The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-01

| tat down amt WORSHIP before the ln.uortai
ity of his greatnrS~- What phase ot hi
character will he forgotten" His gratitude
As the end of his race from the canal BAN
to the Presidential pinnacle scarce had h
taken the oath than man as he was in graf
| tIde and deep acknow !t.t4uent al his DEB
To her he turned, and imprinted reverentii
kiss on the lips of her who gave him birth
Forgotten his kind heart? Fifty millions O
| peor. to-day bow not ~ much i'll Sorro,
! hccausco of his fallen greatness, as because q
| his loving nature. Forgotten his PATRIOTISM
In his country's peril he faced his breast t.
the lannon's mouth. Forgotten his devc
ton to his family? In the midst of his erea
suffering his only fear was lest his wifi
might suffer pain. Statesman great. Schola
great: Yet plain citizen with it all. Other
| have been great-nthers iliuStriou>: but q
whom can the same he said Us of Garfield
Towering high above his earl lily attain
InentS; high above all his vauting am tio
might reach-like the noon day sun abov
the earth was the fact, THAT Garfield in tn
midst OF the hnnorS and achievements o
time Of which he historian AMI Geographic
will speak, was an humble and consistent fol
lower of the Lord Jesus Christ, and his hand
rested in those of his Father in Il persona
trust. Peerless mani MatchlesS anon.
rulers. his country's servant, yet the ser
want of his God.
Standing by his grave, would offer ant
move the adoption of the following resou
tions, which l have prepared to express oul
| sense of grief:
WHEREAS, in the providence OF God, tn,
hand Of death has removed the late Presi
dent of the United States, James \. Gar
| field.
Resolre,, That while we deeply tleplore hi.
>utferingS and DEATH and our hearts; are
bleedin@ heneath the stroke, vet we submit
| to the will of an all wise Cod and when VT
realize that he is the ruler of the nations
| and remember that he hath been in an eS-
peclal sense the God of our nation, we lool;
up through our tears, and though our eyes
cannot penetrate His mysteries, we say Gle
doetll all things WELL
| RcSolre', That recognized in the de,
! ceased an unusual fitness to fill and adorn
! his high position. His gifted mind, his
| broad and progressive nature, his great
| learning, his profound and intimate ac-
| Iuantance with legislative practice com
! ilned TO make statesman we'll prepared
to he the chief citizen of u free people.
| Hcso'fed That IT'S ruler he had won our
confidence and esteem by his consciousness
that his office was sacred trust: by his adj
! herence to the constitution and laws, by his
| conservative course, by his earnest efforts TO
purify the body polite, and erase the last
traces of sectionalisrn from Il united people.
| That rs Il citizen he was transformations, us
a man devoted to right, as IL son obe,lieut
and grateful, as Il husband, father, and
/ head of his family he will he an example,
while love, purity and honor shall be
! revered.
| Rrsoircd, That we are filled with admira-
ton at the patience and courage with which
| he endured his grievouS SutferingS and faced
| the approach of death, and we recognize
that the underlying principle which sus-
tanned him during those weary hours was
also the support of his life, a practical
Christianity and personal trust in God.
ReSoired, That our tender sympathies are
| extended to his aged mother his loving
| wife, his tatherless children. his bereaved
sisters and friends, aud that ut the same
time we heSpeak for his successor in office
in his trying emergency the prayers OF all
and the support of Il united people.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Blake's remarks,
the Chairman extended an invitation to any
one desiring to speak, which was responded
to by Hon. j. y. j. Creswel, who said:
IoE. CEEswELL's SPEECH
Mr.. CHNIRMAN:-The President of the
| Cnited States has Issued his proclamation
and it has been approved by the Governor
of this State, calling upon the people to CON
vene to-day to Supplicate the Divine aid in
| this hour of mourning. We do not merely
respond to the official call, but we come to
give expression TO our individual feelings,
heartfelt and sincere. | have known lanes
y. Garfield Tor eighteen years, and always
knew him to be a man-bravc, acute, cour-
ageous-ready to perform his duty, and that
duty that OF Il giant. | remember him egll-
teen years ago. when sworn i'll us a member
of the House of Representatives. :: body the
most unruly at that time, and from the first
he became u leader. H. has been since that
time to this sustained by an Intelligent con-
Stiruency TO the House, then
Ia the Senate, and finally 20 the Presidency
He was from the prope--starting at the foot
of the ladder OF fame and reaching in Il re-
marklhly short time, the topmost pinnacle.
lie lived long enough to have the pleasure
OF seeing all the dark blotcheS of the late
war wiped out-even the Government debt,
which some men thought would never he
paid-beinS as good as cancelled. In all
| these he took an active part, and thea
When ABOUT to seek II season OF rest from
his laborS looking to IL glorious future
he falls by the hand of a wretched as
slsSin. do not desire to indulge in mere
panegyric, but to speak of the man rs
knew him. Do You believe James \. Gar
field to have been great man: There are
qualities with which no man can h. small.
aud these he possessed. | know no man
who has clearer, more giant intellect, than
had our dear President Then in his phvsi-
cal character, six feet i'll height Symmetrl-
cal in form, he would always be marked
among men. Here, then, we have two great
qualities, Il sound mind in Il sound body;
but this Is not all In Il great man, we look
for great courage, nobility of SOUL etc, and
all these he possessed in an eminent degree
He was great because God endowed him
with the qualities of greatness. This man
came from the people: being from the peo-
Pile, his sympathies We're with the people
The speaker here related several incidents
in the military career of General Garfield,
and closed with Il tribute to the Christian
character of the deceased, and the effect his
death will have in making us united peo-
pie.
Vim. J. Jones, ESD, followed in Il tribute
to the scholarly as well us Christian charac-
ter of the deceased, and concluded by say
ing that the biography of james \. Garfield
could be, as could no other, adopted as IL fit
model for the young men of our country
Noble 7. Biddle, Esq, followed in short
but appropriate address, the last that he
will make here for some time at least, us he
-
by his family, where he will hereafter make
his home.
James 7. Mccullough, EST, then took
the floor and in Il short address said great
deal in honor of the Nations dead
John S. Writ, Esq, was the next speaker.
MIR. wIET's ADDRESS.
MIR. CnAIEMAN:-I feel that cannot let
this occasion pass without a few words in
memory OF the dead and suggesting the pro-
priety of the adoption Of these resolutions
Mr.. Garfield has fulfilled the destiny of life
and is gone. y iuSt account of his valua-
Bile public services will be spread upon the
enduring records of his country's history,
and Il grateful people will cherish the mem
Dry of his virtues and abilities
The life of great man in any period of
the worlds history is IL subject to commend
itself to every thoughtful mind, but espe-
cially is this true of the public men of
Il representative government Alexander
spreading the civilization of Greece along
the shores of the Mediterranean, Caesar sub
DUNG the barbarism OF Gaul to the order
and discipline of the Roman Empire, Ma
poleon overthrowing the ancient dynas1ies
of Europe TO replace them with the crea-
lures of his personal power,-these are the
colossal figures of history who have mould
ed the progress of the world.
He whose untimely end we mourn to-day
was not, indeed the equal of these men in
personal greatness, and J ct, in some respects,
his life was nobler than theirs They We're
the representatives of absolute power which
imposed their rule upon a long-sutiering
but rebellious people, he was chosen by the
conserving voice of rrecmsm to he their
Chief Ruler, and his life was interviewer
with the highest aspirations of happy,
united and proSperOuS people. For this