Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-16
\ REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN DOCU-
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RENIARKABLE CAMPAIGN DOCU-
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 A novel and very interesting campaign doc ument is that entitled "Maxims of James Abram Garfield" It consists of selections from his speeches and writings, short, pithy sentences, full of wisdom, and exhibiting acute observation and wide knowledge of men and things. There have been few men nominated for the presidency who have furnished the material for such publication.
 The collection opens with saying which shows the character of the man. It is, q would rather be beaten in right than succeed in wrong" Then follow a number of note- worthy sentences, among them the following: 'Luck is an fgnts. tataeas. You may follow it to ruin, but never to success" "A pound of pluck is worth ton of luck.' ''For the mo- blest man that lives there still remains a con- fict." 'sIt is no honor or profit merely to appear in the arena The wreath is for those who contend s'We are never without a man a motto to shout over.'' ''There is a fellowship among the virtues by which one great, generous passion stimulates another" :"
 Every young man can find profit in what the Republican candidate for the presidency has said concerning success in life. ''To young man who has in himself the magnif- cent possibilities of life it is not fitting that he should be permanently commanded; he should be a commander. You must not con- tinue to be the employed. There is something, young man, which you can com mand. Go and find it and command it. t.' ''Be fit for more athan the thing you are now doing" 'In order to have any success in life, or any worthy success, you must resolve to carry into your work a fullness of knowledge not merely a sufficiency, but more than a sufficiency." ''Young men talk of trusting to the spur of the occasion. That trust is vain. Occasions cannot make spurs. If you expect to wear spurs you must win them. If you wish to use them you must buckle them to your own heels before you go into the fght.'' The record of General Garfeld's life shows that these and similar ideas have been successfully acted upon by him.
 He has been an ambitious scholar and a faithful teacher, and his experience in being educated and in educating leads him to say It is to me perpetual wonder that any child's love of knowledge survives the out rages of the school house." And that ''One half of the time which is now almost wholly wasted, in district schools, on English gram mar attempted at too early an age, would be sufficient to teach children to love the Republic and to become it's loyal and life long supporters"
 In matters of government General Garfield expresses himself with the same terseness and sagacity that characterize the specimens already given. We quote: ''We should do nothing for revenge, but everything for se- i curity; nothing for the past, everything for l the present and the future'' ''We confront l the dangers of suffrage by the blessings of l universal education.'' 'Tt matters little l tions, if the life, freedom and growth of so- 1 ciety are secured" "It is as much the duty | of all good men to protect and defend the l reputation of worthy public servants as to 1 detect public rascals" Political parties, like | poets, are born, not made. No act of political | mechanics however wise, can manufacture to | order and make platform and put aparty on l it that will live and fourish.' 'It is safe l and wise rule to follow in all legislation that | whatever the people can.do without legislation will be better done than by the intervention of the State and nation.'' '.An uncertain | currency that goes up and down hits the | laborer and hits him hard. It helps him l last and hurts him first" 'Statesmanship consits rather in removing causes than in punishing or evading results.
 These sentences, selected at random from the collection, give some idea of General Garfield as 8 thinker and a writer. And when it is remembered that he has not only | achieved distinction as a scholar, but as a soldier, lawyer and statesman, the statement of Senator Hoar that he is more thoroughly provided with the requisites for high public service, more amply qualified to meet all the demands of the office of President, and to do aenor to his country in it, than any man who has attained that station since John Quincy Adams, does not seem at all exagger- |