The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-09
MEMORIAL ORATION.
the Life and Services OF Garfields
o Praise which tho Honored Sub.
\ than Deserved.


than Deserved.
WAsHISGToN, February q.
clock the doors of the Capitol
ned and in half an hour the
Il the House were filled with
mate enough to hold tickets to
sd memorial services
fuse was called to order at IL
prayer was offered by the Clap.
- speaker announced the House
s,erform its part of the ceremo-
1910 p. m. the members of the
tered, followed by the Judges
,preme Court. The President
few minutes later and prayer
d by Chaplain Power. The
pro tenn, Mr.. Davis, then in
Mr.. Blaine, who in a loud, clear
ceeded to read his oration.
ning his remarks Mr.. Blaine,
ief allusion to the English and
Emigration to America which
from The landing of the Pill
Plymouth to the uprising
Charles l, showed that from
sources, the English Puritan
French. Huguenot, came the late
his father, Abram Garfield,
cended from the one, and his
,liza Ballou, from the other.
he said, good stock on both
Inc better, none braver, none
here was in it an Inheritance
ge, of manliless, of imperisha-
5f liberty, of undying adherence
Bile. Garfield was proud of his
Id, with as much satisfaction as
Sre a British nobleman reading
ely ancestral record in Br-ke's
he spoke of himself az ninth
at from those who would not
be oppression of the Stuarts, and
In descent from the brave French
its who refused to submit to tyr
sn from the Grand bfonaTque.
Garfield delighted to dwell on
its, and during his only visit to
a he busted himself in discover
" trace of his forefathers in pa
stries and on ancient army rolls.
nth a friend in the gallery Of the
sf Commons one night after o
rs labor in this field or research,
5ith evident elation that in every
hich for three centuries patriots
)h blood had struck sturdy blows
titutional government and hu.
rty, his family had been repre-
They were at Marston Moor, at
and at Preston; they were at
IHill, at Saratoga, and at Mon
nd in his own perso, bad bat
be same great cause in the war
deserved the Union of the United
Id was born heir to land, to tile
|iee-holder which has been the
nd passport of self-respect with
i lo-Saxon race ever since Hengist
pa landed on the shores of Eng.
His adventure on the canal-an
I've between that and the deck of
Erie schooner-was a farmer
Fice for earning money, just as
England lad begins q possibly
feer by sailing before the mast on
ISg vessel OR on q merchantmen
. the farther India or to the
Sas.
4nly man feels anything ofshame
pg back to early struggles with ad-
'fcumstances, and no man feels
Ter pride than when he has con-
he obstacles to his progress, But
of noble mould desires to be
epon as having occupied meni-
alon, as having been repressed by
3 of inferiority, or as having suf-
e evil of poverty until relief was
the hand of charity. General
rs youth presented no hardships
amily love and family energy did
scome, subjected him to no priva.
flch he hid not cheerfully accept,
no memories save those which
ealled with delight, and transmit
! profit and with pride.
speaking of Garfield's early life,
ggles to secure an education, his
rance, self-reliance, self.sacrifice
1peition, the speaker alluded to his
ie' his success in the field, his
Judgment and quick knowledge of
ust,ratlng the versatility, of his
; lnd readiness with whi5h, he cast
e honors ol Inc civilian tD assume
and rugged duties of the soldier.
down to his service in the halls
'ress, Mr.. Blaine said:
GARFIELD IN CONGRESS.
3 is no test of mans ability in
'partment of public life more
han service in the House of Rep
Ives; there is no place where SO
'ierence Is paid to reputation pre-.
acquired, or to eminence won
no place where so little consid-
Is shown for the feelings or the
OF beginners. What a man
n = the House he gains by sheer
ms own character, and if he
q ialls back he must expect no
lnd y will receive no sympathy. IT
"a In which the survival of the
y Is the recognized rule, and
10 pretence can deceive and no
can mislead. The zeal man is
IIed, his worth is impartially
!, his rank irreversibly decreed.
possibly a single exception Gar
: the youngest member in the
when he entered, and was but
ears from his college graduation.
had not been in his seat sixty
'Iore his ability was recognized
place conceded. He stepped to
u with the confidence of one who
u there. The House was crowd.
o'eong men of both parties; (;
OF them have since been trans
me Senate, any many of them
.ved with distinction in the gu
RAJ chairs of their respective
.nd on foreign missions of great
ence; but among them. all mono
,aplaiy, none 80 firmly as Gar
IS it is said by Trevelyan of his
ehtnry hero, Garfield succeeded
Q all the world in concert could
kept him in The back ground ),
,ause when once in the front
"a his part with prompt intrepid.
commanding ease that were
outward symptoms of the im-
,eserves Of energy, on. which it
us us power to draw" Indeed, the
tly reserved force ,vh;ch narf;ald.