Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-03-09
BLAINE'S EULOGY.
Memorial Services at the National Capt.
tai COmmemorating the Life
Of Garfield.
Eloquent and !Fervent Address Of Hon,
James G. Blaine, EulOgiEiug
His Career,

this generation the great departments of the
government of the United States are Assem-.
bhed1n the hall OF representatives., to render
hoaor to the memory of murdered preS-
Gent Lincoln fell at the close of mighty
struggle, in which the passions of men had
'Deen deeply stirred. The tragical termina.
tlon of this great life odds but another to
the heightened succession of horrors, which
has marked too many mortas with the
hloed of the first born. Garfield was
slsin in day of peace, when brother
had been reconciled to brother, and
when anger ard hate had been ban.
lished from the land. Whoever
shall hereafter draw the portrait OF mur.
der, let him not give the grim visage OF
Molach-the brow knitted by revenge, the
face black with hate. Let him draw q
rather decorus, smooth faced, bloOdes,
demon, net so much an example OF human
nature tp Its depravity and in its porox
ysms oFcrime, as an internal being, a iiend
ia tbs Ordinary display and
DEVELOPMENT OF HIS CHARACTER.
from the landing of the pilgrims at Ply
mouth, or the uprising against Charles l.,
about 10000 emigrants came from Old Eug.
Hand to New England. Tney came in lu--
;sut o!Eniellectual freedom and eclesiasictl Al
llndoy endence, rather than for, worldly
lhoror and profit. The contest for religious
Liberty began in earnest at home.
8he mau who struck the most
effective blow for the freedom OF
conscience, by saving the colonies in 1927
was raised to submit to tyranny. General
Garfield delighted to dwell on these traits,
aud during his only visit to England he
busted himself in discovering every ira It
OF his ioretasbers in the parish regis
ter and or the ancient army rolls. Sitting
with friend IN the gallary Of the house ri
'commcns enc night, after long days 'a-
Oor in tho field of research, he said, with
evident elation, thst in every war for three
cSlltgres the patriots of English blooi had
rlrVek sturdy blows for constiudiona
government and human liberty. His family
!had been represented at Marston Moor, and
at Nasby and Preston. They werp a. Bupk
er Hill, at Saratoga. at Monmouth, and hi.
own person had battled for the same grea
cause in the war which preserved the unior
OF states.
Tho Youth OF Garfield.
Losing his father before he was years
old, the early life of Garfield was one 0
privation, but its poverty has been mad
indelible and unjustly prominent, Thou
sands of readers hsve imagined him as
ragged, starving child, whose reality tor
often greets the eye IN the sQualid section
ot our large cities. General Garfield
infancy and youth had none OF their desr
tuition, none Of their fitiui future, appea.
ing to the tender heart and to the Opei
hand ofcharity. He was, in the came sens
in which Henry Clay was, q poor hoy; il
which Andrew Jackson waa, Il poor boy
in which Daniel Webster was a poor bog
in the same sense in which large Inojlfit,
of the eminent men of America, in all gen
erstions, have been, poor boys. Before
great multitude of men, in q public speech
Mr. Webster bore this testimony 1t dit
not happen to me to be born in log cabin
lbut my elder brothers and sisters We're borl
lin log cabin, and raised amid the snoy
drifts of New Hampshire, at a pelod s.
early that, when the smoke rose frs
from its crude chimney, and Curc;
OVER ThE FROZEN HILLS,
chere was no sioiilur evidence OF whit
mans habitation between it aud the set e
anents or the rivers of Canada. Its remSin
still exist. make to it an annual visit.
carry my children to it 10 teach them III
haydships endured by the generation
which have gone before them.
love to dwell on the tender reCglleC
tions, the kindred ties and early affection,
the touching narratives and incident
which mingle with all / know OF thl
primitive family abode. With a requsit
change Of the scene, the came words woul
strictly apply to the early days of Garfield
The poverty of the frontier, where al
are engaged in a common struggl,
and where common sympathy an
flearty cooperation tighten the burdens O
each, is very different poverty, diileien
In kind different in influence and effect irol
that conscious and humilia.lng indiH 1nce
which is every day forced to contras' itsel
with neighboring wealth, on which It fee
"a sense of grinding dependence,an has ih II
boundless possibility of the future alw ~
opening before it. No man ever grew u
in the agricultural regions of the Wes
where house raising or even corn husk
Ing is q matter of common interest an
helpfuness, with any other feeling thar
that Of broad minded generous nCepend
enCe. This honorable independence marke
the youth of Garfield as it marks the yout
of millions of the best blood and brain M -,
training for the future citizens nj
and future government Of IL
republic. Garfield was born =
heir TO the land, to the title Of free no,de
which has been the patent and ps Isport
self respect with the Anglo Saxon ,g6e ev
since Hengist and Horsa land Al ON ii
shores of England. His advr ,pra1re on ii
canal as an alternative bel .cfen that a,
the deck of Lake Erie sebroper waa
far better device for earni' y goney, inst
the New England boy nnsins A n5ssih
great career by sailing oeFore the mast on
coasting vessel, or naercbantmon hon,
to the farther Indies or tothe Chinos.
manly man fees any thing Of shame
looelpg. oacS 10 early struggles with a
verse clfcumste aces and no man feels
worthier pride tAsa when lie has
cof ctEsBD AN OBSTACLE
10 MS pfogr IS But no one of noble mil
desires 10 % looked upon as having occ
pied Genial position, as having been
Ptesser. bv fetlipg Of inieriority, or
navi Ae suffered the evils of poverty uu
re- .5 was found at The hand of CHART
lerleral Garlicld's youth presented no har
sinips which family love and family eper
vations which he did not cheerfuly acce
and left no memories save those whi
were recalled with delight and transmit
with profit and pride. Gariield's early G
portunities Tor securing an education We
extremely limited, and yet were suflioie
to deIelop in him an intense desire to lea,
He could read at years OF age, and ea
winter he had the advantage of the d
Efict school. He read all the boo
Tie found within the circle of his
quaintance. Some of them he got by hea
While yet in childhood, he was constn
student of the EIble, and became famili
with its literature. The dignity and earne
ness Of his speech in his mature life "a
evidence of this early training. AT
years OF age he was able to teach scho
and thenceforth his ambition was to obta
ncollege education. To this end he be
all his Efforts, working in t
harvest field, at the carpenters benC
and in the winter season teaching
the common schools of the neighborhot
While thus laboriously occupied he fou
time to prosecute his studies, and was
successful that at 90 he was able to eo
the junior class at Williams college, th
under the presidency OF the venerable a
honored Mark Hopkins. who, in the fu
ness of his powers, survived the emine
pupil to whom he was of inestimable 81
vice. The history Of Garfeld's life to u
period presents no new features. He b
undoubtedly shown perseverance,, self
lance self sacrifice and ambition, qualit
which, be It said for the
HONOR OF OUR COUNTRY,
are every where TO be found amo
the young men Of America. b
from his graduation at Willial
forward to the hour Of his tragioal dea;
Garfeld's career was eminent and exec
tional. Slowly working through his ed
caiional period, receiving hisdiploma VIII
"a years Of age, he seemed at one bound
spring into conspicuous and brilliant 81
cess. Within six years he was successive
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