Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-07-10

5Ek1sl - An old Students opinioa of care.,d
 The Superintendent ofthe Esperanza mine Is an old student of Hiram Col iege' and in recent discussion spoke substantially as follows:
 l can't talk very calmly, for there IS scarcely man in the world that I Know better, or admire and love more had hoped that brutality on the par, oi me press was going the way of oth. CT o'utalities, but it seems we must wait few years before unscrupulous and scurrilous writers are put into the place where they belong.
 !" Where Garfield is well known ii makes no difference. His old district, which has sent him to Congress for eighteen years, knows him pretty well. he State of Ohio, which last winter sent him to the Senate with unanim- ny never surpassed, knows him. Let
 
 the lights be turned on on every side 1T the people of the country come 10 Know ihe man, you cannot defeat hin. b'iore November the people of the United States will find out
 |, That Garfield is not a salary grabber.' Any one who saw Gen. Garfield jsst before the close of that eventful Congress, who heard, as did, his last distressed discussion of the subject with President Hinsdale, of Hiram College Ia man of grand judi. cial mind on whom the General often leans), surely would not censure him that to save his appropriation bill and avoid an extra session of Congress he accepted a rider which, through long struggle he had steady but vain. ly opposed.
 "2 Further, the General was not brlbed and did not peJure himself in inc Mobilier business. Of course, that kind of man 10 whom virtue is a chi mera will laugh at the idea, but these things are not possible with Garfield. l propose 10 say that a mans general character enables yOn at least to say whether certain things are probable or not. Any one who looks over the case fairly will see that there is no evidence 10 contradict the Generals testimony, and there is abundance to corroborate it. Garfeld's name was dragged in, but the man himself was not there. Garfield sell himself for $329, Talk it to fools
 Co Garfield is not a religious hypO- criie. I suppose it is ss natural for him to believe in God as for Col. h. gerscll 10 disbelieve, and perhaps his faith has shaped his character and life more than he is even conscious of But he is as far removed as it is pos sible for man to be from all cant or prrtentious display. Of course any public man who is a Christian lays himself liable to exceedingly venO nous stabs, but only the most gro tcsque slander makes him appear to any disadvantage in-this matter.
 :" In spite of his great successes l often wish the General were out of politics. am rather of the opinion that the American people don't de- serve as good candidates as be before them. He would enjoy d private lit erary life almost perfectly, and there have been paths far pleasanter than political ones where hc might have trod.
 Garfield made the best college president in the world. l can hardly speak of it. The influence he had over the young men about him has hardly a parallel known. With his broad, clear mind he drew something of good out of everything and every body. He had a way of being firm as a rock, yet tender enough to conquer and hold all hearts by that which was something more than kindness. There was nm irresistible contagion in his every word and look, his very presence was an inspiration. never saw man who carried into the very quietest hooks of life such an easy and yet such perfect manlIness'
 In one way it is hard just now to pattern after the General. He IS not revenCeful. and if anybody chooses to hate him he has the field wholly to himself. It is hard for some Of us to hear calumnies causeless and baseless, | calumnies which do discredit 10 the 1 intelligence and honor Of the men who ] use them, sounded in cur ears. But | YOU may be assured that the battle Is not going by defau.t on our part. and we shall win as in '65, because We | must"
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