The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-01
opinions About Mr.. pInIne,. Addre,,


The opinions expressed about the Memo.
rialaddress by the various newspapers Of
the country remind one not little Of the
conflicting comments on a Presidents
message. II is almost wonder that the
public have any respect left for the voice
of'the press when they see a journal oil
recognized prominence expressing com.
plimentary opinion Of Mr.. Blaine's address
and another journal, also Of recognized
prominence, expressing nearly diametri.
cally opposite opinion. But it is to be
said for the papers, great and small, that a
decided majority Of them award very
handsome need Of praise to the grafton.
The New York Herald and the Philadelphia
Times, both Of which profess to be very in
dependent papers, unite in complimenting
itwarmly, For instance, the former jour
nal says:
What strikes US as most noteworthy is
that he Gusts President Garfeld's character
almost for the first time into clearly-cut
mould, so that the people can sec il as the
orator eonceives 1t as distinctly as they can
recall his physical aspect by painting or
statue, According to that conception Il ia
the character OF a thinker rather than an
actor-ot political philosopher rather
than apractical statesman. The period OF
General Garleld's military services, al.
though 1t was very meritorious, il assigned
to q subordinate place in the recital OF his
achievements, SO is the brief period OF
his executive administration. His consec-
ntlve service for seventeen years In the
House oil Representatives is Justly brought
to tho foreground as the record on which
his fame must most largely rest In analyx.
ing the quality and extent OF this ser.
vice that distinction drawn by Mr.,
Blaine between q great debater' and a
great parliamentary leader is important,
and in the main Is accurate Altogether,
while minute critics may disagree with
many OF Mr.. Blaine's incidental compari.
sons, as, for example, with his estimates Of
Clay and Stevens, and his allusion TO Glad.
stone, we believe that he has approached
In his estimate Of Garfield more nearly 10
what will be the sober judgment Of history
than often Is the fortune OF contemporary
eulogist, and in thesubstance Of his Grafton,
as well as in It's style, he has acquitted him.
self Of difficult and delicate duty-espec.
tally dellcatein remembrance Of his per.
sonal relations-'with muck satisfaction 10
the people and much honor to his tact and
taste.n
The Philadelphia Tma writes quite at
length Of the address, and in much the
same vein as the above extract from the
Herald, ItsayE
'sThe delicacy with which Mr.. Blaine
treats the internecine party strife that has
taken It's place in history as the inspiration
Of the murder Of Mr.. Garfield, Is the hirh.
est tribute TO the consummate skill Of Inc
orator. Truly does he close this sad chan
ter with the well studied sentence. More
than this need not DO said. Less than this
could not DO said He told the whole
story so gently that none could confess Of.
Tense, and yet so plainly that the wayiarer
will well understand Il. II is the brieiest
and yet the most unanswerable vindication
Of the late President Garfield that has been
or ever will be given tothe world"
The New York World DEM takes the
following view Of the address:
s'when all Is said Of Garfeld's life, It |
must be said that he Is most sure Of being |
by his death. II Lincoln
had died Q natural death his fame would