The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-24
GARFlRLD,s PICTURE.
As Drawn by Cal. James Y..l Randall II, the
Chranicln aud ConstitutioEaYlee.
WAsHInuToN,, March 1a. 1881,


Chranicla aud ConstitutioHaGIet.
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1881.
Attorney General Devens could not %
out of Office without O puerile attempl
TO ipjure Marshall PitzsiTons, but it waa
to use the strong language of q friend
"the kick of an expiring jackass'
The Marshal ia moro than willing noa
that he has been 30 triumphantly exoner.
ated, to resign the office, but the Presi.
dent will, think, continue him some
time longer.
In course of conversation With gentle.
man of genius and distinction, Whose
name and fame are co~extensiye with the
Union, / called hiG Intention to some
views / had expressed about Mr.. Gar.
| field aHd his inaugural address. My
friend statad that had arrived by iutu:.
| ton at the same conclusions substantially
that he had reached from long aequair.
tance and experience Of tho present Chief
Magistrate. He had made Mr.. Gayfied,
he said, study. There was in the Pres.
ident o poetic vein Of temperament,
which colored all he said and did. He
| had o vigorous intellect and kindly ma.
ture, but the expressions made in early
life were sta.ped upon his whole after.
career, and are not likely to ,be eradiea.
ted: In the beginning he had been poor
| and suffered the repreesions of poverty.
He became teacher, and as salaried
man had 10 accommodate himself to his
patrons and their whims. He became a
preacher, but bore no new evangel to his
| flock /; simply telling them, with novel
warmth but no originality, what they
were already convinced of. There was j n
him no kinship TO Savonarola OF Luther
or any Of the sonB Of men who startle
and aEouse the drowsy world. He did, O
certain sort of good by this conduct !;
but it did lot get out of any. accustomed
rnt: lie became q Sunday School teach.
er, but there was tho same humdrum ex-
hibition, only differing from that of any
other individual by superior talents, ii.
Illustrating old thoughts and following
beaten tracks. He went into the war (;
but distinguished himself only by putting
q glow OF romance in Gen. Rosecrnns'
dispatches, and by the celebrity with which
he abaudoned,t the perils Of the field for
greater and more alluriDg glories Of the
forum. From that time forth, 40 states.
man, he merely interpreted the passions
Of the tme in o.atory and Legislation.
No man better understood tho popular
frenzy, and no man moro vehemently de.
nouncpd "rebels and traitors" When
ccnaervs.:s;;: seemed SC he prevailing
sentiment, be pitched his key to that
new tune and became ELUSIVE in that d.
rection. When the Nation projected its
ahadow over the Federation, he could
prove out of everything but the Constitu.
ton, and even made brief essay there
that Washington and Jefferson and Jack.
son "did not know everything down in
JUDGE" AS President, he catches the
populur refrains and, In his inaugural,
parcels out his variant music as one
would feed corn to chickens. There Is
something for everybody, and yet with
paradoxical adreitness, nobody can tell
exactly, until time shall develope it,
what that something may turn out.
There is minor chord running through
that address that the stalwart Republicans
understands as their policy; and yet, 70
clever is the rhetorical juggle that the
South, almost IN choruB, accepts it as o
sugar plum. In his Cabinet eelec-
tlons he has essayed to make o consistent
gombo OF the most heterogeneous mate.
rials. Without specifying at length, it
may be said that'the liberalism of Wayne
MacVeagh runs through it as gold ailk
through q black stocking. The man we
have to watch is not so much Mr. Garfield
as Mr.. Blaine, That wonderful leader
never performed any moro dazzling feat
in craftsmanship than the bold. d airing.
brilliant and audncious raid he made
upon the position of Secretary of State.
He was tired of the Senate, and he aelec.
ted what he desired in the Cabinet. It
required all his plnok and diplomacy,
to retain his grip upon Garfield, and to
the last moment he plupg to the Senate,
fearful that the weak spots in Garield's
backbone might give way. This you
think is fancy and speculation. Very
we'll. Do not believe it, but wait and
see. If Mr.. Blaine has really grown
conservative, and if the people are IL,
accord with mr. Diaine, the President
will be only secaud- edition of Hayes.
If the people of the Est and West dc,
mand stalwart programme, the Presi-
dent will be pushed before that sentiment
and, as ueual, become its most strident
apostle. If the politicians clamor for q
disturbance and the wealthy classes ol
the North deprecate it, tho President
will be in sora perpleKity which to obey,
and will probably turn to MIR. Blaine for
consolation and advice. Thenwill begin
Q contest for supremacy between the
President end Secretary. The ons has
the most luck the other has the most
pluck. It is an even Wpges who would
win, and poaGbly, between the two
Grant may, emerge IS the nrbiter of des.
tiny. He is . rash person who pretends
10 read what the next four, years will
bring about; and he Is the wiser man
who just now takes nothing on trust, even
tho inaugural address of James A. Gar
field. Ia H..
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or scalds nothing is moro soothing than
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poured over the wound. = Il is Boflsr as q
varnish for burn than collodion, and
being always at haad cam be applied
Immediately. Itiois also moro cooling
than the "ssseet oil and cottnn." which
was formerly supposed to te tho surest
application to ailay the smarting pain
1t is the contact with airwhieh gives the
extreme discomfort experienced from