The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-23
DEER LODGE, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3D. 1881
The Voice of the Press.

SOf tO-mOIfoW Inofiiug Will Say haiu 40 ~ 70
eror one in the prime of manhood to die, the
blow that has wrought this result was not so i
terrible to James A. Garfield As TO the peoples
who mourn his loss. Death comes to all,
and whether IL be few hours, few days,
or few years sooner or later, can not mat 1
ter much In human life. Gen. Garfield had
reached the summit OF worthy ambition, and !
shas died death that immortalizes him in i
the worlds history. Judged from the stand Z
point Of loving remembrance and enduring
fame, the President had little to regret In the !
hour of dissolution, and his immediate fam
sily no greater cause for violent grief than
ithose who stand about the bedside of friends
sstricken in the ordinary way, bidding fare
swell to earthly hopes and ambitions a. the
lend of torturing pain. The bitterness that
prevailed early in the history of this tragedy
chad given way to true sentiment of grief. 6
THE President has grown dearer to the peo-S
sple with weeks of suffering. In every house,
hold lie had been taken close TO the hearts of j
.room marked in the daily life of the people,
speriods of agitation, anxiety, hope, or de-
sspair. Through all these weeks the President
iwas scarcely out of the thoughts of the PEG I
3ple, aud all turned toward him with tenderg
qsympathy and loving regard. The death of
mo public man in the history of the govern,
lment, save that of Lincoln, has been so great
ely regarded as "personal bereavement" Tos
Ssay this and to truthfully say it is eulogy
sthat no one need care to have exceeded in the.
9hour Of his own dissolution. No exhibition.
ssof grief, no public manifestation Of sorrow,
can be so great. At the loss Of such man,
This life and services, his long and painful
sstruggle for life, and his untimely and dis
stressing death combine to make the event.
Zone of supreme and universal sorrow. Let no.
jar upon the general sadness, but
with tolling bells and muf1ed drums let all
THAT is mortal of James A. Garfield be borne
Ito its last resting place amid the regrets,
tears, and prayers of millions who, shocked
land suffering, gaze upon the plying specta-i
lscle.
ID NEW YORK, September 20.-The Herald
I Says: In his death the warm hopes and sym
q pathizing aspirations of the whole people are
II painfully disappointed and the expectation
sssof his recovery so warmly cherished for so
long, adds now to the pangs of public regret.
s All Americans, of whstever religious faith
u and of whatever politics-Democrats who
Opposed and Republicans who reluctantly
Unsupported his election, shocked alike by the
5Ethe bloody deed which laid him low-haye
watched during these tedious weeks around
the bedside of the patient and uncomplsin-
81 ing sufferer, with admiration for his cheer
5zful, manly patience and with prayers that he
#might be restored to vigor and his official
sAstatus. Indeed, the whole civilized world
kxhss watched and prayed with them, but it
WAS not to be. And yet the long period of
Ezthe Presidents illness has not been lost. The
kpeople have learned the precious lessons In
IEthese days Of sympathy aud doubling hope.
IN Above all it has prepared all for hearty ac-
Equiescence in the hat which removes the
EPresdent and brings in his successor. Thus
1.-THE change which two months ago would
have been received by many with consider
liable degree of unfriendly aud even hostile
8feeling, will now be consummated with the
entire assent of all parties. But while we
do not rebel at the advent of a new admins
tratIon, every American will feel himself be
/ reaved by Garfeld's death. Fairly elected
tato be President, he was attacked in the dis
,xlcharge of that great representative Office. Hi:
k3remains will be borne TO their last rest at
attended by the unanimous and heartfelt sor
&row of fifty million freemen.
Id CHICAGO, September 20.-The Times ha
IA column Of editorial chiefly devoted to &
EPresident Garfield. 1t says: The most i'm
.Hportant incident of his five months admins
tration was that to which he owed his deatf
M-the contest with Mr.. Conkling. Through
Sout its course he bore himself with firm
iEsness and dignity which served to confirm thu
aEpublic confidence and gave promise that il
Ethe discharge of his high trust the Presiden
Ewould not fail to remember what was due t.
Ibis own self-respect and to the office of chic
'Emagistrate. In closing this brief review it j
2 saults from time to time upon the cbaracte
4 of its subject. No public man in this coun
d TRY escapes such attacks and i'm most cases,
Unjust unhappily be confessed, they are wei
observed. To say General Garfield erred a
hines is but To say he was human but proc
Ethat his errors were corrupt or criminal ha:
never been produced. The fact that ate
twenty-five years of public service, most o
M hem years in which an accumulation q
#wealth by the venal was easy and tempta
4. ions for public men constant and strong, h
" was still poor man when chosen President
! Unjust be accepted by the candid mind as con
Eclusive proof of his integrity. He served hi
!, e. country well and faithfully according to TIN
flights his conscience gave him, and he vii
\ sbe held in q ateful remembrance for this SCI
Hvice, and for the manifest alton of high pun
IL pose, which he has not been spared to exc
Ecute, to rescue the executive office from TIL
Hdegraded position into which it had fallen !
Ethe hands Of his predecessors.