The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-08
Garasld,s Career Is all Ineshti1S.


Among the eompenSations that twill grow
out Of Garield's sad and untimely end is
the fact that the whole story Of his life will
become familiar as household words to
every American boy,--and not alone to
every American boy, but to all boys in all
nations.
We have before us the London Thurs OF
september sd, and have read lis well
written tribute TO the memory Of the dead
President with much interest. We note
especially what it says upon the lesson and
the monll conveyed By the story OF Gar
fields life. Why is it that all natioas-all
men and all womep-eyen children
mourn for him? The story OF his lie and
~ his death have blended together SIS
something unique in history. The Tiae'
traces his career from the cradle to the
grave, and says that it needs no EN-
bellishments to give it the romance
Of heroic career-a career that
awakens lis own natural response in every
human heart. In England, it says, such
career would be pronounced impossible
even il its difficulties consisted only in Q
limited income, i village home, a grammal
school, and narrow circle OF friends. The
CIV is here that nothing can be done with
ont a good start; nothing without COOS
friends; nothing without good opportuni
ties.p Therefore, to the English mind moth
ing could be more improbable than that
child born in the obscurity and amidst thu
n lyersity Of Garield's infancy should as
c,nd to the highest round Of the ladder o
fame in great N,tonr against all the odd
Of competition from those better clrcum
stanced for the race,
And yet, as the Time says, there is tn
grand fact that this child OF the wilderness
this heir Of poverty, this son Of helples
widow, this boy Of many early sorrows, di'
surmount every obstacle, every deprlya
tion, every rebuff, every encouragement
and solitary and alone mark out AM
achieved for himself a career that few mel
have achieved in any land since Civilization
begun. And all this he did under fifty year
OF ape, when the best years OF his lii
were vet before him, and when ther
seemed to be grander possibilities Openin
ont in his great career. The autumn frui
Of the spring and the summer Of his nc
life was blasted by n rude and cruel blow
The pathos that is blended 50 strongI
in the story Of Garlield's life and deaf
will always attract the young. 1t wi
stand not only for all that is possible to
boy Of intellect and pluck in the way
distinction, but it will also serve to shO
every boy that the true path to great an
enduring distinction is the path Of dut
well performed every day in life, CARTEL
was always dutiiul at every step Of his Ct
reer. lie was dutiiul.to his. good mothe
Her advice was a lamp to his feet in earl
life. He sought it, trusted II and tOlIowe
IL. lie would not accept his frst unsougt
nomination to public position 1.-THE Obi
Scnate) until he flrst consulted with he
and he did not accept II for sever
days lie never did anything withor
weighing it well. lie put his fot
down thoughtfully yet firmly at ever
step Of his career. lie always .COunselIe,
a. he always associated, with people OF col
science, intelligence aud good report II
never sought nor kept other society. II
never had any time for trihing or loadnl
lIe was fond Of sport-many sport--bOt
as boy and man, and went in othetop ofhi
bent, and was leader there as ELSEWHERE
but labor, progress and achievement wer
his grand ideas Of life. He always had
great and serious purpose, and never de
ilcrted from 1t at any point Of his career
His success stands as a beacon light
American boyhood. They have a career
steer BY. When discouraged or temple
they have only to think Of Garfield. "B
this sign We conquer can always !
their motto. The Timcs concludes its leat
eron GarReld's lifeas follows
dThe example is not confined to one COZ
tinent. II applies to us, too. Why at
our young people all brought up in tn
idea that they are to have everything don
for them, and that they are 10 be nurset
fed, clothed and educated as children ii
/, far into manhood. In point Of fact, W
are rapidly producing and swelling to q
alarming extent the most dangerous class |
the world-a class that with all the phys
cal energies and appetites Of full.gtow
men, is yet without the real independence
and responsibility by which those energiC
are directed and those appetites contraC
ed. The lesson Of true independents
has often had 10 he taught under condition
that do 1t some injustice There is the 1t
cyitable reply that the success attained
due 10 extraordinary abilities, or to III
common luck; and that, after oil success
a vulgar thing, the prize Of the worldllni
There ran be no such disparaging thought
here. President GartiGld's has been
truely heroic CarCer-heroic In its b.
ginning, In It's long struggle, and in il
end