Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-30
JAMES A. GARFIELD.
IS HE THE MAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED sTATEs-wHAT ARE THE PROB
ABILITIES OF MS EtECTGoN9

ably represented these many years, l feel
impelled, although not politician, to
notice the above inquiries
1st Then James A. Garfield is honest
In his youth and early manhood he was
noted for his sincerity and trustworthi-
ness, considered incapable of a sordid
action. Such he continued TO be as he ad-
vanced in years and came into public life.
As a teacher in the common school, Pres
ident of Hiram College, Member of the
Ohio Legislature, an officer of the army,
and as Congressman, he has proved him
self of innexible integrity
2nd. He is capable. Endowed by ma.
ture with an intellect of high order, and
drilled in the curriculum of Williams
College, he is a scholar, man of liberal
education and extra culture Fond Of in
vestigation and devoted to books thess for.
ty years, his stores of knowledge are diver
sified and extensive The laws of human
progress, the history of nations, the rise
and fall of empires, and the affairs of gov.
have been his study. A close
reasoner his range Of thought and COM
parison is wide and comprehensive.
3D.. He is an earnest patriot. When
our country was in danger and the cry
for help struck his ear, he was ready to
respond. His eloquence and energy
aroused multitudes. President of Hiram
College, he left the halls of Minerva for
the Camp of Mars, at the head of the 42d
regiment OF Ohio volunteers, marching to
the front. In council and in battle he
showed sagacity and courage. When 9TH
ers flinched he ventured to pilot frail
boat through storms and torrents, for thir.
ty six hours, bearing supplies to his starv-
ing soldiers When invited home he re-
piled "My place is on the tented field"
Nominated without his consent and elect
ed to Congress, he continued with the
army some fifteen months, then reluctant
ly hastened to take his seat on duty at
Washington.
4th. He is a statesman. In the Legis-
lature of Ohio, in 1860 and 1861, and in
Congress from 1858 to 1880, he has had
great opportunities for observation, and
turned them to grand account Chairman
on military affairs, and on ways and
means his ability was conceded by all.
An orator, his logic and eloquence are
at command; gentleman and philanthro-
pist, his very presence is a benediction.
9th. He loves the American Union,
and his rebukes of secession and treason,
have been as keen as Damascus blade,
and yet in such graceful terms that the
most captious can hardly be offended
9th. He is born leader In his boy
hood and early manhood many followed
him, as by intuition. 1t was the control
which true and noble mind always ex-
erts, In his Congressional district of great
prestige and very jealous of its honor he
was the worthy successor of Joshua r.
Gliding and with a constituency unsur-
passed in the land, has been elected nine
times over Democrats, and Liberals and
Greenbackers, standing by genuine excel
lence, sound to the core, no artfice, no
jobbery. His sincerity and ability, pat
riotism and wisdom, triumphing by real
force of character, he is now senator from
March 81, but for his call to a still higher
seat.
7th. He is apattern of fidelity, as we
have seen. As a student, with his own
hands working his way up, he mastered
his way from the First Reader to Buffers
Analogy from the multiplication table to
comic sections, from the simplest rehears-
al to the creations of Demosthenes
There was no superficial work in his foun
dation and there is none in the superstrue
ture. His career in the public service has
been in the same transparent line, every
duty conscientiously and faithfully per-
formed.
sth, He is ready for any emergency.
Not only at Piketon and Chickamauga
could he save the day but in the highest
commotion of the Chicago Convention.
In that tempest he could arrest and com
mand attention: by calm suggestions,
and conciliatory, quieting
and harmonizing the seething elements.
9th. He is prompt, even in the midst of
imperative calls He does not enjoy sus
pense and will not inflict it upon others.
This virtue, rare and hardly to be over
rated, we admire In the cottage and in the
He gives twice, who gives
10Th. He is a citizen and civilian, with
just military experience enough to round
out his education, and know what to do
in case of rebellion or invasion The
country, sick of gun powder, demands
statesman, man eminent in political
learned in science and the
laws of nations, in literature and the arts
Of peace, Of sound Judgment and compre.
lensive views, appreciating the claims of
Justice and humanity, protecting the
white man, and the black man, and the
ed man, securing for all, as far as in his
bower, the inalienable rights of life, liber-
y and the pursuit of happiness General
Grant said nobly, and the people now say,
Let us have peace" and to carry out this
,eace policy we want not pampered ar.
stocrat, petted and feasted all his life, at
no expense of the government, but man
in sympathy with the mass
s, understanding their circumstances,
heir needs and their possibllities-a man