American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-24
Meeting Of Respect IF the Citizens Of Carte,
and Madison Coanty-Bells 1o'ied
and Business Suspended.

and Business Suspended.
Tho news of the presidents death
was received in Canton " 18th feel
ing of profound and sympathetic
sadness 10y all classes. AT five
o'clock Tuesday evening all places
of business were closed, the bells
Of the city were tolIed, and public
memorial meeting was held at the
courthouse.
The meeting, which was largely
attended hy>alI classes of our pco-
| pie. was called to order at five
O'Clock, p. m. His honor, judge S.
S. Calhoon. circuit judge of this,
the ninth judicial district. was
called to preside over the meeting
and Emmett L. Ross was chosen
secretary The sad services were
then opened 10y solemn and i'm
pressive prayer by the reverend Mr.
ynes, of the baptist c':urch. Judge
Calhoon's remarks. upon taking the
chair, were eloquent and patriotic.
| Upon motion. a committee of five
was appointed, to daft suitable
resolutions Of respect. While the
committee WAS out, colonel y. A.
Luckett delivered an eloquent and
feeling address. The committee hay
ing returned, reported as follows,
through is chairman, major Ii. S.
Foote, who. after reading the reso
lutions, spoke most e'oqucntly in
behalf of their adoption, and i'll
eulogy of the illustrious dead:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Al
mighty God, in His inscrutable wis.,
dom, to remove from earth, and. as
we trust and believe. to heavenly
rest, JAMES A. GARFIELD, late the
president of the United States OF
America /; therefore, be it
Resolced, BY this assemblage of
the citizens of Canton and of Mad
ison county, Mississippi, that, in
the death of Our late beloved chief
magistrate, fifty millions of people,
OF whom we are proud to form a
part, have lost IA ruler who was, in
all the relations of life, model
man, true and tried in all the affairs
| that fall 10 the lot of a priva.e ciiis
Zen and "A public parsonage, whose
loss, while life lasts, we shall never
cease to lament.
| L., nNI,,t L;o 1sE, 1,n vvac
the best possible fxerplar Of what
an American citizen can attain TO ::
! the canal-boy become, by patient
perseverance, honor and devotion to
principle. the first citizen of the re-
public; that in his death, and the
sutfrrngs which preceded it, he has
ennobicd the whole human race by
his conduct, full of all the sweet
and noble attributes of true christi
ian manhood, and in mis- death the
uatiou has lost its truest defender,
his mother, widow and children the
noblest and best OF protectors. and
the christian faith one o. its bright
est and most ardent drvo:ees.
Resolved, That we, in common
with all other ci liens, view with
abhorrtuce the manner OF our be-
loved presidents death, and de-
nouncc with bitterness Of worm
wood, the spirit of assassination
which brought him to his death,
which should ever he held i'll detest-
alton by free people opposed to
all kinds and species of murder.
II solced. That to the lady, tender
and true, who was the faithful
partner of his (president Garficlc's)
bosom. and to the children who sur
vive him, we are drawn with all the
tenderness of the human heart, and
| that henceforth their welfare and
happiness should be the care and
study of the whole American peo-
pie.
ResolUed, That the Canton papers
be requested to publish these rcso
lutions, and that il copy of them be
sent through the honorable James
&. Blaine. to the widow of the late
lamented president of the United
States of America, James A. Gar
field.
ii. S. FooTE,