The Evening critic., 1881-09-19

slavery that they could have so misunder
stood each other. So it was.
Garfield entered the army when LincolI
called for troops in the three months ser
vice as a lieutenant colonel. In 1862 h,
had 800 men under his command, and hi
tight was in kentucky, where he defeated
Humphrey Marshall.
He fought successfully throughout on,
of the most important campaigns of tn,
war, and won his laurels through his keer
capacity as military leader and darinl
soldier. The victory at Chickamauga-tht
Stream of Death-one of the bloodiest com
bats in the present century, was due to Gar
field. He was made major-general I" fol
gallant and meritorious conduct at the
battle of Chickamauga.
About this time James Trowbridge
memOrialized Garfield in n pleasant little
novel, entitled "The Patriot Boy" He left
the war for politics at the call of his peo.
pie, and, at the special solicitation of Mr.
Lincoln, was elected to Congress, entering
that body in 1868.
President Garficld's ability as an orator
and debater is well known. He was power.
full in both respects his language was in
cisive, terse, and powerful, his name
magnetic and his eloquence grand. Young
powerful and learned he was ever master
orator
Few men were ever more popular than
Garfield; no President was more generally
beloved and humane, and the blood that
flowed from the assassins wound served to
cement him to the country, enriching the
affection the people bore for him and
|popularizing him to an extent greater than
AMY man within the four corners of the
earth had ever been before honored and be-
loved. 1t was as universal as the atmos.
|phere that floats about the solid earth.
President Garfelds family consists of
This mother, a dear little old lady, to whom
The is most devotedly attached. 1t was a
|strikingly beautiful sight to see the great,
large robust statesman of Sunday mornings
walking to the plain little frame Campbell
|ite Church in our city, with hisaged mother
ION his arm, speaking sweet words of tender
mess to her. He was her baby, her youngest
born, and best-beloved. When the poor old
|lady heard Of the cruel crime, she wept and
|cried, "Why do they want to kill my
baby"
Gen. Garfield was married when quite
Ia young man. His wife was Miss Lucretia
Rudolph, of Ohio, lady of rare intelli.
|gence, grace, manner and graciousncss of
and to her much of Garfeld's
greatness is due. Their family consists of
four sons, the eldest almost grown, and one
daughter, Miss Mollie, who is about 16 years
Iof age.
One of the most charming features of
president Garfeld's life was his domestic
mature and lovely home disposition He
Twas a perfectly good man, devoted hus.
band, and loving father, as he had ever been
10 loving son. Though at times BETRAYED
into harshness in the heat of political de-
bate and factional fight he was in heart
and ut home the purcst type of a perfect
Christian gentleman, imbued with all the
manliness of an honest soul and perfectly
balanced intellect.
The published speeches of the late Presi j
dent abound in sentences of peculiar force
The following quotation from Gen. Gar
fields speech in Congress on the first ami. !
versary of President LincOlns death has al
special significance just now:
There are times in the history of men|
and nations when they stand so near the veil
that separates mortals and immortals, time
from eternity, and men from their God |
that they can almost hear the breathingsI
and feel the pulsations of the heart of theI
Infinite. Though such time has thisI
nation passed, When two hundred and fiftyI
thousand brave spirits passed from the field
of honor through that thin veil to the pres.
Nhep VI N'ohi anu hiNi lttNl llo
folds admitted the martyrcd President to|
the company of the dead heroes of the Re-
public, the nation stood so near the veil that
the whispers of God were heard by theJ
children of men. Awe-strcken by Hisl
voice, the American people knelt in fearful
reverence and made u solemn covenant With
God and each other that this nation should3
be saved from its enemies that all itsh
glorics should be restored, and ON the ruins|
Of slavery and treason the temples of free +
iom and justice should be built and standp
forever. 1t remains for us, consecrated byn
that great event and under that covenant;
with God, to keep the faith-to go forwardE
In the great work until it shall be com I
ploted. Following the lead of that greatL
man and oboying the high behests of God \
et us remember
"lIe has sounded forth His trumpet that shah
never call retreat;
He Is sitting out the hearts of men before hisI
Judgment seat;
BE swim, my soul, 70 answer Him. be iubllant,
my feet for God is marching on