Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1902 — Page 7
OUR BOYS IN BLUE
Have Never Faltered in Devotion to the Nation’s Cause. SHALL THEY GO UNPROTECTED? Representative Watson Makes Eloquent Reply to a Democratic Leader Who is Afraid of the “Mailed Hand" of the American Soldier —The Flag ia the Symbol of Liberty Wherever Unfurled. One of the most eloquent members of congress is Representative James E. Watson, representing the Sixth district of Indiana. His speech on the Philippine question during the last session attracted the admiring attention not only of his auditors in the house of representatives, but of the entire country. He answered in masterly fashion the complaints of the minority against the policy of the administration. Some of his most eloquent sentences were inspired by a text taken from the speech of Representative Deamond of Missouri, wherein the Missouri representative said: “Do we lack the power to take the mailed hand from the throats of men who are crying out for liberty and independent national existence?" Replying to this question, Mr. Watson said: Whose is the mailed hand that is held at the throat of the Filipino? Manifestly the boys’ in blue, fighting
under the rippling folds of otfr beautiful banner over the Pacific, across the -ocean, 7,000 miles away. Is this a mailed hand? Shall we sit patiently by while the soldier boys of the republic, gallantly contending for the honor of the country and the glory of the flag, are assaulted and aspersed on the floor of this house? Sir, no more singular devotion to the flag has been known than theirs. They left their country’s shores, they climbed over the ridge of the western sea, to plant their country’s banner in a strange land and under new skies. Clad in their uniform of blue and beneath the emblem of their nation’s power, they have never faltered in their devotion to their country’s cause. They are today struggling for the supremacy of republican principles and the equality of all men. (Applause.) In the desert sands, in the mountain fastness, In the tangled forest, in the treacherous swamp, they have not ceased to contend, not for power, for conquest, for territory, for spoils, but for the eternal represented by their flag. (Applause.) No Mailed Hand There. Is their’s a mailed hand? Can it be
withdrawn at this time and in justice? No; k cannot be. And it is not a mailed hand. It is the helping hand that rolls back the Clouds, that disperses the mists, that brings the sunshine of hope and liberty into the human heart. (Applause on the Republican side.) And shall these boys go unprotected? Will the Democracy vote against the proposition here involved? Will they ’ refuse shelter to and withhold protection from the defenders of their country’s flag? Are they subject to the unjust censure of the gentleman from Missouri? They who rushed to arms “when the judgment drums beat to quarter in j. 898,” and who have since borne steadily aloft the sacred banner of the free? Men of the north, your sons are there. When you came back from Appomattox you brought an unsullied banner. Every star was shining on the spangled flag, and there was neither master nor slave beneath its folds. Who the Soldiers Are. While they were yet children you placed it in their keeping, under your watchful care, and they are guarding It with a jealousy worthy of the sacred trust. They are your sons, and they can no more help being what they are than the sunset can help being glorious; than the rose can help being fragrant; than the bird song can help being sweet; than the rainbow can help leaping from the jeweled raindrop. They were bred in an heroic mold. They are the sons of the men who went singing up the steeps of Mission Ridge; who rqjled up their sieves and calmly lighted their pipes before they rushed into the leaden storm at Fredericksburg; who shouted the national air as they swung into battle at Chancellorville. Men of the south, your sons are there too, for, thank God, today there Is but one uniform and one flag. (Loud applause.) Sons of the men
who wore the confederate gray; sons of the men who rushed Into the leaden hell of battle as to a banquet; sons of the men who followed Lee and Jack* son, and Johnston and Hood and Bragg, upon a hundred gory fields of strife. They are heroes to the manner born, and are entitled by right of birth to a place among the bravest and the best These boys are true to their immortal heritage. Catching the spirit of universal freedom.they are contending for the enfranchisement of a race beyond the sea. Amid thick dangers and hidden perils they have been true to their country’s cause. They have conquered, they have overcome. And behold! The flag of the western land is today unfurled in everlasting triumph above those distant islands of the sea, uplifting in its rise a race from bondage and a nation to triumphant hope. (Loud applause.) Faith in the Future. Can the sun refuse to shine? No more could we confine the spirit of liberty which gave us a nation to our
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own shqres. We could not rot hi our own selfishness. The Maine was exploded at an opportune time to call us from ourselves, to fix our gaze once more upon our high ideals, to summon us to an Imperial participation in the affairs of the world. Who doubts that all people will be better for it? Who doubts that the Filipinos’ freedom will be greater under our banner than under the shifting flag of Aguinaldo? Who doubts that the realm of civilization will be extended and the sphere of peace enlarged by our occupancy of those Islands? Who doubts that our own flag will continue to symbolize wherever it may wave, on land or sea, the perfect liberty of man? I, for one, do not. I believe that so long as the rivers run to the sea; so long as altars are erected to liberty; so long as the Rockies upon whose bald summit the ardent Fremont planted the flag of freedom shall rear their snow-capped peaks toward heaven, just so long will that flag continue to mean what it means here and now; just so long will it represent the only land where liberty is regulated by law; just so long will that banner, with the commingled colors of the sunset and the sky, typify the land of liberty, equality, fraternity, three of the sweetest words in all the languages of men. and which’ Upon t’e sacred alter stairs. Which float through darkness up to God, humanity under it has attained. (Load applause.)
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M'KINLEY'S MEMORY
Senator Fairbanks’ Notable Address At Tablet Unveiling. ELOQUENT TRIBUTETOMARTYR His Place of Worship Becomes a Shrine of American Patriotism — McKinley Brought to Public Service a Tremendous Sense of Responsibility—Long After Monuments Have Crumbled to Dust the Influence of William McKinley Will Continue to Be a Benediction Among Men. In the Metropolitan Church at Washington, of which the late President McKinley was a member, a tablet, the tribute of a life-long friend, Justice Thomas H. Anderson, was recently unveiled in memory of the last of our martyred presidents. Describing the attendant services the Washington Post says, in part: As the president of the United States and a number of dignitaries of the nation, with the members of the church, sang with deep feeling, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” at Metropolitan Church, a small silk American flag that had hung in the rear of the auditorium was drawn slowly aside and a tablet of the purest white marble was unveiled, showing in letters of gold the brief statement of the life and deeds of William McKinley, the tribute of his friend, Judge Thomas H. Anderson.
The unveiling was attended with simple ceremony, in the presence of those who had helped the dead president execute the will of the people and those who had assisted him in the worship of his God. Distinguished statesmen added the power of their oratory to the solemn melodies of the choir in making the occasion one that would live long in the memory of those who witnessed it. President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou were among the first to arrive at the church. The service' began at 11 o’clock, and the president with his secretary drove up to the door several minutes before the hour. They were shown to seats near the pulpit, which were afterward filled with members of congress and distinguished men from all sections of the country. Dr. Bristol then Introduced Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, the orator of the occasion, who spoke as follows: Senator Fairbanks' Address. “My friends, we are met to perform a most gracious service—to dedicate here in this house of God a tablet to one of the few names that was born to never die. “We stand upon ground made sacred by the presence of William McKinley. Unto this shrine the Christians will come in the unnumbered years before us and derive new hope and inspiration.
“It seems but yesterday that our friend occupied yonder pew, brave, strong, in the very plenitude of power, the most beloved of our fellowmen. We can yet almost hear his voice as it was raised in song and thanksgiving. Here he came upon the Sabbath day to pay tribute to his Maker, for he was a sincere believer in religion, a devout Christian and doer of Christian deeds. He not only taught but carried the great truths into every act and deed of his life. “It was here he found solace from the great and arduous responsibilities which rested upon him, and drew courage and inspiration to meet and discharge them.
“It does not seem that it was but a few months ago, less than one brief year, that our friend was here. It is, indeed, but a short time, measured by the calendar, but measured by events, how long it is. What mighty events have come and gone; how the great heart of the nation has been wrung with an uncommon sorrow. The tragedy at Buffalo was the master crime of the new century. We could not at first believe the awful truth —it was so unnatural. We stood bereft of speech. Who could be so dead to all sense of pity as to strike down one who so loved his fellowmen? About us everywhere were the ample evidences of peace. Sectional differences were dead; a fraternal spirit was everywhere, and under the guidance of our great president we were moving on to a splendid national destiny. “The theme which the occasion suggests is k-great one; too vast for the brief hour inwhlch we are assembled. There is in all the world nothing so great and beneficent as a good name. It raises our poor humanity to a more exalted plane. It iftts us Into an ‘ampler ether and diviner air.'
A Man of the People. "William McKinley was, in the fullest and best sense of the word, *of the people.’ He arose by the force of his genius from aa humble beginning to stand among the greatest of min. He sought to Interpret the public will, knowing full well that the wisdom of the people is unerring, that their voice is indeed the voice of Almighty God. "He inspired confidence among men in the integrity of his purpose and in the wisdom of his policies. He was a total stranger to arts by which weaker men seek to attain place and power. He did not attempt to rise upon men; he preferred to rise with them. His mind and heart were filled with no shadow of hate; the sunshine of love, affection and human sympathy filled them to overflowing. He was in the truest and best sense a patriot. Hfl
gave the best years of his life—be gave life itself. , “When but a boy he enlisted in the army of the republic as a private and went down to the battlefield to preserve its unity and glory. He did not wait Cor an officer’s commission when the note of war first aroused the country to its supreme peril and its exalted duty, but took his place in the ranks'/ khowing"~:fi3T’ well that the post of duty all honor lies.’ “In the national house of representatives he won enduring fame by his Intelligent service and complete con , secration to the Interests of his fellowmen. His every act was characterized by a high conception of his exalted trust. When summoned by the voice of his countrymen to the chief office in the republic he entered upon its grave and difitcult duties with a full corf j sciousness of the tremendous responsibility that rested upon him. He reverently invoked wisdom from on high tl-.at he might well discharge the task which had come to him. His Stand Against War. “When others sought to plunge the nation into war he stood against it with all his power. He abhorred it, although knowing full well that victory must crown our arms if war should come, and that the prestige of his name would fill the earth. He thought not of that, but of the loss and suffering that war must bring. And not until all pacific means had been exhausted and the national honor commanded did he consent that his country should draw the sword. “When obliged to strike he struck rapidly and with terrific power, and upon the ruins of monarchy he planted republican institutions. His ambition was to give to those who came to us through the fortunes of war and through one of the great revolutions of human history the blessing of republican government. He sought to free, not to enslave; to enlarge the bounds of liberty, not to widen an Imperial domain. His administration of national affairs will stand the impartial and severe test of history. Judged by any standard, it was eminently successful. “He looked forward with pleasurable anticipation .to the hour when he could lay down the heavy burdens of his high office and resume his place In the quiet and attractive walks of private life. ‘’Many happy years seemed to lie before him, but out of an unclouded sky the swift and cruel bolt .came. It seemed the very irony of fate that be might not have lived to see the full fruition of his policies and his administration. The Influence of His Life. “Those who read in a large way- the purposes of an All-Wise Ruler see in what has transpired a far-reaching and beneficent providence. The transcendent beauties of a noble life have been accentuated. We have been taught as never before the nobility of right living and the sublimity of right dying. “The multitude will come and look upon yonder tablet and in time It will crumble away. Monuments will arise throughout the land and disappear. Canvas will seek to perpetuate and be forgotten, but the name of our friend wilt live. His enduring tribute will be found in the hearts oi the people so long as this great republic endures. Long after we have lived our brief hour and the physical monuments we have raised have been resolved into the dust, the pure, patriotic and holy influence of William McKinley will continue to be an inspiration and benediction among men." Brief addresses were made on the same occasion by Representative Taylor, of President McKinley’s old congressional district, and Representative Grosvenor of Ohio, “At the conclusion of General Grosvenor’s address,” continues the Post’s account, “the choir started to sing ‘Nearer, My God to Thee,’ and one at a time the whole congregation took up the song and the volume of sound swelled out until the last strains burst out from every throat in one melodious chord, and simultaneously every person in the vast assemblage faced toward the rear of the church, where the tablet had been placed, concealed by the Stars and Stripes. “Just as the last strains of the hymn floated out on the still air, the cord that held the flag in position was gently pulled and the veiling dropped away, revealing the white marble tablet and its gold lettering. Then the congregation again faced the pulpit and joined with the choir in singing ‘America,* after which Dr. Bristol pronounced the benediction.”
Republican Attitude on the Philippine Question.
We approve the course of the administration In establishing ? peace and civil government In the Philippines. We oppose those who continue to resist the authority of the United States, whether openly In arms in the Pbllipplnps or secretly or openly in the Vnlted States, in sympathy with the insurgents. We hold to the doctrine that American sovereignty must be respected within the United States and all terrltor* ies under its Jurisdiction. We favor the establishment of absolute peace in the Philippines Ind the erection of civil government therein. We insist that the people of the islands shall be given increased participation in the administration of their domestic affairs as they shall demonstrate intelligence and capacity for seH-gov-ernment. Republican State Platform.
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