The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-09-23
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTABLISHED AUGUST. 1868.
Ohio Republican Association.

Ohio Republican Association.
The Ohio Republican Association met
Inst evening at their rooms in St. Georges
Hall, Col. NJ. d. Months in the chair. A
committee consisting Of +. l.. Campbell, s.
ii. Robinson and ]. NJ. Craig was appointed,
who presented the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Rcsoired, That 1t Is with feelings Of UNI
utterable Indignation and horror, equalcd
only by our great weight of sorrow and
grief, that we are forced to recognize the
fact that another Chief Magistrate of our
nation has fallen by the hand of an assassin,
fact which we deprccate and deplorc, not
only because Of the loss Of the chosen head
of our Government, but because by an act
so dastardly the cause Of freedom receives q
n blow which time cannot heal and human
ity % stain which can never be effaced.
Rcsolred, That in the untimcly and tragic
death of our President the country has lost
one of the brightest stars in its constella-
tion of brilliant and statesmanlike intel
lects, and that in future history the name
and fame of James A. Garfield, with all they
imply and suggest in mental and moral
character and achievement can with pro-
pricty and pride be held up to the humblest
youth Of our land as an example for emula-
ton, and rs another proof that in our free
country poverty and humble birth are no
barriers to distinction or to the attainment
opposition, power, and public usefulness.
Resolved, That while rs nation we
mourn the death of one who, by his patriot
ism, zeal, and fidelity on the field Of battle,
in the forum, in the halls of legislation, and
in that highest place within the gift of the
American people has won the admiration of
the world, and had cmphatically become
the peoples man, yet we, as Ohioans,
proudly claimed him as ours by birth and
citizenship, and therefore we especially
mourn him as one whom VIC loved and
honored, not for his great intellectual
powers only, but for his great.heartcdness
and his NOBLE Christian character, which
endeared him to us before the country and
the world knew the gift we had in store for
them.
Resoircd, That as duty we owe our
country, whose justly proud boast has been
our ability to govern ourselves, as well as
an illustration and proof to tho world that
our boast has not been vain one, we
should, though indignant, incensed, and
Mortified at the dastardly act which has
caused so much mourning, use every law
full means to bring only legal though swift
and unerring punishment upon the assassin.
Resolred That we tender to the aged and
sorrowing mother, to the bercaved wife, and
to the orphaned children our sincercst
sympathy and coincidence in this the hour
of their great affection, and we ask for
them the blessing of that God who IRE
licveth the fathcrless and widow"
1t was ordered that tho resolutions be
suitable engrossed and sent to the family of
the deceased. Mr.. Locke then introduced
Hon. ii. L. Mercy, of Ohio, who addressed
the association.
Address of Hon. II. l.. MOrey.
al; tha folI
ing address:
COMRADES AND FRIENDS: We stand in
the shadow of Il great national sorrow.
Fifty millions of people mourn the UNI
timely death of their Chief Magistrate. A
chosen ruler of the Nation has been stricken
down by the hand of cowardly assassin,
and the majesty of the law has been violated
by the murder of the highest representative
in the land. The dead President is beyond
the reach of human aid. He is alike insen-
sible to our censure or our praise. Tho long
agony is over and tho weary watches are
ended. He was struck down in the vigor OF
his manhood he died in the meridian OF
life, in the very zenith of his power,
crowned by all the honOrs his country
men could bestow-higher than could be
enjoyed by mortal man in all the
earth. A sorrowing nation stands by his
bier, and casting over his foibles, what
ever they may have been, the broad mantle
of Christian charity, remember only his
great virtues, his sublime attainments, his
Respondent powers, and above all that he
was President of tho United States To
his sorrowing wife, who mourns the loss of
dear, tried companion and friend, to her
weeping children Who are bereft Of a
fathers counsel and love, a whole nation
and the the world extend their tenderest
sympathy and mingle their tears with
them. It is eminontly fitting that we men
of Ohio, his native State, which he loved SO
well, should meet to show our regard for
the high Office he held, to commemorate
his virtues, to extend our sympathies to
his stricken family, and to express our ab-
horrence of political crime. We learn this
lesson from this sad experience-that we
are Christian and law-abiding people A
change in the Chief Executive has
been caused by violence. yet
not ripple of excitement has
passed over the country. No sentiment
has been aroused but sympathy for the
stricken family and adherence Of the as
sassin and his deed in striking down the
representative of law and order, and through
him striking blow at the American people
The Constitution has provided for the sue
cessiOn in case of q vacancy in the office OF
Chief Magistrate. A constitutional Presi-
dent has taken the oath of office, and has
been invested with its high powers, and has
assumed its great responsibilities. That he
may wisely and periodically administer the
same is the earnest and sincere prayer Of
every patriotic heart and to that end every
confidence and aid Of the American people
will be extended. Believing in the over
ruling providence of God, and in the virtue
and patriotism of the people, we may say
in the language of the dead President
"God reigns, and the Government at Wash
ington still lives" Sd
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