The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-14
THE WORK HAS BEGUN.

Do YOU know who the critics are
The men who have failed in life.
These are the words of one of Eng
lands greatest premiers and a man
who has adorned literature with som,
of It's brightest gems. There sleeps
in beautiful cemetery on the shore
of Lake Erie, man who, if living
could well Use these same words
Living, he rose from obscurity to q
plane upon which the world saw him
Like all great men, he was assaileG
with all the bitterness tongue could
utter or maIignity devise. Amid the
storms of life's battle he moved for
ward to the grandest place Of power
and dignity the world knows. A lit.
tie more thaua year ago, James
Abram Garfield was sworn into the
high office of chief executive of the
mightiest nation on earth. His bril-.
liant reign was soon closed by the as.
sassin's bullet. Around his grave the
civilized world gathered i'm sincerest
sorrow; the grief of distant lands was
borne in messages of tenderest speech
Eloquent tongues voiced his genius,
worth and nobility of character. IF
of any man the Latin apothegm "de
mortius nil nisi bonum, could be
surely said, that man was Garfield.
But. alas! how soon are the sweet
faces forgotten, the great swept into
oblivion. The evil that men DO
lives after them, the good is Oft in-
TERED with their bones" That VI r.
Gar6elds public life should be passed
upon, criticised. even microscopically,
is but surety. This is the only way
by which his true place in history may
be settled. But that this would be
done fairly and frankly, prompted
only by desire to place him in his
proper niche, was hoped and be-
lieved. But any such hope must be
abandoned, As the following dispatch
from Washington. yesterday, shows
The Post pubiishes this morning
communication bitterly attacking and
denomciug the late President Gar
field The Pos; eiiiorially says the
communication was written by a prom
incnt republican ana delegate TO the
convention. The writer an
nounce> Garfield a. treacherou>, hypo-
critical and a profession Office
seeker"
No name is signed to this bitter
attack, though the editor says that
the name will be given to any of Mr..
Garfield's friends who may ask for it.
1t is not our purpose to defend the
late president. We do not assume
that he was a man without spot or
but We do say that the above
epithets are cowardly and cruel.
'sBy prominent Republican! !" This
may be, but the corollary does not
follow that he is a prominent Man.
This method of attack belittles the
author, while it falls harmless on the
name and grave Of the man against
whom it is hurled. There is a smack
Of hypocrisy in it. too, for no "prom-
nent republican" ever assailed, or
permitted to be assailed, Garfield liv-
ing. While it is true that the man
md politician are one and insepara-
Die, yet a private life may be pure,
while, when it moves out into the
,ealm of a public or political life, it
touches a new system of ethics and is
shaped and influenced by it.
But enough. For Garfield the pub
icist, we say nothing, laudatory ordep-
.ecatory. But for Garfield. so re-
Gently fallen asleep on bed of pain.
We have only words of regret, sympa-
Inv and admiration. In the coming
LAYS some clear brain, unprejudiced
mind, unscrdid heart, will take up the !