Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-09-25

Fitting Tribute to the Memory of Our
Deceased President.

| Judge G. G. Goodwin, of the Sa
Lake Tribune, who is well known to tn
people of Carson, as we'll as the Who'll
coast, as gentleman Of remarkable lit
erary ability, furnishes the followin
article on the death of President Jane
A. Garfield:
The fear that has been in all tru
hearts for weeks, has not been ground
less. It was premonition. The mag
nificent vitality, the nerve power which
seemed inexhaustible, and the sublime
courage of President Garfield, only
availed to prolong his sufferings.
After lowering for seventy-nine days
between life and death, last evening
the angel which is the brother of Sleep
touched his lips and the strong, warm
heart grew still. 1t is the most fearful
event in our history, since the blood of
our great Lincoln was demanded to
cement and make eternal restored
Union. And this death Of President
Garfield is more pitiable than was that
of Mr.. Lincoln. The fame of the latter
was complete. 1t would have been
almost impossible to add single bay to
his brow. When his benumbed hand
forsook the helm, the hurricane had
passed, and around him were only the
dying surges which had been awakened
by the storm. They were dangerous,
it is true, but the dawn had come, and
the "cannonading'' of the cyclone had
ceased. But President Garfield, strong
in intellect, noble in purpose, imbued
with intense patriotism, perfectly versed
in the needs of the country, with mind
and heart intent upon making the peo-
pie more happy and more loving; just
as we were entering on career which
seemed cloudless, and which was full of
promises of Unreasonable and lasting
triumphs, was stricken down, and after
more than eleven weeks of suffering is
taken away. 1t is pitiable beyond ex-
preston, and the memory of the cour-
age, and patience and gentleness with
which the dauntless sonl faced the ap-
proach of death, adds to the unspeaka-
Die sorrow which, at this moment,
irapes with Grape the door Of civiliZa
ion, and makes the homes of 50,O00,-
700 of people, everyone, house Of
Voltaire, writing of Henry ", said :
Should faithful picture of his illus
rious character be drawn in the hear
ng of a judicious foreigner who had
lever before been acquainted with his
lame, and should the narrator conclude
hot fhic OF 1oy,rfh
mated in the midst Of his people by a
,erson to whom he had never done any !
injury, it would be impossible for him
0 believe it,"
The case has gloomy parallel in our
wn country to-day. Had the President
zen seized with sickness and died;
lad he, by rail or ship, met with a
atal accident, the people, while they
nourned, would have remembered that
Presidents, like all other mortals, have
o signet by which death may be
ribed to turn aside, and, while sorrow
az, would have been resigned. But
his assassination this thought that
he Chief Magistrate of this free land,
moment when his great, warm
cart was exulting with health and
ope; that at such moment mis-
reant should steal up behind and muir
er him, is one that makes every man
l the Republic feel that he has been
disgraced and wrOnged;
nat his native land has been dishon-
red before the world that an injury
as been inflicted for which no ade-
uate remedy or restitution is possible,
nd that loss has been sustained that
wholly irreparable. Through the
ouds which surround their narrow
isions there are no kindly stars shin
g, and in their darkness and sorrow
ley cannot fathom why this tragedy
as permitted.
AT this moment it is sufficient to say,
le President is dead. The announce
ent is sufficient to fill with tears the
yes of milliens, to put the Nation in {
burning. It is the saddest message I
at has smitten the ears of the Ameri- !
n people for 16 years. !
But there is triumph even in this i
'ur of grief, triumph which each !
ne soul in the Republic feels as an /
ldertone to the miserere which it is
anting. 1t is the thought that from J
e woods of Ohio, a boy could come n
rth, nameless and fortuneless, with 8
t family, without influence, with Fl
thing but his strong arm, quick brain Il
d bold hopes which are the birthright n
American boys, and challenging the t.
Ugh world for a contest at the call r