Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-03-02
Mr.. BIaine's EulOgy.
Press COMMENTS.
From the Bangor Wing and Courier. I

From the Bangor Wing and Courier.
With little exaggeration We might say that
fifty millions Of people stood with bowed
heads and bated breath TO catch the words Of
nobler Antony in praise Of one more worthy
and beloved than Cesar. How grandly, yet
how tenderly and faithfully the labor Of love
and duty was performed 1t is needless to say,
while the glowing text invites tie admiration
Of every reader.
With q self abnegation tina. would lead
none to suspect that the speaker had lowered
in conceded leadership through the period
whose crowns he places all upon the grave Of
his departed friend, Mr.. Blaine brings out
upon the canvas with master strokes the
salient features of Garfeld's brilliant career,
and is content to take the chaplets from his
own brow to interweave in the garland Of
honor for the dead.
From the Lewiston Journal
To pronounce these words the unanimous
voice of the people agreed upon one who
stood nearest to Garfield in the forum and in
the cabinet, one qualified by intellect. by
heart and by culture, rightly to interpret and
voice the nations heartfelt eulogium Of its
fallen chief. Nor has the ex-Secretary failed
to meet the lofty antcpations of this historic
occasion.
The noble periods and invgorating charac-
terizations of the eulogist fittingly terminate
in that last scene at Elberon when the mur-
dered President ''heard the great waves
breaking on the further shore" and felt "upon
his wasted brow the breath of the eternal
morning
From the Portland Press.
Mr.. Blaine's masterful eulogy on President
Garfield will be read with deep interest on
account Of the charm of its manner well as
the worth of Its matter. II is voiced through
out in vigorous, sinewy English and at times.
especially towards its close, reaches . lofty
height of eloquence. Warm in praise, it is
discriminating in treatment, and while giving
just approval gives also accurate measure of
him Of whom it treats. dwelling upon the
qualities Of his genius and suggesting its linn
itations. The love of the friend and the ad-
miration Of the statesman find ample expires
sion, and the imperial theme is royalty
treated. The peroration is a masterpiece of
English composition.
From the Portland Argus
lie was thus eminently fitted for the task
imposed and he has discharged the high duty
In an eloquent tribute to the dead President
The history of Mr.. Garfeld's life stands
prominently before the American people and
all can read it and interpret it for themselves,
and whatever may be thought of Mr.. Blaine's
he has paid brilliant tribute to his memory.
From the Boston Advertiser.
Rash, though ii seems, we do not hesitate
to believe that a foreigner who would in
happy hour behold well what is most truly
American, can hardly do better than to read.
mark, learn, and inwardly digest the Grafton
Of Mr.. Blaine on President Garfield, while
for considerable time to come this address
must stand out prominently, not So much as
the tribute Of friend to friend, but as the calm
and enduring estimate of great American
presented in y manner which will command
the grateful respect and the hearty spprovs of
his fellow citizens.
From the Boston Globe.
His Grafton was skillfully constructed.
temperate in tone, conservative in scope, eau
tious even to timidity in expression. compre-
hensive in its treatment of the great theme
and judiciously laudatory of the character
aspirations and purposes of his late friend
In its composition and delivery Mr.. Blaine
has given evidence Of delicacy of taste and
nicely of discrimination, for which even
his most enthusiastic friends were not pre-
pared to give him full credit.
From the Boston Herald.
The close of the Grafton. dealing with the
tragedy, the long period of heroic endurance
and the pathetic end is one of the mos, beau
tiful and touching percrations which such an
occasion has ever produced. Mr. Blaine un.
derstands, ~ so many Of our public speakers
do not, the strength and beauty of simplicity.
Ii f3tly ends a noble tribute and gives the fin-
ishing touch to Grafton worthy of the &C.
casion, the speaker and the subject
From the Providence Press
Ii Il impossible to add anything to the slo-
Quent words spoken by Mr.. Blaine yesterday.
As just AZ they have been touching. have
been many of the tributes paid to the men,
ory of the martyred president, but in none
has there been shown tina, deep appreciation
Of the character of Gen. Garfield. or that
perfect comprehension of the motives that
moved him in all his public and private acts.
~ in the eulogy delivered before congress
and its invited guests, yesterday.
rFrom the New York Times.
Mr.. Blainc's euloey was every way worthy
Of the subject and the occasion. II said moth
ing to cause regret. and leaves no sense of
inadeQuacy or omission. II will not rank
among great funeral orations, but it was
graceful, fitting, and sufficient. Its chief
merit is that il is full of its subject and empty
of its author. II embalms the memory Of
the one in worthy form, and il furnishes no
suggestion of the relations Of the other to
eesaA suoJcSt VI W ktS1t puutiC tut whose
admiration and affectionate remembrance il
d presented.
From the New York Tribune.
Mr.. Blaine has throughout discharged his
difficult task with all his acknow lesigeti
ability, and with generous consideration for
others. tact, and = sagacity, shown alike in
what he did and did not say, that merit the
higheet praise. For the time, the place and
the circumstances. this Grafton is . master.
Ytoco, nor can it Be Otherwise than wholesome
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