The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-03-09


public men to Which ne belonged has centrib-
uted SO much that will be valuable for fu ture
reference Ills sueeches are numerous, many
/ of them Urifliait; all Of them well studied
car fully phrased and exhaustive nt the SUD
/ scattered pages OF ninety royal octave vol
unIes Of CdnggessioIial fecofd, they would
present an ilivaluaBle coufpeudiuTnof Of tire 20.
\ htcal history Of the most important era
I tlIrougH Witch the National Government has
ever 11tsssds wien tlle History Of tlIis period
latlOns measures OF recon nstTtfctiol1 projection
/ of HUMAN ri ghts, amendments TO the Co1fSl
! TUITION, maintenance of pablic credit. be re-
/ viewed, unsurrOunded by prejudice and dis
| CONNIE ted from pslFtisanisIn, the speeches Of
4 ana WI be found to- comprise. a vast naga-
| zine Of fact and aiFument, Of clear analysis
asthority were accessible his speeclfes III tile
Honse OF RepreseHtatives from lieeem3ef
/ history anu complete defeuse of the siriinors
/ tant legislation of the seventeen eyentfui
| years that constitute his parliameu utarE htes
4 Far beyond that, his speeches would be found
to forecast many great measures yet to be
completed, m aasures which he knew were be
! yond the public opinion of the hour, but
/ which he confidently believed would secure
popular approval Within the ioeFioa of has
/ own lifetime aid BY the aid of his own efforts.
| Differing As Garfield does from the brilIiaRt
/ hfs eoufitefl}art sfIisSvbere III the record ol
| American public life. He perhaps more nearly
resembles Mr.. seward IN his supreme fatftI IT
had had the love Of ieainn and the patient m
! dustry of Investigation to which John Quincy
! Adams owes his prominence and his presi-
/ deney. He had some of those ponderous ele-
/ Inents of life which distinguished Mr.. Web
ster, r,-and which in all our public life have left
/ the great Massachusetts Senator without an
In English p ai'lialnentary history, as IN our
own, the lealers in che House OF Commons
| present points of essential differences from
! Garfield, but some of his methods recall the
| best features in the strong, independent
course ofrsir Robert Peel, aud striking resem-
bla11ces are discefnibls in that Most pfoHtis-
! ing of mpdetn conservatives who died toG
early for his country and his fame; the LORD
| George BenhuGk. H6 had all of BurkeSs love
| for the sublime and the beautiful, With possf-
bly, Something Of lis superaB and IN
his faith and his magnanin1ity fi his power Of
statement, in his subtle analysis, in his fault
| less logic, in his love of literature, in his
| minded of that great English Statesman OF to-
day who, confronted with. obstacles that
would daunt any but the dauntless. reviIed
by those whom he would relieve as bitterly as
by those whose supposed rights he, Is fQrcel l
| 70 invade, still labQrs with serene courage for
| the amelioration of Ireland and for the lfonQf
of the English name. Gafdeld's nom nation
to the Presidency. while not predicted or an
His prominence in Congress- his solid quail
ties, his wide reputation strengthened by his
then recent election as Senator from Ohio,
! kept him in the public eye as a uIaH occupy
! ing the very highest rank among those en-
titled to be called statesmen. 1t was not mere
chance that brought him this high power.
| 1--WE must says Mr. Emerson, tAteckon sue
cess a constitutional trait If Eric is in robust
health and has slept we'll and is at the top of
his condition and thirty years old, at his de
parture from Greenland he will steer we st
and his ships will reach New Found1and, but
take Eric out and put in q stfong ger and b0lder
man and tile ships will sail 900, 200, ,500u1tlos
farther and reach Labrador and New Eng
land There Il no chauce IN results. as as a y
candidate Garfield steadily grew in popular
ton at the very hour Of his nomination, and
it continued with increasing volume and mo
mentum until the close Of his victorious cain
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can cepsure 'scape; back @ounafng calumuy
The whitest virtue strikes What King so
Can tie the gan up in the slanderous tongueP
Under it all he was caiud and strong apd
confident; never lost his self-pOsseSsion; did
no unwise act; spoke no hasty or iIrconsid
cred word. Indeed, nothing in his whole life
| is more remarkable or more creflitable than
his bearing through those five full months OF
vituperation-a prolonged agony OF trial to a
sensitive man, a constant and cruel draft up
on the powers ofmorsd endurance. Thegreat
mass OF these uni jast imputations passed un-
noticed, and with the general debris OF the
campaign, fell into OBLIVION. But in a few IN
stances the iron entered his soul and be died
with the injury unforgotteu if not unforgiven.
One act of Garheld's candidacy was .unprece-
! dented. Never before in the history of patti
san contests in this country had q successful
ing events and current issues. 70 attempt
anything of the kind seemed novel, fash and
even desp crate. The older class of voters re-
called the unfortunate Alabama letter, in
which Mr.. Clay was SUPPOSED to have signed
bere bg G9s}ai s6 the qeast g y gsS Moh
Gen. Scott lost large share of his popularity
before his nomination, ana the untortunate
speeches which rapidly consumed the re-
mainder.~ The younger voters haet seen Mr..
Greeley, in a series of vigorous and original
addresses, preparing the pathway for his own
defeat. Unmindful of these warnings,
needing the advice of friends, Garfield spoke
New W York, IN August, tt a gfeat at M n1uititde in
that citys to delegauons and depueiltlons OF
summer and autumn With inIiunieraijle
critics, watchful and eager to catch phrase
or sentence that might be distorted, 70 his
own or his party's injury, Garfield did not
trip or halt in any one OF his seventy speech :
es This seems all the more remarkable
when it is remembered that he did not write
what he said, and yet spoke with such logical
cOnsecutiveness of thought and such admira-
bic precision of phrase as to defy the acct
dent of misreport and the malignity of mis-
representation.
In the beginning of his Presidential life
Garf1eld's experience dfd.not yield him pleas
ure or satisfaction The duties that engross
distastefltl to him and were unfavorabsy con-
trasted with his legislative work. Il 4ave
been dealing all these years with ideas" he
impatientlY exclaimed one day, and here /
am dealing with only Personsi have been
cipIes of government, and here I am consid-
erfng all day whethef A or B shall be appoint
seeking some practical way of correcting the
evils arising from an oYergrown and uns
and often discussed by him. but whose mag
nitude had been more deeply impressed upoh
his mind since his accession to the Presiden-
cy. Had he lived, comprehensive improve
ment in the mode of appointment and in the
re-of- Office would nave been proposed by
him. and with the aid OF Congress no doubt
perfected. But while many OF the executive
duties were not grateful to him, he was assid-
uOuS and conscientious in their discharge.
From the very outset he exhibited admfnis-
trative talent of a high order. He grasped the
helm of office with the hand of q fnaster In
this resDect. indeed. he constantly sf1rDrfsed
many who were most intimately. associated
with him in the Government and Especially
xyf4 hqd Ia hn lark
ing in the executive faculty. His disposition
of business was orderly and rapid. His power
of analysis and his skill in classification en-
abied him to dispatch vast mass of details
with singular promptness and ease. His Cab
clear presentation of official subjects, his
well-cOnsidered suggestions of topics on
which discussion was invited; his quick de-
cisions, when all had been heard, combined
to show thOrOughness OF mental training as
rare a. MS htttlIai dDlIIty isIi9 ,5 9
adaptation to new and enlarged held OF Ia
Dqr.
heritanees of the war, with a cool calculation
of the obstacles in his WAY, tmpelled always
by generous enthusiasm, t5arfeld conceived
that much might be done ~ ms adInlhlstfa-
tfon toward restoring harmony between the
different sections of the Union. lie was snx
iOus to go South and speak to the people. As
early a. A pFil he had Intellectually endeayOr-
ell to arrange for trip to Nashville, whittier
again disappointed q few weeks later, to find
that he could not go TO south Caroline, TO
attend the Centennial celebration of the
victory of the Cowpens. But for the aHtumu
he definitely counted on being present at
three memorable assemblies in the south
the celebration at Yorktown, the opening of
the cotton exposition at Atlanta, and the
meeting of the Army Of the Cumberland at
Chattanooga He was already turning
over in his mind his addresses for each
occasion, and the three taken together,
he said TO friend, gave him the exact scope
and verge which he needed. At Yorktown
he would have before him the associations of
100 years that bound the South and North in
the sacred memoEysot q common danger and
a common victory. At atlanta he would pre-
sent the material interest and the industrial
development, which appealed TO the thrift
and Independence of every hOusehOufd, and
which should unite the two sections by the
instinct of self-interest and self defense. At
Chattanooga he would revive the memories
of the war only to show that after all ifs dis
aster and AL its suffering. the county, was