Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-02

the mighty and knotty oaks. Later he l wished to sport with the briny waves and was anxious to experience new dan l gers. The axe he had conquered, and now | bis frail boat must glide along serenely | cOquetting with the sea Here in few l words is the life of the child. But this | boy, accustomed to the grand scenes of l nature, with a strong arm and expansive l mind, strOve to nOurish his intelligence l with the bread of wisdom which instruc- ! ton alone can give. His good mother l gave him small sum of money | and with this he commenced his l studies in the Hiram College. Ohio ] There he studied with great diligence, ! maintaining himself by his labor as carpenter and by giving lessons to the rudimen.ary classes. He very soon con | cluded his preparatory instruction, and being eager to obtain degree, and make his mark in society, he went to the Williams College in North Adams, Massachusetts. In 1855 he graduated, thus realizing at last the golden dream of his life. The boy labOrer, the young barge man, he who had inhaled the sweet aroma of the leafy trees, he who had played with the crested waves, had ob- l tained a degree with which he would open an entrance for himself into society; and this degree he owed to his persever- ance, his labors, and his sacrifices.
 | Mir. Garfield had the rare talent of
 making himself loved. Envy, one of the daughters of night, never rose to inn | pede his career. His companions loved | him and helped him to triumph. Those souls that enlist sympathy, those souls | that silence evil passions and which are | only surrounded with smiles of applause and admiration. have to be great and are SO truly as was that of Mir. Garfield, | President of the United States whose
 death we deplore.
 ! While a professor in Williams Col | lege he married Miss Lucretia Rudolph. He married for love. This IS another | trait of his lofty soul and noble character. | Matrimony, that sublime union which
 makes two souls as one, has but one en- | trance-lovel He and his consort were poor but they were young, that IS to say,
 they were brave; the future smiled for
 them and love sustained them. When
 man is united to the woman whom he loves the world is too small to fulfil his
 aspirations and to satify his desires
 With spirit full of confidence, and with
 that enthusiasm with which in former times he yielded the axe of the woods
 man, he launched out on the struggle for life with a cheerful heart and with his glance towards the aurora of the
 future. In 1859 he was elected Senator for the State of Ohio, but already were wis ible the first symptoms of the fatricidal
 war, like the first noises that precede the tempests on the ocean. Mir. Garfield
 was called to the field of battle, place more extended and better suited for his character at that time than the halls of
 parliament Mir. Garfield was an ardent
 Republican; he was one of the first ad-
 vOcates of the abolition of slavery. As
 soldier, he fought valiantly at various
 battles, and after Chickamauga he was
 raised to the rank of Field Marshal.
 This man, SO remarkable in a thousand
 -ays, as has been shown by the slight
 sketch of his life which I have touched
 on, was eic-.ted to the Presidency of the
 United States, hi.-ing obtained the ma
 jority of votes at tho electisn held on
 the 2d of November. 1880. On the 2d of
 July, 1881, he was perhjiously assassi-
 mated by man who had no reason to
 hate President Garfield. We shOuld Ge-
 plOre this sad event, both because of the
 loss which the American people have
 suffered, and because 1t IS mournful to
 see fall the ruler of country, wounded
 to death by the dagger or the revolver of the assassin. The principle of authority
 is wounded The Chief of a Nation
 ought to be sacred. The Mexican peO-
 pie, as well as the Mexican Government,
 whose representative 1 am in this Terri
 tory, have given proofs of their sympathy
 for the President of the United States
 during his illness and of cOndolence at
 his tragic death. Mexico weeps for the
 victim and execrates the assassin. As
 the representative of my government l
 render a respectful homage to the mem ory of him who was, and l tender my
 profound sentiments of sorrow tO the au- thorities of this Territory. If I had not
 been invited to speak in this place l would have done so spontaneously, since I read in the biography of NIT. Garfield that he had a special predilectlOn for D journalists, and as member of the Mex ? ican press I felt in my conscience the duty of offering a tribute to his memory.
 The hand of time-the only cOnsoler for certain criefs of the soul-will cure the , wound which afilicts the hearts of his
 wife and children, and which still fresh
 and bleeding, calls for justice against s the assassin. Mr. Garfield, who has , now passed beyond the region of this life, needs no funeral eulOgiums; what better crown than his civic virtuesi what
 better crown than his private virtues as
 a husband and father what better
 crown. in fine, than the sufferings which ' he endured so resignedly stretched on
 his couch of pain during the last two
 months, struggling between life and l; deathl That crown, the last which en-
 circles his temples as an aureola of
 light, is called the crown of Martyrdom g The Chairman then introduced Col. B Ben. Morgan, who spoke as follows:
 COL. BEN. MoRGAS's ADDRESS.
 Q MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLE . MEN: In the midst of life We are in death, t and each pulsation of the heart IS but a e tan of the untitled drum Tn our funeral ], march to the grave. As individuals 1t ls ], natural that we should mourn for those Y who are near and dear to us, and equally E SO. as a nation, when a great, wise and e gifted statesman, upon whom the people
 look as a guide and support, falls in the - hour Of need
 Q To-day the American nation bends fl over the bier of its dead President and Q mourns his untimely taking off. To-day Q the nations heart Is located and every 2 beat Is in accord with patriotic feeling }: and unity of sentiment. This great ca. e lamity, let us hope, may be shaped by q s divinity in breaking down sectional feel O ing and establishing mutual trust and e confidence. When men have mOurned r. together then do they become closer It allies and warmer friends. To-day, al r. over the land; beneath the palmettoes o ,- the Carolinas: on the margin of th' e lakes: on the mountain tops and m th' e valleys: by the Ocean-lashed beach; IT ,- the roar of the city and in the silence O
 the desert, there Is mourning and lamen T, tation. Nor is it confined to us, but al II nations lend their voice to do him homo
 and emphasize heartfelt sympathy.
 5 What a grand character "Hls lif'
 was gentle: and the elements so mixe' le in him, that nature might stand up, an' IT say to all the world: this was man.. ,r President Garfield was easily distin D. guished from the general mass of men
 His remarkable face; the beauty of hi ie Grecian head; his large forehead; hl y- arched eyebrows; the perfect line of hl
 lips, sculptured as If to vibrate eterna
 harmony; his aquIline nose; his Olympl
 gestures; his majestic attitudes; thu 2. genius flashing from his features-3Il In of being, all his person, declared that Il n- chiseling that perfect vase the Create ,d bestowed an especial care Such men los 1T. much when beheld closely in lfes sa' a realities, where the mingling of a thou e. sand little accidents lowers the mora rr stature which imagination always hit h. among clouds of glory. The human rae IS has a genuine reverence and admlratlO o. for great virtues. The thought of beini h. forgotten, which 80 often accOmpanle ,b that of death,. does not trouble thos Ir men who have deserved well of thei 's- country and humanity. Whatever ther