The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-09-24
JAMES A. GARFIELD.

President Garfield IL dead The Nation has
been weeping at his couch for eleven weeks. Il
now bows IL head in unassuagcd grief at his bier.
The long agony Of hope and fear, prayer and zap.
plicatiOn. doubt and gloom that have stricken the
hearts Of hfty millions Of people for these long,
weary days. Is over. The cot and the mansion,
the hovel and the stately home all over this broad
land Of ours are clad in the habiliments Of mourn.
ing. Grief that needs no cxtraneous prornptinss
afaiets every hear, with sorrow. The people
break out In sOb' and signing, deep and bitter
with anguish. The stroke that laid him low
Jared two continents, amazed all chri.tendon.
shocked the civilized world aud .tna,e every house.
hold 10 the land IS though they had lost their
hrst-born. Language IL inadequate to express
the heart bleeding sorrow Of our stricken people.
The feeling Is one which none can tell, no words
describe. no uiteranes portray. I, Is grief tina, s
bitter and too agoniring to be told.
When we consider that he passed through the
fiery ordeal Of the civil war. In tho thieke Of the
fight Of the fierce conflict Of Chicamaugua, and
coming out without scar or scratch and then when
the var had been over sixteen years aud himself
elevated TO the Chief Magis.saey Of the Nation,
that he should be shot down by an assassin -
Truly the ways Of Providence are in,crutabls and
past finding out.
IL 10 almost needless for us 20 reiterate the in
cidents Of his life, 50 familiar arc they 10 the
American people. But he belonged to that class
that rises native ability and indomitable energy
from the humblest station in life 20 the highest.
Born In the woods Of Northern Ohio, on Nov. 10.
1881, and being LEFT an orphan at the age Of two
years he was obliged to begin the struggle Of life
at very early age. laborer on the canal when
mere boy Of twelve years, then a driver Of
canal boat, then learning the carpenter trade, all
the while reading with zeal and judgment all the
books he could buy and borrow; then working
himself through the country school, the academy
aud the college. paying his way by working at
his trade a, odd hours every day. his success
proves him 10 have been one Of the best Of the
species. lie successiveiy filled the positions Of
teacher Of country school, professor in college,
president Of the college, State Senator, Colonel Of
an Ohio regiment In the late var, Brigadisr GEN
eral In the Federal army, member Of the American
Congress for seventeen years and President Of tho
United States, and every single one Of these po,i-
lions were unsought BY him. His career ha.
been remarkable one even in our county that 10
remarkable for tho production Of sslf-made men.
His rare culture and ripe scholarship show to
American youth the grand possibilities within
their reach II they will but strive for the
His career rs philanthroPist, soldier and states.
man mark him rs one Of the great men Of ,hi. age
and generation. His vOluminous speeches aud
state papers are models Of rhetoric, s,a,esman.hip
and good sense. lie died leaving behind him an
ilu'.rious example for the rising generations. be-
loved BY all land and regretted by all mankind