, 1880-06-20

| To prcat extent this topic has been Rnt1c1
pated. But something more specific should b
lam far from tndorstns all OF Gen. GARFIELD
| public acts. Those who know me Will hardl
eharse me with being @ fnlsome re- e11oG1s1:h @ ISL hea
sorry to have him say and du. He pas falled t
d. und say some others that have had much a
Ny sde Of our hes On T.
But BIZ Ibis see: He has served the public WI
moved all the time Ia tho right direction. H
has striven to make the pubic service clean an
honorable; to make the Government one Q
statesmen and patriots not OF demagogss s an an
' / newspaper nun from a distant city a. asket e
common lack Of cont1denEe IN Mr. Garfield,
couruge?" lsatd, - Who doubts his courage?
He answered that he had Mere il - Washington
Few questions reveulcd that those who hold tht
opinion thought that hp did not denounce - tn
w 5uc'sar ~ ssyer5 p tb sna nrra
diors" If may parody Nine. Roland, " Q cour'
] age. ---.z-...
| WHAT FOLLY Is COMMITTED IN THY NAMET'
Ihavc known minister Of the Gospel to be
| called d coward because be could recognize
the worth of Lho5e who did not worship In his
! conventicle. Similarly, eager partisans charge
With cowardice the man who, loya! to h's 50 ow,
| convictions Of truth And duty. darea to tntnl
] and act for himself. In both cases what Il
| called cowardico is the genuine moral courage
| 70 GO with the streatn--to bless with your sect
or to hurrAh with your party-is slight proof 01
courage. but to stand out BY yourself in mora
t isolation, to bear the jibes Of those whom you
ec yous sues man IS Gen Garela He hal
uttered many noble words, but none nobier than
those spoken IN the Ohio scnato-Chamber just
| Let me venture TO point single instance In
! regnrl to that work. During the tweuty years
TINT have been In public almost eighteen OF 1t
fs~1 enf fJ41 had E$xlfa
| tried to do one thing. Whether was mistaken
or otherwise 1t has been tho plan Of my life to
follow my convictions, ut whatever personal
! cost to myself: have represented for many
years a district in Congress whose appreciation
greatly desired, but, though it nlay seem
perhaps little egotstcal to say 1t, yet desired
still more tie appreciation of one person,
AND HIS NAME WAS GARFIELD.
He is the only tnnn that am compelled to sleep
with, and eat with, and live With, and die With:
and, il could notehavc bis appreciation, 1
There is another feature OF bis public life that
cannot pass by. There has sprung up these
lust years in our. country class Of public men
Who take no real interest in public questions
They care nothing for the exposition OF sound
political doctrine. They do not aspire to be
seache Of he peomPt m to lead he thought
icHl activity may be summed UP thus: Violent
antagonism to the opposing party; careful
looking after public pa:fonage; The oTEani;xa.
manipulation of the voters. To political reform,
to the bettermenr OF the Government to rais-
ent. Gen. Garfield Is the farthest remove from
these. No sooner had he eurered Congress than
he entered heart and soul upon the real Ques-
struction passed, be saw that American politics
now serve fhe Nation By rchears!ng the Old
the War on tho doors OF Congress; By unduly
prolonging controversies that we're forever set
tied. He saw TINT
WHAT TIE COUNTRY NEEDED
was wise discussion and legislation on the Civil
Service, the revenue, currency. banking, re-
sumption, and the hundred other questions that
are By NO means scntlmentnl,-that do not ap-
ristical, unpoetic. and as distasteful possible
to your "war- horse" In a noble speech on the
currency. delivered in 1865, he satd: I am aware
iu COMPARISON with those heroic themes which
have absorbed the attention of Congress for the
lust five years. TO turn from the consideration
Of armies and naT1es, victories and defeats, to
the array Of figures which exhibits the debt, ex-
penditure. taxation, aud industry OF the Nation.
requires no little courage and self-denial; but
to these questions we must come, and to their
solution Congress- political parties, and all
thoughtful citizens must give their best efforts
Of giant, and tho zeut Of a missionary. More
appeared in pamphlet form: l have complete
file OF them, and will read you
SOME OF THEIR TITLES:
" Free Commerce Between the States" "Na-
tfonal Bureau OF Education" The Public Debt
saa cesas Ct Intsa Ez
penditurcs and Civil Service The Tariff"
- - CnrrvncyM M aud she Banks" "Debate On the
1s Eybs The na4as h
lie Expenditures." Currency and the Public
Fait1:." APPROXIMATIONS" :" Counting the Elect;
:. :. The New Scheme OF American Finance" )" 1.-The
Tariff, uEpension and Resumption Of Specie
raysnts @ Rclatien Of .he Nationai !a Govern
a tedious recital, but tell me what American
statesman can show better list of titles. Does
II not read h6e the +, table of contents to the
bavc. mentioned none Of the proper party
speeches. or OF those made on ceremonial occa-
the tietd Of bis most valuable public abors since
1866; tho speeches themselves show the ability,
the knowledge, and
TIE HIGH PURPOSE
that he brought to its cultivation. Even the
Natio'.-that cold, critical, and cynical, though
very able iournal-says: He has beeu for many
years un Industrious member Of Congress, who
b. h2s borne prominent @ and able part In she work
Ia shaping or carrying all measures of impor- |
tancs, and whose opinions on tho great topics of
the duy are perfectly well known
Fellow~citizens. must dismiss my estimate Of |
the man, as have already dismissed my sketch !!
OF his life You will not accept either as COM
unused, cannot speak OF the plous son, tho !
hopeful brother, the oblgtng ueighbor, tho |
faithful friend. cannot 50 with him to his |
Mentor furm. to the Supreme Court Of the United /
States, to the lecture hail. or to tho social CIRCLE
in taking leave Of this branch OF my discourse !
! will EAy that Gen. Garfield Is remarkable for |
The balance, harmony, and rUundntss Ut his nat
ire. He has distinguished himself In education,
IN war, III oratory, In legislation; aud he might
1aye been distinguished in almost any walk of
life that he chose to follow.
There is one branch Of my theme that I must J
1,rell upon Il little longer. l have spoken Of |
Sem Gurtteds
INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER.
Full well know that this will be denied. In |
act the mud-battcry has already opened tlrc, ]
and Irnn this time on we shall hear discharge |
aftcr discharge of "Crcdtt-Mobiicr," "Salary-
srab,' "De Golyer Pavement" and '*VisIting
statesman. ! feel bound, therefore, to shy |
omethtng about these matters.
In the first phacc. these things will not come
rom the lips of the Blacks, the ThurmAns, the |
5aynrds. aud tho Puyne.s Of the Democratic |
,arty but from those inferior men who By iu-
tinct seek the gutter and fatten upon garbage |
In tho second place. must speak Of these I
htn8s in the aggregate. This is not because l |
brink from meeting them one by nne as counts |
# an Indictment, but from the stress of time |
nd place.
In the third place, I am not going to affirm that
len Gartleld's acts in all these matters werr
ttse or polite. shall not now argue the ptles-
ion OH that ground ut all. No nun il bound to
cfend uiI that his candidate or friend does or
'lys, on grounds Of wisdom. 4 certain number |
1 mistakes can be overlooked, especially If Il
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