The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-30

neral Car sHd Journey back from WaSh-
ingtoH, leiH People tooEiny "a ~ he Conn.
Editor Co,rier:-Now- days, SO COM
plete are our te!egraphic arrangements,
it is almost useless for one to write
letter for newspaper, rs the subject
written upon is generally published at
home before a letter can reach its desti-
nation. Hence know that the death Of
President Garfield and his funeral cere-
monies have reached you, and IN this
/ letter 1 viii refer to several incidents "a
/ they have occurred 20 me, and probably
never seen before by the readers of the
/ COURIEE, as regards the lives aud char
acters of two model Presidents-Andrew
/ Johnson and James A. Garfield, who, no
doubt, were the representative men of the
/ people la doing so, however, let me first
/ briefly describe two scenes | have wit
messed here in Washington during the
! last six months, as they are part of the
| history of this great country.
! The 9TH of March, 1881 was cold and
disagreeable, with n cold northeastern
wind and drifting snow. Notwithstaud-
| ing this, more than one hundred thousand
citizens lined the streets of w hln@eoni
lana the military, from almestyv1r',s.I ii--.i'
"a = t9m Is = a 49, - 49,
I banners lying, and accompanied by prsb-
/ ably 100 bands making music, paraded.
/ The streets were decorated with national
/ flags, arches, and other attractive devices
I ana every thing that could be done TO
/ make the day grand and imposing. and
one long TO be remembers /, was done. To
was the 4th Of March-the day on which
James A. Garfield WAS inauguvHtcd as the
2Oth President of the UniteI States OF
America. IL was the hrst Inauguration
of a President had ever Witnessed, and
l endeavored TO see il all Through the
snow and the chilly winds, followed the
crowd from the Riggs Rouse where the
new President ~ as stoppingl to the Cap
itol Here l secured a position by which
| could see the new President take the
oath of office, see how he looked aud what
he did IL was what no other President
! ever Jill before him. Immediately after
/ kissing the Bible he turned to his aged
mother and kissed her, and then another
/ kiss 90 his wife. After these acts of 81ec-
! ton, he delivered his inaugural address.
/ The long procession then wenIed it's way
/ 90 the White House, escortiug the Presi-
[ dent % his new home and duties. Arriy-
/ ing al the White House, and taking o
stand on large platform ia lis front he
reviewed the troops, and as each regiment
. or company passed, q BOW or coguItiOu
/ from him was the occasion Of loud ap-
/ plause. No man ever looked happier cr
( healthier on such an occasion, or had u
/ grauder future before him. He had come
/ from the hUmblest walks of life "a poor
and almost fricniless boy, and from pow
erty aud no influential backing, hal
/ worked out his own destiny and reached
the highest place in the gift Of the Amer
lean people. Such in brief was the Attn OF
March. 1851
To-day is the 22l Of September, 1851
10 six months what change The whole
nation is in mourning. The city of Wash
iugton is draped in black The Capitol
ana all the public buildings and private
houses wear the emblems Of mourning
Again I stand on the Capitol grounds and
witness another but different scene. i;
is The funeral ceremonies of James A
GARFIELD. The two occasions are before
me. Then the music was fine 8uj lively
tie banners gay, and tae step OF the sol
diery quick; now the melancholy notes
Of the funeral iirge the flags drapel, and
the slow tread of the soldiers make al.
feel sad; aud our country is sad. The re-
l,SrnaiQs Of The dead President arrived here
go NJ WAS conveyed from the
.,igi. D tLeippsrefoI, where "a now lies Ia
state Among the thousands who were
taking their last look az the dead Presi-
dent I was one. What "a change death has
brought. So changed were his features
one could scarcely have recognized hjm
His face is biackeued as if pow ier-b burnt
indicating Le had suffered greatly. / had
some iittle acquaintance with him, and
never saw such q marked change from life
90 death. / don't suppose he would have
weighed more than 100 pounds when De
died, while his usual eight was near
200 pounds.
Il is known here that In November last
after Gar6ell was elected President, that
o Mr.. Ruthiel p celebrated Baltimore as
tr0iogist, propheciRl the assassination OF
GARFIELD, and az the same time predicted
that the Gar Of Russia would be killed
by bomb bursting. Ii is also known
that President Garfield had "a present
ment OF assassination. Ga inauguration
day ton Pennsylvania Avenue, near the
/ White House, large Federal Arch was
/ erected-a kind of triumphal arch. 10
/ was observed that President Garfield did
not ride under this arch in going 10 and
I from the capital, but went around IL. A
friend, whe was with him, asked why be
had missed the arch both ia going and
coming from the capitol. lie replied; 81
/ don't know, but some thing told me if
went under that arch | would be assassi-
/ mated; au1 20 tell you the truth. il re-
i
the Reign of Terror in France. when
those men who rode under it, amid the
huzzas of the people, had their heads cut
. of soon after I am, myself little gu
/ perstitious, and believe men sometimes
/ have preseutments Of the ills or good OF
! their future [ remember when / was d
/ boy in Nashville, being in the presence
/ Of Andrew Johnson, then Governor Of the
State Of Tennessee, when a friend gave
him a paper, an editorial in which, suS
! gested him. (Johnson), as the most avail
! able man for the democrats 20 nominate
| for President. Johnson replied: ono
/ not yet; my time has not come; but, rs
sure as live. and will live to that time
/ will be President of the United States.
This declaration heard him make twenty
, years before he was President. l have
before me now, the few remarks he made
/ after taking the olth as President. Ii,
| said. 'The ofico is mine; | will fill it
i God and the people shall be the judges oil
my acts He, like Garfield, had his pre-
sentiments; like Garfield, he sprung from
the people; and on no occasion, did be
loose faith in the people. When he wa:
elected Governor of Tennessee, the demo
Gratis, as had been customary for years
procured al open carriage, to escort hiT
from his hotel to the capitol, where be
was TO be inaugurated. When the car
riage called for him, he said to the com
mittee, "You, gentlemen, 90 on I'll wall
along with the people. Johnson neye1
lost sight of the people, and the peopu
never lost sight of him while he lived
And, Garfield, though representing diff
fsrent party in politics, was man from
he people; Of the people; and never for
got that he was one o! the people. Their
never were two men. whose lives seem t
have run In the same channel from pow
erty to success more than Johnson's an
Garfelds. Let their lives be example
for tho poor boys of this country to study
and let their honors aud successes b
theirs to attain if they can.
E. K. WARREN.
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