Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27

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ferson and Madison, it must descend to posterity
| he viii be embered as the martyred President
as the highsouled, 10 tyhearted sufferer, who mur
INJURED not at the hand that smote him.
| To his family we tender hearty sympathy.
word about Mr. Arthur, and we have done. He is
now the constitutional President Of these United
States, and such has claims upon the prayers and
best wishes Of all our people Let US pray that he
may devote his life to the great work befoie him,
and be President of the whole eountTy-a blessing
to every free institution in the land. Whatever
can do to make his Administration blessing will
most gladly perform it. This conceive to be the
duty OF every American citizen.
REMARKS OF REV. MR.. FROST.
The Rev. Mr.. Anderson then introduced
the Rev. A. J. Frost. who spoke as follows !:
Felow-citizens: l wish simply to say that the
four addresses were to occupy one hour. Without
any reflection, however, upon the spelkers the ad-
dresses have occupied about one hour and quarter
the three addresses. Now, know you have besn
from yeur homes since early in the morning, and
have stood here very patiently, and feel in my
heart-without any reflection, as | said, upon the
speakers who have addressed you-that it would be
entirely out Of place to keep you here any longer
and therefore will not deliver any address on this
occasion. wish to say that heartily assent 10 all
that has been sad and my heart is too full to utter
the sentiments that crowd upon me; and, there
fore, thanking you for your attention to my brief
speech, will say no more, knowing that you must
be weary, and we have got to march through the
streets again. Consequently, will say nothing
more now.
[Cries of "Go on Go onrl
l will say this. If | had made speech, should
have spoken of Mr.. Garfield first, as man; of Mr..
Garfield, second, as a scholar; of Mr. Gar
field, third, a statesman OF Mr. Car
field fourth, the President OF the
United States of Mr.. Garfield, fifth, Christian
gentleman of Mr.. Garfield, in the next place, as
a representative American: and of Mr.. Garfield,
finally, dead and gone home to glory. Refusing,
however, to make speech, will say few words
concerning him as President. / bel eve that Mr..
Garfield was murdered because he and not Roscoe
Conking, was President OF the United States. Zap
plause.l Men have talked OF Charles Guiteau on
this platform to-day. Charles Guteau was the
bloody instrument of his untimelY taking off, but
the stalwart arm that murdered our President
in New York. [Appause.l We may just as well
face this question first as last. When our
murdered President for twelve long weeks had held
the helm of the ship of state and had steered her
into the channel OF civil service reform, and had
held it there against all the stawartism of Conkling
and Platt and even Chester A. Arthur. Applause
say it was when he was holding the helm of state
there with his firm and immovable grasp that he
,bo ba toft tha MI taJ
and they were not. And let me say to you further,
concerning this matter Of being President how
proud we were of him during those weeks of
struggle in Albany and in New York. We felt that
we had man at the helm of state. We felt we had
there of power of influence, OF majesty that
made him an honor t. the Government and to The
nations OF the EARTH Ny fellow citizens the Lord has
never looked down such a day this. No man has
died in this country before and fifty millions
have gathered round his grave. When Lincoln was
murdered, or assassinated there were good reasons
why the South should not feel they do to-day.
There were good reasons why they should not mingle
their tears with they do to-day and my heart
has been touched by my dear brother from the
South when he voiced the sentiment of that sunny
land and said that their tears flowed in harmony
with But to-day not only 100000 030 gath
cred at his grave but the 5oo0OoOo OF England are
also sending their sorrows and regrets and the
25000o 009 of the civilized world with us to-day
And now, finally what thing Is it in this great
man that has gathered these millions at his grave
(for while we stand here James A Garfield is in his
gravel. 1t is now half-past o'clock in Cleveland,
OHIO, and he is buried and the flowers have
been placed upon his tomb. His aged
mother is going TO her broken home and the
wife and the weeping children going to those
of vacancy that nothing but the grace of AL
mighty God can fiji. l say, finally what one thing
is it in this that has caused such universal re-
gret? think shall voice your sentiment and the
sentiment of everyone when say it was bis grand
and noble Christian character. 1t was character
that made him what he was, and makes us what we
to-day and can illustrate it only as l did last
night in our memorial discourse: At one time in
Rome man died. and they desired to erect mon.
unlent to his memory 1t was to be monument of
solid stone eighty feet hgh twelve feet square at its
and four feet at its top 1t to be elevated
and placed upon pedestal twelve feet high. How
should it be done? 1t was frst laid beside its
foundation, and then there was deep trench dug
up around it and wall built incosng the monu-
ment and its pedestal and then the top of this
high circular wall there were laid thousand pul.
leys, and over the pulleys were drawn thousand
ropes. They reached down over the outside to the
mighty engines of power. When set up on end it
was lifted towards heaven. The master workman
cried out, "Pull down the ropes ~ and that
monument went up ten feet. More power !" said
he. "Draw down again on the ropes r' and it went
up one foot eleven inches on the draw. "Draw
down the ropes p he again called, and this time
it went up threequarters of inch. Then the ropes
began to give signs of weakness, when an old sailor
cried out, Pour water on the ropes Pour water
on the ropes r They went up and poured water on
the ropes, and they began to shrink and contract
and bite the pulleys, and hug the marble, until
finally that monument lifted another quarter of an
inch and settled down upon its foundation forever
And to-day, while stand before you, seem to see
monument of character winter than Parian mar
BILE itself being elevated toward heaven and toward
God; and your falling tears and mine to-day are
only helping to magnify and lift this monumental
character to the Skies that it may stand as bless
ing to all nations of the earth Let us sit under
its shadow and let US give God the glory for such
character. [Applause.l
PRAYER.
The Rev. Mr.. Anderson then requested the
Rev. T. S. Dunn to offer prayer, which was
as follows:
Almighty God, we acknowledge that every good
and every perfect gift is from above and cometh
from the Father, in whom there is no variableness
or shadow of turning. Oh Lord, our hearts are
bowed in the deepest sorrow at this time. We feel
that Thy Providence is indeed inscrutable On.
what an example of remorseess hate that one so
mean should take the life of one SO great And
yet we believe that the Lord reigneth and that he
could make the wrath of man to praise him. and
that he can restrain the remainder of wrath. We
thank Thee, oh God, to-day for the memories OF the
past. We thank Thee that in every dark hour of
our national history God has shown that he ruled
over all that he was above the storm, and that
His hand was upon the wheel of our Shin
of State. And now, oh God, wilt Thou let Thy
blessing rest upon us at the close of these services
We thanks Thee, oh God, that though we waited
| and watched and prayed for seventy nine long,
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