The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-02-03

self, may be either sacrifice, a SO
ill the grave of glory, or a ....Den,
tested and proved, to whom there
after the country may safely submit
in time of peace the interests which
he has helped to preserve in the stress
of war And with the American SOL
der II is true that in and amid the
excesses that surround martial life,
the earlier impressions of good, the
service of Christianity even, although
temporarily submerged, are not per-
manently destroyed.
When the end of warlike days had
come this youth resumed his place
with his fellows in the pursuits of
knowledge and in fitting for the ac.
tivities of peaceful life; and no odds
what might wait for him, there never
was a time when he could have for
gotten or did forget the tremendous
Impress of the events of which he was
part amid the desolation of war; new
er could there fade from his memory
| the wonderful scenes Of campaigns;
never could he forget the VOWS of his
time; never could he forget the sweet
and splendid comradeship of those
who stood side by side in the devotion
of their common cause. Hence. at the
bar, in the struggles and competitions
of young manhood, in the exercise of
gubernatorial power, and at every step
! in thar long way, through congresses
and 10 the presidency, which held IT,
the end. this man was exemplar and
comrade; not always wearing his COM
iadsshlp upon his sleeve, but ever
ready when opportunity permitted TO
acknowledge the great spell and the
unalterable relation.
The comradeship of men is a won
druus development of noble qualities.
| I,istCry is made beautiful and litGra
tire roble with the story of men WAC
who have been knit together as David
and Jonathan were. in the Oldest and
sweetest of these stories. Not con-
fined to warriors. 1t nevertheless has
by the common consent of mankind
been more fully developed among those
who bear arms than amongst those
in gentler pursuits and the reason fol
this manifest. The man of peace has
near at hand the woman, who from
the beginning was given for a help.
! meet he builds a home for her and
. and for their children; the family
} surrounds him, and baby hands touct
|, his heart strings and sound thereon
the sweetest music of life. But NJ
|, such favor is his who stands In the ar
ray Of strife; his heart must find it!
warmest atfiliation with his who. ell
bow to elbow, essays the arduous fell
of conflict. And as the Hebrew haC
: David and Jonathan. SO the. Greek haC
Damon and Pythias, each willing Il
| die for the other: and all from men,
r fair love for man: and in the Roman
. sky, the illustrious twins Castor ant
Pollux, resplendent in the garb Of bat
? tie, glitter in the Zodiac. where tn
J feet of the recurring years tread thei
, ceaseless rounds and write 'Comrade
! in the glowing stars.
J In all service of arms this comradc
J ship has had its birth from the neces
| stiles of human affection and tn
, fierce requirements of war You low
> the man to whom you tell your pas
: and talk Of your future, and who's
, hand Is in yours as you face the grin
l and tremendous present. No woman
! voice reaches where you and he STAN
: side by side; no woman's hand is lai
3 in tenderness in your and his hand
, instead Is the comrades speech an,
; touch. He has sounded the depths o
: your heart, as you have sounded his
he perchance has held you when tn
, blade drew blood. or the bullet hisse
e in your shrinking flesh; he has endure
with you priyation, trials, peril, an
} through all oneness of purpose an
devotion has knit your souls together
= Comradeship that puts the mask O
love on the face of strife: comrade
ship that binds up wounds and stand
: on watch through the weary hour
Of pain; comradeship that treads al
darkness, that braves all peril I
come at last into peaceful realizatio
} of long and tender dreams, The ey
oil the comrade. the sight Of the blu
b uniform kindles up all the recesse
OF the past. The gray man of toda
looks back where In youth he and hi
} comrade stood heart to heart an,
J shoulder to shoulder. Oh tie unforget
} able! Oh bond unbreakable! Its spel
holds all of life that man for ma
can feel
: And into this comradeship william
}, Mckinley entered. He shared tn
common lot of the private soldier
he faced the perils of battle; he allie
: Waited the sutferings of those abou
him; he fed the hungry; and a bright
er picture there is not in his life thai
; that which shows how. mere boy II
years, he rushed with relief and sue
cor to his famishing comrades in tn
lull of deadly strife In his life he fel