, 1880-06-20
The Life, Character, and Public
Services OF the Republican
Candidate.
An Address Delivered at His Birth
place in Orange, cuyahoga
County, Ohio,
'4dNhy, June 10, 1880, by B. i. ninsdale, Presi.
dsnt oil Hiram College.
apnsal Dt.7cteh to Ihs Chicago 1ttoss.e.

sacred by all Northern Ohio as the birth
place and scene of the early life OF Gen. Gar
field. The old farmers who had known
the General from infancy gathered ir
with their wives, children, and grand
children and dedicated the spot by raising ;
fne Garfield and Arthur pole. Many people
attended from this city and surroundin:
towns, and at the close of the dedicatOry
services adjourned to neighboring grove
where the speech of the day was delivered
By President Hinsdale, Of Hiram College
one of the Generals old friends and pupils
The speech was.received With much enthusi
asm.
THE ADDRESS.
FE1Low-CrrHExs OF ORANGE: assure you
meeting would have drawn me to your quiet
neighborhood to-day. My public appearances
have generally been on non-politcal occasions
Besides, your invitation found mc on Conn
mencenent-Day weary with the labors of the
closing coiIcgc-year, and no ordinary occasion
OF any sort could have induced h me TO 1m 1orse
the preparation aud delivery OF public address.
But, deeming this meeting much more than a
your % cail as the cali Of duty. Hence I'M here.
And, pray, wtat is the occasion? The occa-
sion is the place where we ure gathered and its
was on this spot that, Nov. II, 1881. boy-baby
drst opened his great Saxon eyes upon the face
of Nature, and that later his Saxon hair first
nuttered in the wind That boy baby has grown
to be famous; and his life. public services, and
character are the subject Of my address
ABRAA GARFIELD AND ELIZA nALLou.
his Hife,-he from Massachusetts, and she from
New Hampshire. came TO the spot upon which
we have assembied. In 1880 They had bought
here In the forest small piece Of land. that
they hoped to clear up and pay for BY their toll
nature; what she was will soon appear. Hardly
had they made a fair beginning when, from
sSp9g;are and medical 1ns1 1o 1annckef,
ing, be said to bis devoted wife. !" have planted
four saplings in these woods must now leave
1aens then and 5alf Sd Jame
A Garfield, the Republican standard-hearer In
the Presidential campaign Of lsD.
bidding. 4 small farm incumbered with debt.
dense forest only partially broken by clear
tngs, scattered population almost as poor as
herself, made up her Immediate environment.
She was about 81 years of age, small of stature,
but great in ability and. IN resolution Putting
7Sd tbe f9e1ds sss 5ss saa the house M
children should NOT be scattered. Advisers
1 TO aeF I'll ho she 1So nag @ 6eF M
and her struggles. Suffice it to say, she kept up
the home: cared for the four sap]ings until they
rendered the farm and house to other hands 1
must take leave Of her with saying,
ALL HONOR TO MOTHER GAaF1ELDl
This fierce struggle for existence was young
ana and hsrds Po
metcd out to MIN their severe discipline. One
has wisely said: "The man Of culture is the man
who has formed his ideals through labor and
self denial. In this sense no one could be bot
ter cultured. In this school we're formed his
habits Of application, Of endurance, and Of In
ping and canai-t1riring stories, which | have
neither time nor desire 10 tell. have Il threcfold
signihcance: First they reveal the nature Of
n1g+
history, they show the power of the man; third,
they teach that there is one country on the globe
where boy need not be born on the steps Of
The throne or in the seats Of wealth to rise to
distinguished places, but TINT the best which
America has to o1er is within the reach Of the
poor boy brain, and heart, and hand.
TousG GARr1ELD's sCHooL~TRA1N1SG
began in the old school house that stood on yon-
der knoll Here, on due effort, he easily led the
school At the age Of Il he went, in quest of
s. .ae nspsa b
already appeared strongly marked: he was
atudious, truthful generous, thoughtful and
Chester BY the time that be was 20 he had
learned what the district school could teach him:
he had well begun the classics and higher mathe-
discipline which comes Of teaching u common
SCHOOL In the fall OF 1851 he took his way to
Hiram, where the Western Reserve Eclectic In
Garfield, Cuyahoea County" The next year he
AppEAFS UOul Will LEAGuEIS LIE 6LuQEutS.
i read again, j. A. Garfield, Teucher in the En-
Elish Department and of the Ancient Lam
Guages.' Then his name drops from the Hiram
cAtalOE to appear Immediately in the Junior |
class Of Williams College In this Institution, by
his ABILITY, SCHOLARSHIP. AND CHARACTER
he won the confidence and admiration both of
the students and the instructors. A, the head
Prime, Graduating In 1856, Mr.: Garfield re- |
turned to Hiram us Teacher Of Ancient Lam
guases ana Literature The next year. being :o
a19 ho nHo fhnhr
3ud this place he held and flied until he went |
Into the army ia 1861. Hoping that he might re- |
tlnrn-uaTilliny tl TO part even with hS name
years longer. Then he fell out OF the catalog, !
10 reappear as Il Trustee and us Advisory Prin- |
name finally disappears from The Faculty-pase |
Of the catalog. His last service Us IN instructor
was an admirable series Of ten lectures on
must say something more nbuGt Garfield In !
Hiram. for there his public life began.
Perhaps I shall best describe him by telling
what he was to his students These regarded !
him with
RESPECT, AN ADMIRATION. AND AFFECTION
Euch as / have never seen given to another
'eacher~ His greatness Us teacher md nd.
scholarship, his drillmaster tcaching, or his
lchoolmas@er discipline. His power was in !
.nergizing young men and women. lie sti1nu-
moral fibre. poured in Inspiration: wldened the
ield Of mental vision. and created noble ideals
II lille anu CnAf4CIcT- He Was moro Ll&n
eacher and administrator, the student found
lin heper and Il friend
To me Gen. Garfield is no more than he was
'efore his nomination at Chicago. Ny acquaint-
nce with him began in November, le;3- Then
was that gawky boy. the smell of the turrow
lpou my garments. first appeared in Hiram. |
ie soon made II capture Of my heart. AT that
line the leading Hiram I1cIl were called PhiD-
natheauS~ from the Society to which they be-
onEcd. In I'm address delivered III 1875, speak, |
1g of the old Hiram days, l said: Henry |
aInes tan old Hiram mani speaks OF the Philo-
1atheaus as wonderful men, mentions those I
hat he thought the master spirits, and adds:
Then began to grow up in me \
An ADMIKATIOS AND LOVE FOR GARFIELD
hit has never abatcd, anl the like ct which
ave never known. A bow ot recognition or
lngle word from him was to me All inspirAton.
he cxact parallel Of my own experience. Gar
cid. YOU have t:tuKht tDe more than any other !
ian. living Or dead: and when recall those |
afly days, when remember that JaEnes and |
ere not the last OF the boys, proud rs am OF
our record rs soldier and statesman, l can (
ardly forgive vol, for abandoning the academy
or the field and the forurn!' And the cheers |
1rh which the old chapel r1iug as l read the |
arugrnph showed that hcArt-chord had been !
sr1ck.
II ,Fus In Hiram, in 1855, that Mr. Garfield mar
led his wife. Miss Lucrctia Rudolph, daughter !
the now venerable and always worthy Zcb
udolph- i HirAm poet, celebrating iii not in
egant verse tho Ladies' Literary Society,
HAS SUNG:
- 49otu Mary? Nay, Lucrsti0- !,
ThN uObtc rl4cSft. Far,a .