The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
XIXth DISTRICT.
JAMES A. GARFIELD,
RESOLUTIONS Oh RESPECT.
Warren, Ohio.

WHEREAS, James A. Garfield. the
incerI upfible patriot, the ripe scholar,
the gi;ted orator, the peerless repre-
sentative, the Christian Statesman,and
the honored and loved President of
the Nation, has fallen victim to the
sssassin's murderous assault and
WHEREAS, AT public memorial
service held Sabbath, September %,
1881, IN the City of Warren, Ohio,
within his Congressional district, Il
committee was appointed to make
suitable expression OF the public sense
Of this overshadowing calamity, and
great National bereavement there
fore,
Res0lred, That while we cherish
our intimate acquaintance and knOwl-
edge OF President Garfield, the great
ne of his life and work, the interest
and value of his relations to us as our
Representative for SO many years, and
the associations of his cherished home
and hOnOred grave on the shore of our
beautiful lake, we also record our ex .
alted eatimate of his undOubted vir-
tues, his sterling worth of character,
aud his finished work. With remark.
able native endowments; with predi-
gious energy, industry, and persist
ence; with profound conceptions of
the sacredness and value of our free
institutions; and with prophetic in
, stiRcts as to their divine regency in
the republic; he served, whether in
the field or forum, under the tuition
of principles at once humane and di.
vine, and with undaunted courage and
self sacrificing devotion to the end
His was career indeed, unsurpassed
in splendid achievement, and yet un.
msrred by any blemish of character
or betrayal of trust. As his character
becomes solidified in the unchangine
marble Of history, imperishable mem.
cries will cluster about his name. He
will live in the fitness and strength Of
his words, and in the fullness and
ripeness of his work. Legend and
song will embalm for ages his love
| of mother, and wife, and home, while
art aud religion will be occupied with
the moral grandeur of his life, so fully
displayed In the last long struggle
through which he passed away.
ResolUed, That while we stand ap.
pslled in the presence of thesdark and
painful mystery that robs the natior
OF it's Chief Magistrate, and bow in
humble submission to Almighty God
we acknowledge with anfeigned graf
itude the everrulings of His provi
dence and His well doing toward ouI
stricken Nation, as already seen in tht
progress aud results of this sad event
Holding back the dreaded hour thro
weary lengths of suffering, all Hi
admonitiOns for warning ,ali our 2riell
and prayers for preparation and nov
that the hour has come, the NatiOr
turns from its prayerful vigils Of many
days and nights, raised above all sec
tionsl alieustions, and devoutly rec
onciied to the will of the Most High
to weep around the bier of it's honor
ed dead. The nations abroad, also
are moved in profound sympathy
and while they pay their rich tribute
of respecr, bemean with us the world
, great loss. Thus standing In the pres
, ence of an era of peace and fraterna
friendship, hitherto unknown, hi
: death is made to fereshadow "ths
one far-eff divine event" towar,
, which he wrought,
when man to man sh all brother be,
The wnoie world O'cr."
ResolUed, That rendering to Mr..
OdEuclu uuo ueE ucToafcu CuiiuToi
, and to the stricken and aged mothe
! OF eur deceased President, our tender
est sympathies in their great and IRE
parable loss, we express our highet
. admiration for the spirit they hav
f maintained throughout their great tri
, al; and while we most heartily unit
! in the plan for a pational monumen
: in honor of our lamented Presiden
; and are Jealous that it should be mad
I worthy of his illustriOHs life aad chal
acter, we also acknowledge our solem
: duty 10 cherish the interests and we
4 fare of his stricken family, aud reliev'
! as far as unfailing sympathy and low
: may, the wesriness and darkness {
the road in which they are called
Z, walk.
I Resolved, That an engrossed cop
Of these resolutions be transmitted
Mrs. Garfield, and also 10 the pres
for publication.
I On behalf Of the citizens of Warrel
. Ohio.
U Fl. B. PERKINS,
E. B. TAYLOR,
q HARMON AUSTIN.