The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-28

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this respect indeed he constantly snfprisI
many who were most intimately associate
with him In the government, and especial
those who had feared that he might
lacking In the executive faculty. His dl
position OF business was orderly and rapi
His power Of analysis, and his skill In elias
ification, enabled him TO dispatch va
mass Of detail with singular promptne
and ease. His Cabinet meetings were n
mirably conducted. His clear presentation
Of official subjects, his well.considered su
geslions Of topics on which discussion wi
invited, his quick decision when oil ha
been heard, combined to show 0 though
tulneSs Of mental training as rare a. h
natural ability and his iacile adaptation
q new and enlarged field Of labor
with perfect comprehension OF all the Ii
heritances OF the war, with q cool calCull
ton Of the obstacles In his way, impelle
always by generous enthusiasm, CARTEL
conceived that much might be done by hi
administration towards restoring harmon
between the dtfferentsections Of the Bniot
He was anxious to 90 sonth and speak
tho people. As early as April he had Ii
ettectually endeavored to arrange for a tri
to Nashville, whittier he had been cordial
invited, and he was again disappointed
few weeks later to find that he could nc
so to South Carolina to attend the centen
NAL celebration OF the victory Of the Cow
pens. But for the autumn he defnithl,
counted on being present at three memo
rial assemblies In the South, the celebra
loh q Yorktown, the opening Of the Got
ton Exposition AZ Atlanta, and the meetini
OF the Army oil the Cumberland at Chatta
hoosa, ne was already turning. over II
nus mind ms address Tor each occasion, ant
the tnree taKen together, hesatd 70 friend
gave him the exact scope and verge which
ne needed. AT yorktown he would hayt
before MN the associations Of q hundred
years that bound the South and the NORTH
IN the sacred memory OF common dan
ger and a common victory: AT Atlanta hi
Woulu present the material interests and
me industrie development which appealed
70 ths tnrlit and independence OF every
househoid, and which should unite the two
sections by inc instinct oil Selt:tnterest and
seltueiense' AZ Chattanooga he would 70.
wye memories Of the war only to show thai
after all It's disaster and all tts suffering the
country was stronger and greater, the
Union rendered lndissoIuble, and the tu'
t9fe' through the agony and blood OF one
generation, made brighter and better Tor all.
Gaflelds ambition Tor the success OF his
administration was high: With strong
caution and conservatism in his nature, he
was IN no danger Of attempting rash ex-
periments or Of resorting to the empiricism
oil craftsmanship. But he believed that
renewed anu closer attention should DO
sven 10 questions affecting the material
interests and commercial prospects OF fifty
millions Of people. He believed that our
continental relations, extensive and un.
developed as they are, involved response.
billty. and could DO cultivated into profita.
bic friendship or be abandoned to harmful
indlhefence or lastlngenmity. He believed
win equal confidence that an essential
iorerunner to a new cru oil national pro-
gress must be feeling oil coHtentment in
every section Of the Union, and a generous
Dellei that the benefits and burdens Of gov
eminent would be common to all. Himself
a conspicuous illustration Of what ability
anu ambition may DO under republican in
st'tations, ne loved his country with pas
son OF patriotic devotion, and every waking
thought was given to her advancement.
lie was an American IN all Is aspirations,
and ne looked to the destiny and influence
oil the United states with the philosophiC
composare OF Jefferson and the demonstra.
tive confidence OF John Adams.
The political events which disturbed the
Presidents serenity for many weeks before
that latelul day in July, form an important
chapter in his career, and, in his own judg-
ment, involved questions Of principle and
OF right which are vitality essential to the
con administration Of the Fed
s .ala ooyeInment. II would be outoi place
tuao .la Iow . 70 SPEAK lhe language Oh con-
' sroSetsyi Ou1 Tue events referred to, how.
ever taey may continue toa DC source OF
= Ioate.i'ton "tn oulets, nave become, 80
Ia. ~ y G n;ls 10 c9nGetneo, as mnc9 a
MATE. l,i"s1 VI n'I.ory ~ ms herolsm At ChloKa-
i ms o. hS HIustrlous service IN the
i iu pe1I.l Is MOI needlql, ana personal
ahtagonlsm shalI not Dc rekindled by any
wore Mttefed To-Day. Inc motives Of those
MN are not 10 Dc mere adversely
..ln.t.aI d. u a. : ~ 1880
a !: put OF the dead President this
Is ~ oe sala, ana sad because bis own
speech Is forever sl1eaced and he can be no
I M heara except through the fidelity and
sne 'Eve o. ~ surviving friends: From the be-
glnnLhS 70 tne emu oil the controversy he so
tns ono ue !nu tne tfsslueht was never
i aot Que H!onle t aot9ated ny any motive Of
s9' -, W nlllselI OF % loss 10 otaerA. Least
III ~ ~ lpen p aia Ae harbor revenge, rarely
.,.Ns n NJ e!SI SNOW resentment, and malice
MnS IUs y n aIS nature oongenlally
o ey "nd H ~ d n .ne exGhange Of good
V Tl,a. "H ~. .u0 uO.uS VI k'naly ueeos.
aneLe ~, was not an hour, from the begin;
hia SS " se .touoiG lill 1he la5al shot entered
nI liz dTiuy, m wv Tue tfesiaent would not
gausy, ior inc sake o. restoring harmony,
l naSe Ietraeeq any sep ne had taken il
sarm relfaclnS n1a merely involved conse,
aeIses persona. 10 himself. Inc pride Of
mIiai;on i6ot m,E sasIt fso sense OF hu'
inc his nosition lad not isotLSss IU.aGJ
with him NJ man 1 Tas oSos ios. a',i1a;
to such inGnepnes irom W;tbie Ss ssG tgeo,
without. INF aifer most ,n1;or" J",;h a",'l
ton and de coolest snrvsv If al Ht ,ho ~.