Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-19
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MORE ABOUT TUE PRESE
DENTS "POLICY"
The tragic end OF President Garfield
has invested his memory with somuch
sympathy for the suffering of the man
and so much indignation for the assas.
sinatior Of the President that men are
not disposed to carry their recollec,
tions backward beyond the "a of July,
1881. Anterior to that date it was
the politician and party leader that
filled with different considerations the
minds Ct the people-subsequen to
that date it was the dastardly assault
upon the President of the United
States, and the cowardly assassination
Of thoman, bis sufIcrings, bis fortitudc,
his patience, and the womanly sorrow
and the anguish of his devoted wife
that cast veil over the past and in
vested, the dead man and President
with the halo Of martyrdOm. But
President Arthur's inaugural, promls.
ing chat the nation shall profit by his
(Garfeld's) example and experience, u
may render inquiry into the past nee.
essary in order to discover what the
future has in store for the country.
The "eEample aud experience" of Mr.
Garfield as President was Of too short
duration to be made the policy of an
administration. From the 4th Of
March to the ID OF July bis whole oc.
cupaton was with the "spoils system
OF his party and with seeking how he
could by recognition" in the distribu,
tion Of patronage discharge his obliga.
tions to that wing OF the party which
by defeating Gen. Grants nomination
at Chicago had secured his preferment
His "examplo and experience in that
particular will not be found wanting
by President Arthur, nor will the Pres
ideut regard the appointment of Rob
ertson 10 the collectorship OF the port
OF New York as a matter likely to be
"garnered in the hearts OF the people.
Nothing else Of Importance was donC
in the four active months Of President
Garheld's administration The per
iunctory prosecution Of the star.rOutC
swindlers was moro q matter of prom
ise than performance, in which there
was very little of example and expe
rience." What President Garfield
would have done had life aud health
been left to him must ever remain 0
matter Of opinion, shaped and formed
by personal admiration and coloret
and toned by that halo of martyrdom
that will ever surround his name anc
memory. As an administrative mode
for President Arthur the four months
OF President Garfed's executive Iii,
furnish neither example nor expert
ence. The allusion to the dead Presl
dent in the inaugural was beautfu
and graceful but will not form the
basis of pledge, nor was it intended
as the promise of a model by the Pres
idcnt.
Though elected by the same party
the President and Vice President wert
as "wide apart as it was possible foi
two men Of the same party to be- On,
was the opponent OF The third. .termers
the other one of their leaders anC
this was the rock against which th,
administration collded when first sci
adrift. The President and Vice Presi
dent separated over the nomination o.
Judge Robertson II Judge Robert
son had made General GarAold's nom
inauon possible at Chicago, Mr. Ar
thurs friends had made bis election
certain whore defeat was almost ac
cepted by tho party, Thus there wcr,
services rendered by both wings
and when tho services" of one wing
were recognized and rewarded, anC
the Services" Of the other wing repu
dated aud punished, Mr., Arthur anC
his friends felt deeply what they re
gLrdod as wrong and ungrateiul. Such
example and experience" Is not likely
to be appreciated, There did mol
exist between General Garfield anc
Gen. Arthur that political sympathy
which would mako the latter the poit
ical administrator de bonis non of tn,
lormeF But turning over to Mr.
Blaine, as the residuary lsgatoe of Gen
Garfield, the unfinished work of thi
dead President, Mr. Arthur will form
and shape his own policy aud cal
around him those who, in the languag,
Of Mr.. MacVeagh, have "heretofort
sustained relations Of political sympa
thy with him" To this he would b,
driven, even II indsposed to take tba
course, by the halibreod wing of hi
party. Tho sods have not beer
smootbed over the grave Of the deaC
President before the halfbreeds hav,
seized upon his name as the rallyinl
call Of that faction, The New Yorl
Tribune rejoices over "the splcndiC
fight made by the Garfield Republican,
in Brooklyn against Mr., COnkling,
and reads President Arthur a lecture
the meaning Of which 1t is plain 4
understand is that If the presiden
stands by his friends IN New Yorl
State il he does not abandon the mel
with whom his whole political life haI
been identified if he does not use tn,
power and patronage of his admins
treton TO defeat Mr.. Conklng in th,
Republican State Convention, tho"Gar
field Republicans win 'instantly ap
peal to the people and submit theil
case TO the judgment of the support
ers Of President Garfield Throughout
the country" The Tribune forgetl
that its "lion" is dead-that his pat
ronage Is gone-that bis name anC
memory, though treasured as nationa
heirlooms TO be handed down in speecl
and book, are nevertheless utterly
powerless in politics II is the riser
sun in whose warm rays Republicans
delight To hRsk and refresh themselves
1t is his patronage that is their lnhor
itanoe, and while they weep over Gar
field aud lament his untimely end
they will smile on Arthur and rejoice
in his ability to reward their services
Such is Republican human nature -
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