The daily gazette., 1881-09-20
1UEsDAx. SEPT. 20. 1881.


TH1 DEATH OF PREsIDENT GAR
SzLn.-This sad event. which took
plaes last might 1t 1895 O'Clock, was
~ unsxpsctsd, Jet it seemed sudden,
I'D and alarming. Had its occurrence
besn announced earlier it would have
eoeasionsd moro excitement but the
lnes hour at which it was telegraphed
sver ths wires found most of our la
berious people abed and but an oc-
easiooal one who had been detained
hoa his usual rest was upon the
oekOets whom the tolling of the bells
began. The eject was sad and sol
amn In the extreme. 1t was mourn
fully Suggestive Of the fate of rulers and
efnsn. None are exempt from death.
Ths Ruler Of the Universe controls the
fAas Of al, and TO His DEGREES all must
DOW IN humble slbmission. The hand
that raissd James A. Garfield from the
ioWly poaition in which he wa, reared
and directed him to the very pinacle
q human greatness and honor In the
minds OF his countrymen has not laid
Mn low In death In the manner in
which the extraordinary event has
nesn brought about without intending
. significance that must arouse the
kssnsst sense Of feeling on the part of
the intslhgent people OF this most
vondsrful and progressive govern
nsnt. Who viii not regret his death |,
We dare say none. Though in the
aaAan Of life some must profit by
almost svery event. even they that
nay b advanced by this terrible
stroke upon the nation, nevertheless,
we believe, regret the death of the
elected ruler, whose loss is this da,
fslt and acknowledged In sad recitals|
from the St. Lawrence to the GOLDEN
shores Of the Pacific Ocean. We are|
one people. We differ in our opinionsI
~ TO men and measures. But wei
have never yet forgotten that parties
are necessities to government, and|
that allegiance to party is akin to al
iegiance TO government. James A..
Osrasid held his allegiance to both as
saored ~ the best Of Democrats held
theirs, and it is recognized as virtueI
IN him by both political parties. lnE
his death the nation has lost a Chief6
Magistrate the beginning of whose I
ADMINISTRATION gave evidence of such !
wisdom and honesty as to commando
the respect Of all. Why he is cut off
IN his greatness when such golden
future with happy prospects were be
fore him and his country, none may
know, and yet We must bow to the de.
nee Of the All Wise Providence ipI
who's mercy the Republic reposes its!
trust now ~ it did q hundred years
$50 whsn al was in peril before theI
narshaisd hosts Of the most powerful
~ earthly kings. Free az this govern
nsnt h, 1t II mot exempt from the fate
- nations.
Only few months since the great
nan who has just fallen to sleep as ID
were in death. represented his country
n dispatchss expressive of the kindly
sympathy for the bereaved family and
friends sf the murdered Emperor of
al the Russias. How little then did
the late President or any of his people
suppose that violent death also
awaited hIm. Yet such was the fate
that awaited him, the chosen of the
people, 70 like that to which the great
sse autooras Of earth was subject-the
one loved and henored as the Chief
q the fresst government on earth
shs other 1t may be abhorred as the
Isans Of the people or, it may be,
ievsd and houored BY the mass of his
sabtsets. Both owe their death to
ths Wild infatuation or insanity Of
wisksi men.
Tns death Of both are deplored. But
bow dihsrently. That Of the republican
President by the voluntary act of a
whols people-the Emperor BY the fe "
Who surround his palace and the tbon.
sands who flourish In official life do
pendent upon their master for thai,
daily support, - 1t Is extorted by heay,
and burdsnsome taxes laid upon mos
nssiiling Jet subjected people degraded
almost 70 the position of dependen
slaves. 10 IL any wonder that all Europe
should be astounded and gaze with ad.
niring eyes upon nation SO favored a.
this. In the death of James A. Garfie.d ID
thsy sss but departing greatnes, Ieay.
ins earth with such halo Of sympathy
- 70 naks death snvious but In the
esaah Of the great monarch they beheld
nAashs hut clouds betokening dread and
esfsor and makiog his crown a thing of
horror sven to the rightful and leeiti
nats hair. Two such events could hardly
- more similar in some respects. and
~ - difEsTsnt In fact a. the dark nass ~