Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-10-02

which he was deyOtediy attached. A
a Congressman he served on severa
important committees. Was sent b,
the President to report upon the poiti-
cal condition of the people Of Louisian;
; with reference to reconstruction, and il
: 1876 was chosen by Congress member
of the high commission which decided
the result of the Presidential election
To be cminently great in a nation OF
great men required active talents, con-
slant thought and untiring study. He
persevered unto the end. He carved
out his own position in society. He
relied upon his own mind and depended
upon his own Judgment. He earnestly
favored measures which he believed to
| be wise and good, and as Zealously Op-
posed others which he considered wrong
and pernicious. His history is part
of the history of our common country.
He helped to save and maintain this
Nation. Throughout its trying years
his strong heart, willing hands and elo-
quent voice were given to the service
OF his country. He served it faithfully
and well, according to the lights which
God gave him to see the right, and
while his good name was at times
aspersed by the foul tongue of SANDER,
he lived to see his enemies acknowledge
his honesty of purpose and his purity of
character.
He did not take his seat as Senator
in the Senate Of the United States.
In June, 1880, he was sent as dele
gate to the National Republican Con-
vention at Chicago, and as Chairman or
spokesman Of the Ohio delegation he,
in an eloquent and forcible speech, full |
of ringing utterances, placed in nomi-
nation and advocated the selection of
Hon. John Sherman as suitable and
proper candidate for President. In the
persistent and bitter contest which arose
between the adherents of other candi-
dates it was deemed advisable to select
4 new and an unobjectionable man, and
with an enthusiasm seldom witnessed
n the strife of political conventions the
.hOice fell upon James A. Garfield, and
It the ensuing election he was, by
means of " free ballot, full vote and q
air count" regularly elected, and on ,
he 4th of March last was duly inaug-
rated President of the United States. |,
During his brief administration he in t.
measures and enforced them :;
4 such Il manner as to inspire the
carts OF our people with unbounded =
oniidence. No other President ever =
tarted out with such bright premise ;
'r the future. He was daily drawing =
lpport and gaining strength from the :
lasses Of the people.
We now, with a feeling of grief, -,
ome to q sad part of his history. On -
le Cd of July last, just as it were in :,
le zenith Of his glory and the power :,
his greatness, when the genius of the .
IAN was being recognized by the peo- =.
e, and at time when we, rs Ameri- "
IN citizens, were preparing to cele- y
ate the 1O5th anniversary of our in -
ependeIce as a Nation, came the sad "
i'd mournful intelligence that this d.
losen ruler Of fifty millions of free peo- " "
e had been shot, at the National Cap :.
ol, by cOwardly assassin, disap- :"
'inted and unworthy applicant for '''
ice, a miserable wretch whose life
as, still is, and ever will be. utterly
Orthless. Grief Immediately took the
ace of joy, and the Nation bowed its
,ad in sorrow, for the act was gener-
y considered not so much an attack
'on the individual man as it was an
sault upon the government itself. For
weary days the President
Is in a state of pain and the people in
spense. Grave doubts and fears of
; ultimate recovery existed in the ID
nds of the people. Around every
ar and in the house Of every Christian
niIy prayers were earnestly offered
1t the President might live. But,
hough attended by eminent surgeons orr,
d nursed with tenderest care, the
llet finally accomplished its fatal 10
ssion. We had hoped against hope. sit
though we feared the fatal results, tro
were but lily prepared to bear the Re
,ck which his death created. Dur IL.
!, his entire illness his patient suffer- s,,,
. and heroic fortitude kindled the
of the world. His death is !
.arded not only as National calam- WI
but as a personal bereavement. No ia
libition of grief, 10 public manifes- VII
ion of sorrow can be too great at the no
5 of such man. His life, his SER
es, his long and painful struggle and De
untimely and distressing death kin
nbine to make the event one of sus- pro
lse and universal sorrow. The dead ecf
,sidelt will be mourned as never nee