The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-28

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{ ems was the animating spirit and til
unguestioned leader.
k From these three great men Garfield
differed radically, differed In the quality Q
: his mind, in temperament, In the form AM
Q phase Of ambition. He could not do wha
: they did, but he could do what they coulI
/ not, and in the breadth Of his Congrcssion
+ al work he left that which will longer ex
) ert q potential influence among men, ant
/ which, measured by the severe test o
posthumous criticism, Will secure NOR
, enduring and more enviable fame.
, Those unfamiliar with Gafields indus
try, and ignorant OF the details OF his work
may, In some degree, measure them by thu
: annals oil Congress. No one Of the genera
ton OF public men OF which he belonged
has contributed 30 much that VIII DO val
liable Tor future reference. His speeches
are numerous, many Of them brilliant, al
, OF them well studied, carefully phrased
and ex haustlve Of the subject under con
stdentton. Collected from the scattered
pages Of ninety royal octave volumes o
Congressional Record, they would presen
an invaluable compendium OF the poltttca
history 1.-THE most important era through
, which the national government has passed
When the history OF this period shall bt
impartially written, when war legislation
measures Of reconstruction, protection @
human rights, amendments TO tue constt
tuition, maintenance Of public credit steps
towards specie resumption, true theories o.
revenue may be reviewed, unsurrounded
ny prejudice and disconnected from parti-
zantsm, the speeches OF Garfield Will be es-
timated at their true value, and will be
found to comprise 9 vast magazine, Of fact
and argument, Of clear analysis and sound
conclusion. Indeed, II no other authority
were accessible his speeches IN the House
OF Representatives from December, 1868,
70 June, 1880, would give well connected
history and complete defense oil the i'm
portant legislation Of the seventeen event
iul years that constitute his Parliamentary
lie: Far beyond that, his speeches would
be found TO forecast many great measures,
yet to be completedImeasures which he
knew were beyond the public opinion OF
the hour, but which he confidently believed
would secure popular approval within the
period OF his own lifetime, and by the aid
oil his own efforts.
differing, as Garfield does, from the
brilliant parliamentary leaders, 1t Is not
easy to find his counterpart anywhere in
the record oil American public life, He
perhaps more nearly resembles Mr.. Seward
in his supreme faith in the all-conquering
power oil principle. He had the love OF
learning, and the patient industry Of in
yestlgation, to which John Quincy Adams
owes his prominence and his Presidency.
He had some OF those ponderous elements
OF mind which distinguished MIR. Webster,
and which indeed, in all our public life
have lett the great Massachusetts Senator
without an intellectual peer.
In English Parliamentary history, as in
our own, the leaders IN the House Of Com.
mons present points OF essential difference
from Garfield. But some OF his methods
recall the pest features in the strong, indie
pendent course oil Sir Robert Peel, and
striking resemblances are discernable in
that most promising Of modern Conserva-
tives, who died too early for his country
and his fame, the Lord George Bentinck.
He had all OF Burke's love for the Sublime
and the Beautiful, with, possibly, something
oil his superabundance; and in his faith and
his magnanimlty, in his power OF state.
ment, in his subtle analysis, in his faultless
logic, in his love OF literature, in his wealth
and world Of illustration, one is reminded
Of that great English statesman OF to-day,
who, confronted with obstacles that would
daunt any but the dauntless, reviIed by
those whom lie would relieve as bitterly us
by those whose supposed rights he is forced
to invade, still labors with serene courage
for the ameiiorltion OF ireland. and for the
honor Of the English name
GorRaI6ia roISinotio,, ~ .I,o p.o,;lo,..
Snsa ~ nsad;ntoJ ~ " NY IesISency,
not surprise to the country. His promi-
hence in Congress, his solid qualities, his
wide reputation, strengthened by his then
recent election as Senator from Ohio. kept
him in tho public eye as a man occupying
the very highest rankamong those entitled
| TO be called statesmen. 1t was not mere
chance that brought him this high honor.
I'VE must" says Mr.. Emerson, "reckon
success constitutional trait. II Eric is in
robust health and has slept well and is at
the top OF his condition, and thirty wears
old at his departure from Greenland, he
will steer west aud his ships will reach
New Foundland. But take Eric out and
put in a stronger and holder man and the
ships will sail six hundred, one thousand,
fifteen hundred miles farther and reach
Labrador and New England. There is no
chance in results"
Asa candidate, Garfield steadily grew in
popular favor. He was met with storm
Of detraction at the very hour Of his
nomination, and it continued with increas-
ing volume and momentum until the close
Of his victorious campaign:
No nigh! no! greatness ill mortality
Tbe Sbi,es yTS Sies %SnS faamny
Can lie the gHl up ii the sunicFons tongue nSSH'
Under it all he was calm and strong, and
confident; neyerlost his self.possession, did
no unwise act, spoke no hasty, or ill-con-
sidered word. Indeed nothing In his
whole life is more remarkable or more
creditab'e than his bearing through those
Ave full months Of vituperation-a pro-
longed agony Of trial to n sensitive man, a
constant and cruel draft upon the powers
Of moral endurance, The great mass Of