Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-09
Blsine's Eulogy of Garfield.

p. IN the Hall OF the House OF Represen-
tatlves. at Washington
MR President: For the second time in
this generation the great departments of the
government Of the United States are
sembled in the Hall Of Representatives to
do honor to the memory OF a murdered
President. Lincoln fell at the close OF a
mighty struggle in which the passions Of
men had been deeply stirred. The traglcal
termination Of his great life added but anotk
er to the heightened succession of horrors
which had marked so many lntels with the
blood Of the first born Garfield was slain
IN day of peace, when brother had been
rccunclcd to brother. and when anger and
hate had been haulshed from the land.
whoever shall hereafter draw the portrait
Of murder. If he will show it as 1t has been
exhibited where such example was last %
have been looked for. LEI him not give il the
grim ,isase Of Moloch. the brow knitted by
revenge, the face black with settled hate
Let HIM draw, rather, dccorou., smooth
faced hloOdless demon not so much an eX-
ample OF human nature III lis depraNIty and
IA paroNNsms of crime, a. an internal being,
a fend IN the ordinary display and develop
mcnt of h!. character
From the landing of the Pilgrims At
Plymouth till the uprising against Charles
First, about twenty thousand rmgrants
came from old Eng land to New England.
~ thes came ln pursuit of intellectual free
dom and occlcsIa>tical independence rather
than for worldly honor and profit. the emf
grafton naturally ceased when the contest
for religious liberty began IN earnest AZ
home The man who struck his most cifec-
tive blow for freedom Of conscience by sail
ing for the colouic, in 1870 would have been
counted a dcscrtcr 20 leave after lGiO. The
opporiuuit, had then come on the soil Of
England for that great contest which rstab-
l,hrd the auihorit, Of Parliament, gave re-
hsipu, freedom to the people, sen, Charlie,
To- the block. and committed to the hand, ot
Oliver CrumNrll the Supreme Executive au-
thorlty Of England The English em,gr.
itpn Was never renewed. and from these
tvrnt, thousand men With a small emigrA-
tion from Scotland an! from France are de-
>ccudcd the vast number. Who have New
Eng. land blood IN their VEINS.
In l6~,j the revocation Of the rdIct of
Nantes b, Louis NV. scattered To other
countries four hundred thousand Prute.tants
Who we're among the most intelligent ana
euicrprising of French subjects merchant.
Of capital. KILLED manufacturers, and handi-
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IN Europe. \ considerable number Of
these Hugucnnt French came To America "a
few landed IN Ncw England and became
hnuur.hll prominent IA IT. history. Their
names have IN large part become anglc!sud,
or have disappeared. but their blood j. trace
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struck ddrdl hio"s Iot constitutional GOV
efi''heh' anu human u, i.'t''i' ms '4uI,! nag
Dteh fep.tseH'eu. lie! were a. hatN'"h
MOOT al Nl'v'H ana al II'>'"h 'HeN "eie
al bunker mn At saratoga ana ~ Mon
mouth ana IN h'' own person h"d oatuea
Tor the same great cause IN Inc war "hich
preserved 'he mon "i 'he states
Losing hl' ia'htf oelpte ne was TWO YEAR
old' Inc carry NE "l uAtheld was one q
PriNa'loh' out IT, poverty mas oeeu mace IN
uei!'a'ei! ana uhlu''! prominent lhous-
ands oi readers nave lmASihed MN as the
ragged starving chid' whose reait! 100
often grtetS 'he eye N the sqIai'I sections
oI our large CITIES p'"era4 uafhe.u III
fancy and youth had none ot 'her ue'tiiu.
uon' none oil 'heir plural features appearing
10 the tender heart ana the open mana oi
charity. lie was poor DO! IN the same
sense IN "hlch hent! va! was poor 10! !
IN when Andrew Jackson was poor 90! !
IN which Daniel Webster was poor oo, :
IN the sense IN which large majority oi thr
eminent men OF America IN all generations
have been poor boys. Before great nuiti-
tude oil men, IN pubic speech, Mr.. Webster
bore TINS testimony:
"it dld not happen to me to be born IN
log CABIN but my elder brothers and sisters
were born IN log cabin raised amid the
Sno"-drlits oil New Hampshire, at period
SO early mat "hen the smoke rose hrst from
its rude chimney ana curled over the frozen
hills there was no similar evidence oil
white mans ha0ltatlon between 1t and the
settlements on the rivers oil canada It's
remains still exist. l make to IT an annual
VISIT. carry my children TO 1t to teach
them the hardshlps endured by the genera
tions which have gone before them. love
TO dwell on the tender recolections the
kindred ties, the early affections. and the
touching narratives and incidents which MIN
gle with all know OF this primitive family
abode.
With the requisite change OF scene the
same would aptly portray the early days OF
Garfield Ihe poverty OF the frontier,
whore all enUaUPu in a common struggle