Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-09-28

,ogetner with his fair fame which ,a. ;,
A"er'can name forevermor. and ~. ',i'
eAai"pie 10 American youth. arc b;s ra,'ls
H. ahd-w"rds defending and plor;f,;ro
try. OF lis coun-
ms natiVe State. which he served 40 NIL,
;.e nun tenderly to her bosom TO-DAY W.
~" uncovered heads and sad hearts s,.nd
:s grave. mourning our lost leader. svm.
!, WIN that aged mother whose sorrou
von.t na'e outiived the dear boy who in his
VII a. Gnu maturity was her stay and comfort
with the bereaved wife and cbiidron >
But OF him who is at peace wbosa ,
uohe, VINO 30 valiantly and faithfully xrouah,
MS appointed tasks. we NAV well sav in III
"orus Oh Manoah over his dead bero-so,
00othing is here for tears, nothing 70 wall
D; nooA the breast; no weakness no c1n..nn.
tPra,.e, OF blame; nothing but well and fair
" what may quiet US in death SO noble
ne PRESIDENT Of the dav next introduced
IN ntting language, Hon. j. W. Bradbury.
MIR. BRADBURY said:
'eefoe cuizens-After the eloouent and
appropriate tribute to the dead to which Won
nave just listened, feel that silence ri
more impressive than words. No lanpuaga
can better express the feeling that fills All
hearts on this solemn occasion. than the s,h
lime words of Pierce. apon the death of the
great American orator, applied to the mar
tyred President, 1.-The great heart of the ma
'ioh tnrobs heavily at the portals of his
grave, The NATION, nay. the civilized world
Is 'o-oay IN mourning. From every part oil
our country north, south, east and west i
from every section, creed and party. frou
every station and occupation. and from En-. /
rope TOO, from all her principal cities and
towns, from thrones and marts of trade come
notes OF sorrow, coincidence and svmpathy
sorrow Tor the illustrious dead and svmpa-
thy Tor the afflicted family and friends
IN time of profound peace and general
prosperity, IN nation of freemen, where|
no laws Cypress, no tyrant crushes no griev-
ance pal!iates, that a monster could be pro1
duced capable of discharging the assassin j
shot at the life of the Chief Magistrate-andI
such chief, so amiable and kind, as well asl
able and distinguished-flls the world With
amazement and horror at the crime, and sym
pathy with the sufferer. At this moment curl
thoughts instnctively turn to that process sionl
in distant city which is now moving With
the body of our late martyred President toI
its final resting place, and in our hearts wei
unite IN the deepest sympathy with that sol
emn procession.
Orville d. Baker, Esq, was next intro
duced to the audience.
Mr.. BAKER said:
NJ. President and fettow cittzens-James|
Abram Garfield, the President whom we loved
and whom the people chose, is dead. That
life which we held so dear and had watched
so tenderly, that life which stood almost for
the countrys life, was snuffed out like some
brief candle of the night.
The nation has lost its chief and to-day
the whole world of business and of pleasure
has put its shoes from off its feet, and stands
Ireverently about the grave, holding the in
Sverted torch The bell, the solemn gun, the
shut stores, the draped and mourning dwell |
3ings-all the outward trappings of woe only
speak and poorly the heaviness of the heart
Nor does America mourn alone Front
the great governments of Europe, from En-
' peror and Queen and President and Pope andI
people, from the great and from the lowly |
Scome noble and touching tributes and sympa-
THY, while the flowers of England's Queen
are on the coffin of our dead, and the mute
masses of Englands people bow with us in al
common grief.
This is no ordinary spectacle. After death
Iif not before, oblivion claims most of us.
.... "we are as the blast,
moment heard and then forever past"
Saws the quaint Sir Thomas Browne: "Thei
greater part must be content to be as thought
they had not been. to be found in the register
I of God, not in the record of man"
To what does Mr.. Garfield owe this ex-
Iceptional and universal homage? Is it paid
l him as the President, as the statesman, or as
1.-THE man Our loss is too fresh to admit al
p cold analysis of his character, or to place
Thin in history with the exaetness of criticism
1t will be for the best and noblest of the land
Ito clothe his virtues in fitting draperv. Yeti
ha N Y
y with our tears, but to pluck lesson, like al
lfiower, to take with us from his grave.
As a President he grave, dignfied,I
noble. His advisers, led by a brilliant and1
distinguished statesman, commanded the con
3fdence of his party and of the country.
Through them he preserved dignified and
Friendly relations with foreign powers, econ
2omized the public funds, confirmed the pub
Slic credit, exposed fraud and reformed abuses
d In his brief administration he aimed to be the
President of the whole people. Firm without
+ obstinacy, recognizing all factions, attacking}
4 no one. but bold to defend whenever a right
was attacked, w extorted the respect of hisI
opponents, and won the love of his friends
In Southern policy he gave promise of teingI
kconciliatorv without being weak, and gener-
4ous without ceasing to be just. In person.
tapprnachable and kindly, his simple ways andI
life were not left behind him at the door of
the White House, but he brought the mani
with him to the Presidency and the people
North and South, democrat and republican,
believed in him and were content with him
They find spot in the seamless gar
{ment of his fame.
Yet the people do not mourn today
Ichiefest their President murdered.
As a statesman he was solid, rather than
brilliant; conservative, rather than bold i
but. above all, true to his convictions andl
fearless in their advocacy. His intellect was OIL
commanding order, massive, logical trained
hI need only instance that remarkable series
of short and non political speeches made be
fore his election, to show the comprehensive
mes. of his grasp, the ripeness of his thought,
the variety of his food. In truth ''readingI
maketh full man" and what he had read mel
had not merely tasted" but ''chewed and
dipested." He was emphatically the scholarl
in politics. He knew
.sThe love of learning, the sequestered hooks,
i And all the sweet serenity of books.
Not only from the great masterpieces
of literature, but from many waysidej
and forgotten flower he drew treasures
which gave body and richness to his serious
sentences. His fondness for the early English
authors led him to express his thought