Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-21

kGuo WOISG HIS COuo db ldSG, duO
though not unexpected, sorrow is
none theless profound.
Garfeaa II IL sad: His remains will
nbe taken by bving hands TO his
Olfo home, he1e they viii be lain
beneath the sod. The tears of his i
old neighbers viii zaingle with those
of civilized world, and moisten the
earth that covers him'from our.sight T
His manly form we will behold mol
more, and his eloquent 7oice will mott
be heard again O. The eouncils Of the|
nation, uphol dina 3 the right and con>|
den1iDg whaS he believed wrong.
But he IS. :nott-.@sd1ead His mortal
part will lie in the ! grave, but his,
works are immortal. and will live!
Through the ages. is life and example'
will inspire the hearts of the people,
with Aloye for their country and its
free ms titutions, and Fill them, with
zeal and desotion.to its Constitution
and underlying principles for gener-
atoms to come. His great achieve
ments afford the highest illustration
of what young man of brains and
Industry, may accomplish in our free
republic by the exercise of these
Virtues as our deceased President
3exercised them. Z
It is hard for mortals to under
stand why such a man should be,
Etaken from US in such a way and att
*fsuch a time. It is a mystery that
we cannot understand. But
''God moves in a mysterious way
4 His wonders to perform"
We must bow with meekness to
His will. We thank Him that the
President was spared so long as he
Twas. His patience and courage has
taught us a great lesson. And in
the presence Of the. great affection
the hearts Of the people have been
drawn together and softened, and all
bitterness and hatred seem to have
been forgotten. Now as we gather
around his grave together and weep
over his remains, may we
not renew our allegiance
to our common country, and swear
come what will, that the Union shall
be preserved With this feeling
animating the people, foreign foes, in
ternal discussions and the bloody as
sassin's act will be powerlessto shake
us. And it may be, God only knows
! that it was necessary for us to be
chastened in order to arouse this
feeling in the hearts of the American
people, which is to be in the future s
strong fortress against all assaults
from whatever source. And then
in coming years, the name of Garfield
will be inseperably coupled witt
that of Washington and Lincoln
We know that He who gave us Gar
l. field, and Whose watchful care ha:
been so signally around and abou
us from the earliest days Of the re
public, knows what is best for us, an(
! that in His mercy, this sad event viii
be overruled for the national good
Gcd grant that it may be SO.
While we weep over the death O
the President. what must bt
j the feelings of his dear, de
)! voted, precious wife, hisp aged
] mother and his bereaved orphans
Words can never paint the darl
shadow which hangs over that house
hold. Only few months ago, il
5 their quiet Mentor home it was one
) of the happiest imaginable. It was
!. model of domestic bliss. But oh
the pangs of grief that rend thos'
n hearts. The Vulnerable woe tina
j oyerwhelms the bereaved! HOY
/ tenderly and anxiously have the,
watched the husband, father an,
3 son, in his almost superhuman strug
gle with death! So full of hop
they ii have refused when al
& others have despeired to be
lieve that the King of Terror
could take away the idol Of thei
4 hearts. Who can tell the force 0
i, the terrible shock they have sus
Il tanned? May the God of the wido,
! and the orphan, Who takes motto
even of the little sparrow that falletl
to the ground, and Who tempers tn
Fl wind to the shorn lamb, comfort an
sustain them in this dark hour O
distress! 5
The people Of the United States are S
we'll acquainted with the life and history c
James A. Garfield that biographies
!, sketch seems almost asuperfuity. But b
was the highest type of American man
hood and ono of tho hri o. bfnat stars in III