Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-25
Tho Republican Candidate.

The Washington Gdyitdl, whose editor,
Dom Piait, is in general almost reckless in
his pursuit of scandals and his abuse of
public men, says:
General Garfield personally considered,
is singularly pure and upright. lie is one of
the few men in public life who can look his
beautiful little wife and lovely children in
the face without shame. We say this ad-
viscdlv. for we have known Garfield init
nratcy all his public life, and We can advise
the mud machine called partisan papers that
attempts at blackenins Garfield's character
will be signal failures, and will be met by
protests from such eminent Democrats
as the Hons. jeremiah Black, Allen Thur
man and Justice Field, who have already
put themselves on record in his behalf.
Gariield's purity is so thorough that it gives
him pcrlous confidence in men. and has
gotten him into trouble precisely as a
contiding hoy gets into scrapes. In that
Credit Mobilier affair, for example, we know
and have so testified that at the very time it
was claimed that he was scheming TO enrich
himself through Ames's rascality, he was
shining about Washington, striving to bor-
row $500 to pay house rent, and so Ignorant
of the commonest financial process that he
did not know how 10 negotiate an ordinary
note of hand. He has not only lived in the
open air. but has occupied positions where,
like other leaders, he could have winked
himself into millions He holds to-day the
honored position Of being the only poor man
among political leaders
The Boston UcTd'd says:
While not invulneiable, General Garfield
is in some other respects the strongest candi-
at, a. ,I, co,,II lot-a rLOsnn HI
a gallant soldier against the great rebellion,
and thus embodics in his person the isSuc
which will form the chief reliance of his
party in the coming campaign. lie is a
man of u.tcniablc culture and intellectual
strength. and will be acceptable to the
George William Curtis and New \ 1ork Ad-
tioA class of Republicans. The Democracy
will he wise not to lose their heads with cN-
ultation nj the vulncrability of their aniagnn-
ist, lest they he disagrccahly surprised after
it is too late at the size of his vote. The
country may congratulate itself upon the
certainty that if elected Gen. Garfield ! ad-
minislration would he conducted on an in
tinitclv higher moral aud intellectual plane
than those of his immediate predecessors.
General Garfield, as chief of staff to Gen.
Rosccrans, is thus described by Edmund
mint ia MS val btpNr i'pNh ~ i'4AA''S
sce," written in 1868;
In Il corner hy the window, seated al a
small pine dCsk-a sort of packing box.
pcrchcd on long LEGGED stool, and divided
into pigeon holes, with rundown lid-was
u tall. dccp-chrstcd. sinewy built man, with
regular, massive features, Il full, clear blue
eve. slightly dashed with gray, and high,
broad forehead, rising into ridge over the
eyes as if il had been thrown up by plough.
There was something singularly engaging in
his open. expressive face, and his whole ap-
pcarancc indicated, as the phrase goes, great
reserved power" His uniform, though
ccany brushed, AMI sitting easily upon
him. ha;l sort Of democratic air, and every
thing ahoat him seemed 10 denote that he
was n man of the people \ rusty, slouch-
cI hat. large enough Ia lave fitted Daniel
Webster, lay On the desk before him, but a
glance at that was not needed TO convince
me that his head held more than the common
share of brains Though he is yet young-
not ;5-thc reader has heard of him, and if
he lives h. will make his name loEg remcm-
LCrCd in or history.