Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-10-01
PUBLIC MEETING AT HILLS
BORO.

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BORO. |
A large number of the citizens of
Hillsboro met al the Cour, House,
! Thursday night, Sept 22n,l. to pay !
tribute to the Of the la
mented President, James A. Gar
field.
G. f. Parish, Esq, was called to
the Chair.
Messrs. Henry n. Brown, Isaac II.
S,rayhorn, Lewis Jenkins and Al
bert Haughawout, were appointed a
Committee to prepare suitable reso.
lutions.
During the absence of the Com
nittee, Messrs- L. P. Berry and
John Mebane made appropriate re-
marks on The death OF the President.
The Committee reported the toll
lowing preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, It has pleased the ALL
Wise merciful God of Gods and
Lord of Lords, the disposer Of
events, 10 His wise providence TO
take out of this world our beloved
brother, James A.. Garfield, who a
short time after the assassination Of
!. Abraham Lincoln, at an hont when
, darkness obscured our political hori-
zon, and strong men feared and
trcmb!ed for the safety of the Ma
ton, spoke out at that dark period
in the life of the Nation and said
That God rules, and that the gov
eminent at Washington lives" and
that there are times in The history Of
:, men and of nations when they stand
80 near the veil that separates NOR
tails from TIE immortals, time from
eternity, and men from their God
, that they a almost hear the breath.
ings and feel the pulsatous of the
heart OF the Infinite. He living thus
taught, and dead, he speaketh to us
. tonight. That If we feel a growing
antagonism to men or parties be.
cause their opinions or plans clash
q with ours, to check the degrading
tendency. They may oppose US and
yet be true men. Dead, he says by
his life a man may ruin himself by
adopting the ethics he de.pises. LIE,
them succeed, be says, if the only
o. way to prevent it is to roll in the
mire with them-that no man Car
- rise above himself, no man a sinl
- below himself. That honor refuse
> to crown any but the honorable i,
o. the long run. That the man VIII
e sells any part of his purity sells it 70
as nought If be will save his life b
Ia shall lose it. That the sword neve
:, departs from the house Of the usur
-. per, whether it be the usurpation q
, force or of fraud. Having thu
by taught when liviug-and thus point
ing when dead, he needs NJ assem-
blages to resolve when he is gone I
give his account to the Great Cres
ne tor, that a great man has fallen i
OF this Nation. That the Christian ht
ct 70 is no more, because his work
> doth follow after him and speaket
TO US louder and stronger than word
III for bis acts and his deeds are Ell
graved in the heart of this Natio
nd and held in remembrance by Go,
". Resolved, That we extend to tn
II family Of James A. Garfield, til
deepest sympathy and our mos
earnest prayers that He who ten
ed pers the wind to the shorn lam
may sanctify this great family an
national affection to the spiritu;
81 exaltation and to the good of tt
as nation whose God is the Lord.
ht, Resolred, That we will join
a every token of respect for the d
he ceased that may be adopted as a
memento Of the Nations loss.
Be 1t further resolved, That a COP
'as of these resolutions be furnished II
ILL., ORANGE COUNTY OBSERVER f
cir publication.
40 HENRY n. Brown,
~; A. HAUGHAwoUT. &c.,
l. r. STRAYHoRN,
q LEWIS JENKINS,
'ee The resolutions were adopte
unanimously, and short and appr
it pirate speeches made by DR.. Berr
!, l. r. Strayhorn and Anderson Hi
~. Henry N. Brown, Esq, vas callt
upon, and replied that bis sympatl
'nt for the dead President was so gre
that words could not explain.
Calvin E. Parish, Esq, said th
me though he differed politically wi
in the President who had been ASS
al. sinated. his sympathy at bis dea
, was very great.
FRANK w. HARRIS, ~,