New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-31

modest gentleman. When nc met a common soldier it
was not the general or the military hero that met him.
put the comrade. When he a scholar it was not
learned man. or the college president but the learner
through every graduation OF public honor from the log
CABIN to the Presidency simply the price OF dcserv
ing IT, should have answered In the Fame epeech the
s0phisrie Of Communism and tho sinister forebodngs
OF Lord Macaulcy. Here" he said "society Is not
fixed in horizontal layers like the crust OF the earth,
but, great NcwEngaud man said years ago, IL Is
rather like the ocean, broad deep grand open and so
the yellow sand at the bottom may ride through all the
waters III 1t CLEANS IN the sunshine on the crest OF tho
brightest waves. 80 is here free society,
meatcd with the light Of American freedom. There Is
no American boy however poor, however humble, or
phan though he may be- that, II he nave
arm he may not rise through all the grades Of society
Here there is no need for the old World war between
capital and labor. Here is need of the explCon OF
When seeking place of education in the East young
Garfield wrote to several Ncw-EnGland colleges Inc
cdod by the tone of welcome in the reply OF Dr. Hop
ms VIGOROUS youth found itself under the iniinence OF
very great but Nert simple and sincere character Inc
secret or Dr. Hopkss power over ms pupils lay hrb5'
III ms own example profound scnoiaIshlp great prau
cal wisdom, perfect opennc5s and sincerity and huli,
ty second, careful study OF the disposition OF each
individual YOUTH third justice, absolute yet accom-
panied by sympathy and respect seldom severity never
and nleXible law, cold and pltiless as winters sea-
dealt alike with the sluggish and tho generous nature
ungaaly bac,Woodsman And. beyond all, De uopkinis
leges so sadly ail-Ioycrcnce for the republican ic
OF which they were TO form part. anu for great
history of whose glory they were inheriiors
II was my fortune evening last spring, 10 see Ie
Industrious pupil suppose for the last time on EARN,
take leave OF tho aged teachr whose head the frost Of
nearly four winters had touched lightly ana 70
hear him say at parting: have felt your presence ~
the beginning oil Iny administration Ike bonedctiOn'
The President delighted IN his college. lie kept I'M
broken the friendships he formed within her walls lie
declared th. the place and its associations weTo to nm
debt to her. When ne stricken down he ON his
S Sa9 fcet OO' again. 10 LAY his u''"'u ''''' "
A REPRESENTATIVE OF BAcKwooDs LIFE AID
EASTERN CULTURE.
1t would have been hard to find IN this country man
well equipped by nature by experience and 10y train
ing Garfield wAcn ho entered the Oio Senate in
1850, at the axe OF twenty weight. IIo in his own
person the OF the paincst lie % the back
woods and the best culture of the oldest eastern
munty. lie had been used in his youth 20 various
forms Of manual labor The years which he devoted 10
years OF great industry, in which he disciplined his
E0"SfS Of pubic SnGakng emI original nr sssnepa
capacity applicable to any subject and sonnd
cilty, but by honest and ayowed work.
There was no preencc Of genius, or alteration OF
plishment IN all directions Of what undertaken"
Ills sound brain and athletic frame could bear great labor
without fatigue He had thoroughly healthy AMI ro-
bust intellect cabablc Of being directed upon any OF the
pursuits Of life any OF the affairs OF state IN any de
ample IN our public LIE Of such marvellous completeness
OF intellectual development. He exhibited enough OF
mniciar in ANY Of tbS "xnct sciCDrrs a. iin"ii.
executive officer he did in fact attan II ~
military commander. az an orator, ~ dcbAicr ana
parliamenta ry and popular leader.
The gigantic scale which the operations OF our late
conducted has dwarfcd somewhat the achieve
rnents OF individual actors II in the history either of
the other wars in which people have engaged,
whether before after the Declaration OF independence
such chapter should found rs the narrative OF
fields Kentucky campaign II would alone have made the
Of It's leader immortal Ii IS said that General
received the young schoolmAstcr with some
prcudices. When he came 70 my hcadquartcrs," he
says. must confess that had prejudice against him
a. understood lie was preacher who hid gone into
politics, and man Of that Cc7 was naturally opposed
to-" In his official report. Eonecrans says:
4" / especially mention ,BrigaiicrGcnera Garfield,
ever active, prudent aud ssgiclOus. l feel much In
debled 10 hun for both counsel and assistance in the ad
the instinct OF great commander"
We soldiers and to military historians to
asst their relative historic Importance 10 the move
mcnts OF the But sc may safely trust the popular
manga OF it, most conspicuous instances Of personal
herOism, and the Kentucky campaign IA most brilliant
prudence sound military judgment and success against
great odds. We may safely trust too, The Judgment
his report favor OF the advance that ended
with the battle OF Chickamauga the abcst military
IInn7 Who made him I1oI1r General Tor bs briIiaut
seryic, at Chckamauga and the confidence Of Thomas
who offered Inn The command Of an army corp. .
Great his capacity for military service, the
judgment Of Abraham Lincoln did not when 1t sum
mOned him to the held OF labor whore his greatest
lament the decay Of statesnanrp, and TO make com
Parsons by means complimentary, between persons
now entrusted with the conduct OF public affairs and
their predecessors. We may at least nud con
ISOLATION in tho knowledge that, when any Of
celye full justice IRON the heart, Of the people.
suppose any Of the statesmen who preceded the war or
some intelligent and not un'urndy foreign observer
some DE Iocqucyiile or aacnul~5-tO look forward
win Garfield To the duties which confronted him when
he entered Congress IA 1868 with what despair IN the
light OF all pact experience, would he nave contemplated
tnc Luz - 49,, Wv ,u'' IN
SCI the mon OF inc preceding seventy lchr- compared
with those which have crowded the seventeen which
foOwi How marvellous the ,uccess the AIucri-
can people nave achieved Ia dealing with tHcrc d'u-
ties compared with that which attended the statesman
ship OF the times oil Webster and clay aud Calhoun.
giants they wrr" The GREATNESS 81 these men Is not
hLcy 10 b. undrrrAtod any where; least OF all ia Massa-
cLuretta.
TIE QUESTIONS THAT CONFRONT sTATTsMRN.
To each generation IS committed its peculiar task. To
these IL given 10 wake the infant Republic TO
sense q is great destiny and To teach II the laws
Of It, own beng by which r. must live bear life
To the Of times the abstract theories which
were only debated N other days have pracu.
cal realities, demanding prompt and final de
ci-i0n questions IL fatal.
scented itself 10 American diplomacy tIa' which the
left ia legacy. The strongest power earth,
customcd IN dealing with other nations 10 take counsel
only OIL her pride and her strength, lad inflicted
vast injury OF which tn honor Of this country seemed
pledged % insist on rpdration, which England con
ceivcd hers equally pledged TO deny EHt ~ domestic AZ
fairs the difficulties were even greater For six OF he
President not Inpoca accord with either House ~
Congress- For four Othes the Ou-o Of different pol"
the dominant party had to encounter Jealous aud able
opposition and 10 submit tH measures 60 people hA'
ing apparently the strongest Inducements to 90
The rights OF capital to De determined by the votes
OF labor debtors to fix the value OF their payments to
their creditors pcOp" under cOuatrLlnt bat their
sense Of duty 10 determine whether thcy would |
continue TO bear the weight Of vast debt the policy Of
dealing with the conquered 10 be decided az the close or
long war by the votes OF the couqucrurs, among |
whom every other family IN mourning FOR ia dead |
finance and currency VITA subtIocs, surpa-sing
the snbcues Of metaphysics TO be made clear 10 the
apprehension OF plain men; business to DC recalled |
from the dlzzy and dangerous heights Of speculation to
moderate gains and safe laws great public ways con
Meeting distant TO be built to be d
YrTtcq into tuHCCstUuCd clanuClH; the month Of the
Mississippi 10 be opened; great banking Hyscm To be
devised aud put in operation such known
before, alike cOmprchCnSIy" and safe through whose
ana arteries credit, the e-bOod Of trade should |
cDb and flow in the TcuUtost cTtrcmIlics al the land
four millions OF people 10 be raised from slavery cit
Zenslbp; millions To DO welcomed from foreign |
lands ,putcd Presidential succession 10 be settled,