The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-23

8Crow. The three latter gentlemen were;
Eappolnted a committee to draft suitablel
resolutions expressive of the feeling of theI
meeting, and reported the following which,
awere unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS: The appalling fact has beent
sannounced to us that the President of thel
3United States, James A. Garfield, has, at!
flast died of a wound given by the assassin,
9Guitteau, we, the citizens of Philomath.
aBenton county Oregon, in common with
3other citizens of our country, all of whoms
2are, by this sorrowfui event, turned to|
mourning, have convened on this EVENING"
i to express our CONSERVATION and grief at
3this great calamity; and WHEREAS: wei
zdeem it time the intelligence and virtuel
sof the people should be as terrible to theI
Scauses and agents of this crime as the crimes
Sand national bereavement are grievous toF
Gus, we join, as one man, in the following;
resolutions
& Reiolved: That the character, both privateI
sand official, of the deceased President isl
aillustrious in its embodiment of the trueI
aessence of an American citizen, combining
acourage, humanity, justice, and piety..
NResolved: that his administration began|
Swith the most felicitous of auspicies; and,
3that, too, under circumstances Of theI
sutmost difficulty; because the country in its
needed more reforms and more
simportant ones than any former one. Butt
Che, with distinguished wisdom, OWNED thel
Fright course, and, despite the most malig-
sasnant opposition, proceeded in those steps,
(which, in their event. have secured the loveI
{ land admiration of all parties and classes.
Resolved: That, for the second time inl
athe history of our country. president has
Abeen stricken down by the hand of an assas-
Ssin. And we compare the causes that could
gbe adequate to produce a result so far from
harmonious with the genius of a just and
Sfree christian people; and We attribute to-
sthe causes of Jas. A. Garfeld's untimely
sdeath gravity not less than that of those
(which inspired and abetted the infamous
z Booth
a Resolved: That. while the absence of proof
;2of the personal implication of certain leaders
aof the socalled staiwarts in the crime COM
Spells us to judge them personally free, yet
awe only the more plainly see that a system;
formidable, and almost incomprehensible on
Saccount of this great national sorrow. We
sdesignate it as the spoils system; and the
asfact that president has been martyred by
gsit proves it to be not lessto be feared and
$abhored by the people than the armed and
aorganized rebellion of 1865.
a Resolved: That it is not the least of many
ztn1ngS, to be recorded to the hOnor OF MI
AGarfield that his wise and determined
ssmeasures attacked and drove to extreme
Faction the forces of the said system. And
ss,it is the prayer of this people that the ad-
sasminis tration be carried out according to
JMr. Garfelds. purposes; even if it result in
.ssthe dissolution of Mr.. Arthur's former re-
alations with those who have constituted the
:sonly definite opposition Mr.. Garfield en-
Scountered.
Il Resolved that we respectfully ask that a
Especial example of retributive justice be
ssmade of the infamous perpetration of the
sdeed, and that such things be enacted in
ssour national legislature as shall tend to
Sprevent the recurrence of such an event.
3 Resolved, That we as citizens, wear an
zsen1blem of mourning for the space of thirty
Ndays; that we join with the whole nation in
ssdeep and heartfelt sympathy with widow
ssand orphans whose solemn march to the
agrave of the murdered president We es-
gpecially care for the wife and mother whose
Acourage and fortitude command our utmost
aadmiration; and we invoke the mercy and
Sblessing of God upon the bereaved family as
s:well as upon the American people whose
ssdutY to watch and work alone can arouse
ssthem from the ashes Of grief.