The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-17
Ohio And New York Again /! |!
GARFIELD AND ARTHUR!
Enthusiasm EVerywhere!!!

ICCpuO1lCctDo WIZ tdhc pttl Ill pOIil-C
in the interest of favorite candidate
for the Presidency, is over, for perio'
Of four years. The excitement Of tn
primaries, the fixing up and adjusting
of the political machinery, is at al
end for the year 1880, so far as tn
Republican party is concerned.
The candidates before the Chicag,
Convention were able men, and from
the material at hand, it was not rea
sonable to expect that a poor nomina
ton could be made-if we except thu
candidacy of Gen. Grant, to whom
there was decided opposition among
Republicans in all parts Of the coun
try. The struggle was long, and il
some respects bitter, but we believe
that above and beyond the inside
workings Of the Convention, there was
determination to support the nomi-
nee, and work for the success Of the
great Republican party in November
1t is not necessary to go into any
criticism of the methods Of the parti-
sans Of any candidate. Suffice it that
a good mana great man, has been
chosen as the standard-bearer of the
party in the coming campaign. We
are satisfied that James A. Garfield is
far more popular with the Republi-
cans of Ohio than even John Sher-
man. But Ohio, while she feels a
just pride in him, cannot claim him as
a ''favorite SON." He is the son of the
Nation. His reputation, his fame,
cannot be circumscribed by the limits
Of State. He is known, throughout
America wherever anything is known
of the later political history of the
country. The more he is known, the
more he is admired. He is man far
above the underhand work Of the po-
litical trickster All that James A.
Garfield does will bear the light of
day, and no man can say aught Of
evil concerning him without injuring
himself. He is, to use a thread-bare
phrase, "a self-made man." beginning,
as poor young man, his battle with
the world, and working steadily up
ward, upon his merits alone. until he
has won an enviable position among
the great men Of the country.
Gen. Garfield is native of Ohio,
born in Cuyahoga county, November
10Th, 1881, and will at the time of the
next Presidential election, be forty
nine years Of age. He is one Of those
who have seen something Of the rough
side Of life. His father, Abraham
Garfield died when James A. was two
years of age, leaving a family of four
children dependent upon the mother.
James was early Injured to hard work,
and at the age of fourteen was work.
ing at the carpenters trade. He
worked for time as boatman on the
Ohio Canal. James always possessed
a love for study, and at the age of sew
enteen entered the Geauga Seminary
at Chester, Ohio. He taught for a
time, then entered Williams College,
Massachusetts,, graduating in 1856.
In 1859 he was elected to the Ohio
Senate, being the youngest member of
that body. Before the close Of his
Legislative term the Democratic re-
bellion broke out, and Garfield went
to the front as Colonel Of the 42d
Ohio Volunteers. Col. Garfield was
one of the ablest and bravest Of the
Unions defenders, and was soon as
signed to the command of a brigade.
In November 1862, he was summoned
to Washington as a member of the
court-martial that tried and convicted
the traitor F'itz John Porter. In 1863
he was assigned to Gen. Rosecrans'
Army of the Cumberland, and was
made Chief of Staff. He took part in
the terrible battle Of Chickamauga,
and received a Major-General's COM
mission for bravery ON that occasion.
He left the army, to enter Congress,
having been elected from the 10Th
Ohio District. In Congress, during
the dark days of the war, he did splen-
did service for the cause of the Union.
Garfield is an able lawyer, and pos
sesses high order of literary ability.
He is one Of the most forcible and
convincing of all our public speakers,
and as a debater has few, if any, SUI
periors.
It is not to be expected that in the
heat of a Presidential campaign Sen
ator Garfield will escape the tongue OF
calumny. A favorite charge Of the
opposition is that he was a salary
grabber. The statement is absolutely
without foundation, as every intelli-
gent Democrat knows.
As to religion, Garfield is a member
of the Church known as the Disci
pies, and has occasionally filled pull
pits in Churches of that denomina
ton, which gave rise to report tha
he is a preacher.
The nomination Of Garfield ha
been received with demonstration o
delight in all parts of the country