The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-07-13

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position was an impossiblitly. Mr..
Blaine says further that Guiteau
the Republican party as
under great obligation to him. He
talked of having elected Garfield,
and he thought the party owed him
a debt it ought to pay with big
Secretary Blaine
denies most emphatically that he
ever said the shooting was the re
suit of a plot. Such an idea, he
says, never entered his head. He
is satisfied, and has been from the
first, that the crazy disappointed
Guiteau kept his foul purpose a
profound secret to himself. Heaven
knows the situation is bad enough
as it is without adding to its horror,
says Blaine. Secretary Blaine has
suffered the keenest Of mental an
guish since the President was shot
down, and his suffering has told up
on him terribly. He was witness
of the assassin's deed, and the shock
almost unnerved him then. Besides
the grief and anxiety which is natu-
raj to every patriot, and in addition
to his responsibility as a prominent
official of the administration, the
Secretary's personal feelings are
deeply involved. He has been a
close and intimate friend of the
President for years. They have
stood by each other in the trying
and stormy times of the past, when
both were IN Congress together.
This bond of affection between them
has strengthened with each succeed
ing year.
The Pail Mall Gazette, in lead
ing article, this evning, says: "The
indignation, which is universal
wherever the English tongue is
spoken. the eager interest and sym
pathy, are all intensified by the feel
ing that the latest victim of the
assassin is separated by no wider
range of rank or caste from the PEG
pie over whom he rules"
The writer blames the unmeasur-
ed invectives of the COnkling news
papers, which; he says acted on a
disordered organization possibly
already impressed by the example
of the recent assassination. Apart
from the immediate bearings of the
attempt on American politics, the
effects of the crime will not be alto
gether evil. 1t will diminish the
political Specification of assassina-
ton throughout the world by the
execration it has provoked, and will
to some extent counteract it. By
the sympathy it has excited it will
tend to knit together the composite
population of the United States.
WORDS OF LOVE FROM MOTHER
TO SON.
CLEVELAND, O., July 3-There is
no one at Mentor connected with
Mr.. Garfield save the Rudolph fam
lily, of which Mrs Garfield is amen
Der. Upon the receipt of the news,
nelghbors and friends gathered in
great anxiety, and as one remarked
to-day, there has been little sleeping
or eating since that time In church
to-day service was little else than
one of prayer for the Presidents
recovery. One homely farmer,
with tears streaming down his cheeks,
yesterday, said: "Garfeld is not
President to us. He is nearer and
dearer than that. LincOln's death
we felt to be more especiallyanation-
al loss" said he. ain this we see
not only a loss to this nation, but
they have taken our friend, our
brother They have violated the
sanctity of our hearthstones."
The principal interest centres in
Scion, where the news was to-day
broken to old Mrs. Garfield by her
daughter, Mrs. Larrabee.
"Mother," said she, eve hear that
James is hurt.
allow? By the cars?" was the
immediate question,
"No. He has been shot by an
assassin, but we hope not fatally"
Mrs. Garfield buried her face in
her hands, then looking up, said
slowly: "The Lord help me-" Then
a moment later, II think the Lord
will carry him through" Mrs. Gar
field is very calm and bears the
blow much better than expected.
She has sent the following despatch
to the son of the President.
Harry Il. Garfield, E.recutiOe Mansion,
Washington, d. c.
"The news was broken to me this
morning andshocked me very much.
Since receiving your telegram | feel
much more hopeful. Tell James
that / hear he is cheerful and | am
glad of it. Tell him to keep in good
spirits and accept the love and
sympathy of mother, sisters and
friends"
"ELIzA GARFIELD"
The following dispatch from the
Presidents seventeen-Year-O son
Harry was received yesterday, but
was withheld from Mrs. Garfield:
Mrs. Eliza Garfield,
"Don't be alarmed by sensational
rumors. The doctor thinks the
wound is not fatal. Don't think of
coming until you hear further.
"HARRY A. GARFIELD"
Mr.. Garfelds mother has been
Frustrated for some days in conse-
quence of the death of her brother
in-law, Thomas A. Garfield, and of
Mrs. Arnold, the Presidents cousin.
Yesterday Mrs Garfield said to Mrs.
Larabee, Il expect something is GO
ing to happen to James's family"
Mrs. Larabee said, Mother, don't
worry. l think the trouble in
James's familyis over" The mother
replied, ''No, | fear something is
going to happen toJames. She after
wards reiterated her presentimcnt to
Mrs. Trowbridge, adding, Accidents
never come singly, and | feel that
is going to happen to
James" There have been four deaths
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