, 1881-09-23

tEe post OF honor at the inauguration
ceremonies that placed her honoreds
son in the office of chief magistrate
of the nation, and when he, after ta-5
king the solemn oath Of office, salu
ted her with filiai kiss-a fitting,
expression of his dutiful regard fors
The one who had through trihulation.
:givcn him n start that opened the,
iway to success in life. To her hrl
lowed much, and to her his strong ma
sture turned, next 10 the loving, cour-j
;arcous wife who was his guiding,
star through his long public career:
9and who stood by him during thei
closing hours Of his life with that
tcalm fortitude and faith in Provl
5dence born only Of heroic soul!
His life is familiar one to nearly
3every American. The particulars OF
!his remarkable progress "irom thej
! tow path to the Presidency" are WELL
known by the general public-howi
! he early became inbued with an IN
jordinate thirst for knowledge; how
she saved his money, sckooled him
33self, graduated at Williams College
lin Massachusetts, became president
$of Hiram College in Ohio, was elec
}ted to the Ohio State Legislature.
t:and served there with distinction and
scredit; how he left civil honors and
5civil pursuits, for which he was large
Fly fitted, enlisted and went forth
samong the first to fight for the pres
sservation of the Union and the aboli
! 3tion of slavery; how his bravery and
ssound judgment won him promotion
Go a Major Generals commission:
!. how his grateful Ohio countrymen
?elected him a representative to the
sthirty ghth Congress iii 1862, while
9he was yet on the battle Geld; how
she resigned his military commission
land took his seat as Congressman
Gin which position he wrought out his
5eEduring fame as statesman, being
to the 39th, 40th, 4lst, 42d
343d, 44th, 45th and 46th Congresses.
tIt was during the eighteen years he
5iwas in Congress that he accomplished
Ssthe real, solid work of his life. He
twas there honored from the first with
4chairmanships and other positions On
5the most important Congressional
committees. His splendid abilities
! ssand wonderful capacity for labor en-
sabled him to plungeinto national leg
lislative work with zest and V:gor
second to that of none of his col
sleagues, and which continued una
ibated till he was elected U. S. Sen
GATOR by the unanimous vote of the
SOhio state legislature, While serving
9his ninth and last tern as a member
Sof the lower house of Congress.
1That term as senator was to have be
digun on the 4th day of last March,
athe day his term as Congressman ex-
jpired, and the day he took his seat
! Jas President OF the United Estates.
sDuring his long and eventful career
Gin Congress he was from the first 4
prominent figure in American poll
atics. Plunging into the work ag-
excessively, he left the impress of his
powerful mind on every measure oi
Snational importance that was passed
supon. His speeches, ranging over
jalmost every subject of national le
1gIsla:ion, give evidence of breadth
land power of thought and learning
snever surpassed by the productions
sof any American statesman-while
Shis oratorical ability would have done
sseredit to Clay, Webster, or Cal
shoun. He had no speciality in sub
Elects; his mind was cosmopolitan in
5iIits capabilities; his fame was not the
.lspasmodic, transient glare of the
srocket, but the steady light of the
5Isun, increasing in brilliancy anC
4power to the very zenith where i
snad reached when he was stricken
gdown by the hand of dastardly
murderer. His motives and integrity
were sometimes questioned by hi:
political opponents, and as often was
Che vindicated by the clear light o.
& actual events. Charges of pecula
stion and oonniving at pecuniary gain
y s(about the only ones his bitterest po
5litical enemies ever made against
;ihim) were met in turn and answered
gin that thorough manner which char
sacterized everything he did-and his
33vindication from time to time wa.
! sero wned with reelection to his seat
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