Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-10-02
NO. 20

. separation and of death is not in vain
a But how shall we learn and feel and
f profit bv the influence of this lesson,
and these rude shocks which seem SO
f cruel and so hard to bear? How shall
: we suppress that resentment that arises
toward the wretch who could perpe-
trate the deed whose recital leads us
back to the sunrise of the ages, which
: horrifes civilization, Gefes the century
in which we live and disgrace for the
time the American name?
1t is proper on an occasion like the
present to turn for time from tho
topics of the hour and to commemorate
in all love and reverence the genius
and virtues of the departed, the states
man, the political philosopher, the
soldier and the second martyr in Amer
lean public itsa -
IL is said that the TleXterous Capu-
chins never choose to speak on the life
and miracles of saint till they have
awakened the devotional feelings Of
their auditors by exhibiting some relic
of him, a thread of his garment, a lock
of his hair, or a drop of his blood. But
we, far removed from the sad scene of
his taking off, and from the vision of
his actual sepuIture, need not take ad-
vantage of this discovery by holding up
before the people the bloOd-stained ha-
biliments of the suffering and dying
statesman, nor yet recur to the tears of
grief and sympathy which have to-day
moistened the new-made grave beside
the lake, the ripping of whose waters
shall hereafter sing his requiem.
But We may say something about,
and emulate and bear in long remem-
brance, the great qualities of his mind,
the patriotic impulses of his heart, his
achievements in the field, upon the
floors of Congress and as the Chief
Ma agistrate of this Republic.
In the brief hour of preparation which
has been accorded to me to submit upon
this occasion such reflections as might
occur to me touching the life and pub
lie services of President Garfield, /
have been unable even TO group to-
gether the leading and salient features
Of his career. The incidents of his life,
as boy and man, tho early struggles of
his childhood under the loving guild
once and care and tutelage of wild
owed mother, in the wiids of his own
Ohio, that mother who to-day, eighty
TearS of age, stood upon the brink OF
he grave Of that son, and after having
cen him climb higher and higher the
Tura peaks Of laudable ambition and
until he had reached the
un-clad summit of Mont Blanc; saw
i'm in the zenith Of his glory emerging
rom the vicissitudeS of angry political
onteSt happy and hopeful and confident
f 4 still brighter future saw him with
ut cause, save the inSatiate greed of
flee, cruelty stricken dtWa by the
and of the rcfeNtlcs, ass i>sin saw the
nalloyed sympathy Of his countrymcn
oming up to him from ali sections of
le country, as well from! the land of
!e sage and the cactus as the magnolia,
le palm rec and the pire I'd who,
Opefui that the ocean lrvr.I~ would
estOre the cinaciated lbrnl AID wasted
lergiCS to their WUrt,d Nigpr, saw
,e memorable race with death from
le Capitol 10 the sea, and finally the
aim Of victory yielded to the Angel of
cath, and who this day with fervent
aver that she might soon meet him
the great beyond, saw him put for
yer from her sight, afford a subject
r the orator and the poet which in
e future will be improved by him
no shall be selected as worthy to write
s epitaph Or deliver his eulogy.
These incidents have been reviewed
day by the distinguished gentleman
no has preceded me, in Il manner
r more worthy the subject and the oc
sion than could hope to accomplish,
d while they might be dwelt upon
th profit, and always with propriety,
I'd place in an Grafton upon such an
casion as this, may not be expected
w to 60 into details of his life, and
ngratulate you, as well as myself, that
9 subject has been so feelingly and
'quently discussed.
this sage of fmoney-getting, where dis
tions in society are falsely made upon
: basis of the acquisition of wealth,
Il also upon theory that as to this
, end justifies the means, the life Of
neral Garfield illustrates to the young
N of our country the possibilities of
,at industry and intelligent and per-
tent effort
Born without family prestige, or in
,ntial friends to push and aid him in
enterprises of life, without wealth
any of the comforts OF life, as we to-
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