Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29

done, doctor I'm ready to go, IL my
time has come" Surely If our belief l.
worth anything, this man has exchanged
the anxieties, the perplexiies, the disap-
/ pOintments of earth Tor the "joy that il
unspeakable and foil of glory"
/ dare not spcGi. my thoughts as 10 the
family which il the centre of sympathy
and oi tender COMMUNICATION In this sad be-
reayemcnL 1t were sacrileee to lift tue
/ veil which shuts them in around their
dcsolatc hearthstonc, and yet the -ugges-
! ton may not be entirely out Of place or
! foreign 10 my subicct--that wise, ten
/ der, i loving, iudicious mother has been
| released from life which was evidently
| ir&some 10 her, and j. shut up 10 the care
| and training and education 81 her children.
( The man whose untimcly death we mourn
was no less man and 20 lees successful in
| his life because his mother was "A widow
| and had his exclusive training. We dare
not pursue this subject further.
! Let me say "A word, however, as % the
/ fame Of the late President; Of the place
which he will occupy in history. Diyest.
| ing ourselves hs much rs il possible Of the
| feelings Of personal bereavement and Of
| disappointed hope which spring unbidden
| from this sad Providence can We not die.
ccrn IN the very manner Of his death, in
| the surroundings of bis sick bed, and IN
| the intense sympathy which has flowed
| toward him fro all quarters Of the world
| IN his eleven weeks OF suffering, elements
which tend 10 place the memory of Gar
I field in the heart of the present generation
alongside that OF Washington and Lin
/ coin, and which will make him live in
! history more prominently than any wis
| dom IN administration and any success
which he could have attained ia carving
out to linal ifuition tho reforms Of which
( bic plans and purposes gave promise. The
martyrs are the revered Of the earth,
and hcnceforth the name Of Garfield j.
! indelibly inscribed upon the long roll Of
| heroes In this land and In sll lands who
have shed their blood In the cause Of
humanity, and is indissolubly linked 10
that lengihening chain which binds all
hearts in a willing captivity 10 the memory
| Of the dead who by their lives or by their
| deaths have added 90 the hriliiancy and
the lustrc Of that undying fame which ig
the common inheritance Of u all.
A gentleman who has jusi retr rned from
+ visit abroad told me yesterday that be Wa
very much surprised A. we'll ~ Impressed
during bis visl; in London upon being ap.
preached upon ono Of i;s streets bv a little
! siK-year old boy who, recognizing him a. an
American, inquired in anxious tones and
/ with respectful mcin, GLOW il Mr.. Garfield
I to-day p This is famc-broader than our
| land and deeper than the sea GarReld's
| plscc in history l. assured. A. God makes
/ the "wrath Of man TO praise Him, " 30 the
4 felouious intent Of = cowardiy assassin
which was designed 30 result in quenchinr
| life, has made that life unquenchAble
/ While men admire that which l. brave
and true-wbile hearts beat in unison with
that which Il high and holy-whiic manly
| devotion and untarni.hed honor are the
current coin of nobility, 20 long will the
| memory Of our honored dead be held in
sdectionate estcem. think We are ready
to say 1t is well with the dead
And .noy what nf The lyiug-what Of
the kZaent--what Of our country
shat Of sismyriads Of hopes Of the mil.
/ lions with which our so-csllcd experiment
| in government l. freighted Let us look
- this a little - our concluding thought
; We cannot lit the veil from the future ;
Ue cannot tell what the administration
I which is to succeed that of our late Preki.
dent is 60 be. We can, however, and We
ought 90 give our present executive head
credit for patriotic impulses and for
! disposition to profit by the sad and solemn
experiences Of the past three nths. That
man would be strangely dead 10 all feeling
and TO every good impulse, who could fail
10 profit by these impressive lessons. But
IL is not our business 10 prophecy. We
can afford 10 wait and Judge the tree
by iu fruits. Looking st the attainment
Of present visible results, can we not
.4ss 4 - al az
which tend 90 answer our inquiry, "Is the
battle lost7' Among many Of these signs
which present themselves and which will
be suggested TO every thoughtful mind We
will mention but two as illustrative Of
what We mean. From the time Of the
inauguration OF General Garfield rs Presi-
dent of the United States, when his court
" and soldierly competitor for the highest
place within the gift Of our people set all
men such a noble example by his attendance
upon the accompanying ceremonies, where
he was the object of attention and Of fAt.
tering comment second only TO the Presi-
dent himself, all right thinking people Of
all political parties have been disposed to
deal is!riy by the administration Of the
affairs of the government without mis-
representation and fault finding; So that
tiANt Alt AhNE VI SNAfA - NhAArHH ma
ministration II is doubtful II any chief
magistrate has been received by the peo.
ple-the whole people--wiih such an evil
dent determination 10 judge Of his ad.
ministration by lie legitimate fruits as
attended the Inauguration Of our twen.
tielh President. 1t really seemed ~ IL
the time had come when politics were
10 be conducted upon q higher plane and /
the privacy Of the family and The personal
character Of men were 10 be respected and |
preserved from vulgariiy and low abuse. |
But when the President was wounded. |
when The blow of the assassin vas aimed |
At his life, ell hearts were fused in one, aud |
il Is safe 10 say that no event in The history |
Of the nation has 30 unified public aenti- |
mens and called forth such universal sym-
pathy b. n for the President himself and |
for his surviving and now bereaved family. |
This que tion IL 20 fofeibly presented la :
we'll considered editorial Of that conserva.
tive and t;ioushtful paper The New York |
Journal Of Commerce, thai ] reproduce its |
.sats.,..azfs as.a sh.ssn IF sha AthanV 8 Rms /