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

the land from Sumter crumbling walls clad
y in the loyal blue. be embraces the brave bu,
4 weeping life, kisses the innocent babes. and
turns with Spartan firmness, true. as ever. to
principle, to face the leaden hail that fell in
fury upon the heights of Chickamauga. rs with
] undying courage he turned the tide of battle.
and, with Thomas, snaiched victory frum
defeat
We can see him as he listens to the urgent
request of the martyresi Lincoln and es.ters
the Halls of Congress. giant among giants.
a leader among leaders, man among ssea.
Still true to principle as the needle Ia the
glimmering star in the north. the people
called him higher. higher. HIGHER until he
stands the equal of the rulers of the world
A President who knew no Sou;h. no North.
no East, no West. prepared Nth loving hands
TO bind up the wounds of the past. the
peoples President and a President of the
people.
He fell asleep with his laurels still green
upon his royal brow.
80 falrn at length is that tower of strength
Why should he be takens We loved him.
He was of US, he was ours. the peoples, that
people from whom he sprung. thar people
whom he loved, whose interests were his in
terests, whose hopes his hopes. whose civil
cation was besttypited in his noble manhood
But Death, the great leveller, came and a
nation weeps.
Like the proud mother of the Gracchi the
American people will turn to posteriry and
say. 'Behold my jewels, Washington, Lin
coin. Garfield
The last speaker was E. II. Pierce, Esq. =.
who spoke briefly but earnestly in praise of
the late President.
MR.. PIERCE said
To-day the American people-yes. the civ
iliZed world-inourn the fatal result of an
assassin's revenge
There are times when W rls seem valueless
when language fails of expression, when the
only resource is inaction.
The hush of Industrys busy hum and
whirl. the bated breath the softened voice,
the crowded streets, the mournful draperies
in home and shop from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. from the sunny shores of the gulf to
the cold barriers of our northern boundry,
tell more eloquently the grief unspoken and
uns peakable, that touches the hearts of the
American people, than any words of men cam
express.
The long, weary weeks of suffering have)
softened the hearts and awakened the SYM
pathies of every household in the country
The dreary watch, and terrible struggle|
with death; the agonized PRAYER, If it he
possible let this cup pass from me" has
been repeated in the personal experience of
millions of homes in our land.
The sympathy which extend to-day isl
no mere lip service, but comes from hearts
which have felt themselves this bitter grief at
their own hearth stone.
Sectional animosties and partisan pride
are for the time laid in the tomb beneath the
remains of him, who lately stood before the
world as the representative of a united peo-
pie.
The tributes of love and esteem for curl
lost President, and the deep anathemas
against the wretched man who struck down.
the acknowledged leader of free people,
come alike from the east and west, from the
north and south.
1t seems difficult to see how this death can
be part of Gods Providence toward us as a
nation, but may we all feel Whittier so
feelingly sings that
"lf. for the age to come, this hour
OF trial, hath vicarious power,
And best by Thee, our present pain
BE 1.berty's eternal gain.
Thy will be done"
The following resolutions, drawn by ID. T.
Pike, Esq, were then submitted by J. Al
Homan, Esq, and unanimously adopted
Whereas In the Providence of God. the people of
the United States have been called to mourn the un
timely death of their late honored Chief Magistrate
James A. Garfield, and
Vhereas, This day. on which his mortal re-
mains consigned to their last resting place. has
been set apart by federal authority "A day of
humiliation and mourning, to be observed through
pie assemble in their respective places of divine wor
ship, there to render alike their trbnte of for
the DEATH and of respect for the memory of ateI
Chief Magistrate, therefore:
ResoIred That in this hour of universal mourning
when 1.-THE great heart of the nation beats heavily AT
the portals of the grave OF our late lamenied Presi
Xdent, JAMES A. GARFIELD who in the faness of
health and the vigor of manhood, crowned too with
the highest honors of the republic was strickenl
down by the bullet of an assassin, and after eighty
long and weary days and nights of intense suffering
patiently and heroically endured surrendered up hs(
spirit to the God who gave tive, the citizens of
Augusta and vicinity here assembled, earnestly join
in the expressions Of profound grief the lament
able event, which saddens the hearts of fifty millions
of people.
ResoIred, That while regarding with unutterable
adherence the awful crime which has shrouded a
nation in gloom, hereby give voice to our heart
felt the untmely and cruel death of the
late honored Chief Magistrate Of the Republic andI
render the tribute of genuine homage to his virtues
and sincere respect TO his memory
Resolred. That aside from the high office he heidi
recognize in the de 9TH of the man james A. Gar
field the loss of gentleman of scholarly attain
ments, ripe Gu lture and varied learnng-of publcl
man of comprehensive views, wide experience ini
pulses--ofa citizen Of upright department, afiable
mauners and genial dispositon-of "a Christian
gentleman of sincere faith and exemplary fe-in|
fine of a man possessing in an extraordinary degree
those social and domestic virtues which made him
mt the dutiful son. the afectionate husband and
the tender father.
Resoired, That in her heavy bereavement wei
tender the tribute of our deepest sympathy and con
dolence to the griefstrcken wife. whose iortiude
and courage in the protracted vgils Of the sick room
were only equalled by those displayed by her wound
ed husband-qualites that have challenged thel
admiration and stirred the sensbies of thel
civilized world. She has illustrated by her conspicu-
example of sacrificing devotion, the lofiest
type of American womanhood. We also extend toI
the fatherless children and aged mother of the de
President like tribute in their deep affection
After the resolutions had been read, PRAYER
was offered by Rev. Henry Z. Mott. Rev.
p S Thatcher read the closing hymn, which,
was sung by the congregation. The benedic-
tion was then pronounced by Rev. X. San
derson, after which the audience quietly dis
persed.
UALLOWELL.
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