, 1881-08-30
INTERESTING LETTERS.
Private Un1zctl.Y "Reminiscences ol
(:0rllcltJs

AN N4tNED 1lN1 LIZ lENS.
Private Dalzctl's "Reminiscences OF
Garfield.
IN the Editor oj The chfc1pn Tribune
CALDWELL, o., Ang.as.--Jusi ono year be-
fore he Wlls shot, Utmost to nj hour, l'rest-
tle,it Garfield wrote ,nn tho following letter:
,MESroN, d, 1ulys, lsso.-sty DEAR DAtxEl.i.:
Yours conslntul4tlnH tnr OIL Tho result NJ Ch.
swerch sooner but that ,sts 70 pressed with
ca,s alil correspondence that :onl! not lind
noataatioa. @ II hut t" n au iorc H d sotalus = I'D III
INN. il TIC wrr!d chi understand but inyscit.
Hut u MY MNil m Tho wurttt hAa tho support ~
true iret1ds thiuk havc,-at lcust MY rqrrc-
spo"''e'so seen's to say no. 4; eyer y"',,s;
About lei, ttays before The President wns
shot lwroto hin asking HIN fur Ills rI'olo-
graph. II cat,a FrItlay night July |, 1881,
", thu wnl III my library. Call It foolish II
could lot s!cup ti,ut night until ha,l Il
framed md hung up l,csi,ic the pictures Of
Hayes oiNi t.l,Iculn. statc these singular
Facts nluL Condolences lamllinr to all my
l,elslbors, yet do mt profess 10 sec my.
thing III tllc,t lcyo,Nf the fuc1s,
Whcm Gen, Garticld wits hero III lS17 alltl
lna,le three speeches III ono t!ay, concerning
whtclt have written yon fully. VIC Ind suy-
eral interesting conversations. All TINT /
Cal, HOW remember Of interest ut t!lfs tluio
was whit lie told Ma Of tito attempts TINT had
been made, or rntllcr Threatened, ngalnst Ills
lite aud TINT 1T President Hayes.
President Garfield said lint so,nGtlHlc l,u.
fore the elosoo lhp Electoral count II, lei7 {;s
spring befnrG this cnhycrsatfu,i) Suslle uf Ills
young friends lh Washington c;ll,lu tn hin,
mud told >thnt conspiracy Ind been turinctl
to kill lin. Yp t;etlc11l NJ first treated tic
statement lightly. thinking tl,nt tho report
was merely sensational. an!l grew ully otlt OF
tint crsts; hit when i,n came to Sx,ii,,no il
m0re closely he stiu hu fDluGt II wtts blt tau
true. llis young trlcl!as nr!nc.l themselves
IL tho teetlI, met HIN ut the Capitol every dny
ut the ett,sO ut llie session, Ai!fl lUolI hin
lt0ino i1l u covered cnrrinsc. ind hest nIOri,-
Ing cscnrte1 him back 70 tilt Capitol lit tile
saiiig wAI, until The Elccturat cMpnlIsslon
finally ndjour1letl. at WIS felt," sail lin
crnt!c House would never consent tn III tl!t.
vncnncy caused by my lcutl,, and ~ ,,il l,ece-
tNl netflutts for settling la Bre,tt question If
a% ai's Presidential s''ccess'o" "onld fe"t u"
J told llm that lsad watellet! (;en. t:raut
att Mr.. Hayes lulye tls, White iin,lsu Oh tho
M0rMlllg Uf tllo htli Ut March, lS77, Nltl 90 u
TX ,iuaEsrla.lo,! nl!a w., Mn Snl slsrnan
w kblH lllEIlls N|kll
little alarla and apprehension.
.'ius," saitt lu u'ietls, looking ut nle
t blue eyes Ut kt.tdnesy, "a,ld tharp ws.s good
you k"w tilt afier we Iett It'll tic WhIto iio,'so
messengers wnrllell President ltuyes TINT ho
wonil bo tlre,t om ut Wtttara's: nnsscA
that point with ltu little apprehension. Then
s a a assHES % tnt n G s9 %H LIZ, ns rs f ~. %;
point wis safely pasastl, n1nl after t!le n
g9insHrtla{n 9iSsy'x ts{,y W "ll returned to tho White
"t, t4.s Gsnefal' ,{,n;; snl ~ mn sure you
:. "Well... IL replied with q sub!luel smile,
returned RETURNED e e !''o whte House and sos '''y
Ii!e only other tilno ever heard Gen.
a' an,st ssn shas e''sfst 5 t w't% 'S &% Xss II II
Lancaster, g., after hls return from l,ostnll
use.l,--tor. wo ttlat hcar,l them in his deep.
| strong voice. so earnestly uttered, Will, 81
llttle nnkindness, 70 little resentment
mean, coult! eyor forget them :" ~ lad nvyer
speech there bcfore tu those fellows,
| You Know how erazy Q p0rttaiI OF tue people
down there Ysre 1s!st they on The reenhack;
pitch OF anger ngal,st the Republicans, mud
NgnIlist 1nn particularly. ! Twas to spgNk In
tnnnell HAIL: It was ercat occitsi0l.
WIS advised TINT numbers nf the best men
fr0ll Harvard aHd lhv literary circles would
By there. aEa vaS also informed that lien
!3ntleE llnt! hired 10 rollglts to mob ll,o,-at
lenst TO interrupt lne. l took tho str1Nl. a,ltl
the gfent llall was packed full. Sumo 0f
tliosp learned fellows expected INC to put on
| u mir Of R!nsscs. illiroll 4 I,allnscript, mt!
tca1 oil n1inely.prepagc.l speacl,. lll,t .lI.!
nothing OF tho sUrt, saw tll0sU fellows Ol
l}utler's gIarlng ut me. and Just rolled M
my slVovcs alla pitched into tien,., Ut course
therG was but olie qllestlol,-tllo tinAIlccs mud
currency; l!n.l not procecletl u minute IN
atss saS Sf I'LL lS''sEs IT, nsst s peppstt ' ~ , s pt
@ d a'iswer ~ a'. fD % III. "a s!;s as VII aa as
COULD, mud then Np Jumped. attnthct
pE xsS sSS ssMsSea fs''sw I is Vt Wi Ply es'1a sa @ @
| was kept up for some ttille,-All l!0tlr or 10,
covering the whole llelll 1f Issues lilltse III
that !n!l gotWcsf! the Grcellbaekers, Demo
crats, anl Republicans, At leugtl,, gruWi,ti
thas IND itsted ti!eu. tsiris @ as1i asl:aa . e te
now to lD quiet alal Interrupt mt lIu further
Atter n l1ttfo t,utter thelr scilse at fnlr p|Ny
induced tlleu, to bg gnlet, n,!l tlloy yellol III
,,o IT, r. ~: saw LIZ! n;sn'' a1Hl pro-
best. speech nf my liie;' 0wb It 10 llof
Butler &1 Yay thut. After tho meeting sDllt
~ tilu Old Ineil ut lfostGll cnllg to NlG atlt
told NE they liltl l!eaHl Webster, ChUn.c, alit
Cay there: bMs THAT l. ! M l!a4 ,Ha.'" ., IN bes
hull: And 50 lla4 no reas0ll to ieul anar,
at nd Ben. for II 1t hAtllt bCell for tho Tutor
rIptl0ns Ut his lileli, should scarcuty lIuya
got stirred I'D eilolgll 10 10 linlf ns well nn
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