FAMOUS AMERICAN PAST AND PRESENT WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES -AND- THEIR FAMOUS ORATIONS IN SIX VOLUMES VOLUME VI ALEXANDER K. MCCLURE, LL.D. EDITOR Author of "Lincoln and Men of War Times," "Our Presidents BYRON ANDREWS of the "National Tribune," Washington, D. C. Author of "The Eastern Question," "The Life of Logan," "One of NEW YORK F. F. LOVELL PUBLISHING COMPANY May 1942 (13 vols, Beveridge, Albert J., an American politician and orator, born in Highland Co., Ohio, October 6, 1862. His parents removed to Indiana soon after his birth, and his boyhood was one of hard work. Securing an education. with difficulty he presently became a law clerk in Indianapolis, and subsequently established a practice of his own. He entered politics in 1884 by speaking in behalf of Blaine and was prominent in later campaigns, particularly in that of 1896, when his speeches attracted general attention. 1899, he was chosen to the United States Senate as a Republican. He is intensely partisan in his sympathies, devoting more time to party, it has been said, than any other man in his State. He is an able debater and a fluent, ready, political speaker. FOR THE GREATER REPUBLIC, NOT FOR IMPERIALISM ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILA DELPHIA, FEBRUARY 15, 1899. GENTLEMEN OF THE UNION LEAGUE,-The Republic never retreats. Why should it retreat? The Republic is the highest form of civilization, and civilization must advance. The Republic's young men are the most virile and unwasted of the world, and they pant for enterprise worthy of their power. The Republic's preparation has been the self-discipline of a century, and that preparedness has found its task. The Republic's opportunity is as noble as its strength, and that opportunity is here. The Republic's duty is as sacred as its opportunity is real, and Americans never desert their duty. Konde |