Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-24

MS KnOWleuge through personal acQalntanc3
with him. Yet, as whole, the history diff
fers very little from tl1e published in the
GLOBE of a recent date. He commended to
every young man in the audience, in the wide
world, the prrsistency and the noble bravery
with which Garfield had pursued his studies,
and finally triumphantly graduated with hon
or, passing through obstacles and difficulties
OF serious and discouraging nature, and
which stands almost without parallel in the
history of the great men of the world. He
SAID that In the time to come the scholars,
philosophers and tourists would seek out
Mentor and the birth place, as they now do
AbbOtsfOrd and like historical places. At the
age of % Garfield had been drawn into the pO-
litical arena by circumstances. Fire brings out
the faint outline on the silver piece, and thus
was Garfield brought to the front as leader.
When Fort Sumpter was fired on and the call
for troops was issued throughout the north
ern states, Garfield left his seat in the legis-
lature and was placed at the head of the IA
nous Forty.second regiment of Ohio volun-
teers as colonel. He was soon after promoted
to brigadier general for bravery, ability and val
or on the field. In speech in 1857, which has
become famous everywhere, when IS years
| of age, he marked out the path of the Repub-
lican party, over which it has marched to sue
cess and fame and power. 1t is of men like
this that the founders of the constitution in
tended that presidents should be made. OF the
deep damnation of his taking off, I cannot
speak. Words fail me. The career, briefly
sketched, attests the great capacity of the pres
ident. Had he not been elected to the presidency
he would still have been indeed a great
man. 1t would be difficult to blot out the
brilliant and noble career of such a mind as
was his. When it is remembered that it was
not till the age of % that he had an education
sufficient to admit him to college, SO diff
cult had been his pathway from poverty and
af1lictiOn, it cannot be difficult to appreciate,
by the rapidity with which he completed his
education, the calibre and comprehension of
his gigantic and natural intellect. The sins
of the father are visited on the children to
the third and fourth generation.
He inherited the hardi6ood of
the Huegenot intermixed with the sturdy and
honest qualities of the Welch. great man
is not sudden prodigy but slow result.
Garfield's fathers for nine consecutive gener-
ations were tillers of the soil. You can count
on your finger tops the great men born in
cities, but mark you, the truly great men
come from the farm. His ancestors were not
brilliant men, but honest, sturdy and progress
sive men. His ancestors had slowly been
contributing to build up that of which he
was the bright and consummate flower.
The speaker then spoke very feeling
ly of the fact that Garfields
had never been ashamed of his humble mother,
but was proud of her as noble and dutiful
son should be. This point was illustrated by
man toiling up steep and difficult noun
tain. He would have been dashed to pieces
upon the rocks far below but for friendly
shrub or bush to which he grasps with a
firm and resolute hand and is saved.
The speaker then drew several beautiful syno-
nym. The address as whole was one of the
most mastery efforts which have been listened
to bV a MinneaDOliS audienca
At the close of the address the chorus, "He
Who Is Upright" was sung by the Mendels-
sohn club. Hon. e. NJ Wilson, a former as
sociate of the late president, was then intro
duced. He addressed the vast assembly IN
very feeling and sympathetic words. He said:
The nation is bowed down in mourning, vet
it is not confined to the mere limits of our
land. The feeling of sorrow and mourning
has gone across the ocean throughout all the
civilized world. Each nation is weeping
in sympathy. 1t is not physical
suffering but mental anguish that impeils us
to go about with bowed heads, sad faces and
heavy hearts. 1t is from the innate love ten
dered the nations great chieftain.
Mr.. Wilson, referring to the fall campai gn
which placed Garfield in the presidential chair,
spoke of his being engaged in the political
contest as an opponent to the election of Pres
ident Garfield, yet he united his tears and Ia
the Young Mems Garfield and Arthur club.
1t is regretted that lack of space precludes
anything but cursory review or
synopsis of the eloquent speech made
by Mr.. Wilson. He said throughout all the
land there breathes not man but who exc.
crates the dastardly crime committed by
Guiteau. lie spoke of Booth the prototype
of this assassin. His body was buried in
lonely assassin's grave, where no man save
those who placed it knows. He spoke very
tenderly of the motto which was inscribed
upon the altar on the stage "Ruler, Husband,
Father and Son." He spoke of his sterling
qualities as ruler, his noble traits as hus-
band, his loving disposition as father and
his proudly obedient and faithful character as
q son.
Danz' band followed the closing of
the address with beautiful and appropriate
air. The president of the Garfield and Arthur
club, j. M. Hill, received note from Hon.
J. M. Shaw, stating that indisposition rem
dered his presence impossible, and his speech
must be taken from the programme.
Danz' band presented another elaborate and
brilliant aria.
Col. r. c. Benton, comrade with Presi-
dent Garfield in the union army, in the great
struggle between the North and south, was
introduced. He said: "When the simmer had
passed, and the autumn days had come; when
harvests had been gathered, and the reaper
| were at rest. Again the reaper gathered to
his harvest the most exalted citizen, the no.
| blest man of the land. The stroke of this re-
lentless reaper has cast a pail of sorrow over
the whole country. Men mourn over the fate
OF the victim, for his loss is irreparable. Bus
mess interests deplore his death, for all par
ties had confidence in his integrity and capa-
city. They who live in sections where the re-
turn of prosperity has tyet overcome the
l II ic0c Of ho
| come by the calamity, for on him they
return aa '" Of better o"dsy days. We We where ere
| it is to feel the quickening impulses of great
boom of good future, are sorrOwful, for in
| him we had high assurance of continued pros
perity. They who desire to see higher
measure of capacity in the public service
grieve at the untimely death of our president.
| They who admire the result of education and
| training, who have faith in high culture, they
lament his loss, for he was a scholar as well
| as statesmen. They who revere most holy
| things mourn his untimely end, for
he was Christian. They who
struggling against the calamities of the terri
BILE civil war are earnest in the effort to re-
unite the country, assuage the bitterness of
sectional conflict, they, too, are eminently
their best efforts would be sure of magnani-
nous and generous response. The freedmen
who against all the discouragements and
difficulties of their surrounding are waiting to
realize the capacities, the responsibilities of
of this new manhood deplOre his fate, for he
was the mover of their delverancy. They who
strive to achieve a high craftsmanship
by weary. careful study and patient
application join in the public sorrow
for he was their teacher. There is none other
SO good. They also who have an honorable
and laudable ambition TO do and deserve well
for the country, bewail his loss, for he was
their master. Who shall fill his place? They
too who from poverty and adversely struggle
for the growth and development of an honOra-
BILE manhood, drop tear in his memory, for
he was their brother. "Aye, turn and weep,
for tits manliness to be heart broken here. -
The speaker continued The results of Presi-
dent Garfeld's life have not yet been realized