The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-29
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first religious service of the present tour
of duty, yesterday snorning, III Com
pany DIS mess tent. The tent was
crowded and the soldiers Joined with
unmstakable zeal in the services.
Bauer's band accompanied the singing
of "Onward Christian Soldier" star
Spangled Banner" and america"
Chaplain Swift delivered an earnest
and timely sermon which Is reproduced
In full
fear that in this whole field of public
duty, the conscience of our people is
strangely bluntcd. We speak of our rights
as citizens. but / fear that we some-
times forget that our right Is also our
duty. In these matters we have no right
to do simply AS we likc--our right is only
the duty of doing right. We have just
passed the anniversary of that day on
which the hand of the assassin laid low
another president-an assassin who re-
fused to recognize the claims of imperial
law; and was the foe of organized gov
ernfnent. There is no time so halowed
as the present. no place more appropri-
ate in which to face the facts.
God Is calling to us out of the darkness.
At the great meeting held In the armory
after the death of President Mckinley
our own Colonel Watres said with great
force: "Ours is land of law and order
wherein every man may exercise liberty
within the law" American soil is not in
tended for and will not abide the growth
of anarchism. To this every loyal citizen
agrees. The disease Is recognized and 1t
rremains to ascertain the remedy.
The only sure and abiding remedy
against anarchsm is to be found in the
education of our people. The stability of
our government. the permanence of our
institutions depend upon our ability to
educate the youth of our land: to instill
into the hearts of the millions who are
coming to our shores and the millions
born among us that we are a od-fearing
and law-abiding people. and one Of the
saddest facts in the present crisis Is that
tens of thousands of children are being
trained to trample law under foot and
despise constituted authority. Yes, laws
must be enacted. and it must be empha-
sized that we are a law-abiding people.
il is a time for sober thought. and calm
speaking, for their are two dangers:
First, That of being swept away by un-
reasoning impulse, as many good men
were when Mr.. Mckinley fell, and
DANGER OF INDIFFERENCE.
Second. The danger of settling back
again into Indifference. '"rhere is tide
in the affairs of men, which. taken at the
flood leads on to fortune" There was
such tide thirty seven years ago, when
the immortal Lincoln FELL not at the
hands of a foreigner, but IA native Ameri-
can citizen. of good lineage, educated in
our schools, trained under the influence
of our institutions. its honors within his
reach, its flag affording him protection
We did not take the tide at the flood: we
sank back into Indifference. We were
warned again twenty-one years ago, wher
the gifted srd gracious Garfield fell-fell
at the hands of an American citizen, a
native of Illinois, son of an honored
cashier of the Second National bank Of
Freeport. that state. a lawyer admitted
to the bar on motion of fellow lawyers.
We again lapsed back into Indifference.
Now the thunder-bolt has fallen out of
the clear sky. I am impressed with what
] suppose are the facts in the case: That
the anarchist who fired the fatal shot
Sept. 6, 1901, was born in this country,
educated for time at least in our public
schools reared under the shielding folds
of the stars and stripes. We talk of
shutting our doors against the anarchist.
The anarchist is here and fourishes on
American SOIL The law makers need no
suggestions from lis perhaps as to what
legislation is needed to stamp out the
spirit of unrest and hate, though it must