The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-09-22

quaintance he had made while at the +
academy, where she was a pupil. She 4
was quiet, thoughtful girl, of singularly h
sweet and refined disposition, fond of
study and reading, possessing warm
heart, and mind with the capacity of i
steady growth. The marriage was love
affair on both sides and has been thorough
ly happy one. Much of General Gar
fields subsequent successes in life may be
attributed to the neyer-failing sympathy E
and intellectual companionship his wife
and the stimulus of loving home circle. !
The young couple bought neat little
cottage fronting on the college campus
and began their welded life poor and in
debt, but with brave hearts.
GOING INTO POLITICS.
In 1849 the college president was elect
ed 10 the State Senate. During the win
ter of 1861 he was active in the passage
of measures for arming the State MALTA.
Early in the summer of 1861 he was
elected colonel of an infantry regiment
raised in Northern Ohio, many of the
soldiers in which had been students at
Hiram. He took the field in Eastern
Kentucky and was soon put in command
of brigade. From Eastern Kentucky
General Garfield was transferred to Louis
vile, and from that place fastened 10
join the army Of General Buell., which he
reached with his brigade in time to par
ticipate in the second days fighting at
Pittsburg Landing. He took part in the
seige of Corinth and in the operations
along the Memphis and Charleston Rail-
road In January, 1868, he was appoint
ed Chief of Staff Of the Army Of the
Cumberland. Ills last conspicuous mil
itary service was at the battle of Chick
amaugua. He was promoted to major
generalship.
General Garfield was nominated for
Congress while he was in the field, with
out asking his consent. That was in 1862.
When he heard of the nomination Gar
field concluded to accept and he was cleo
ted. On entering Congress, in December,
1858, General Garfield was placed upon
the committee on military affairs, with
Schenck and Farnsworth, who were also
fresh from the field. He took an active
part in the debates of the House and won
a recognition which few new members
succeed in gaining. He was not popular
among his fellow-members during his first
term. His attainments and amiable social
/ qualities enabled him to overcome pre-
| iudice before his second term, and he be-
came on terms Of close friendship with
| the best men in both houses. His COM
mittee service during his second term was
on the ways and means, which was quite
to his taste, for it gave him an opportuni-
ty to prosecute the studies in finance and
political economy which he had always
felt fondness for. He was hard work
er and great reader in those days, going
home with his arms full of books from the
| Congressional Library and sitting up late
at nights to read them. Garfield was
regularly returned to Congress at every
election from 1852 till he became can
| didate for President.
| When James G. Blaine went to the Sen
ate, in 1877, the mantle of Republican
leadership in the House was BY common
consent placed upon Garfield, and he has
worn it ever since. In January, 1880,
General Garfield was elected to the Sen
ate the seat which was to be vacated by
Allen G.. Thurman on the 4th of March,
1881. He received the unanimous vote
of the Republican caucus, an honor never
given to any man of any party in the
State of Ohio. After his election he was
the recipient ofmany complimentary man
ifestations in Washington and OHIO. Al
the Republican National Convention Al
Chicago, June s, 1880, Garfield was nomi
mated for President on the thirty-six bal
lot, receiving 399 votes, TO 306 for Grant
AZ for Blaine and 8 for Sherman. Hs
was elected President on November
1880, and was inaugurated on March 4
1881.
HIS ADMINISTRATION.
In his inaugural address President Gar
field reviewed briefly the progress Of the
nation and expressed high hopes of it,
future. He was outspoken in the matter
] of negro citizenship, declaring that the