Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-15
Garfeld's Power-A Thrilling Incl
dent in New York.
From the Cincinnati Gazette ]

( the county ever pdsstu tHIOuSlt uhs OeSn
furnished US by distinguished gentle
msn who WAS present, aud shows the in
tellectual and moral power of the Repubs
| lican nominee tor the Presidency over
surging and maddened crowd:
II shall never forget the first time | saw
General Garfield. Ii was the morning
after President Lincoln's assassination,
/ The country WAS excited TO its utmost ten
sion, and New YORK city seemed ready
| for the scenes Of the French Revolution.
! The intelligence OF Lincoln's murder had
| been flashed By the wires over the whole
! land. The newspaper headlines were set
up in the largest type, and the high crime
was on every ones tongue. Fear took
| possession OF mems minds as To the fate
/ tate of the Government, for in few hours
/ the news came on that Stewards throat
was cut and that attempts had been made
! upon the lives of others OF the Govern
ment officers. Posters were stuck up
everywhere, in great black letters, calling
| upon the loyal citizens OF New York,
Brooklyn, Jersey City and neighboring
places, to meet around the Wal, street Elk
change and give expression TO their senti.
ments. 1t was a dark and terrible hour.
What might come next no one could tell,
and men spoke with battd breath, The
comfortable, and revolvers and knives
were in the bands Of thousands of Lin
coins friends, ready at the first opportu
81, nifty 10 take the law into their own hands
ana svenge the death of the martyred
| President upon any and all who dared 10
utter W I'd against him"
| eleven o'clock a. NJ was the hour set
| for the rendezvous. FIFTY thousand peo-
pie crowded around the Exchange Build
ing, examining and jamming the streets,
and wedged in tight as men could stand
| together. With few To whom q special
| favor was extended, | went over from
Brooklyn, at 8 A NJ, aud, even then,
with the utmost difficulty, found way to
| the reception room IUT line speakers n the
| front of the Exchange Building, and look
| ing out upon the high and IN ,ssve bal
cony, whose front was protected by
heavy iron railing. We sat in suiemnity
and silence, waiting for General Butler,
who, ii was announced, had started from
| Waship gton and was either already in the
| city, or expected every moment Nearly
a hundred generals, judges, statesmen,
| lawyers, editors, clergymen and others
were in that room waiting Buffers ar
| rival. We stepped out to the balcony to
watch the fearfully solemn and swaying
mass OF people. Not hurrah was heard
but for the most part dead silence, or n
deep, ominous muttering ran like rising
wave up the street toward Broadway, and
again down toward the river on the right
"At length the batons of the police
were seen swinging in the air, far up on
the left, parting the crowd and pressing
il back to make way for carriage that
moved slowly and with diff cult joys,
! through the compact multitude Sud.
denly the silence was broken, and the cry
of Butler Butler Bu,lerr rang out
with tremendous and thrilling effect, and
was taken up by the people. But not
! great people, asking to know now their
President died. The blood bounded in
our veins, and the tears ran like streams
down our faces. How it was done l Tor
! get, but Butler was pulled through and
| pulled up, and entered the room, where
we had just walked back 70 meet him. 4
| broad Grape, yard long, hung from his
| left srm-'errlble contrast with the count
| less flags that were waving the nations
victory IN the breeze. We first realized
then the truth OF the sad news that Lin
coin was dead. When Butler entered the
room we shook hands. Some spoke,
some couldn't. All were in tears, The
only word Butler had for US all at the
!
| men, he died in the tulness OF his fame !"
and as he spoke 1t his lips quivered, and
! the tears ran fast down his cheeks.
Then, after few moments, came the
! speaking, And you can imagine the et-
! feet, rs the Grape tiu,tered IN the wind,
while his arm was upliited Dickinson,
Of New York State, was fairly wild. The
old man leaped over the iron railing of
the balcony, and stood on the very edge
! oveIhanging the crowd, gesticulatng in
| the most vehement manner and next
thing to bidding the Crows burn up the
rebel, seed, root and branch, while a by.
stander held on 10 his Coat.tais TO keep
him from falling over, BY this time the
wave OF popular indignation had swelled
to It's crest. Two men lay bleeding on
one OF the side streets, the one dead, the
other next 10 dying; one on the pave.
ment, the other IN the gutter They had
SAID moment before that Lincoln ought
| to have been shot long sgor They were
not allowed 10 say it again Soon two
| long pieces OF scantling stood out above
the heads of .ae crowd, crossed at the TOP
| like the letter X and lcoped halter
pendent from the junction, dozen men
following It's slow motion through the
masses, while 'Vengeancen was the cry. /
'On the right, suddenly, the shout rose,
The IF0r!at Tie World! The Office OF
The Woridr World! 'W0rldh and a
movement OF perhaps 5000 or 10000 /
turning their isCes 10 the direction Of
that building began to be executed 1t
was critical moment. What might !
come no one could tell, did that crowd
get in front of that Office Police and