, 1881-10-02

Memory Of the Dead.
tt.p YorG Otscrrer.
No more fitting or expressive words could
he uttered over the bier OF our l11he1ltee
President, james Abr:,m Garfield, than those
which lie himself spoke III memory OF TWO
Ut our illustrious dead.
On the l41il OF April. 1856, the first anni-
yersary Of the death Of President Lincoln,
he ruse in the House Of l:epr csc1ltatives at
Washington and said:
M1t SPEAKER: move that this House do now
adjourn And. before the vote upon that n mi2-
ton IS taken. desire to say few words This
.l:.s will bc sad!y memorable SO long Us tn1s .s u
ton shall endure. which GOD grant may w. ne ~ ~
the last @yllabit OF recorded time, when ina
liyeryt tu the uunuipotcnt .1ud=c- Iu :tH iutur
tlat the citizc.is OF this 1;cpub1;t will ttcct in
solemn assembly to reflect III the !- ana char-
ac1cr IF -Abrahuu lincoln and tue awful; trlP!c
event If .apri! II, 1SI-:sn event unpnre!ed IN
tue history Of nutions. certainly unpAra1l9leo III
our uw1, II is c,nl1aeuriy proper that this ioasc
should this dny place upon its recofas nsetno-
the last live years have been marked by wona-
ertui Developments Of Individual Snarac'et, =,
tame. have taken their places III history, crowned
with ip,1Eurtal honors. Ill thousands oi hun1pc
hG,ucs are dwelling heroes and patriots W0os:
names shall never die But greatest among all
these dctciou1ueuts were the c5nI7tcter aao
.amc at Abraham Lincoln, wh2se Is ,, i5 td :aii' S1on
i'll the words Of Erglands great 1aurcate-"rt-
len thirty years aEo--in which he traces the up
ward steps Of some
''Dv1nclv gifted man.
Whose lie in low estate hogan,
And OH a simple vlllaEc green:
~Who breaks his births invidious bar.
Aud erasps the skirts of harpy raance'
And bEeasfs the blows ct circumstance,
And g14ppieS with his evil star:
*.who makes, BY force. his merit known.
And lives IL clutch tie golden Keys,
To mold 1niEur| states dectecs.
And shupc the whisper OF thc tnfoncs
Deco1nes on Fortunes crowning slope,
The pillar or Il Peoples hope.
The ccntge Of Il Worlds desirc.'
Such lifc and charae1.r w,1l pc ~: trcaSurGo ,r,
cau people aud Ut mankind
On the 18th Of February, 1876. on the all
nu,lnce,ne,,t, in the House, 0f the death ot
Se1ato- Orris S. Ferry, ot Connecticut, Gen.
GARFIELD closed All eloquent tribute to his
,nentory with tile following words:
Before closing, lei me refer 10 tho crow11ing
1ous element in his character This was vita
hun great controlling turce, and not senti-
,ncn1. NJ cloud ol'scurel the effulsence nf ms
hupe tli.ttu1el his vsitta. Clear aud hiEh his
iu1ellect and his faith rose above all storms and
darkness, u11d sustained nt III sweet cosopan-
1lluSHp atn14 the 11f1fGtNillCu ~ pAtIi
As bis end drew nea- he c:l,nr back To his hume
after I; urict absence. There. uadcr bis own
root, with the a,,@cts Of his household about
him, he missed to his rest Thinking Ut trials
past, and knowing us We do how well ne had
wrought for the future. trusting in the merits
OF his dear Lord, ht could repeat the sweet lines
Qf l}onar:
beyond the parting and the meeting,
shall be =u,n;
Beyond the farewell aud the greeting,
Beyond the pulses r.bcatng,
shall bt soon.
Love, rest and hOnle!
sweet hope.
Lord, larry not, but COME
beyond the frost-chain and the fe:er,
shall be soon:
BEYOND tho rock-waste and the river,
Beyond the ever and the never,
] shall be soon.
Love. rest. and home
Sweet hQDes
-Lurd, tarry- not, hut come
Ays tf f tS sk T1r' 4iea? 9d eos the
quickly Even So, come. Lord Jesus
One who WAS present ami heard linn pro-
noullce thesc words. in quoting them writes:
'*And thus is chronicft1 the lnclnory of
hall Ut legislation, with It's scores ol careless,
worldly nltll, seemed for the time trans
figured. We all seemed tn be sitting in
heavenly places iii Christ jesus"
About the nltdi: :tI lcS q february: 1875. Car
penter@S painting THE Signing OF the Prot
lamation OF Emanci patton y was presented 10
tie United States by Mrs. Elizabeth IllUntt-
late President Garfield, then member Of
Congress, was appointed tn make the presen-
tatlou speech. and his effort on that occasion
is worthy, Of recall just n9w The central
President. and in view Of many condolences,
especially in the early lives Ut tile two men.
what Garfield said Of Lincoln NOW acquires
additional interest lie saitl:
inspired amt guided its deliberations, was q
character 80 unique that he stoud alone, with
out model in history or parallel am9nE men. en-
he.4in11cc Of extre.ns poverty: surrounded by
the rude forces Of the wilderness: wholly un- |
never for II duy master Of his own time until I
be reached his majority; making bis way to tho |
profession Of the law BY the hardest and rough !
est road. yet, by force OF uuconquerable will !
and persistent. patient work, he attained fore
most place il. his profession |
Eccame, on Fortunes crowning slope,
The pillar Of 1p: Peop!esa E: ahtp,,, hope,
At first it WIS the prevailing belief that he |
would be only the nominal bead OF his Auln1nls- !
trauon, thai ITS policy would be directed by the |
eminent statesmen be had called to bis council
from single incident:
Among the earliest, most difficult, and most
delicate duties Of his Administration was the !
adjustment of our relations with Great Britain. !
Serious complications, even hostilities. we're an
PFGucnQtQ ttl iAE -tel vi Hde- Iut EEElf:-
1ary OF State presented to The President his !
druft OF a le1ter Ut Instructions 10 Minister
Adams, in which the posiuun If the United
States and the attitude Of Grcat Britain were set
forth with the cfcarness alla forge which long
experience and great ability had placed at the
command Ut the Secretary
Upon almost every ru.e Ut that original draft
are erAsures, additions and marginal notes In
the handwriting OF A abrahasn Lincoln. which tx-
hibit II sucacity- n breadth OF wiSdoul- and Il
comprehension Of the Whole subject impossible
to he found except i'll 11s,ln Of tho very first or
der. And these notifications Of great state
paper were 1nade by nlntl who but three months |
before had entered for the first time the wide ]
theatre of executive acuOn. |
Gifted with HI insight aud 4 foresight which |
the Mncients would have chilled djrinanon. be |
saw. In the midst Of durkncs: u'1d ol'scurty- the
logic OF events, and tuvGcas1ed the result |
From the first in his own quaint, original wlty,
without ustentauon or otrense to his associates. !
he was pilot and Commander OF his Adminstru-
11ou. He WIS one Of tLe ttw great rulers whose
wisdom Increased with his powcr. and whose J
spirit g1ew gent!cr and teuderer as bis triunaphs
were multiplied
The present is not a fitting occasion to exam
fne. With any completeness the causes that led !
to the Proclamation uf Emancipation; :bllt the J
fiar a1atf ttf Nrff II nf