The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-07-07

whom he knew merely by sight, and who was run
rim. canal boat The cousin asked him if he did
not want to drive horses for him. The offer was
aeSePt ts, 6s hashed on young Gared quick
school. tho lake the academy, and the ocean the
college So began his canal boat experience, which
gantly exploited. 1t came along naturally, without
accident or any merely wild notion Of adven-
ture, and James went through it rough and
t6re ts the DraVs ana lusy youth he was for
board 1t was ended by an attack Of fever, through
which he vas safely carried by the skillful and ten
she persuaded him to effort OF another kind. An
education fitting him for teacher would open be-
tore hlm prospect Of equal independence and
greater possibilities than the forest CT the canal
With ST. to meet expenses, young Garfield and his
two cousins entered the academy 1t Chester This
marks tho real beginning Of his busy, honorable.
Randolph, who in after years became his wife.
Here he caught glimpse of the life which might
open before an educated man. and here were awak-
ened those aspirations which only strengthened
At the end Of year be undertook his first expe-
r1ence in teaching. characterization among his IN
more plainly his manly courage and his iron Viii.
No one cared to dispute his authority second time,
and while yet boy he took his first lesson in the
Of ns By the
was naturally drawn to their faith and the insttu-
tIon which they had founded At Hiram. Here
ne d,d his tremendous work of prepare
tlon Tor college. He began At Hiram in the
fall OF 1851. with but twenty -four weeks Of Latin
and twelve weeks Of Greek. He taught for two
xi1ts,s in tho district school After The term
tho whole elk classes, that he could only study
nights and morninga In June, 1e54-less than
had lifted himself to enter college, but had COMFY vn.
peted two years Of tho college course 10 as to be
admitted in the junior class in Williams in full and
he IN
paying his academic expenses. At Williams, his
life was continuation Of his earlier experiences,
His predi!ectionfor study and reading was strength
friends, and in 1856, he graduated with high hon
orr possessing Ct the same time tho admiration aud
confidence OF President Hopkins and the entire
Latin anfGreek, and in 1858, WIS married to Miss
Randolph. to whom he had been engaged since his
entrance into college.
Teaching and preaching" for tho Disciples, he
soon took an uncompromisng stand on the great
questions then beginning to stir the nation: and in
1859. the people of Summit and Portage counties
services to his State he followed his principles to
the field; and, in August, 1861, was commissioned
lieutenant colonel OF the Forty Ohio yolun-
a. volume: He defeated the rebel forces At Paint
vile and Prestonburg, and drove them from Ken
tucky, receiving for The service brieadiers com
NTH. was member Of the Fitx John Porter court
martial, and was made chief Of staff to Gen.
Rosecrans Although prejudiced against Garfield,
friends. '~''
1t was to Gar6eld's foresight and advice that he
afterwards owed many Of his successes The battle
OF moment. He wrote every order that day but one
that one was the fatal order to Gen. Wood,
Which. displ:cne bis brigade. enabled Hood to
week or two of further service he sent to Wash
nxton as bearer Of dispatches. He there learned
Of his promotion to = major genera'ship of volun-
battle Of Chicamauea." December 5, 1863 he re- re-
signed his commission to accept tho election to
congress from the Ashtabula district Of Ohio. be-
congressional halls than on the battlefield. Gar
field was nominated without his knowledge or per-
ssien and vhen he accepted it he did % with the
months He was elected by large majority He,
however, continued his military service up to the
day congress met He has oftene1 expressed regret
that he did not fight the WAT to the end. Among
men OF an earlier age and who are still promi-
nent in public life, he modestly began in congress
the course of study and experience which was ulti
traordinary versatility, activity, and industry are
displayed through the whole Of his long period Of
service in congress Even for single session. the
luminous than the index Of bulky volume. With
each succeeding year he studied more important
subjects andhs opinions grew Of greater weight in
He studied thoroughly the currency question, and
when theories Of reputation wererife. he stead
fastly opposed every scheme tending toward ma
cause Of honest money was one Of the prime causes
Of tho complete trust that the people reposed in
him: him.. The tarid W. no less made the subject Of
this question with greater information or more
lucid argument. Scarcely any subject which it be-
fits the Statesman to investigate did be neglect and
powerful intellect, he shed new and clearer light
In the Fortieth congress Gen. Garfield was tho
chairman Of the committee on military Affairs. In
tn. lEorty. frst he w.s given the workmanship Of
because it was in the line Of his financial studies
His next promotion was to tho craftsmanship Of the
appropriations committee, which he held until tho
Democratic came into power in the house in 1875.
During the troubled times following the election
OF 1876. Garfield WAS the leader Of the moderate
element e3 OF the Republican party: Ho sat on tho
there and elsewhere, contributed largely to the
peaceful solution Of the difficulty. Civil service
reform has always commanded his sympathy, and
his we'll known utterances upon this subject en-
deared him to the masses who desire an honest and
efficient public service. As a lawyer. his career,
though 6rief xas brilliant: the Mil!igan case alone
But Of ell the subjects which he touched but to
adorn' that which lay nearest bis heart was the
cause Of education. A true aud noble American.
Of our state and il was ever first in his actions as
IN bis thoughts. II he considered it too much in
the light of an universal panacea, it was generous
and parionable error. In all the world tho strue-
Cling, aspiring, ignorant youth had no more sym
pathetic, helpful friend than President Garfield.
In 1877, Garfield succeeded Blaine as leader of the
house; and. for two years, showed himself the
coolest and ablest tactician in either party. He
know how to be party man without degeneratng
into partisan. In 1879, he was elected to tho
Omitted States senate to succeed Mr.. Thurman;
but before the arrival OF the date for taking his
SCAT. had been nominated and elected president.
No one who remembers the supreme confidence re-