The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-09

there runs sort of shock right down
to the foundations of this republic
which makes the structure trouble,
and all he country pauses and listens
and then returns to work. Somehow,
although the future welcomes us, it
does SO W tn mailed hand; somehow,
althoug you cannot put your finger
on the cause, there is universal fear
the mother watching while her chill
tsen sleep, now and then she hears
the bugle call, the tramp Of soldiers,
and. staring in the darkness Of a
dream, she sees the "ligid upturned
face The toiler, turning all his till
and sinew into gain whose got, being
to doubt that the government is just.
The men of means, who puts it out in
the active currents of the tide and
seething peril of this doubt and the
governments compromise with both,
begins to feel that it is better boarded
than emptied.
The Norh and South each wearing
sears that tell of war, almost forgiven
and forgot, feel the fear again that
a problem which only time can settle
right. will be forced upon them
wrong. Behind these fears and doubts
and startled ---- and vague mis-
givings is many hidden game. But
never ---- is one at least reveal
ed. For Lincoln said in the sadness
of his great soul, "With malice to-
ward none, with charity for all, with
faith in the right as God gives us
the wisdom to see it, And Roose-
welt said, in thegIory of his self-con-
temptation. "Tread softly and carry
a big stick.' And between these. the
beginning and the end of Republican
growth, in time and temper. is all
their wild, descending flight With all
they know and feel Of the country's
question of their course, the Repub-
lican party yet claim every fruit of
soil and sun, Of brain and soul. They
say that by wise administration Of
natures laws they brought abundant
harvest from the soil. They say that
by careful direction Of scientific
search they aided untold volumes to
the store Of common knowledge. They
say that invention, under their con-
troll. has lifted loads of labor from
They say that religions long
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Republican virtue and they point
with pride to the churches all over
the land. They say that education was
until they took it up and
that now almost everyone is willing
to be educated. They say that while
has been increased some.
there was never any steady advance
ING. general increase until the Re-
publican party came into power.
When attention is called to the eco
monte, industrial and administrative
tency, they say that after all there
are some things which the all wise
providence insists upon doing without
giving any particular reason for it.
SO, on the whole, we may conclude
that whatever the Good Lord done in
administering this good that turns out
to be good they credit to themselves;
and whatever the Republicans do in
administering the government that
turns out bad they charge up to the
Lord. >.
Gentlemen of the convention be-
yond the exciting passions Of war and
the distracting panics of peace; be-
yond the reach Of disasters. dread APP
peal and the dead pasts dying wall,
We meet in the clear and rational
calm of common sense, to
reason together for the we'll being Of
our country and our party. No man
here can have his exact way No lea
der can take us along the narrow
ledge of his unquestioned logic. He
section should Swerve us from the
courage that leads to unwise fellow
ship. No faction can divide us into
weakened parts and leave us on the
field Of battle in front of the enemy.
No man is greater than his party and
no party is greater than its principles.
There is no principle which does not
rest upon a condition, and there is no
condition which may not change.
There is no credit that is down in
white and black that we forever
stripped, as to a corpse. There is no
platform which can last forever, I'M
less it be made of abstract things in
capable Of demonstration. The world
is moving in its majestic course and
every dreary detail Of its toll works