The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-22
AND TUT, Is THE END OF Man.

liver of all life by the whole American
people, their President is dead. Not
only had lie cndoarcd himself to them by
his brave, patriotic and conservative ad-
ministration during the few cvcntful
months that had been given him in the
White House, but in the death struggle
by his manly and patient submission 10
the will OF Him that docth all things
well by his firm grasp upon life and de-
termination 20 recover if human will and
trust in God could accomplish it and by
his beautiful love and tender Soicitudc
for his aged mother and fond wife,
cyinccd even in the pain and suffering Of
his mortal illness, he added to the re-
>pcct and confidence that his official ac.1
had begun to inspire an admiration and
sympathy which has caused the great
heart OF the American people TO go out
10 him in love and longing for his re-
covcry, As it has seldom, if ever, gone out
10 any man.
President Garfield WAS not the choice
Of the South, nor did he begin his ad
ministration with the confidence nor love
Of our people. As the accredited head
Of our government, the South gave to
him that loyal fcalty which the trilc sub
!icct owes the ruler; and, laying aside
prejudice, waited to Judge the new nd.
ministration by its official acts Our
people believed that the President had
done many thing. in lis long and sue
ccs-ful political career which, from a
high moral standpoint, he ought not TO
have done and that ut times lie had been
incxcusably bitter and vindictivc in his
uttoranccs towards our people and yet
witha there was something in his char.
actcr that commanded admiration, even
in the heat Of 4 political canvass, where
the whole effort Of contcnding parties
was 10 show up the worst side Of the op.
posing candidates.
James \. Garfield had, by his own cx-
crtions, raised himself from the ranks to
the chief command Ic had, ns canal
bOatman, Il laborcr and mechanic, in
early life, earned his own livelihood and
helped to cheer his widowed mother in
her widowed poverty. At The same time
the higher spirit within him asserted it.
self, and out Of his scant earnings, and
amid the labors from which less lofty
souls would have iatigucd and slumbcred
in odd times he procured the rudimcnts
Of an education, which fitted him for
college. Here, again, his poverty con
frontcd him, and would have baked a
more ordinary parsonage. Not go with
him. He had a higher destiny to fulfill,
and the spirit within urged him onward
to its accomplishment. With common
sense and nobility rarely to be found, lie
accepted the position Of Janitor of Hi
ram College, and performed the services
Of this position to pay for his tuition.
Graduated here, he sought to 20 higher
i'll mental culture, and for several years
taught school to obtain money for further
progress, which he finally made at vii.
liams College. He was afterwards Pres
ident and Professor in Hiram College.
From letters lie WAS called into war,
aud soon rose to the rank of Major Gen.
cral. He was, however, only in the ser.
vice Il short time until his constituents
sent him to Congress. From his entry
there he began unfolding his brilliant
powers as All orator and leader In
this position he evnced the moral weak.
ness to which we have alluded, but the
better spirit within seemed to assert it.
self, and as he rose higher he appeared
also to grow better and nobler, and the
country's hope for peace and concord
strangely ccntered in him, and his official
actions. while strictly partisan, were con.
servative and wholesome. He was fas,
obliterating the very bitterness between
the tw1 sections which he himself in the
lower walks of life had helped to fan into
living force.
A purer and noblcr impulse seemed to
have possession of the man after his &C.
cession to the Presidency, and he was
building for himself name and fame
that would last beyond the years of the
architect. In the midst of his great
work, when the years of experience were
beginning to rest upon him, and when
the highest niche in the temple of his
country's fame had been achieved, when
tho broadost field Of usefulness and OF
citizen glory was unfolding itself to his
view, in the midst of health and strength
and as he was starting to visit the classic
grounds Of Williams College, where the
- training which fitted him for the exalted
station his countrymen had bestowed
upon him, the crack Of pistol was
heard in railroad depot, and this was
succeeded by another crack. The strong
man fell, and neither the skill of science
nor the prayers of millions of his country
men could check the ebbing tide of life
or bring back the vigor of manhood
On the End of July President Garfield
fell, the second ruler of the United States
murdered by an assassin in consequence
of his official station. The bereavement
to the country was overwhelming. The
North. the South, tho East end :hi;o West
forgetting and forgiving the estrange.
ments and the trials and troubles of the
past, gathered as common brothers and
mourners in their prayers and affections
around their suffering President The
work of restoration which the dead Pres
if1aut ho0o,, loot March ,yoe cop,,roo,o