The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-09

60 70 the SenAte from the cou0Qes Of tol
tage and summit he did not resign hi
presidency, because he looked upon feV
months in the Legiulainre As an episod
not likely 10 change the course OF his hie
But the war came 70 alter all his plans
During the winter Of 1851 be was Activ
10 the passage OF measures for Hrming tn
State militia, and his eloQuenee and ener
" made him q conspicuous leader Of Iht
Union party. Early in the summer o
1861 he WIS elected colonel OF an intantr!
regiment (the Forty-secondl raised ii
Eastern 0dio, many Of the soldiers II
which had been students At Hiram. Ii
took the field in Eastern Kentucky, va
put in command ola brigade, and by mai
ing one Of the hardest marches ever msdt
by recruits surprised and routed the reb
ei forces, under Humphrey Marshall, q
Piketon.
From Eastern Kentucky General Gar
field was transferred 70 Louisville Ant
from that place hAstened to join the army
Of General Buell., which he reached viii
his brigade in time to participate IN the
second days fighting 81 Pittsburgh Land
ing. he took pArt In the siege OF Cor
iDth and in the operations along the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad. In Jan
uSrv, 1868, he Was appointed Chief o.
STAFF Of the Army Of the Cumberland and
bore prominent share in AL the cam
paigns in Middle Tennessee IN the spr1ng
and summer Of that year. His last con
spicuous military service Was a the bat
tie OF ChicanaugA. For his conduct in
that battle he was promoted 70 3 major
ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
The Congressional district in which Gar.
field lived was the one long made famous
by Joshua R. Giddings The old anti.
slAvery champion grsE careless Of the Arts
Of politics toward the end Of his career
and came to look upon 8 nomination and
reelection as . matter of course. His
was taken advantage Of ID
1858 BY an ambitious lawyer named
Hutchins to carry 4 convention against
hin. The friends Of Giddings never Tor
gaze Hutchins, and cast about for q meRns
VI defeating him. The old man himself
vas comfortably qu1rtered In his Consul.
ste at Montreal and did not care 70 make
3 fight to get back 10 Congress. So his
supporters made use Of the popularity Of
Garfield and nominated him
while be was in the field without asking
his consent That was in 1852 When
be heard OF the nomination, Garfield re-
dected that it would be fifteen months be.
fore the Congress would meet 70 which
be would be elected, and believing, Is
did every one else, that the war could not
possibly last year longer. concluded to
acceyt have often heard him express
regret that he did not help fight the war
and say that he never would have
left the army 70 go 70 Congress hsd he
foreseen that the struggle would continue
beyond the year 1858. He continued his
military service up 70 the time Congress
met
On entering Congress, in December,
1868. General Garfield was placed upon
ihe Committee on Military Affairs, with
Schenck and FArnsworth, who were also
fresh from the field. He took an active
part in the debates Of the House and won
a recognition which few new members
in gaining. He was not pupu'
lar among bis felloE-members during his
first term. They thought him something
II 3 pedAnt because be sometimes showed
his scholarship 10 his speeches, and they
we're Jealous Of his prominence. HIS
solid aItainments and AmiAble social quAl'
tiles enabled him 70 overcome this pred.
judice during his second term, and he be-
became on terms OF cluse friendship with
The best men in both Houses. His com.
nittee service during his second term was
on the Ways and Means, which WAS quite
TO his taste, for it gave him an opportunity
70 prosecute the studies in finance and
political economy which he had always
ielt tondness Tor. He was bard work.
er and . great reader in those
days going home with his arms
Iull Of books from the Con-
sressionAl Library and sitting up late
nights 70 read them. It was then that be
laid the foundations Of the convictions on
The subject ol national finance which he
has since held TO firmly amid all the
storms Of political agitation. He was re-
nominated in 1864, without opposition,
out IN 1866 Mr.. Hutchlns, whom he bad
made an effort 70 defeat him.
Huichins canvAssed the district thorough
", but the convention nominated Garfield
BY AcclamAtiOn. He has had no opposition
since in his own party. In 1872 the
Liberals and Democrats united 70 beat
hin but his majority vas larger than ever.
In 1874 the GreenbAckers and Democrats
combined and put up 4 popular soldier
against him, but they made no impression
On the result The AshtAbulA district, IS
it is generally called, is the most faithful
70 It's Representatives OF any in the North.
1t has had but four members in half IN
century.
HIS WORK x ooxeREss.
In the FOrtis.h Congress General Gar.
deld was chairman of the committee on
military Affairs. In the Forty-6rst be
was given the Craftsmanship Of banking
and currency, which be liked much bet.
'er, because it was in the line Of his fnAn.
ciAl studies. His next promotion was to
the Craftsmanship Of the appropriations
which he held until the Dem.
ocrats came into powerin the House in
1876. His chief work on that committee
was ble4uy Auu Iu04S4Ou9 4oANStaSH ~ "
the expenses of the government In all
the political struggles IN Congress he has
borne leading par, his clear, vigorous
and moderate style Of argument making
him one Of the most effective debAters In
either house.
When James G. Blaine went TO the Sen
lte, in 1877, the mantle ot Republican
in the House was by common
consent placed upon Garfield. and he has
worn it ever since. In January last Gen.
Garfield was elected 70 the Senate 70 the
eat which will be vacated by Allen 6
Thurman on the 4'h Of March, 1881. He
received the unanimous vote Of the Re
publican eAucus, an honor never given TO
.ny man Of any party in the State Of Ohio.
Since his election be has been the reciP.
ent OF many complimentary manifesto
lions in Washington and Ohio.
As leader in the House he IS more
cautious and less dAshing than Blaine, and
his Judicial turn Of mind makes him too
prone 70 look for two sides Of question Tor
bin 70 be an efficient partisan. When The