The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04

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He was congenialiy employed only in the
of good offices and the d"ing
of kindly deeds. There ,";'e not an hour,
FROM the beginning Of the trouble till
the fatal Snot entered his BODY. when the
resident would not glail,. for the sake
OF restoring harmony. have fttrare'! any
sep ne had taken if such retracing had
merely involved Consequences personal
/" himself. The prjdc ~ consistency. on
any supposed scil~r of Humiliation that
bright result from spriendelin his posi-
ton hai not a feathers weight with
him No man was ever less subject to .
such influences from within or from with !
ont. But after most anxious dciibera- .
tlnn and the coolest survey OF all the cir /
cunStanccs lie sulemnly believed that the /
true prerogativeS of the Executive We're .
involved i'll the Issue which had been .
raised. and that he wou''! ha untaithful ,
to his supreme obligation il ne failed to
maintain. in all their vignr. the constitu- /,
tional rights and diguites of his great
office He believed this III all the con- /
victionS o. conscience when in sound and |.
vigorous health. and he believed it in
his suffering and prostratiou i'll the last
conscious thought which his wearied /
Ini"d bestowed on the transltory struS
giles of life.
his RELIGION.
The religious element in Gartield'S /
character was deep and earnest. In his
early youth he eSpouSel the faith of the
Disciples. Il sect of that great BAPTIST
communion. which i'll different eccleSias-
-: Ia nd
50 influential throughout all parts of the
Cuited States. But the broadening ten
dencY of his mind and his active spirit
OF inquiry were early apparent and car
eel him beyond the dogmas Of sect aud
the restraints of association. But how
ever high Garfield reasoned of " fixed
fate, free will. loreknowledge absolute,
he was never separated from the Chu,ci.
OF the Disciples IL his affections and IN
his associations. For him it was the gate
Of Heaven.
Not many weeks before his assaSsina-
tinn, walking on the banks of the Poto-
mae with Il friend, and cnnvCrSiilg on
those topics of personal reliGin concern
ing which noble natures have an uncon-
uuerable reserve, he said that he found
the Lords Prayer and the simple petit
tinns learned III infancy infinitely rcsttul
IL him. not merely i'll their stated rcpeti-
tipn. bat in their casual and frequent re
call as he went about the daily duties of
Lie. Certain texts ni Scriptures had a
very strong hold on his memory and his
heart. and ne had made Il special study
nf the Epistle IT, the Romans. the eighth
chapter Of which was especially interest
Ing to him.
THE TRAGEDY,
On the morning of Saturday. july Pad.
the President WAS a cnntented and happy
man--not in an ordinary degree. but joy
fUlly. almost bovishly happy. On his
way TO the railroad station. to which he
drove >luwl:. i'll conscious enjoyment of
the beautiful morning, with an unwonted
sense of leisure ana a keen anticipation
OF pleasure. his talk was I'LL III the CRATE
ful and grdtulatory vein. He felt that
after four months of trial his administra-
ton WAS strong in its grasp of affairs
strong i'll popular favor. and dtStined to
grow stronger; that grave difficulties
confronting him at Ills inauguration had
been safely passed; that trouble lay be-
hind him aud not before him: that he
was soon to meet the wife whom he
loved nov receiving from an illness which
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