The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-29
GEN. GARFIELD
Makes q speech 20 His OId AssoeI-
ates Before the War.
In which He BriaE- Up Fsad ReeoI-
IeetIsas Of the Past
other News nrea Home aad Abroad

field was not at the Clarendon hotel in
New York, as alleged by the demo-
cratic counsel in the Philips case, for
this afternoon he made a speech at
Mentor. This shows again the des-
perate devices and tricks which the
democratic managers employ 10 keep
the people aroused and interested in
their alleged sensation. The disgust
felt here among the republicans and
democrats is too deep for words. Gen.
Garfield said 10 his visitors:
I once read of a man who tried to
wear the armor and WELD the sword Of
some ancient ancestor, but found them
too large for his stature and strength.
IL should try, at this moment and
sway the memories which your pres
ence awakens, / should be overwhelmed
and wholly unable to marshal and mas
ter the quick coming throng Of memo
ries which this semi circircle OF old
friends and neighbors has brought TO
me. Here are school fellows Of twen-
ty-eight years ago; here are men and
women who were my pupils quarter
of century ago; here are venerable
men, who, twenty-one years ago, in
Kent, launched me upon the stormy
sea Of political life. see others who
were soldiers in the old regiment which
/ had the honor to command, and how
could / listen to the touching and
thoughtful words OF my friend, the
venerable chief justice Of Ohio, who has
just spoken, without remembering that
evening OF 1861, Of which he spoke too
modestly, when he and / stood to-
gether in the old church ut Hiram, and
called upon the young men to go forth
TO battle for the union and be enlisted
before they slept, and thus laid the foun-
dation OF the 42d regiment. How can
forget all these things and all that
has followed; how can forget that %
years Of my life were SO braided and in
tertwined with the lives of the people
OF Portage county, when see men and
women from all its townships standing
at my door? / cannot forget these
things while life and conscience remain.
No other period Of my life can be like
that-the freshness Of my youth, the
very springtide Of life, and the bright
ening on toward noontide all were with
you; all Of you, my neighbors, my
friends, my cherished comrades, in all
relations Of social, student. military
and political lie and friendship, you
are here so close to my heart that can
not trust myself to an attempt to mar
shal the memories with anything like
conference. To know that my neigh
bors and friends in Portage county,
since the first day Of my congressional
life, have never sent to any convention
a delegate who was hostile to me; that
through all the storms Of detraction
that roared around me, the members of
the old guard of Portage county have
never wavered in their faith and friend
ship, but have stood in an unbroken
phalanx with their locked shields above
my head and have given me their
hearts in every contest.
Well, gentlemen, on the eve of the
great events closing great campaign,
look into your faces and draw from
you such consolation which even you
cannot understand. Whatever the re-
suit may be, our past is secure; and
whatever may befall me hereafter, IL l
can succeed in keeping the hearts of
Portage county near to me, l shall
know l do not 60 far wrong in anything,
for they are men who love truth for
truths sake far more than they love
any man.
Ladies' and gentlemen, all the doors
Of my house are open to you; the hand
Of every member of my family is out
stretched to you; our hearts greet you,
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