Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-27
fee, and even in his oniy-begotten Son has
ordained that the ministry of suffering should

be the ministry of love and Of salyation2
There is 10 need, here and now, to eulo-
gise President Garfield, Or TO sketch his re-
markable character and career This has
been done abundantly. All the papers are
full OF sketches of his life and of Just and
eloquent tributes to his memory. A man
without guile, Christian without bigotrY, a
scnoiar without pedantry, a statesman with
out selflshness, a partisan without intoIIer-
ance, large bodied, large Drained. large
souled human nature, rich in all human
knowledge, yet richer In divine faith and in
mobiles, aspirations for his country and his
| KIND, his name may wei stand without
| elaborate eulogy, Cor it speaks to all human
ity, and that humanity, whose circle OF des-
tiny from the lowliest to the Hottest he had
swept in serene and equal manhood, will
| faithfully cherish his memory and his exam
pie. But this occasion rises above the height
even of his life and character. The living
man. Garfield great and good as he may
have been, must now be forgotten in the
ideas which he represents, dead, and in the
great work which his death has revealed, if
not accomplished among the living What
this work has been, and " hope is to be, has
been already indicated. Its expression and
/ proof are found to-day in the universal sorrow
OF the people gathered around his tomb, and
in the unanimous pledge of hearts and hands
that is consecrated by his death to a SORROW
sealed and indissoiuble union. Leaving this
scene, upon which the world looks with SYM
patty and admiration, to teach it's own les
son, there are only one or two thouphts
which | would add to what has already been
spoken.
First what a vindieation there is in all
this of the security and perpetuity of free
government. The head of the nation is
stricken down, yet peace reigns supreme :
and in his own sublime language on a sub
lime occasion, the Government at Wash
jngton stu lives" That Government is of
the people, for the peaple, by the people.
1t is as imperishable as the people. IIisfor
tune only consecTates the solemnitv of its
trust /; and woe would be to any man or anv
party, however powerful, that should seek
to wrest unholy power from such a crisis
Revolution Is as powerless as ambition is
impOtent at such time Each new sbocl,
only reveals and re-establishes the strength,
of our free institutions, founded in the hearts
OF the people FOR such result a man
might even dare to die; President Garfield
would willingly have died,
Secondly How does such a career Illus
trate the privileges of individual life in
country like onrs-how it gl0riies the princi
pies Of our American civilization. This
man, born to poverty and toll, fighting his
laborious but untirng way from the tow
path to the school-to the college-into pro-
fessional aud public Efe-scorning no labor
or preparatlon-reiying upon himself and
sustained by the confidence and sympathy
OF his feIlow-citizens above all. upborne
by the genius OF OUR free and equal institu-
tons and by a steady ambition nowhere
else possible, attains the highest honors OF
life and the ioftlest influence of position
and OF character-lHes to enlarge the glory
of his State and country, and dies beloved
and hoaored Of mankind. Such career
is possible only under institutions Of social
and personal freedom President GARFIELD
was himself the offspring of those free iu-
stitutions he loved so well, and which, in
life and in death, he has done so much to
) vindieate and to glorify. Of such fruits the
genius of American liberty may well be
J proud May they never cease to grow, be-
meath its protection and Inspiration!
} Finally, as myself teacher, I must not
, fail to say: What an example to youn;
| men! How eloquent of counsel, Of en-
couragement, of ennoblement, is such a
} life AS such, it will long be read for the
education of mankind; and for such an ex-
| ample every teacher, every Christian father
and mother, must be thankful. Possessed OF
the highest powers, always superior to his
pcsihon-and doubtless of lofty ambition.
: born of the consciousness of power; vet
always modest, self-contained, serene; 10
re- lessness, no impatient striving for self,
/ no discomfort with duty or destiny, but
/ meeting and mastering thoroughly every
} difficulty that came III bis way, and ever do
ing with his might that which he had found
, to do. AS tow-boy, as pupil, as college
! professor, as unordained preacher of the
J gospel, as soldier-in every subordinate
rank faithfully aud quietly doing with
, supreme carefulness and excellence his ap-
! pointed work-not seeking himself, but al
ways waiting to be sogght-generous to his
opponents as exacting of himself-rising by
sheer pre-eminence of merit and achieve
ment, until III the highest offices he has
illustrated and perfected the same traits OF
mird and character that bore him braYely
; along the paths of the lowliest life--ever the
| same modest earnest. thorough worker. tbs
| same stout vet tender heart, the same strong
5 faith in himself and III God. | read as the
opinion of an eminent pubhcist Ga member
: Of the opposite party that President Gar
! field was g the most thoroughly equipped
man" that had ever in this country come
' into Executive Office. It was this Thorough
{ eQ11pin ent that was one secret OF ms power
thoroughness born Of study, of thought, OF
S the perfect mastery Of his subject, and of the
q complete control and co rsecration of his
{ powers. We may not emulate his achieve
e ments or his renown, but we may study the
D homely virtues, the unhagging industry, the
= complete preparation, the steady devotion
{ to duty, upon which that character was
: built that has made these possible: and we MAY
: rejoice and be thankful that car age anc
e our country has given to the world and to
4 cur children such an example While sucl
: lives are possible, the nobest inspirations
: may come to the humblest home While
: such men as Garfield live, heroisln and hope
g will not have departed from human life.
: Judge Il. FL. IngersolI was then intro
| duced, who spoke very feeIingly Of the
o dead. He pictured the solemn scene tina
was, at the very hour of his speaking, being
;, witnessed in Cleveland on the most beauti
e ful spot, at the end of its most beautiful
e avenue and OF the great men of the nation
0 there gathered to tender proper regard fol
9 the nations dead ruler.
] He spoke fttingly OF the lesson we might
e learn from the universal grief now mani
e tested for the dead by men of all parties al
4 sects and creeds. Partisan feelings NIGH
: hereafter be checked, and political discus
7 sions be of measu' es rather than OF men,
4 Dr. Morren then referred to the fact that
: a citizen of Ohio was present, known tc
T most of those present, and introduced A. J
; Kicks, ESQ, who said he considered it a
: privilege 10 mingle his tears with ours OF
: this sad occasion. He had come te