The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-06
Meeting at Warm Springs.

At a meeting of the citizens Of Bath county, Va,
and citizens of other counties and States, held at
Warm Springs September goth, 1881, Capt. George
M Cochran 1r., was called TO the chair, and Robt L.
Parish was appointed Secretary
The object of the meeting stated to be to make
q suitable expression the sorrow o. the citizens
assembled at the death of the President of Uni
ted States, and upon motion the chair appointed
following committee to draft resolutions to wit
Rev. J. 1. NJ. Curry, Hon. VIM Mclaughlin, Capt.
Dr.. George S. Gibson, Maryland George L. Kent,
New York, and F. A. sprague, KY. The committee
retired, and after short absence returned, and
through their chairman, Rev. DR.. Curry, reported
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the citizens of Bath county, Va,
and citizens from various portions of the United
States here assembled do express their deep
at the death of President GARFIELD, whose long ex-
perence In the public councils, great ability,
character, and wide patriotism, grave promise and
assurance of an administration premotive of the
welfare and honor of the whole country.
Resolued, That the patience, resignation, cheerful
ness, and bravery with which the President bore his
painful and protracted sufferngs show us what the
country has lost in the death of one having such
qualities for the discharge of the duties OF the
Chief Magistracy of the Republic
Res0Loed, That the resolutions be communicated
to the aged and honored mother and devoted wife,
with an expression of our sincerest sympathy with
them In this hour of their bereavement and dark
ness.
Resolved That the assassination of President Gar
field was an act Of atrocious wickedness, meriting
only universal indignation and adherence, and we
reprobate the application of the principle of the
dynamite and the dagger to the correction of real
supposed evils in our country.
After appropriate and touching remarks by DR..
Curry, the resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Upon motion, 1t was further resolved TO publish
the proceednus of this meeting in the three news
papers published in the city of staunton, and DR..
Curry was requested to furnish synopsis of his
remarks for publication With said proceedings The
meeting then adjourned
GEO NJ. COCHRAN JR., President.
R. L. PARISH, Secretary.
AT WINCHESTER
At a meeting of the Cameron, Lewis and Blair
Club of the city of Winchester held on TIL 23d day
Of September, 1881, Mr.. John r. Carson offered the
al "a inpn raa rph la and aInfson
As citizen Of the United States, and member of
the Cameron, Lewis and Blair Club of the city of
Winchester, whose interests in every respect are
Identical with the general good of whole people
without regard to party race, think it we'll to
call the attention of this Club to the sad fact that
the President of the United states is DEAD. The
remotest parts Of this great nation has ere this
heard OF q calamity common in deep regret to us
ail. Tne death OF great and good man, at any
time, might we'll cause all to stop in the earnest
activity OF busy life and consider the end; but
when We realize that the Executive Head of the
grandest nation of the world called by the voice of
Its people to execute its laws protect its interests
and yindicate It's honor has BEEN by the rude hand
Of the assassin, taken from position accorded him
by no hereditary title, but by virtue of honest
merits and acknowledged capacity-a man who In
the very prime OF life, and In the MONDAY spendor
of an acknowledged greatness, in that he had Sc
cured the confidence of the whole people whose
servant he was, we find words too weak to express
q sense OF condemnation of the crime, not strong
enough to tell our sense of loss people, and
wanting in words of tenderness how to utter SYM
pathy for the AFFLICTED household.
therefore move that the Cameron, Lewis and
Blair CluD, In regular meeting assembled, express
their deep and sincere regret and sorrow in the
death Of james A. Garfield and great loss Of the
nation, and their sympathy In common with the
whole country for his bereaved family.
The resolution and preamble was seconded by
Gen. James HI. Williams In speech which received
the earnest endorsement of the club, and on his
motion 1t was ordered to be spread the minutes
OF the club and copies furnished for publication in
the city papers, the Richmond Wing, VALLEY VIR-
GILMAN and Woodstock Virgimian.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Sept. 26th, 1881.
2apr iGt
Church In honor to the death of our President was
truly interesting and solemn. The exercise was
opened by the entire congregation with an old fam-
far hymn that all could participate In The choir
sang very beautiful funeral march which was rem
dered nicely; this was followed by fervent prayer
by the pastor, Rev. M. T. Lewis in behalf of the be-
reaved family. The choir then sang another appro-
priat piece. Rev. Lewis then preached an able and
impressive sermon from Proverbs 29th chapter 22d
verse. The words were as follows: "When the
righteous In authority the people rejoice This
was followed by some very pertinent remarks from
Mr. Thomas Clayton, and closed by an eloquent en-
logy by John A. Brown, Of the firm of Brown and AL
exander.