The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-31
OUR RMARrYnED PRESIDENT.
An Eloquent Tribute Paid to His Mem.
OrY by Senntor ILOnr.

OfI DS heuNtoE tOhEs
WORCESTER, MASS, December SO.-Sena
tor Hoar tonight delivered eulogy Oh
President Garfield, He said; II should
indulge myself in strange delnsion II
hoped to say anything Of President Gar
field which is not already well known to
his countrymen, or to add further honor to
the name to which the judgment Of the
world, with marvellous unanimity, has al
ready assigned its place, Public sorrow
and love huvc found utterance, II not ade-
Quate, yet such us speech and silence, and
funeral rite and stately procession, and
prayers and tears could give,
On the 26th day OF September, tho day
Of the funeral, the common feeling stirred
mankind us never before In history, That
mysterious law by which one great audi
ences every motion is multiplied in each
heart by sympathy with every other, laid
its spell on universal humanity rs u touch
which makes the whole world kin.
From the furtherest South came the
voice Of mourning for soldier of the
Union. Over the fisherman's hut and
irontiersman's cabin Is spread gloom, be-
cause, while the house is desolate, the son
Of the poor widow is dead, and the palace
and castle are in tears ms the humble
CNmpbelite disciple Is born to his long
home. The music Of the requiem fills the
the Cathedral arches and domes Of the
ancient synagogues. On the coffin Of the
canal boy II Queen lays her wreath. AS
the bier is lifted word comes from beneath
the sea that the nations of the earth are
risingand bowing their heads. From many
climes in many languages they join in
solemn voice.
After referring to the early history Of his
ancestors and reaching Glrheld's youth,
Mr., HOar said: 1t is said there were two
things with which his mother was specially
familiar. The.Bible and the rude ballads
Of The war OF 1872 The child learned the
Bible at his mothers knee, and the love Of
his country from his cradle hymns. From
such houses came Webster and Clay, and
Lincoln and Jackson. ! would not under
value the material Of which other Repub-
lies have been built. The polished marbles
Of Greece and Italy have their own gracG,
but art or nature contain no moree1Quisite
beauty than the color which this split and
unhewn granite takes from the tempest it
withshlnds.
1t would have been hard 10 find in this
country II man so well equipped by nature,
by experience and by training us was Gar.
field when he entered the Ohio Senate, in
1860, at the age Of %. The gigantic scale
on which the operations OF our late war
were conducted hAs dwaried somewhat the
achievements OF his individual actions
We must leave II to the soldiers and to the
military historians to assign their relative
historic Importance 10 the movements Of
war, but We may safely trust to popular
Judgment that which pronounces Garfeld's
ride at Chickamauga rs one Of its
most conspicuous instances OF personal
heroism, and tho Kentucky campaign us
tho most brilliant example In fertility OF
resource, combined audaGity and prudence
sound military judgment and success
against great odds. Wemay safely trust 10
the judgment Of the accomplished historian
who pronOunccs his report in favor Of the
advance that ended with the battle Of
ChiCkamauga, "The Nblest military docu-
ment submitted by n chief Of staff to his
superior during the war"
When Gen. Garfield took the oath OF of.
flee as President lie seemed to those who
knew'him best, though in his 50th year,
still in the prime Of Il splendid and vigor.
Gus youth, lie was still growing. We
hoped for him eight years Of brilliant ad.
ministraton, and then in some foremost
place Of service an old age like that Of
Adams, WHO, in variety Of equipment,
alone Of our Presidents lie reseinbled
But he was called to n subimer destiny.
The honors pnid to Garfield arc protest
Of the better age and better generation,
against the vulgar heroism Of the
past. Go through their mausoleums
and under their triumphal arch
and see how the names inscribed there
shrink and shrivel when compared with
that Of this Christian soldier whose chief.
est virtues, after all are Of the fireside and
family circle, and Of the dying bed. Here
the hero Of America becomes the hero Of
humanity.