Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-21
THE STATE CAPITAL.
GEORGIA'S TRIBUTE TO THE IL.
LUSTRIOUS DEAD.
Her Foremost Sons Fastening to
Honor the Fallen Chief magis-
trate te-MemOriaI Services Action
of the Assembly - Profound and
General Sorrow.

ATLANTA, September 20.-In the House,
Rev. A. Clark, member from Wayne, acting
chaplain, made touching allusion to the
death of President Garfield, and prayed fer
vently for President Arthur, that he might
become the President of the whole country,
and be controlled by wise and patriotic
counsels.
A message was received from the Gov
ernor announcing the death of the Presi-
dent and signifYing his willingness to join
in any appropriate memorial services by
the General Assembly to express the grief
Of the people Of Georgia.
A message from the Senate was received,
covering a joint resolution for memorial
services at 10 o'clock In the Representa-
tives' Hall. The House agreed to the reso-
luton.
At ten o'clock Governor Colquitt entered,
followed by Chief Justice jackson, Judge
Hall, of the United States District Court,
Judges Crawford and Speer, of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, Mayor English, Reverend
Doctor Means, and the Senate.
Senator Mcdaniel submitted resolution
that Gov. Colquitt, Chief Justice Jackson,
Senator Brown aud seven members of the
Senate and fifteen of the House be appoint
ed committee to prepare suitable resolu-
tions on the death of the President, and re-
port the same in joint session at twelve
o'clock.
Senator Meldrim and Representatives Bas-
niger, Hammond and DuBignon are on the
committee of the General Assembly. They
adjourned to meet at II o'clock.
General gloom pervades the city. Deep
sorrow Is expressed at the death of the
President. Flags are at half mast. Some
stores closed and are draped with emblems
OF mourning. The bells will be rung at
noon.
The General Assembly reconvened in Joint
session at 12 o'clock. The Speakers and
the Clerks desks were appropriately draped
with mourning emblems. Judge Hill,
Clerk Buck, Marshal Longstreet, District
Attorney Bigby and other officials of the
United States Courts were present. Colonel
John Hamilton and his officers of the Fifth
Artillery were not present, as they left for
Chattanooga on the noon train to attend
the military reunion. Governor Colquitt
and the State officials and Mayor English,
the Board Of Aldermen and other city Off
cials were present In body.
Governor Colquitt, as Chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions, presented the
report and said: "The people Of continent
weep to-day. We have had our trials and
our funeral services as a nation, but never
before so sad an occasion as the present.
From the mountains to she seaboard wall
of sorrow flows from all classes of the in
habitants of Georgia"
Senator Mcdaniel, for the Senate, moved
the adoption OF the resolutions IN few ap-
propriate and feeling remarks, in which he
referred to the widespread grief manifested
by all classes and conditions Of our people,
Ahav
session and giving formal and official eX-
preston of the sorrow felt by the people of
Georgia at the death of President Garfield.
Representative Twiggs, on the part of the
House, seconded the motion of Senator
| Mcdaniel in similar line of thought.
Senator Brown followed In a brief ad-
dress, reviewing the career of the deceased
as President, his probable course toward
| the South, and the auspicious future which
| lay before him. But in a time of profound
peace he had been stricken down, and now
his career was ended. yet honorablY to him
| self. A poor boy, without money or friends,
he had worked his way to the highest posi-
tion OF honor in the gift of the people. But
he is gone; all wa have TO DO is t. bury him,
and it is to be hoped that around his grave
all sections OF the country may be united In
the bonds OF an enduring peace and un-
| broken harmony.
Judge jackson, in behalf of the Judiciary
of Georgia, added a tender and feeling
tribute to the memory of the lamented
President. AS an assassin struck the blow
that caused the calamity, it was appropriate
that the Judiciary should speak on this sad
occasion. Judge Jackson's tribute to the
Presidents aged mother and bereaVed wife
was most sublime and touching, and brought
tears to hundreds Of eyes. l. was the most
beautiful and appropriate address of the
occasion.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
by a rising vote amidst deep solemnity. The
galleries and floor of the House were crowd
ed with citizens. The bells tolled during
the services.
Rev. General G. A. Evans, at the First
Methodist Church this afternoon-during
the funeral services of Percy Dexter
Allen, one of the most beautiful
and interesting children of Atlanta-al-
luded in touching and eloquent manner
to the venerable mother of the dead Presi--
dent, the devotion to each other all through
life, and the high position to which he had
risen. "And yet" said the preacher,
"this beautiful and gifted child
is Just as dear to this bereaVed
mothers heart as is the dead President 10
his aged mother. In both cases death has
aimed his dart at a shining mark, and the
sorrow Of the one mother is as great as the
grief of the other. Death levels all destinc-
tiOns." General Evans illusions to
the lamented President and his mother in
this connection brought tears to all eyes
present. l have never seen grief so spon-
taneOus, sincere and general in my life as
pervades this entire community. Hard in
deed must be that heart at the North that
fails to appreciate 1t.