Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-02
COMMENTS of the PRESS Upon the Life and Character Of James
 !. Garfield.
Noble Tributes to ,ss x,siaDe.A

l great and good President. this fond hus-
 band, this loving father, this noble gen
 tlemau, Lls been slain. It is strange
 Shat the bullets of brave fOemeu should
 have Tn fair fight spared him for such a
 late. Sad indeed is .t that such a glor-
 lous beng, SD useful, SO powerful, SO
 manly, SD excellent, should become the
 victim of so vile a reptile. We bow to
 the dlspensasOus of God, and question
 them not. To Him we leave the vindi-
 cation and ends of justice The heart
 of the South hieeds Tor the stricken
 mother and wife and children of the
 President. Upon his dead body we lay
 an lmmOrtelle, a wreath of truest sor-
 row and regret. Innocent of the mur-
 der of Lincoln, the South suffered long
 years of agony and persecution for an- | others crne. Innocent or the assassi-
 nation of Garfield, the South, fearless of l the future and fOrgctill of the past,
 stands fearlessiy beside the Ielict of the l President and prgys that his storm-toss- l ed spirit shall have the rest ol the right eous and a sanctuary in that eternal
 h ven where. lUIed to slumber, grief forgets tO mourn.
 A NOBLE CHARACTER.
 The New York Times says: Here and | | personal raucur, may be found to exult ! over this pitifui endiug toa great career, | | but lt IS safe tu say that no conspicuous [ | public man ever departed from this life ! amid sorrow SD profound and universal |. | as that which attends the passing away of James X. Garfield. As time passes ! | his character will uc iLcalizel as that 1f ! | no other President save Lincoln and ! | Washington have been. and the pOssihil- ! | lLes Of his -TagiCol.y interrupted admin ! lstratIol VII be guared perhaps more ! | by the standing oi popular imagination ! l than by IauJ-a. calculation. LIS.oLy AND GARFIELD. The San Francisco Chronicle says: Tn ] l the future ages his name will be ass0- ! ciated in tho minds ot his cuuutrymeu | with that Cf Lincoln, and the two will | | te held m reyyTguy remembrance as types ! ' of the true, representative American clt- ! ! iZeu, owing nothing t1 ajyeutitious cir- ! | cumstauces o- birth or fortune. But ! | amidst the general grief caused by this l national bereavement. there is uo pohti- | | cal or financial disturbance. The rOu- | tine of Government will still go on with ! | out jar by the methods prescribed in the | Constitution There VIII be no fcyerish ! l agitation, no revolutionary alarms, no | 1 decline of stocks. uo ieelnE of mseCuri- ! l ty. The constitutional successor of the | l dead President VIII take the vacant | place and enter upon tine discharge of l the duties that have been dcv0lved up- | on hlm. Let Us hope that Le will accept | ms new responsibilities Iu such a tenn per and spIiit as viu not disappoint the . pest hopes of the country.
 A TYPE OF t,-ERIcAN MANHOOD. The New York Herald says. Mr. Gar . | field was the twentieth President of the . United State. and i, We survey the l whole list we siall tinj no man more . completely typical oI the manhood of ! the nation which iiad chosen him for the | first office in its gift. The lives of Gar | field and of Lincoln VII always be link | ed together m pathetic record of their ! tragic fate. Ar. Arthur is not at all the ! sort of a man he has been pictured iu | malicious tirades oi interruptions oppo- ! ueuts, but is go gentleman, vino, by char ! acter capacity and right instincts, v1ll ! not figure uufayorahiy in the lists of our | chief magistrates. His accession Go the . Presidency cannot lead to any such m- seemly difficulties in parties as have re- ] suited from previous succCssiOns of tiis ! nature.
 ARTHUR PRAISED.
 The Chicago Times has some kind ! words for Arthur, who, 1t says, in his . native State is highly esteemed by the Republicans who differ with him in uoli- tics, but admire him as a man. The Times believes that he will recognize the fact that the people chose General | Garfield to be President. and approved his policy SO far as he had am opportuu- ity to carry it out. and desire no more change in the personnel of the Govern mCnt than circumstances may make im- peratIve. The administration begins with the shadow Of death oyerhauEiug it, and with a considerable amount or distrust in the minds of the people. The Times hopes and believes that it will close under brighter skies, and wIlb the sun shine of national approval resting on it.
 A GOOD MAN.
 The San Francisco Call says. Of Pres ident Gartie Ids life and services it IS n0t necessary to speak. For more than a year he has been the prominent man in America. His nomination by the Eepub- lican party, a year ago last June, gave him the first place Iu prominence, and his election in November confirmed the action of the party. His poiIcaloppon- cuts have not yet questioned his patriot ism. his devotion Co the great principles his Government represents, nor his conn ma1ding ability His private life is sin CJ.arly free from stalu. He was a good citizen, good man, a good husband and father. The sorrow expressed over bis untimely death in universal There is no party bItteruess to make dis"orl iu the mournfUI harmony O, a nations grief
 NATIONAL CALAMITY.
 The San Francisco Bulletin says: Since the death of Lincoln no such cd- lamity has befallen Che nation. Presi- dent Garfield was nominated when he was not seeking that hi rl office, but was using all his influence to procure the nomination for another. His election was the intelligent and deliberate choice of the people. In Congress he had earned the position not only of leader in the popular branch of that body, but as one of the first statesmen of the country. In Con ress he was an abler man than Lincoln. On the battlefield he was as brave as the bravest. He brought to the eXa,ted office of President of the country the same courage, pru- dence and high intelligence which had
 
 cess before that time in public and pri- yate life. During his brief administra- tiln tLc nation had become conscious that a great and good man had been placed at the bead ol affairs. Except Lincoln, no Executive was ever more sorely tried on taking office. He bore himself with patience. hrmuess and wis- dom He had passed the most crucial test Of his administration. The nation saw that the right nan was ID the right place. Instead of l.sing friends. he won them by thousands. He had the hearts of the people with hIm. They knew that the man whom they had chosen was just, patriotic, broad and hb- eral in his judgment, and firm as a rock. On the morning Cf the day on which he WAS stricken down, in human estimation, he had before him one of the most pros porous and brilliant administrations in the history of the country.
 AZ IMMORTAL MAETYR.
 The Chicago Tribune says. The death of President Garfield, though generally expected, notwithstanding the prayefful hopes of the civilized world during more than eleven weeks, VIII fall like a shock upon all Long weeks of suffering have served, fl such a thing were needed, to illustrate the Christian resi gnation, clear intellectual superiority and patient for titude of this great man and foremost statesman. He died as a pure, upright Christian would prefer to die, with an uublemished record, wholly unmiudful of personal pain and the abrupt t=rmi- nation of his highest political hopes, and grieving only for his cherished wife and and children, whose love and affection made his home an earthly ieaven. Around his bedside the American peO-