The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-30

distinction, and grieying only for his
cherished wife and children, whose
love and affection made his home an
earthly heaven around him.
The Chicago Times has column
of editorial chiefly devoted to a
sketch of the wonderful career OF the
late President Garfield. 1t Gays the
most important incident of his five
months administration was that one
to which he owed his death-the con-
test with Mr.. Conkling. Throughout
it's course he bore himself with
grmness and dignity which confirmed
the public confidence and gave prom
lse that in the discharge of his high
trust the president would not fail to
remember what was due to his own
selfrespcct and to the Office of chief
magistrate. In closing this brief
review it is hardly worth while to
recall the fierce assaults made from
time to time upon the character OF
its subject. No public man in this
country escapes such attacks, and III
most cases it must unhappily be con-
fessed, they are well deserved. To
say Gen'l Garfield erred at times is
but TO say he was human, but proof
that his errors were corrupt or crlml-
nal have never been produced. The
fact that after % years of public ser
vice. most of them years in which
accumulation of wealth by the venal
was easy and temptations for public
man constant and strong, he was still
a poor man when chosen president,
must be accepted by the candid mind
as conclusive proof of his integrity.
He served his country well and faith
fully, according To the light his con-
science gave him, and he will be held
in grateful remembrance for this ser
vice and for the manifestation of
high purpose which he has not spared
to execute and to rescue the executive
office from the position into which it
had fallen in the hands of his prede-
cesSor.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean says:
Hard as it is for one in the prime of
bis manhood to die, the blow that
has wrought this result was not SO
terrible to James A. Garfield as to
the people who mourn his lo>s.
Death comes to all, and whether it be
in a few hours few days or a few
years, sooner or later, it cannot mat
ter much. In human life Gen. Gar
field had reached the summit. Sor-
row cannot be too great at tsle loss of
such man. His life, his services,
his long and painful struggle for life.
and his un,imely and distressing
death, combine to make theevent one
OF supreme and universal sorrow.
Let no unkind word come near it.
Let no thoughtless expression jar up
on the general sadness; buS with toll
ing bells and muff1ed drums let all
that is mortal Of James A. Garfield
be borne to its last resting place amid
the regrets, tears and prayers of the
millions who, shocked and suffering,
gaze upon the pitying spectacle.
FROM THE PRESS OF THE OLD WORLD.
The flags of all American con-
sulates and legations throughout
Europe are at half mast,
The London Telegraph says:
Throughout the civilized world the
gloomy news will be received with
shock of profound sorrow. There
was no poten:ate on whom envy or
hatred had less cause to fix malig-
nant eyes, but president Garfield has
shared the fate of the czar. America
and Europe are now together think
ing ofthe measureless calamity which
has bereft the nation OF noble chief,
whose high principles, marked un-
selfishness and breadth of intellectual
cultivation, gave promise of a tenure
Of power of fruitful and invaluable
acts of puplic policy Amer lea has
lost great citizen and the world
fine example Of humanity, but while
the spirit of this upright and high
hearted president passed away in
shure and certain reliance upon the
love of heaven, we may venture to
say even to this loss America also
gains. She has gained the knowl-
edge of the deep sympathy which
England feels for her fortunes.
The London News says: After
long and tedious illness, the slightest
vicissitudes of which have been
watched with interest and discussed
with sympathy to two continents, the