The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-09-22
PRESS OPINIONS.
THE N. Y. SUN.

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NEW YORK, Sept 20.-The following
are some of the editorials Of the city pa
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The Sun says: In his death the warm
hopes and sympathizing aspirations Of
the whole people are painfully disap-
pointed; and the expectation Of his re-
cOveTy so warmly cherished for so long
a time, adds now to the pangs of the
public regret. All Americans, OF what
ever religious faith, and whatever poll
tics, Democrats who opposed and Re-
publicans wh0feIuctaHtiy supported his
election, shocked alike by the bloody
deed which laid him low, have watched
during these tedious weeks around the
bedside Of the patient and unc0mplaiT-
ing sufferer, with cordial admiration
for his cheerful, manly endurance, and
with sincere prayers that he might be re-
stored to vigOr, and to his official duties
and indeed the whole civilized world
has watched and prayed with them. But
it was not to be. The hand of the muir
derer was too deadly, and at last his vic
tim has perished. '..- .
And yet the Presidents long illness
has not been lost. The people have learn
ned precious lessons in these days of
intense sympathy and doubling hope.
Above all, it has prepared them all for a
hearty aequiescence in the fiat which
removes the President and brings in his
legal successor,
Thus the change which, two months ago,
would have'been received by many with
considerable degree of unfriendly, and
even hostile feeling, will now be con-
summated with the entire assent of all
parties. t
But while we do not rebel at the ad-
vent of the new administration, every
American will feel himself bereaved by
Garfeld's death. Fairly elected to be
President, he was attacked in the dis
charge of that great representative
office. When he was struck by the as
sassin, "then you and | andall of us fell
DOWN. and his remains will be borne
to their last rest attended by the unani
nous and heartfelt sorrow of fifty mil
lions of freemen. .. ...
AUGUSTA, GA, CONSTITUTION.
AUGUSTA, GA, September 2O.-The
Chronicle and COnstitutiOnalist will
say: with anguish we announce that
the worst fears have been confirmed,
and James A. Garfield, President of the
United States, is dead. By the hand of
a fanatic of most disreputable surround
ings, whom it would be a stretch of
charity to call mailman, this great
and good PTesident--th fond husband,
this loving father, this noble gentlemen
has been slain. Strange that the bull
lets of brave fOemen should, in fair
fight, have spared him for such fate.
Sad indeed is it, that such glorious
being, so useful, so powerful so manly
so sOeXcellent, should become the victim
of so vile a reptile.
We bow to the dispensatiOns of God,
and question them not. To Him we
leave the yindicatiOn of the ends of JUS
tice. The heart of the South bleeds for
the stricken mother and wife, and the
children of the President. Upon his dead
body we lay an immOTtelle, wreath of
tTuest sorrow and regret. Innocent of
the murder of Lincoln, the South suf-
fered long years of agony and persecu-
tiOn for anOther's crime. Innocent of
the assassination of Garfield, the South,
fearless of the future, and fOrgetful of
the past, stands tearfully besides the
relics of the President, and prays that
the stOrm-tOsSed spirit shall have the
rest of the righteous, and sanctuary
in that eternal haven, where "lulled to
slumber grief fOrgets to mourn"
THE CHICAGO TIMES.
CHICAGO, September 2O.-The Times
has a column of editorial chiefly devoted
to a sketch of the wonderful career of
the late President Garfield. It says:
"The most important incident of his five
months administration was to that
which he owes his death-the contest
with Mr.. COnkling. Throughout its
course he bore himself with frmness
and dignity which served to confirm the
public confidence and give promise that |
in the discharge of his high trust the |
President would not fail to remember |
what was due to his own self-respect, |
and to the Office of chief magistrate. In |
closing this brief review it is hardly |
worth while to recall the fierce assaults
made from time to time upon the char
acter of its subject. No public man in |
this country escapes such attacks and in
most cases it must unhappily be con-
fessed, that they are well deserved. To |
say that General James A. Garfield |
erred at times, is to say that he was but |
human; but proof that his errors were |
corrupt or criminal has never been
proven. He served his country we'll |
and faithfully according to the lights !
of his conscience, and will be held in |
grateful remembrance for that service |
and for the manifestation of a high |
purpose, which he has not been spared |
to execute, to rescue the executive |
office from the degraded position into |
which it had fallen in the hands of his |
predecessors" rsua, .a 5000 .
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