West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-03-03

G1AhhNCA DGAOlG
tue Senate and House Of Representa-.
lives, In joint session assembled, wac
worthy Of the subject and Of the oc-
casion. hs though he conceived his
relation to the late President to be
not unlike that Of MARC ANTONY to
his murdered chisl, AIR. BLAINE
adopts in his Grafton the Straight.
forward language Of a nan uhose
duty 1T 10 to review the career Of his
Trend. Nor can it b. forgotten that
there are many reasone Why it is pc
cuIIariy appropriate that he, rather
than another, should be the speake,
on this occasion. Il was MIR. BLAINE
who when at The Chicago Convention
1t became clear ihst bls " chance
OF rece.vlug toe P|resideutal uo,ri
nation was desperate, threw his
strength IN favor Of GARFIELD, caus.
ed his ~nonluAt.on. aud thus 10 ,if-c.
made him President. Tins was q
mark Of the tie OF friendship which
then bound these two men together.
and this tie was strengthened when.
after the 4th OF March, President
GARFIELD called upon Mr.. BLAINE
to occupy the first place in his Cab
net Together they carried on the
combat against tho S,alwarts, and
they were together Gu the fatal %
OF July when GUITEAU's bullet en-
ded the Rrendent's lite and out =
reii2d to Mr.. BLAINE's ambitious.
Tragic as was that eg4nt, it had a
double Pathos for Mr.. BLAINE. who
saw his friend, his cbieiand associate
ir the government sbot down before
bis lace.
The reserve and the susta ned
calm OF Mr.. BLAINE's Grafton ia net
the least edmIrsbie part of It. It
comes up to the measure OF ezpecta-
tom 10 there wac greater iaoger ii
ne would exceed the Limits of deco
fous emotion han fall below 1t.
HE peril was, that in speaking Of his
dear friend, Of The political chief, Of
the victorious leader, and olths mar.
tyr, bis " personal grief might
haye found an utteranco too keen TO
harmopIze with the august occasion.
Yet this peril ne avoided.
In the course OF his o~ratioa Mr.
BLAINE presented in outline the
policy which President GARFIELD
expected TO pursue, about which 40
much has beea said aud so little &C
taaIly known. Il included a com
prehensiTe scheme Tor change and
Improvement in the tenure Of cfHce.
@hich, more than ever after his Sc
cession TO the Presidency, he leIt 10
be an imperative necessity to the
proper hsudling oi'ths vast system
OF patronage. It!ucluded q cement
ing Of the ties Of friendship between
the North and the South and the
final settlement OF The sectioua. cues
ton. This feature Of bis policy he
meant to introduce personally. He
expected to 90 to the Yorktowa cal
ebrauon. and there, on Southern soil.
he meaut 10 epeak Of The esrly
struggle for freedom, when they Of
North and South stood shoulder TO
shoulder in the battles Of the Rev
o%iution fighting for common rights
and privileges. He expected TO at-
ten The opening Of The Atlanta Ez-
position, and there be meaut Il,
speak Of tho material progress OF a
region once swept bare by contend
ing armies and to point out bow that
vas TO be maintained through brine
ing together The cotton Of The South
and The machinery Of The North.
lie expected Go So TO the military
reunion at Chattanooga, and thsrsbe
meaHt TO speak Of the rebellion sod
TO tell low much rrsode and strong
err and uobler the Union is DESPITE
all The losses Of The var. Tbese
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