Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-27
From WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Guzette
WASHINGTON. D. O., Feb. 81, 1852.

ID, Garfield m:mo,i. services il prsgrtss
thtrs. Log before loon, the htut at which
!hoss services comnanoea, psopl, b;gan to
assemble about The eos: fron. IF tho Capitol,
the only ironS open today, ard by the time
that hour had arrived cot oily every seat upon
the floor and 10 the galleries cf tho House but
tvary iroh Of standing room therein WIS cccu-
pied, while the doors thereto and toe sojsoen.
parts Of tGc corridors were blocked o. by
people unable to csin admission. The army
| and naVg ofEaeIs. who bad received the special
| thsDks OF Coogrtss. 10 full unifJrm, sud the
| members ct the foreign diplomatic corps, 10
| their official crtss. Occupied seals Immediately
| 10 front Of the Speakers desb. AS the hands
CT tho clock ndica:ed II o'clock tho Speaker
raped the HOUSE. TO cricr. end 10 few words
stated tho Oh lot Ct the ceremonies, and had
the resolution adopted by tho House 10 relation
tbersto read By the Ulsrk. The PfoEidsnt
and nambsrs OF the Senate then entered the
msin isIe e1d took tho sea.s lhlt hsd
been set apart from them. to tho right
of that aisle. Tho procession Of Sens
tors vas hesdcd by Senator Merrill, s1d
Senator Malone sapiog upon the srm OF Sal
stor Va1 Wytk broush: up the rear. After
tic Senator'S Etr, seated ths Chief Juatico snd
Asslcis!e Justices OF tho Supreme Court er-
tered By tho same DOR, cad Vere seated in
frcnt IF the Senators. Tbeu followed tho
| Presidcai. ssso,lcd by Senator Sherman Of
| tbs c;nmlttce CT errsrgenen's and by Mr.
| Cyrus w. Field. Ho was dressed taultlassIy
10 ESQ black, patent leather boots, und.essed
kid gcvas with Just enough display ct white
cuff'. His IN raooe WGs received with slight
cIsrpi1S of hands sTorg the republican men,
bers OF the House, who thus With extremely
hsd s5.c 81 cd the OCCASION of tue funersl
ceremonies ct oao PNs,dent es tee time fer
nrp iud!rg tho MAJ who had III needed to his
plac, sy m,aos Ct tbs lottery of assassination.
Fira'ly. the cr,!or CT The day. Mr.. Blaine
entered. Ia Was nlso e;c!rted By Senator
Saermsa, snd was followed by bis saunoh
friend snd ally. NJ. w. h. ChesdIcr. His
friends I'm 'rg tho republican Co9grssscaeD
we're tq1sllg es I:dacUrous, snd exhibited es
| much bsl .asfo G5 Lhtso Of tho President for
they GAYS him a rcu1a tf applause. The
| Ptcsidous Ct tho Seoato then tock the Spsck
| er'e hsir. ead Rev. Dir. Power having deIivet-
cd 90 appropriate payer, Dir. Blaine was pie
eoutcd aEd p.tc!cded at once to read slowly and
delib;r ll;lS !tGm msEusc!ip'. on mourning
pap.!, !Gia address which o?mmeloee S. f0,-
lows:
h1r. p:&si l:n; For The md tino il this
gsnCIa,io til, gras: departments OF the Gov
ernn"Dt Ct rho Uai:td Safes aro assembled in
the Hal Ct Representatives to do hocor 10 tho
memory cf murdered President Lincoln fell
Ct toe c'osa OF laisby s'ruggl, 10 which the
passions e n:a had bosn deeply stirred. The
traRisal tcrnics i>a st bis great lito added tut
naotheT 20 the eui hsnad succession Of horrors
Whci hsd marked 80 many liotals with tie
blood If tho iirs. bin. GsrGeld Vas slain 10
day OF psec., when brother had bsea recoDoiIed
to brother. snd Whsa anger aad hate had baer
barishcd tto.a the lend. 'Whoever shall
hereafter traw tho portrait of murder, it he
will show i. es i: hes been exhibited where such
oxEDp!o WAC last to hav, b,cn looked for, lst
him not gi7s Il the grim v!ssge Ct Moloea, ths
brow knitted by revenge, the fac, black
With sealed hs.r. LIT him draw, rather,
q dooOroIs smooth fsced, blocdlcss demon not
so muoa an example ofhuman nature 10 lis de-
pravlty and 10 ts psrox7sn5 of cfims, as an ic-
fsrnal baiug, f, nd ia the ordinary display esd
| development ct bis charsoer."
Mr.. Blsns tbea entered upon the life and
character of the he President, saying, among
olh,f thirg', that Thousands of resders have
imagined him as the ragged, Starving child,
whose reality TOO often grsets tbs eye 10 the
squalid sections tf our lGrgs cities. General
GsrGeds Infancy and youth had none of their
dcstiution, no1e ofthef pi!iiul features appeal
ing to the tender hsar! Gnd 70 tho open hsud of
charity. lie Vas poor hey 10 The same sense
in which Henry Clay WIS poor boy ; in which
Andrew Jackson vas a poor boy 10 Which
Daniel Webster was poer boy 10 the sense
in which largo moi ,!i;y Of the emoen! men
of America 10 oil gsneratio3s have ben poor
boys"
With ressrd to tho division OF the republican
| rortu intn bal nd hail hon .;J.
| Tho political cvarts Tlioh disturbed tho
Presidents serenity for many weeks before that
tatefai day il July. f.rn al important chapter
10 bis career, AID, iI bis own Judgment il
volved q1estioos OF princpls aud of right which
are Vltaily Essential to the constitutional admiI-
is!rs,ion Of the fed rel Government. II would
b out Of pace hero and ncw to speak The
language ct controversy: but tho events re-
teIred 10, however they may c3ntirus to bs
| source of cop!cniln With oihere, tavs becom.,
90 far as Garfield is oocc:roed, as much mat
ter of histerg Us his hrreisn a. Cbickamouga or
bis il usricus s;rs;c 10 The Hous'. D,tail is
DOT nesdfa. aod nerso1al sutsg )aism shall not
b, rekn!l:d By ary word uttered tc-lay.
Tho monvis Of those opposing him ere not to
b, here advsrSely interpreted nor thtir course
barshI5 charac;'rzsd. Bat of Tho dead Prcsi
dco; tits is TO be- sale, AID said b cause bis
| oTn speech is forever siletccd sud ne On be
| DO mcrc heard txc:Dt through the fidelity Gnd
tho I0ye If .u:vislog fricndl: From tho begin
ming to tho cad Of the controversy ha 80 much
dcrloTcd. tie President wts nevor Tor QUO nc
ment aa u.lcd h7 atty n,otvJ of gsin 10 hinsoI
| or Ct loss 10 o;h>rs. Lssss of oil weo did he
hsrb;r e7crg' rartlT dia he even show resent
man., AID msl;c, Vas not 10 his nature. Hs
was ooDeeoia;l3 employed cIly in the exchange
Of good ofi,es AID he doi1g ct kindly doods.-
TheEo was Dot an hour ftcm the beginiog of
the trouble ill the fatal saos enterod his body,
when tho President would not gladly, for ths
sake Of restoring hsrmeDy. have retrsoed ary
step no had tukeo if euoh rstr.c.ng had merely
involved cons.qloao,s personal 10 bmselt.
Tbs pride Of clIs!s:cncy. or any supposed sense
| ct humiliation thst might result from surscn-
de.ina bis posi;ion. had not feathers weight
With hin, No Ea2 Wss over lass sabjeos 10
su,a itRoscoes from within or without. But
after most aCxcu5 dsIib ration aDd the coolest
survey cf al the circumstances, he solmnly BE-
nd khSk IN trp IL