Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-27

since tboso words werc yvrittcn Pros
idcnt Roosovolt has snolcu unmis-
takah1v In his letter to Coy. Durbin
of Irdiora rho President ehows tho
tcndoncv or 1vnrbinps and tho disro-
gard Of law which they cnrender
towards tbe destruction Of civilized
rovorr,,ort ord tho euhstttutior of
s,vaeorv 7, n,rnot no noseihlo tbat
tho Statos o. tho r-nion and the ma
tionnl rovornmont Of tho tinted states
will allow the a0th century long to
continue ~ ,.t,,,oes tI,o 1vnrbirce vith
which ,bo co',t,,r,. has 60 tnausnicioue-
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'ue worthy son "i tH' t''"'e9t ma
''""''" NY inc I''" ''"'"iF 'N.
ne arose To speak was received with
great applause
MI Lincoln sa'd
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N-''-'' LINN o|'' " i'i''i iNiN"'
After the e;ouuent ana sympathetic adj
dress of my friend and former colleague
in the cabinet Of President Arthur, there
.
this occasion. cxccpt to add my own tri-
butte of admiration and regard for the
man whose memory is honored by the
granite monument unveiled to-day.
1t IS. of course. true that in 1850 at the
time when there met together the repre-
sentativcs of tho Republican party to
select a candidate for the presidency.
the name of MIR. Arthur. as such a can
didate. was not in the mind of any one.
aud bi- rop,ir,tior for tho ,.iro-nroei-
dency was made, as such nominations are
now always made. upon considerations
entirely apart from those which control
in the selection of the candidate for the
presidency. In nv own time. at least.
there is but one instance that / can re-
call Of a seriously considered candf-
date for the presidential nomination
being called To and accounting the
nomination for tho vice-presidencv. 1t is
manifest that there is great danger to
A possible successor to the President
man whose standing as "A statesman could
not possibly Justify his election to the
presidency. but happily we have been
only once in serious distress from our
hahitual disregard of this danger. In all
other cases of succession upon the death
of the President. the mantle fell upon
worthy shoulders, and was worn by men
representative of the best principles and
results of our democratic institutions
of these there is none whose memory
is more worthy of the honor and regard
of his fellow countrymen than Mr. Ar
thur. The terrible burden of his duties
fell upon him when he had no more
/ thought of such an infection than any
one of us but he brought to their per-
Torrance. not the resources of a dis
tingushcd ana long experienced states
man, but those which we may look for
IN any well educated. patriotic
citizen or high character and
OF unusual ahlIlty and talent. The>'
resources ne devoted to the public scr
vic" with a fidelity which has never hecn
eNceled' ln"E" were quiet tines con-
pared with these. We did not have a
spanish war ana annex the Philippine
lsIahus' ana othcr faWAlian Islands, We
Hld not raise ny taxation, ana spend half
u Vno"S"Hd WIlHoh dollars year; nut
'hc business OF inc country was great
an" "hPo''ah'' ana IL Went on ana the
I.'N" were h'pnN ana prosperous, ana
/ w. N'tit"', ~ I'Si"r"t' NH'W an 'hdt
! IT. was ms business 10 KNOW, ana ne was
'"', ''r'lul ana "u,H"il'atlNe IN or
W. had as n country - ncacnful and
/ prosperous career ana am old-faSh
I iored enough to think that a conn
! try that is simply peaceful and prosper-
| Gus and reasonably progressive. is i'm it's
! best and happcst condition His country
men were then, and still are. Justly in
dobtcd to him for his political
subriety and wisdom, and it is
/ altogether fitting that this memorial
I Of him should he set M by his
native state in his birth place. His ca
rcer was, from beginning to end, marked