The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-07-08
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From our Regular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON, D, C., June 80, 80,
/ This day that has been looked for,
ward to by the entire country as the
/ longed fer final scene in national
tragedy, dawned cool with clear sky.
Government officials walked slowly TO
their Offices and senators and repre-
sentatives went to the capitol i'm
pressed with solennity in which
there was no sympathy for the muir
deEer, but painful recollection of the
aFpalling crime, committed By him
one year ago, and the terrible DAYS of
suspense, hope, and despair that fol
lowed. | shall not go into the details
of the final scene, or describe the man
ner and bearing of the criminal in his
poor and pitifnl expiation. tits enough
that the odious life is extingnished by
an odious death that one of the most
worthless and unworthy of men has
been forced to the doom of his de-
spicable deed. If there is any moral
to be drawn from his life and fate, it
is to be feared the American people
have not improved it. He has been
given that notorietv which his half
donkey half-demon nature craved. and
no doubt his long imprisonment and
his last moments were solaced by the
reflection that his imfamy was sublime
in the reflected spiendor of his victim
and the shock of the world. He has
eloated over the fact that his name has
appeared in head lines in thousands of
journals; thst his photographs have
been displayed in the windows of sta
tioners and photographers; that his
bust has been made by distinguished
sculptor; and that so-called women
have besought his autograph.
1t is not too much to say that this
conId not have occurred in any coun-
try except the United States, and it
should bring blind boosters about
American civilization to the decencv
of silence and reflection. Manners are |
indissolublv related to morals, and |
good taste is not bad religion. The /
bad taste that has tolerated the display |
of Guiteau's photograph ca group with .
the photographs Of the dead president,
his venerable mother, and family indi-
Gates moral obliquity and justifes the
accusation that penny grabbing vuI-
rarity is deplorably conspicuous in
the United States.
On Sunday, the second of July, the
FIRST anniversary of the assassination,
The corner stone of the Garfield Memo
rial Church will be laid by the pastor
If the disciples church and chaplain
If the house, Rev. 7. D. Power Hon.
4. 7. Pettifone Of Tennessee. and
Hon. a. S. Willis OF kentucky. mem
,ers of congress, and also members of
he church to which the late president
belonged, will deliver addresses. The
,hurch is to be a small edifcc, though
nearly twice as large as that which
President Garfield attended, and it will
,e built on the same ground.
Hon. Mr.. Hawk, who died suddenly
rom apPoplexy yesterday was also
member of this church. He was an
UPRIGHT and rigidIy temperate man.
lust two hours before his death he had
'ecelved a telegram from his home in
Illinois informing him of his unani-
nous denomination to congress.
1t is now expected that congress will
adjourn soon after the tenth of Julv.
The dilatoriness and general lack of
system, in making up and passing the
bills in the two houses
Of congress has been again illustrated
Now at the very close of the fiscal year
when all the appropriations expire and
when the government will come to a
stand-stil unless sufficient appropria-
tons are made at this session, several
Of the most important bills have not
yet been reported to the senate, and
some of them will be subjected to pro
tracted if not careful debate before
they can be passed.