The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-24
GARFIELD,s PICTURE.

GARFIELD'S PICTURE.
T As Drawn by Col. James r. Randall In the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist.
WASHINGTON, March Is, 1881.
. Attorney General Devens could not &c
out of Office without puerile attempt
to ipjure Marshal Fitzsimons, but it was
to use the strong language of friend
"the kick of an expiring jackass. u
The Marshal is more than willing now
that he has been 80 triumphantly exoner.
ated, to resign the Office, but the Presi.
dent will, l think, continue him some
time longer.
In course of conversation with gentle.
man of genius and distinction, whose
name and fame are co.extensive with the
Union, I called his Intention to some
views had expressed about Mr.. Gar
field aud his inaugural address. My
friend stated that I had arrived by intui-
tion OF the same conclusions substantially
that he had reached from long acquain-
tance and experience of the present Chief
Magistrate. He had made Mr.. Carried,
he said, study. There was in the Pres
ident poetic vein of temperament,
which colored all he said and did. He
had vigorous intellect and kindly ma
ture, but the impressions made in early
life were stamped upon his whole after.
career, and are not likely to be eradica-
ted In the beginning he had been poor
and suffered the repressions of poverty.
He became teacher, and as salaried
man had to accommodate himself to his
patrons and their whims. He became
preacher, but bore no new evangel to his
flock i; simply telling them, with novel
warmth but no originality, what they
we're already convinced of. There wasin
him no kinship to Savonarola or Luther
or any of the sons of men who startle
and arouse the drowsy world. He did a
certain sort of good BY this conduct |;
but it did not get out ofany. accustomed
rut. He became Sunday School teach.
er, but there was the same humdrum ex-
hibition, only differing from that of any
other individual by superior talents, IL.
Illustrating old thoughts and following
beaten tracks. He. went into the war ;
but distinguished himself only by putting
glow of romance in Gen. Rosecrans'
dispatches, and by the celebrity with which
he abandoned the perils Of the field for
greater and more alluring glories Of the
forum. From that time forth, as astates.
man, he merely interpreted the passions
of the time in o.atory and legislation.
No man better understood; the popular
frenzy, and no man more vohemently de.
nounced "rebels and traitors" When
conservatism seemed to be prevailing
sentiment, he pitched his key to that
new tune and became effusive in that di.
rection. When the Nation projected its
shadow over the Federation, he could
prove out of everything but the Constitu
ton, and even made brief essay there
that Washington and Jefferson and Jack
son ":did not know everything down in
Judee." AS President, he catches the
popIlur refrains and, in his inaugural,
parcels out his variant music as one
would feed corn to chickens. There is
something for everybody, and yet, with
paradoxical adroitness, nobody can tell
exactly, until time shall develope it,
what that something may turn out.
There is a minor chord running through
that address that the stalwart Republicans
understands as their policy; and yet, 30
clever is. the rhetorical juggle that the
South, almost in chorus, accepts it as q
sugar plum. In his Cabinet selec-
tions he has essayed to make consistent
gombo of the most heterogeneous mate.
rials. Without specifying at length, it
may be said that'the liberalism of Wayne
MacVeagh runs through it as gold silk
through black stocking. The man we
have to watch is not so much Mr.. Garfield
as Mr.. Blaine. That wonderful leader
never performed any more dazzling feat
in craftsmanship than the bold, daring,
brilliant and audacious raid he made
upon the position of Secretary of State.
He was tired of the Senate, and he selec-
ted what he desired in the Cabinet. 1t
required all his pluck and diplomacy,
to retain his grip upon Garfield, and to
the last moment he clung to the Senate,
fearful that the weak spots in Garfeld's
backbone might give way. This you
think is fancy and speculation. Very
we'll. Do not believe it; but wait and
see. If Mr.. Blaine has really grown
conservative, and if the people are in
accord with Mr.. Blaine, the President
will be only second edition of Hayes.
If the people of the East and West de-
mand stalwart programme, the Presi-
dent will be pushed before thatsentiment
and, as usual, become its most strident
apostle. If the politicians clamor for q
disturbance aud the wealthy classes of
the North deprecate it, the President
will be in sore perplexity which to obey,
and will probably turn to MIR. Blaine for
consolation and advice. Then will begin
contest for supremacy between the
President aud Secretary. The one has
the most luck; the other has the most
pluck. 1t is an even wager who would
win, and possibly, between the two,
Grant may emerge IS the arbiter of des-
tiny. He is q rash person who pretends
to read what the next four years will
bring about; and he is the wiser man
who Just now takes nothing on trust, even
the inaugural address of James A. Gar
field.
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