The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-08-07

GEN GARFIELD'S TRIP TO TIE
EAST.

1ElN. IA Nf lELD D L fSlE' ~ f1E
EAST.
General Garfield left his home at Men
tor, Ohio, on Tuesday morning, for the
East. travelling i'll Il special ear, which
was placed at his disposal by the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Company.
The General was met at Geneva by
Congressman Congcr of Michigan, and
benjamin Harrison, Godlovc ). Orth and
General Streight. of Indiana. During
the day the soldiers monument at Gene
Va, Ashtabnla county, Ohio, was dedi-
Gated with imposing ceremonies.
Speeches We're made by General Gar
field, Representatives. Conger and Orth
and General Harrison. General Streight
and others. Gen. Garield's speech, as
reported in shorthand for the Cleveland
Ucr0ld, was as follows:
Fellow citizens:-These gentlemen
had ne right to print on a paper here
that | was to make a speech, for the
types ought always to tell the truth, and
they have not done it in this case. But
| cannot look out upon great audience
i'll Ashtubula county. recognizing so
many old faces and old friends without
at least making my bow to them and say
ing goodbye before | go. | cannot
either hear such u speech as that to
which have just listened without thank
ing the man who made it and the people
WHO enable him to make it: for, after all,
no man can make Il speech alone. 1t is
the great human power that strikes up
from Il Thousand minds that acts upon
him and makes the speech. 1t originates
with those outside of him. if he makes
one at all (and every man who has stood
on this platform to-day has had Il speech
made out of him by you and what is
yondcr on your square.) That is the
way speeches are made, and if | had
time to stay here long enough these
forces, with you, ght make one out of
me.
Ideas are the only things in this uni
verse that are immortal. Some people
think that soldiers are chiefly renowded
for courage. That is one Of the cheapest
and commonest qualities. We share it
with the brutes. | can find you dogs
and bears and lions that will fight and
tight to the death, and will tear each
other. Do you call that warfare? They
are as courageous as any of the soldiers,
if mere brute courage is what you are
after. The difference between them and
us is this: Tigers never hold reunions to
celebrate their victories. When they
have eaten the creature they have killed
that is the only reunion they ever hold
Wild beasts never build monuments over
their slain comrades. Nhyo because
there are no ideas behind their warfare.
Our race has ideas. and because ideas are
immortal. if they be true we build mon
uments 30 them. We hold reunions, not
for the dead. for there is nothing in all
the earth that you and | can do for the
dead. They are past our help and past
our praise. We can add TO them no
glory and We can give to them no immor-
tally. They do not need us. but for
ever and ever more we need them. The
glory that tr;tiled in the clouds behind
them, after the sun had set. falls with its
benediction upon us who are living. and
it is to commemorate the immortality of
the ideas for which they fought that you
assemble to-day and Dedicate your mon
ument, which points up towards the God
who leads them in the glory of the great
world beyond.
And around those ideas. under the
| leadership of the immortality of those
IDEAS we assemble to-day reverently to
follow. reyerently to acknowledge the
glory they achieved and the benediction
they left behind them. That is the mean-
ing of an assembly like this: and to Join
in it and to meet you. my old neighbors
and constituents, to share with you the
memories that we have heard rehearsed.
and the inspiration that this day points
to, that this monument celebrates. is to
me a joy and for it | am grateful to you.
I Before | 90 | want the pleasure, and TO
give YOU the pleasure of hearing IL few
words from some distinguished gentle
mcn who are on this platform. | would
/ | had time to introduce them all to YOU,
/ but ask You to hear for a moment what
you will. | know. be delighted to hear, u
word from the descendant of that great
/ Ohio man that we SO honnrcd forty years
| ago this year. | ask YOU to listen to
General Ben Harrison, of Indiana
ARRIVAL At BCFFAIo.
| General Garfield arrived at Buffalo on
| Tuesday evening, shortly after 8 o'clock,
/ and was received with tremendous enthll-
/ Sasm. nearly 80. 600 persons being assem-
/ bIcd to give him Il welcome. The Re
j pubilcanS had only Il comparatively short
notice that the presi,lential c,ndiI,te
would pass through the city on his way
! to New York. and CONSIDERING this the
great crowd that assembled may be
I lacked unon as evidence nf the wonder
/ tnl nonnlaritv If The c,nliI,ta ~.
! Palace Hotel at witch if was understood
that General Garfield would break his
Journey for one night was crowded
There were REPRESENTATIVE men from all
no,ts of tho S+ata md ,,oonn +bor, ,,I,t
= fewof fine leadin~ manufacturers Of the
cit, who arc thnrouyl,Iv ip+.ros+od in
thr succrss of the Repubjican marty, In
from, of the i,n,cI ,,o, ;,nr,, wr,r rna,crJ
erecting platforms. and in the city there
we're many establishments in cn,,rsa Of
decoration with banners and lanterns
/ \ larue partv left Ruttalo NV snac;o1
train at 3. 30 o'clock IN order Ia meet
Gen Garfield nj Dunkirl, which * within
! few niles of thr bo,dcr line If thn
STAFF Tin. Marty n,mhnrad un,,r,1s Of
3Ao and COMPRISED =, lar~n number of tha
Ir,,linr manufacturers If put1:,ln I ;nI
( ta,,,ut ,,nvar;,r unsi,ina y,rn ,,,J ha.n
dedicated bv Governor Cornell to renrn.
sent HIM. was present with the officers ,f
the Governors staff.
4 larne plotfnm had been erccted moan.
the denot ut Dunkirk and sh,rtIv ,rtn,.
.lo ,,1r,v nj;ubtnd l,. o.i,l;.,,,, on,i,
man of the local Remhlicau clnh addrass-
ed theassembly. which was theu inst m,th-
crime.
The taTileld tram was due ut 80
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