Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-07-22
GARFIELD's GRAINS OF GOLD.
Extracts ind Sentences from Hi
Speeches and Letters.

Speeches and Letters.
(I}oston Journal.)
| After the battle of Arms comes the battle |
| OF History.
For the noblest man that lives there still |
| remains n conflict.
would rather he beuten in Right than |
succeed in Wrong.
Present evils always seem greater than
| those that never cume.
Growth il better than Permanence, and
permanent growth is better than ALL
| 1t is one of the precious mysteries Of
sorrow, that it finds solnce in unselisl
thought.
Statesmanship consists rather in remov.
ing the causes than in furnishing, or evad.
ing results.
Ideas are the great warriors of the world,
and a war that has no ideas behind il IL
simply brutality.
Eternity alone will reveal to the human
race its debt of gratitude to the peerless
and immortal name Of Washington.
| doubt il any man equaled Samuel Ad-
ans in formulating and uttering the fierce,
| clear and inexorable logic of the Revolu-
ton.
Throughout the whole web of national
existence we trace the golden thread of
human progress toward higher and bet
ter estate.
Occasion may be the bugle call that
summons an army to battle, but the blast
OF the bugle can never make soldiers or
win victories.
1t is as much the dHty OF all good men
to protect and defend the reputation Of
worthy public servants as to protect pub
lie rascals.
An act of bad faith on the part OF q
State or municipal corporation, like poison
in the blood, will transmit its curses TO sue.
ceeding generations.
Bad faith on the part of an individual,a
city, or even n State, is a small evil in
, comparison with the calamities which fol.
low bad faith on the part of n sovereign
Government.
If there be one thing upon this earth
that mankind love and admire better than
another, it is a brave man; il is man who
dare look the devil in the face and tell him
he is a devil.
. We should do nothing inconsistent with
the spirit and genius OF our institutions.
| We should do nothing for revenge, but ev.
erything for security nothing for the past;
everything Tor. the present and future.
In the complex and delicately adjusted
relations of modern society, confidence in
I promises lawfully made Is the life-blood OF
4 trade and commerce. 1t is the vital air
labor breathes. 1t is the light which shines
on the pathway of prosperity.
The germ Of our political institutions
+ the primary cell from which they were
l. evolved, was in the New England town
d and the vital force. the informing soul oil
/, the town, was the Town Meeting, which
!: Tor all local concerns, was king, lords and
i commons in all.
e There is scarcely n conceivable form o
'e corruption or public wrong that does mol
&c at least present itself ut the cashiers desl
,e and demand money. The Legislature
therefore, that stands at the cashiers deal
III and watches with lis argus eyes the demant
N for payment over the counter is most Ger
ht tain'to see all forms of public rascality.
il look forward with joy and hope TO tn
b, dny when our brave people, one in heart
" one in their aspirations for freedom an,
'e peace, shall see that the darkness througl
,e which we have Travelled was but n part n
~ that stern but benetcient discipline b.
N which the great Disposcr of events In
~ been leading us on 10 higher and noble
oil National life.
uO
lie society in this country like the rocks Il
"a the earth that holds one class down belo'
J.. fOrevermore, and let another come to III
~ surface to stay there forever. Our STRAIT
fcaiion IL like the ocean, where every iI
II. dividual drop is free to move, and wlier
Ia from the eternal depths OF the mighty dee
. any drop may come mp TO glitter on I'll
G. highest wave that rolls.
'e Toledo Saturday American: Enthusiast
., ., tic young ladies are already petitionin
~ for the carrying boquets to the damnabl
u assassin, Gniteau. This il the first steI
CT Next we shall probably have a subscriI
w tion fund started, and in five years, III
~ impnlsiveness OF the American people wi
Vi probably bring about a foreign mission
.Se with mounted escort and brass ban
'e whenever he appears in public.
"e not hung-it will be only matter of tin,
u" as to when he will be presented with gill
g" edged and highly periumed pardon, with
'id humble apology for his mistaken imprlaOI
he ment. A people that nre capable Of bow
ho ing themselves face downward in the du,
at the feet of men like u. S. Grant-as Wi
'o' the case all across this continent two yeal
'n, ago-inI theirt quest after roworshi
be are not to be trusted with the GUARDIANSHIP
%, Of such romantic assassins after the fir,
flush Of horror has died away.
Wv The following il iron, his speech to III
ne Ohio Legislature after his election to III
III United States Senate, being n tribute
"n the character OF his competitor, Senate
~ Thurman: say, moreover, that III
NY flowers that bloom over the garden wall {
=" party politics are the sweetest and nIO