The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-01
THE DALLAS HERALD WEDNESDAY N0RNlNG, MARCH, 1852.

patronage-evils always appreciated and OF
Ten discussed by him. but whose magni-
tude had been more deeply impressed upon
his mind since his accession TO the presl-
dency. Had he lived, a comprehensive I'M
provement in the mode OF appointment and
In the tenure of Office would have been
proposed by him, and, with the aid of con-
gress, no doubt perfected. But while many
of the executive duties were not grateful to
him, he was assiduous and CONSCIENTIOUS IN
their discharge, From the very outset he
exhibited
ADMINISTRATIVE TALENT
of a high order. lie grasped the helm of
office with the hand OF master, In this
respect indeed he constantly surprised
many who were most intimately associated
with him in the government, and especially
those who had feared that he might be lack
ing in the executive faculty. His DISPOSE
ton of business was orderly and rapid. His
power of analysis and his skill in classified
ton enabled him to dispatch a vast mass Of
details with singular promptness and ease
His cabinet meetings were admirably con
Quoted. His clear presentation OF Official
subjects his well considered suggestions of
topics on which discussion was invited; his
quick decisions, when all had been heard
combined to show Il thOroughness Of mental
training as rare as his natural ability and his
iaCile adoption to new and enlarged field
of labor. With perfect comprehension of
all the inheritances of the war, with Il cool
calculation Of the obstacles N his way, i'm
PEELED always by n generous enthusiasm,
Garfield conceived that much might be
done by his administration toward restOr-
ing harmony between the different sections
of the union. He was anxious to go south
and speak TO the people. AS early as April
he had Intellectually endeavored to ar
range for a trip TO Nashville, whittier he
had been cordially invited. And he was
again disappointed, "A few weeks later to
find that he could not so to South Carolina,
to attend the centennial celebration of the
victory of the Cowpens. But for the
autumn 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 oC-
Casion, and the three taken together, he
said to friend, gave him the exact scope
ana verge which he needed. At Yorktown
he would have before him the association
of 100 years that bound the south and north
in the sacred memory of common danger
and Il common victory. At Atlanta he
would present the material interests and
the industrial development which appeal to
the thrift and independence of every house
hold, and which should unite the two
sections by the instinct of self-inter-
est and self-deiense. At Chatta-
nooga he would revive memories of the war
only to show that, after all its disaster and
all its suffering, the country was stronger
and greater, the union rendered indisSou-
BILE and the future through the agony and
blood of one generation made brighter aud
better for ALL Garlicld's ambition for the
SUCCESS OF his ADMINISTRATION
was high With strong caution and con-
servatism in his nature he was in no danger
of attempting rash experiments or resort
ing to the empiriCism of craftsmanship, but
he believed that renewed and closer atteu-
ton should be given to questions affecting
the material interests and commercial pros
poets of fifty millions of people. He be-
lieved that our continental relations,
extensive and undcveloped as they are, in
volved responsibility, and could be cult
waited into profitable friendship, or be aban-
doncd to harmful indifference or lasting Ell
nifty. lie believed, with equal confidence,
that an essential torerunncr to n new era of
national progress must b0 a feeling of con
tentment in every section of the union and
q generous belief that the benefits and bur.
dens of government would be common to
all. Himself conspicuous illustration of
what ability and ambition may do under
republican institutions, he loved his coun-
try with u passion of patriotic devotion, aud
every waking thought was given to her
advancement. He was an American in all
his aspirations and he looked to the DIES.
tiny and influence of the United States
with the philosophic composure of Jeilcr-
son, and the demonStrative confidence of
John Adams. The political events which
disturbed the presidents serenity for many
weeks before the Hateful day in July form
AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER
in his career, and in his own judgment in
volyed questions of principle and of right
which are vitality essential to the constitu-
tional administration of the federal govern
ment. II would be out of place here and
now TO speak the language of the contro-
versy, but the events referred to, however,
they nay continue to be source of CON
tcntion with others, have become,
SO far MS Garfield Is concerned, as
much a matter of history as his
hcroism ut Chickamauga, or his il.
lustrious service in the house. Detail
is not nccdlul, and personal antagoniSm
shall not be rekindled by any word uttered
to-day. The motives of those opposing him
AIN hul W nt nero WUNcTSclN interpreted,
nor their cause harShly characterized, but
of the dead president this is to be said, and
said because his own speech is forever
I silcnCcd and he can no more be heard OK.
ccpt through the fidelity and the love of
surviving friends; From the beginning to
| the end of the controversy he so much de-
| plorcd, the president was never tor one
moment actuated by any motive OF
gain to himself or loss to others.
Least of all men did he hNrbor re.
vcngc, rarely did he even show resent.
ment, and malice was not in his nature
| He was cougenially employed only in the
exchange Of good offices and the doing OF
kindly deeds, There was not an hour from
the beginning of the trouble till the fatal
shot entered his body, when the president
would not gladly, for the sake of restoring
harmony, have rctraced any step he had
taken II such retracing had merely Involved
consequences personal to himself Tn,
pride of consistency or any supposed sense
of humiliation that might result from,
surrcndcring his position had not ,
feathers weight with him. No man wa,
ever less subject to such in
ilucnccs from within or from with
out but after most anxious dclihcra
ton aud the coolest survey of all the cir
cumstances, he solcmnly believed that tn,
true
rRERoUAriVEs or TuE EXECUTIVE
were involved In the issue which had beer
raised, and that he would be uniaithml /,
his supreme obligation II he iailcd to main
tain, In all their vigor, the constitutions
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