ms GNlLS pTedlh' IoI-
gave. The sayings of celestial wisdom have
no cate; the words that reach US over 80
years OuL OF the oarktSt houI ol slopIih ~ nie
world mas eyer known, are t{ue 10 thc IN e
Today: They know not what they 90.
me plow struck az our Gear ilthG ahg
ruler was as deadly as blina mate Go4la i.,i
make II; but the bloW struck at anarchy
was deadIer stili How many counc
tries can JOIN with us N the cohmunlIS OF
q Kindred sorrow, J VIII not speak OF those
distant regions Where ASSASSINATION enters
into the daily HE or government, But
among me nations bound 70 us by the lleS
ot iamiIlar lIterc399rse-"ho lI can loTgel
lhaI WISE ana mitq autoGrat sra Who o nag nag
earned the proud title OF the Laboratory
that snllghtened ana magnanlmouS clt-
~ @ MtipIi 'I,oI ~ 'l' ~ "a
for his people? ard. saddest of ali. tina.
loveiv and sorrow,irg ernress who's
harmless life could hardly have excited
the animosity of a demon. Against that
develish spirit nothing avqiIs-neither vlr-
tue nor ma friotisn1 nor a pc nor Youth nor
conscience nor pity
rynic,I Amcrico,
80,
me ne OF w NliIlail MchlilSy Was, rom
ms blfth TO ms death' typlcauy American
lnere Is no eENlfonment, Should say, any
where else IN the world which cQuLo pro
Guce Such a CharaGter lie was born INTO
tHal way OF ne NhlCh tlSeWhIrs - CARED
ihe mlGHie Grass, put Whlch IN inns country
~ 50 neaILN univ sISaI az 70 mar ~ 9l oNITI
cIaSSts an Almost heslslpIe qudItlJE' he
was helJheF ,FlCh nor poor htlIheT PROUD
nor humble: ne knew no munger ne was not
sure OF saIisl Y!hg', no luxury WnICn couIu
" V.
SoptI; bou- ItdlIIb people, IEteliiStIl ana
upIlent' "Ithout pItleISluE ana "ltHout
mummy. lie grew up IN the company OF
poyS !tke hlHlSeIli Wh0leSoihe' honest: sell
respecting. IheE IookeG Gown on hoDouy'
iimtE never ittl II I,GGkist,pIt tney l gou.o pe
MONIES OF problty' plety' PATRIOTISM. Ihey
learned IN the acmlraple SchooI readers oil
o. years ago lhe lessons OF herolc anG Splen-
HId me "hlch nave come Gown from the
past IheN read IN their weekly newspa-
pcrS thG story OF the world $ progress, IN
which they were eager to take part. and Of
me SINS and wrongs OF civilization with
winch they burned to 90 battle. 1t was a
serious and thoughtful time.
Early Influences.
et,sra tiG,, 80 cIdr i6ea of r. "a "a r' @ eTi
Girarv suiritiiaI avalienirp when na"snd
over the Country at The first red signal fires
Cf ma 49, bet Tyaa, ~ " ts 10 iSc6 80 - 10
Uati 49, i ft, i3o tb = Vii ,iIo 'i'T
Decigioy ~ SSues,tiI, g,bicb baG 49,
fnI5fnG on ~ r,aD
6a5 ~ =. ,.is,,Sgg1d T., c6,,nt 49, ,,',,t,Ii(
tio,,s ,cbiob ,b,ir "a f,C,,, 49,, ,rt,a ~
Iuipits, had caused in their c6ngregatiors
the bitter strife and distension to which
only cases OF conscience can give rise, was
every Whefe pressing Tor solution.
In the south as well, below all the eff
ferNcsCence and excitement of a people
perhaps more given to eloquent speech
than we were, there was the profougd
agony of question and answer, the sum
mons to decide whether honor and free
com did not call them to revolution and
war, 1t is easy for partisanship to say that
the one side was right and that the other
was wrong. 1t Is still easier for an indOlent
magnanlmity to say that both were right.
Perhtps IN the wide view of ethics one is al
| ways right to follow his conscience, though
1t lead him to disaster and death. But his
tory is ineXorable. She takes no account
of sentiment and intention; and in her cold
and luminous eyes that side Is right which
fights In harmony with the stars in their
courses. The men are right through whose
efforts and struggles the world Is helped
onward and humanity moves to a higher
| level and a brighter day
The men who are living to-day and who
were young in 1860 will never forget the
| glory and glamour that filled the earth
! and the sky when the long twilight of doubt
| and uncertainty was ending and the time
| of action had come. Patriotism. which had
| been a rhetorical expression. became a pas
! SlOndte emotion. in which inst lrrt lpp.if