The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-11-03
Gems from Addresses Delivered by
President Garfield.

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"Fellow citizens Clouds and
darkness are round about him
Hs pavilion is dark waters anl
thick clouds of the skies : Iustice
ani iuiment are tho establishment
of His throne Mercy anl trnth shall
80 before Ills face ! Fellow citizens.
d1l reigns. aud the Government a,
Washington still live..'-rDslivsrei
at Now York Mt thu time pf tho as-
sassiuali1n Of President Lincoln.
"Uh sir there are times ia the
history OF men anl ntti)us vlsn
thov stand SO near tho vail that sep.
arates mprtals AMI nnmDrt,s. tins
from eternity, aud men from THEN
Dol tha / they eau almost bear the
beating aud feel tho pnlsttlons OF
the iuinito. Through such time
has THIS nation ptssel. When two
hundred aud fifty thousand brave
spirits passed from the hcll # honor
through that thin veil to the pre- :
soGco Of Gpl, aud whal at last It's
parting folds admitted that martyred
President to the company of tho
denl heroes OF the Republic, the
nation stood sn near the vail that
tue whispers o. God we're hsari by
the children Of men, - La CougreG4
uu the assassination OF President
Lincoln.
"Ems day will be sadly memo.a-
bio - long as this nation snail on-
dure, winch God grant may DO till
the last sy liable OF recorded tim u,
when tue volume OF human history
shall he sealed up ani delivered 10
the Onnipotent Judge. - rOn the
first Anniversary Of tha death oi
Preslient Luc0,n.
From the genius Of our Govern
meut, tho pathway To honorable lis
t,nctlon lies opeu to all No post oi
honor 50 high but tho poorest boy
mUy hope ~ reach it. 1t - the
| prde OF every American that mln,
cherished names, ut whose mention
oar hearts beat with "a a uIc.oi
Oound, were worn by tho sous oI
poverty, who conquered obscuiity
aud became fixed stars ia our lirma
ueut.'
81 looked forward With Joy and
nope to tue day when our brave
! people, 10 III heurt, Que IN tnou as
plr"uoA for i'eedom und peace.
shall See that thy iArAue7s tnrJusl
which we have Travelled was bat 0,
| part OF that strrn bat boucic.ut
discipline ny wuicA tho Great Dis
/ peuscr ol EvcIts hts beeu leading ~
On to hisuer aud uoOlcr national
ME"
Il have represented for many
years district iu Cougress whose
appreciation | greatly desired. but
| though 1t may seem, perhaps, u lit
tie egotlsIcal to say it, yet desire Il
still more the appreciation of Que
person, aud bis name was Garfield.
lie IL the oul y man | am compelled
to sleep with, aud eat with. aud hive
with, aud die with, aud If | could
uot have his appreciation should
have had tad company. = Before
the ONO Senate, 1850.
individuals may wear for time
the glory of our institutions but they
carry it not TO tho grave with them
Like raiudrops from heaven, they
may pass through tho circle Of the
shining bow aud add to its lustre,
but when they have sunk in the
earth again the proud arch still
spans the sky and shines gloriously
ou."
"We bold reunions. not for the
dead, for there is nothing in all the
earth that you and | can do for the
dead. They are past our help aud
past ,ur parlse. We eau add TO
them ~ glory we can give to them
40 immortality, rney 10 not neei
MS. bat forever aud forevermore we
need them"
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