The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-30

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s:sterliOod OF the States than II lie had lived
ont eight years. namely, two terms OF the
Presidency. The North the South, the East,
the West stand on the four sides of his bed
ness that never before characterized them. II
he expire. do not think his administration be-
Cause Of It's brcvity Is u failure. There has
gone out from that sick room al influence
m continues. .! measure not q mans
life Ivy days, or months, or years.; measure 1t
by the sweep of Its Influence. Out Of six
months of time a good man may build an
'. Ai!eyiation the fifth. This calamity
makes
THE BUSINESS OF OFFICE SEEKING
disgustingly ~disreputa5Ic. Guitcau was nc
more crazy than thousands Of other place.
hunters. He had been refused an office, and
he was full of unminglcd and burning re-
vcnge; There was nothing else the matter
with him. 1t was just this: You haven
given me what ! want, now I'll Kill YOU
For months after each Presidential inauEI;rn
ton the hotels of Washington are roofs for
these huzztrds. They arc the crawling YER
min OF this nation. Guiteau was no rarity,
There were hundreds of Guiteaus In Washing.
ton after the inauguration, except that they
had not the courage to shoot ! saw them
some two months after, or six weeks after,
They were mad enough TO do II, / saw 1t In
their eyes.
They killed two other Presidents, William
Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. know
the physicians called the disease congestion O1
the lungs or liver, but the plain truth was
that they were worried to death, they were
trainplcl out OF life, by place hunters, Pre>i'
dent Jackson aid toagentleman who told M
p snf n't Of the United e5f st nfop'e want wan. t, 10 te ni
them that this place is a perfect hell" Now,
I'm Gods name letthls thing stop. Three Pres.
identS sacrificed to this one demon is enough.
Let the Congress Of the United States at the
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emancipation. Four Presidents have rcccm-
mcnded civil service reform, md II has
amounted TO little or nothing. this assus'
s%inatiOn will compel speedy and decisive &C.
ton. and so some good will come of it.
But Is 1t not sadly strange that the world
makes no advance except through the
SACRIFICE
Of human life. The Church is to be reformed,
but WyclifIr and John Oldcastlc must perish
and the scenes OF Piedmont and Brussels
market place must be enacted. The French
,lespntism must be destroyed; but the streets
of Paris must be i%ncarnadlned with human
gore. The United States are to be separated
from foreign rulers; but the frOsts of Valley
Forge must devonr, and the huyoncts of York
town must stab. National contest about
slavery must he settled but q million brave
Northern and Southern men must die. Ofii-
cial patronage is TO be regulated but Jnmes
a. Garfield must be aSsass!nated. Aims! with
out the shedding of blood there seems to he no
~ W W. III SAlltl Iii ottlSt hilt llO
atonemcnt for the Sincursed world. 1t seems
:or every reformation there must bPa Messiah
born in u manager and dying on n cross.
VI. Alienation the sixth. This calamity
has resulted In an
OTTDCRsT OF SYMPATHY
.@lorions and sublime. There never was any:
thing like 1t since the world stood. You tell
ME this is n selfish world. and 1t is every man
for himself, and there Is no kindness or gen.
crosby left. You make Il mistake. Throne
and cottnge. Victoria and the village school
girls. parior and Kitchen. transatlantic and
cis-Atlant!c, trans-Paciticand cIs- Pacific, Prot
estantism and Roman Catholicism. Eastern
hemisphere and Western henlspPre, have by
voice, by pen. by telephone, by telegram, by
day: by night poured nTe forth sympathy for our
There never has been anything like II.
Thnt man expressed the feeling Of many In
this country when last he offered to spare part
or all the blood ron his veins. If 1t was nee.
esslry 10 invigorate the President. We 20
back TO ancient history to find a scene like
that, and we speak OF It in poetry and in song.
We need not 60 so far back now. There are
men here today WHO, wrought upon by the
same power In this great SORROW, would bare
their arm for the lancet, crying like that old
hero. Of centuries ag0, "POnr my blood into
his veins that he die not" Of think we
must be brothers and sisters all. think that
that they must have the same great mother
God. a little fore tast this OF the good time
when all misunderstanding shall cease and
everybody shall suy pleasant things about ev-
crybody else, and thee mbroidered eagle and
lion and bear, will he taken of the tanners,
and there shall besnbstitutcd the lanb and the
dove. How strung that one sick bed should
have made q millennium.
The Presidents son Was said to be keeping
q scrap book with all the expressions Of sym
and Kindness, that he 1night show them
to his father after he got well Unsuccessful
attempt; No hook that ever went forth from
earthly blndery would be large enough TO con-
tain the story. IT VIII require the Infinite
Sn,!: OF Gods remembrance to keep the rec.
ord Of the earth and celestial sympathy that
lowered these long, dreadful weeks over
the emacintcd form of our suffering President.
VII. Alienation tho Last: The fact that
this nation has impressed upon IL as never be.
fore the
UNCERTAINTY OF HCMAN LIFE
out on n holiday tonr-coming bnck
In an ambulance. Strong health no warrant
against fatality. rhc President had a model
Out OF n hundred men you would
NJ warrant. He was decidedly the
most brilliant mind that ever occupied the
House. Able to select what food lie
what residence lie would. whatdpfrnce
he would, yet we have been told more than
during The last two or three days tina he
is dying. Out Of all this come lessons Of per-
pctual readiness, 1t Was q wonderful eulngy
day before yesterdy. pronounced by the sur
gc0ns when they said !: There Is no need OF
him he has to die, for he said at the
start he had no preparations to make BE
ye also ready SD that whether by flying bullet
Dr falling Sc0tfold, or cullidlnS rniltrainS. or in
gradual disease OF ordinary sickness ye be
away.
must leave until next Sabbath morning
many things l wnnL TO say on this ~slupcndous
Then I will tell you, If the Lord will,
what this nation ought to do. l have this
morning trie:i, Mt the, bcheSt OF my text, to
1921 1900. r.. L. .I Nr-t - H. tl-..I.
of the national calamity. But after oil
there will remain In all our hearts Il grief for
u day. o! 1 ray I know just what you
all feel.
OIL! THAT lie oSL CoCLD E WELL!
How NC would ring the bells and thunder the
and set the night alire with pyrotcc!i-
display. on! If he only could get we'll!
But 1t does not seem TO me ut this ~criSls-al-
l have been hopeful until now-that
he will recover.
I lear the message very soon will come hud-
lerlng along the lines: "President Garfield
professions, and the toliing Of bells. and the
looming of minute guns, lis silent form will
through these great cities toward his
home. lie started from 1t with the
y n few months ago. They will at the same
lcpot take up his palied casket, and with
olinding tears carry 1t 10 the quiet graveyard
lay 1t down among his old friends.
" W. NtslHlluStcE ApoeS III WHICH
% bury kings. but We rave q great national
icnrt In which we enslrine those who have
for our land. Into that great shrine
ot the national heart we will carry our be.
owed President. and lay him down beside
Adams. and Lincoln, and Washington. and
other mighty men who loved God and
,oilcd for the bettermcnt OF the race. Then
We will sound forth, partly In requiem and
In grand march OF triumph, the words
which Garfield employed after another To-
nou assassination The Lord rcl.neth.
clouds OF darkness are nrouud about
Righteousness and judgment are the
labitaliUn of His throne" God save the
President! God save the nation!