The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10
NUMBER 20:
Opinions Of General Garfield.

paper:
"Garfield was member of nv
military family during the early part
of the wsr. When he came to nv
headquarters L must confess that |
had prejudice against him, as l un.
derstood he was preacher who had
gone into, politics, and man of that
cast was naturally opposed to. The
more saw of him the better liked
MN, and finally | gave him the
choice of brigade or. to become nv
chief of staff. He chose the latter.
His views were large, and he was
possessed of a thoroughly compre-
hensIve mind. Late in the summer
OF 1858 he came to me one day and
said that he had been asxad to accept
the Republican nomination for Con-
whether he ought to accept it, and
whether he could do so honorably. L
replied that L not only thought he
could accept it with honor, but that
] deemed it to lie his duty to do so.
The war is not yet over | said, nor
will it be for some time to come.
There will be many questions arising
in Congrss which require not alone
stateSmanlike treatment, but the
advice of men having an acquain~
tance with military affairs will be
needed, and for that and several
other reasons you would, | believe,
do equally as good service to this
country in Congress as in the field,
| consider Garfield head and shoul-
ders above any of the men named
before the convention, and far super
ior to any of the political managers
upon the floor"
Mr.. Watterson, the thoroughly
Democratic editor of that staunch
Democratic paper, the Louisville.
CoTier-JoatsraL, says OF Gen. Gar
field:
"A large likeness of Hayes; better
because brainier man as amiable
as Blaine and more PLAUSIBLE. though
less intrepid ; as smiling and smooth
as Washburne ; as cool and wary and
painstaking as Sherman almost as
trained and acute as Edmunds; this
new leader which destiny has raised
up for the Republican party will
unite it and pell its full strength, be-
Cause he is the logical expression of
its cool and canting morality; its
pushing commercial spirit; its canny
thrift and unheeding zeal in enter
prises great and small in one word,
its genius for the commonplace"
Hon. Henry B. Payne, of Ohio,
who was prominently named for the
Democratic nomination for the Pres
idency, and who is an intimate per.
sonal friend of Gen. Garfield's, says
of his personal probity:
ut isn't likely that / would con-
tinue to respect and admit to my
intercourse any man whom l be-
believed.guilty of deliberate dishenor
No | have never examined the
specific charges against Garfield, nor.
acquainted myself with his defense
against them. From my knowledge
of his character, however, | should
be decidedly inclined to believe that
he was deceived rather than guilty,
that his ignorace of business affairs
and methods was to blame for any
error. Nothing in his outward life
denotes that he has prolited by cOr-
ruption. He lives economically. The
present Improvements on his house at
MentOr-Which may cost some 50, 900
Involve the most considerable eX-
penditure his neighbors are aware Of.
No, no! With Gen. Garfeld's Doliti-,
cal creed am utturly variance, but
all this does not c6onSel me to an un-
considered assault upon that candi-
dates private honor.'
The editor of the New York Euan-
ge!ist, who, like Gen. Garfield, is an
alumnus of Williams College, sums
up his appreciate of the Republican
nominee in the following forcible and
convincing language: III,
"And now, if we were to sum up.
in one word the impression which he
makes upon us, it would be that of
his thorough manliness. He is every.
inch man. There is something
manly in his physique. Tall in per-
son. broad chesteG and strong limbed,
| he has the figure of an athlete. His
head is large and the expression Of
his face one of mingled intelligence,
one in which we can detect no lines,
of craft and cunning, but which shows
a frank and open nature, that scorns
guile and trickery and deceit. If
there be anything in physiognomy-,
if we can read the mind in the face
we should say. This is true.
brave, honest mar, who would snrve.
his country in any station, legislative
or executive, with the same manly.
courage which he showed in the field.
"But there is more in his counte-
nance even than intelligence and
simplicity of character. There is.
another thing which goes with true
manliness-great sweetness and gen.
tleness, something which shows un-.
der a frame Of iron a neart which we
do not always find united with
sterner qualities. 1t is face, in Short,
which indicates one who is brave as
lion and gentle as women. Such,
is the hero of the hour. We, repeat.
he is every inch man-big Drained,
big breasted, and big hearted-a man.
to love as a companion, and to follow
as a leader"
This is the sort of testimony, based