The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-03-18

of the controversy he so mnch de-
7 plored, the President wGs never
for one moment actuated by any
motive Of gain to himself, ur loss
to others. Least of all men did
he harbor revenge, rarely did he
J ever show resentment, and malice
was not in his nature. He was
congenially employed only in the
exchange Of good offices and the
doing of kindly deeds.
Surely il happiness can ever
come from the honors or triumphs
OF this 0rld, on tfiat quiet J0ly
morning James A. Garfield may
well have been a happy man. No
fOreboding of evil haunted him;
no slightest premonition of dan
ger clouded his sky. His terrible
fate was upon him IN an instant
One moment he stood erect,
strong, confident in the years
stretching peacefully out before
him. The next he lay wounded,
bleeding, helpless, doomed to
weary weeks of torture, to 81
lence and the grave.
Great IN life, he was SURPRISING.
ly great 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 it's hopes, it's as
, pirations, it's victories, into the
| visible presence Of death-and he
: did not quail. Not alone for the
+ one short moment in which,
+, stuaned and dazed, be could give
+. up life, hardly aware of it's re-
! linquishment, but through days
I, Of deadly langour, through weeks
Of agony, that was not less agony
: because silently bourne, with clear
7 sight and calm courage, he looked
1 into his open grave. With blight
0 and rain he met his anguished
J. eyes, whose lips may tell--what
Y brilliant, broken plans, what baf-
p fed high ambitions, what sud-
d dening Of strong, warm, man
. hoods friendships, what bitter
Y rending Of sweet. household ties
o Behind a proud, expectant na-
3 tioD, a great host of sustaining
g friends, a cherished and happy
n mother, wearing the full, rich hon
& ors of her early toll and tears
: the wife 0f his youth, whose wholi
: life lay in his; the little boys no
g vet emerged from childhood'l
y day Of frolic; the fair young
Ie daughter; the sturdy sons JUS
t. springing into closest companion
i ship. claiming every day ant
ss every day rewarding a father
20 love and care, and in his hear
a the eager rejoicing power to NEE
pc all demand. Before him, desola
1t tion and great darkness! An.
re his soul was not shaken. Hi
ed countrymen were thrilled wit
I'd instant, profound and universe
ry sympathy. Masterful IL his MOI
NJ tai weakness, h0became the Gel
he tire Of q nations love, enshrine
r. ia the prayers Of a world. Br
'p- all the love and all the sympath
he could not share with him his su
'ry fering., He trod the wine.pre'
he alone. With unfaltering front
of faced death. With unfailing ter
AT derness he took leave OF lif
i've Above the demoniac hiss OF I'll
ow assassin's bullet he heard Il
all voice of God. With simple r
yas signation he bowed to the Divli
ION decree.
fu- AS the end drew near, his ear
nd craving for the sea returned. "
lde stately mansion of power hi
becn to him the wearisome no
lis. pital of pain, and he begged to
,ity taken from it's prison walls, trC
.tal it's oppressive, sitting air, frc
ant its homelessness and its hopeles
his ness. Gently, silently, the 10
ons Of a great people bore the pi
Iich sufferer to the long-for healing
,on. the sea, to live or to die, ss q
the should will, within sight OF
'uld healing billows, within sound
the it's manifold voices. With vi
the feyered face tenderly lifted to
hey cooling breeze, he looked {
} Of wistfully upon the oceans char
be. ing wonders; on it's far so
ION. whitening in the morning llg
his, on its restless waves, roll
nps shoreward to break and die
The meath the monday sun on
and red clouds of evening, arch
|; be low to the horizon; on the ser
to- and shining pathway OF
op- stars. Let US think that his
,seIy ing eyes read a mystic mean