The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-03
JAMES A. GARFIELD.
Eloquent Memorial Address upon tho
Atse and Character OF the Late Prcs-
tdent. by James G.. blaine.

MIR. PRESIDENT For the second time in this
general ON The great departments of the Gov
ernmenl of the United States are ass smbled in
the Hal OF representatives TO do honor TO tho
memory OF II murdered President. Lincoln fell
at the close OF mighty struggle in which the
passions OF men had been deeply stirred. TIE
tragical termination OF his great life added but
another Us the longthened success ion OF horrors
viii IA had marked 30 many hntuls with the
blood oil the nr-t born. Garfield was slain III a
day OF peace, when brother had been reconcil, d
to urOtncr, and when anger and hate hid been
baaished from the land. "Whoever shall here
alter draw the portrait OF murder. If no will
show IL rs IL has been exhibited, where such ex-
ample was least TO have been looked for, let
hm not give the grim yisage of Moloch, tho
brow knitted by revenge, the face black with
settled hate. Let HIM draw rather a decorous,
smooth-aced, bloodlCs' Demon not 80 much an
example oil human nature III It's dopravliy aud
III It's paroXy ms of crime rs an III ernal being,
fiend III the ordinary display aud develop
ment OF his character
From the llnlng Of the pilgrims at Ply
mouth tail the uprising against Charles l.,
about ~ 600 emiSrants came from Old England
to Now England. AS they came in pursuit OF
intellectual freedom and ecclesiastical indepen-
dence rather than for worldly honor and pront,
the emig grafton naturally ceased when the con-
test for religious liberty began in earnest at
homo. The man whJ struck his most effective
blow for freedom of conscience by sailing for
the colonies in 1920 would hrve been accounted
q QeSIrttf 10 leave alter lOtU. Inc OpDOIluil-
ity had then come Oh the soil OF England Tor
that great contest whi;h established the au-
thorty of Parliament, gave religious freedom
to the PEOPLE, sent Cnarlts To the block and
committed TO the hands of Oliver Cromwell the
supreme executive authority OF England. The
English emigration was never renewed, an
from these 900 men, with small lmigratl II
from Scotland and from France, are descended
the vast numbers who have New Eng land blood
in their veins. La 1855 the revocation OF tho
Edict of Nantes by LOUIS XIV. scattered to
other c)untIles 400,0UO Professionals, who were
among the most lutelhgo mt and enterprlsing OF
the French subjcc merchants of capital,
skilled manufacturers and handicraftsmen
superior at tie time TO all o hers III q lrope.
considera le lumber o. these Huguenot French
cama To America. \ few lnlled III Now En-
gland and became prominent III It's history.
Their names have IN arge part become angll-
cized. or have Disappeared, but their blood Is
traceable IN many OF the most reputable fam
lies, and Their lame Is perpotuated III hOnora-
bic memorial aud useful Institutions From
these two sources, the En- -lsh Puritan and the
French Huguenot, CAME the late President, his
father Abram uteld, being descended from
the one and his mother, Eliza BalUu, from
the other 1t was good stock on bo!h sides
none better, none drawer, none truer. Ihoge
was in 1t an Inheritance of courage. OF nit
ness, of impcrlshabe love of liberty OF uniy-
ing adherence 10 pnnc,ple Garfield was
proud OF his blood, and, with as much satislac-
ton as ii he were II British nOblenian rel dlng
his stately anc strl record IL Burkss Peerage,
he spoke OF INNS II as ninth III descent from
those who would not endure tho oppression of
the Stuurts, and seventh III descent from tho
brave French PrOtestants who refused TO sub
NIT to tyranny even from the Grand MOnarque
Gen. GarhelI delighted to dwell on these
traits, aud during Ills only visit to England he
busted himself III discovering every trace OF
hts toIefathors III PARISH reg stros aud
on ancient army rolls. Sitting with
friend in the gallery OF the House
OF Commons one nigh, after long days
labor In this early tiel1 OF research, he said with
evident elatlon that III every war IN which
for three centuries patriots OF English Blood
had struck stu dy blows for ccnstitut onal gov
ernmont aud human liberty his family had Deen
represented. They were at Muston Moor. at
Naseby and Preston; they were at Bunker Hill,
at Saratoga and at Monmouth, and his own
person had battled IN the same great cause IN
tie war which preserved the Union of States
Losing his father before he was years old, the
early Tie Of Garfield WAS one of priyaton, but
its poverty has been made indollcltSly aud I'M
justly prominent. Thousands of readers have
imagined him the ragged, starving CHILD,
whose reality too often greets the eye m the
equaid sections OF our large cities. Gea. r.
fields infancy and youth had none OF the
pltlful features Appearing to the tender heart
and TO the open hand OF charity he was u
poor boy IN the same sense IN whiclI IL Sry Clay
WAS a poor boy; III which Andrew Jackson was
poor boy IN which Daniel Webster was
poor boy in the same in which large
majoi OF the eminent men OF America In all
general ons nave been poor boys.
Before great multitude OF men in public
speech Mr.. Webster bore this testimony: " 1t
did not happen to me to be born III a lOS-cabin,
but 10Y elder brothers and sisters were born IN
a log-clbin, raised amid tho suowduts Of New
Hampshire ut a period so early that when the
smoke rose first from its crude chimney and
VIZ itp her me- iui.
lar evidence or a white mans habtation be-
tween 1t and the settlements on the rivers Of
Canada. Ii remains still. / make it all an
nua! visit. / carry my children to IL to teach
them the hardshpS endured by the generations
which have gone before them. / love to dwell
on the tender recollectlons the kindied ties,
the early affections, and the touching nara
tivcs and incidents which miugle with all.
l know OF this primitive family abode, with
tho requisite change or scene, the same words
would aptly portray the early days of Gaiti. I'D.
The poverty OF the frontier, where all are en-
gagged in q common struggle, and where
common sympa ny and hearty cooperation
tighten the burdens OF each, IL very different
povertv-d iferent in kind, different in juilu-
Cncc and effect from that conscious and Iu-
mintmg IndIgence which is every day forced
TO contrast itself with ncighborlng wealth, on
which 1t feels sense OF gnndns dependence.
The poverty OF the front or IL indeed no pow
erty. IL Ii hut the beginning Of wealth, AMI
ways opening before It. No man ever grew up
in the agricultural regons Of the West, where
a house-raeing ar even IA corn-huskinP l. mat
ter OF common interest or belpfulness, with
another feeling than that Of broad-minded,
generous independence. This honorable indie
pendence marked the youth of Garfield, As it
marks the youth OF m lions of the best blood
and BRAIN now training for the future citizenship
aud future government OF the republic. Gar
field was born heir to land, to the title Of tree
holder, which has been the patent and passport
OF self-respect with the Aug,o-tSaxon race ever
SINCE Hcngist and Horsa landed on the shores
OF England. His adventure on the canal, an
alternative between that and the deck OF Lake
Erie schooner, was farmer boys device for
earning money, just as the New England lad be-
gins possibly great career by sailing before tho
mast on coasting vessel or on merchantmen
bound 10 the farther India or to the China seas.
No manly man feels anything Of shame In look
ing back to early struggles with adverse cir
Gums ances, and no man feels worthier pride
than when he has conquered the obstacles to
his progress. Bat no one OF noble mold de-
sires to be looked upon as having occupied a
mental position. as having been repressed 10y q
feeling OF lnferiority, or as having suffered the