Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-09

mere glance at the table of contents. He
was pre-cminenty fair and candid man in
debate, took no petty Advantage, stopped
to no unworthy methods, avoided personal
rarely appealed to prejudice diu
not seek to inhame passion He had
quicker eye for the strong point of his adj
versary than for his weak point and on his
own side he SO mAr,haled his weighty argu-
mcnts as to make his hearers forget any
possible lack in the complete strength Of his
position. lie had habit of stating his OPP
ponent's side with such amplitude and
fairness, and such llberality of conces-
SION that his followers often complained that
he Was giving his case away But never in
his prolonged participation in the proceedings
of the House did he give his case away.
or fail in the Judgment of competent and
impartial listeners to gain the mastery.
These characteristics, which marke ed Gar
field as great debater, did not however,
make hlm a great parliamentary leader 4
parliamentary leader, that term is under
stood wherever free representative govern.
mrut exists, j. necessarily and very strictly
the organ ot hls party An ardent Ameri-
can defined the instructive warmth Of patrl-
oti>m when he offered the toast, "Our coun-
try. always right, but night or wrong, our
country. The parliamentary leader who
ha, body Of followers that will do anG
dare and die for the cause. Is one who be
.Icve- his party always right, but rlght OF
wrong, ., for h., party. No more important
or cNAutlug duty de, olives upon him than the
H''t'hou oi h'N "r'1 ana ing time InF CON
t'N,. nc W"'' Nh"" hnl mercy A"" d"
si'Nr' hHl "hrr' '' Nlr1Nt Ah1 "hth I"
sumo. Iit "''h NN'.i"'H 'N"'"' 'ht
strength n M "pp"h'"' P"'iu'h AT" N'"l-
trFN ''hi"N'"h 4, ".N fAlN ~ '''d'N N'h- a."
expose" P''H. ""'h 't""l thr Tx t't'c""',''''
oi thr cause Ant 'Ht strength p i"Gl'Hi ih-
F'"' hmr"' are against h'in. ne c'hqhtFN
often Holh against ihr rEh' ana me A'ANl
nAtit"'"' a. "t'H l'NN- htf'r7 rex III
the day "i ms t"f}'-m' carried the House
OF commons against Ju>lt'' against lis 'm
m"moria. r.Eh'N against M, own t"n'i'u'nN
H. '"drcd' AZ th'' p'r''d foN h1d cohN'.-
u'nN' and IN the interest "t corrupt Ad-
mIH'~tE"l'h, ia 'noN''H'' T." lHfaA4''''
sovereign drove "Hht> lF"h lht 'thi Z"
winch tHe electors y Nlldi4r>eN had chosen
nun hhN lHN'a'ti Iut,Ft" ~ dth'hee' h'l
merely % IA" hHt "l PAnAe drtehrN. f'T
an achievements 1i thAt k.Hd bArhrld was
d4-44A..hed -dINIHalihca ~ tht texture "t
h., mHl, hN thc honesty N hiS hcar,, BY
h, conscience ana by every instinct and a'-
PTh'.on ot h,s nature
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t.ry lcl..r, h,,hcrt, leyyl. pea In ,ui, couu-
Or, aye Mr.. rAy. Mr.. Douglas. and Mr.
InIa,u, Stevens. Each Wa a man Of
r..a,umtn,tc ability. III great raruc>tuc-,. of
iur..g... r,r>lnl..ty. ,.frr.u. widely, each
from th, others. and yrt with a sigma. tra.t
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