New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-03
OUTLAWS POLITICAL FANCIEs.
a SPEECH WRITTEN BY HIM LASi SUMNER AM
rRINTEp IN PAMpiIL..T EOEM-!NrERNAL4 EYI


PRINTED IN PAMPHLET FOIM-!NrERNAL EyI-
DENCE OF a WANDERING MIND.
IDr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRI8UNE.l
WASHINGTON, July 2.--Thc following speech writ
ten by Guitcau and subsequently, published by him
IN pamphlet form bears internal evidence thot he
was crack-braned man. His gratuitous distribu-
ton of the pamphlet March was regarded at
the time as ~ singular piece OF business and q
some " hat ridiculous performances
GARFIELD AGAINST HANCOCK
SPEECH by CHARLES GJITEAU, OF CHICAGO, HI.-DE-
LvEIED IN NEw-YoRk AUGUST 6, 1880.
Ne"- York aadrssS, Repuhicn National Commtnee, 21l
fVUt-dtc.
In 1881 ths Nation convulscd by one Of tho most
gfanit wars on record. For generations America had
vcton had been growing among all classes That no
Ia IA, cpH ai%"yf con'In,,e Lar free ld h .laye
iniiH the aNer-t"nguSd orator OF Boston. assaulted
They cnounce in lease" and on OF season. by Voice
ana pen little b} 'it!lc they were backed ny Horace
cec HART ccchcr stowe iSS WI her i rnCc Tom a
y Wn H, work OF neo Gharlcs sumner
Scout Of Of SGniA c"rSnn s ana ana
Republican rv was ' "rspnisea S2S am
SG'h3 of he old Wing party founded ~ Henry clay,
fayori:c ANA gifted son of Sew England ana the great
mont, the staudardhcaior the young Republicans
was defeated for the Presidency by Buchanan, backed
elected TO tic Pirsiicn y Abraham Lincoln, ne imu.or
fiis was the SIGNAL Cor grand onlaught by The .lavc
oErcll, on the prnc;rc, Of libcrt' progress. In
slavery. the cannon, heard booming a~o,nd sun.
i pnys an" auJ Ir S"l o%'Sace waS - peril zen
stolen some OF oar forts and implements OF war,
own arsounl, rlcy h"i tr,"plcd "nd,r loot
V unr I ,'rn@i W. LAT grand old ensign 81
stirred the No'sh TO - depths. "ro arms TO arms.
boys vent forth to battle victory or to death Th,.y
r leir homes and loved ones Nanny return
After years Of war came peace. "a: rational nag again
wa II, rinnph from every tort and bailemcnt In
ls6l there lived at Cab IA, in my own native STATE
West POINT he h se@n service in caiifs Ia ana Or.
gor hc had tasted poverty and distress IN - Ious aud
,""s 10 s'iii'ss me in'irt rcarlion, Capta'n Grant
Went 70 Springfield and interviewed Governor YATES.
anG ' hh s" % Ssy sn mt M nis ac cn field p9s'on
Colonel iltte ~ little he TN he became G., neral
lou uroni s ion, In, rrriui . nf , ,r me
ov',ious evcn 30 mortal nah wa- bmt anoihcr
nnch p"sreiy would nave cra2rd most men. bu; did
not Grant the great silent mans head ia 1u.i level
NE in,niS erin OF Grant l. not SURPASSED by that OF
Alexander, Juiiil- tdrar or the Great Napoleon.
nci H" in @'n , %g ea! al, d., WIN CIR
~" g.'at senator from Sew YORK, can prevent Grants
GenrrIl Garfield was born In poverty and obscurity
nG h'' a''aimcn MA btrsrn r"-tio' Under pIoyidoncc
srrVccs To tho crnucpt III supprrs~'ng rebellion
General 'ie MAS hen elected :, Congress aud as ,a
'h' p"slu" ever since HIS Iona services. 1oiuo
,I, ' n"'' ",poa''n' committees sno% tina lac Is
Last Winter he GT vas "a can h. mpi,ly trusted
~ r'', 81 - a'"I thurman, and i"ay he b. thu Rcpub
nc. h"nicr Tor me r"sidoncJ Ni cfrry pro. poet Of
sivcHfH ne Is lEh toned, con,ci ntoas Christian
some l~.sons down on Grncrs Arthur because he
iiV7ld'h, Hayes. General Arthur nppontcd Col
re,p' ~ General Grant, ani he!d that Important
,,'it ,..,,',' Va 4'irN hNl gave uun";nicd
S'lH'a't!oh 10 the Mrrc.Hnta o. New YORK l., ms
"'" '"o careful administration q; ms Office. ana Le /,
On r ,tir u, -, ".'l Wl''2ut 81 cien' oun,c
inr' wdr ,N"r'icnoc. woud lie an orunn,i IN the
Ne,i, w.". H. ~, W,.j,l,,,r,,. r.,,-o,.,, A.,
and iro"por District ia Congress. was tom H. iI,,
nriliui ',r'y 80 ,,, ''vIi "'," n'rt"l prdr u"
boruc, Garfield natnc, 10 tu.,tLcr t,ur 49,.
a., 'n IA "ii IRA n '.'r; Wn-hhnrnc dlsilnga shed
no.ir, ROT tier auu ,il;esman 'N
- Oc,p'i 't ia "Hl an. al Han I'm Boston, h"ati
raw tAat tir lch, ,Ii. t,, I' fn. '' Ill.,, o. - '''
twcny year, a.p. i lr.cf e. t.,c ir,,lio "nf 81 re-
no a.1,.,'t ,,, - ,n ~, .i ".'lit', nH'i,9
nav IN power sat ion Irrs.d,ni il,c. an his sj.l
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h- tcpL'uIcaa. ptar'Nac tire Aai,,nl Coy, rr,n,oni
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fllsl 10 t at ih,, uol,. i'm n ,', "lt no" t'9
t. mt "to'ntr var y m'l whose sons y rls,l,i ia
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