Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-28

in DEATH For no cause, in the very frenzy
of wantonness and wickedness, by the red
hand of murder, he was thrust from the
full tide of this worlds interest, from its
hopes, its aspirations, its victories, into the
visible presence of death-and be did not
auail, Not alone in one short moment in
which, stunned and dazed, he could give
up life, hardly aware of its relinquish ment
but th rough the days of deadly lsnguor,
through weeks of agony, that was not less
agony because silently borne, with clear
open grave. What blight and ruin met
his anguished eyes, whose lips may tell
what brilliant, broken plans, what BAN ed,
high mbitions what sundering of strong,
warm, manhood friendships, what bitter
rending of sweet household ties! Behind
him a proud, expectant nation, gTe eat host
of sustaining friends. a cherished and happy
mother. wearing the full. rich honors
of her early tolls and tears; the
wife of his youth, whose whole
life lay in HIS the little boys
not yet emerged from childhood days of
frolic ; the fair, young daughter the stur-
dy sons just springlng into closest compaL-
ionship, claiming every day and every day
rewarding fathers love and care; and in
meet all demand. Before him, desolatien
and great darkness And his soul was not
shaken. His countrymen were thrilled
with instant profound and universal SYM
patty. Masterful in his mortal weakness,
he became the center of a nations love, en-
shrieed in the prayers of q world. But all
the love and ali the sympathy could not
share with him his suffering He trod the
wine>press alone. W it'll unfalterihg front
he faced death. With unfailing tender
ness De took leave of life. Above the de
mohiac hiss of the assassin's bullet he heard
the voice of God With simple resignation
he bowed to the Divine decree.
As the end drew near, his early craving
FOR the sea returned, The stately mansion
of power had been TO him the wearisome
hospital of ain. and he begged TO be taken
sitting air, from its homelessness and its
hopelessness Gently, silently the love of
great people bore the pale sufferer to the
longed for healing of the sea, TO live or to
die. IS God should will, within sight of its
heaving pillows, with the sound of its man
fold voices, With wan, fevered face ten
terly lifted to the cooling breeze, he look ed
out wistfuliy upon the oceans changing
wonders +; on its far sails, whitening IN the
morning light; on its restless waves, rolling
shoreward to break and die beneath the
MONDAY sun; on the red clouds of even
ing, arching low to the horizon on til esq
rene and shining pathway of the stars. Let
us think that his dying eyes read mystic
meaning which only the rapt and parting
soul may know. Let us believe that in the
| silence of the receding world he heard the
great waves breaking on further shore,
and felt already upon his wasted brow the
breath of the eternal morning.
The euiogy was concluded at 1:50 o'clock,
having taken just one hour and a-half in its
delivery. AS Mr. Blaine gave utterance to
the last solemn words the spectators broke
into storm of applause which was not
hushed for some moments.
The address was listened to with an in
tense interest and in solemn silence, I'M
broken by any sound except by a sigh of
relief such as arises from large audience
when strong tension is removed from
their minds when the orator passed from
his allusion to the differences existing in the
Republican party last spring.
The benediction was then offered by Rev.
DIR. Bulloch, chaplain of the Senate. The
Marine Band played the Garfield Dead
March" as the invited guests filed out of
the chamber in the same order in which they
had entered it.
The Senate was the last to leave, and
then the House was called to order by the
Speaker.
MIR. Mckinley, of Ohio, Altered resolu-
ton of thanks to MIR. Blaine for his master
ly address. which was unanimously adopted
The House then adjourned.