Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-03-02
GARFIELD'S VIRTUES.
As Pronounced by James q. Blaine Mt
washington, Before and Assembled
Multitude

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-One of the
largest, most intelligent and attentive
audiences ever assembled in Washing.
ton greeted the great ex-premier to-day
At 1910 P. M. Mr.. Blaine was an
nounced, and as he assembled the ros.
trum every eye was upon MIN. Blaine
is noble appearing fellow, and as
graceful in his movements as a woman
Generals Hancock, Howard, Sherman,
Sheridan and Terry were pr esent b
especial invitation and occupied seats
of honor. These five generals having
at one time received the public thanks
of the congress of the United States for
their distinguished services. They are
the only ones now alive who have been
thus honored, and it was considered APP
propriate to have them all present as
honorary visitors. The house was rapt
to order by the sharp and ringing
clip so peculiar to Keller, at exactly
high noon. At 1918 the senate was
announced, and all arose; the senators,
headed by the officers of that body,
entered, and took their assigned seats;
they were followed by the chief justice
and associate justices of the supreme
court, dressed in their robes of office;
again the assembled multitude arose as
THE PRESIDENT
of the United States and the cabinet
we're announced. They were accom-
panied by Senator Sherman and Rep
resentative Mckinley, chairman of the
committee Of arrangements. David
Davis, acting vice president then took
the chair, and announced a prayer by
Rev. Dr. Power, who is at present
chaplain of the house, and was Mr..
Garfelds pastor Mr.. Blaine then de-
livered the following eulogy:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: - For the second
time in this generation the great de-
partments of the Government of the
United States are assembled in the
hall of representatives to do honor to
the memory of murdered president.
Lincoln fell at the close Of mighty
struggle in which the passions of men
had been deeply stirred. The tragical
termination of his great life added but
another to the heightened succession
of b errors which had marked so many
lintels with the blood Of the first born.
Garfield was slain in days of peace,
when brother had been reconciled to
brother, and when anger and hate had
been banished from the land. "Who-
ever shall hereafter draw the portrait
of murder, if he shall show it as it has
been exhibited where such example
was last to have been looked for, let
him not give it the grim visage of
Mo!och, the brow knitted by revenge,
the face black with settled hate. Let
MIN draw, rather, II decorous, smooth
faced, bloodless demon not so much
an example OF human nature in its
depravity and in its paroxysms of
crime, aus an Internal being, n fend in
the ordinary display and development
of his character"
From the landing of the Pilgrims at
Plymouth till the uprising against
Charles l. about twenty thousand emf
grants came from old England to New
England. As they came i'll pursuit OF
intellectual freedom and ecclesiastical
independence rather than for worldly
honor and profit, the emigration natur-
ally ceased when the contest for reGg-
ious liberty began in earnest at home.
The man who struck his most effective
blow for freedom of conscience by sail
ing for the colonies in 1920, would have
been accounted deserter to leave after
l64O. The opportunity had then come
on the soil of England for that great
contest which established the authority
of parliament, gave religious freedom
to the people, sent Charles to the block,
and committed to the hands of Oliver
Cromwell the supreme executive au-
thority of England. The English emf
grafton was never renewed, and from
these twenty thousand men with a
small emigration from Scotland and
from France. are descended the vast
numbers who have New England blood
in their veins.
In 1856 the revocation of IL e edict O
Nantz by Louis XIV scattered to Other
countries four hundred thousand Prot
estants, who were among the most in
telligent and enterprising of French
subjects--merchants of capital, skilled
manufacturers, and handicraftsmen
superior at the time to all other
in Europe. A considerable mum
Der of these Huguenot French
came TO America; few landed
in New England and became honorabl,
prominent in its history. Their names
have i'll large part become anglicised, g
have disappeared, but their blood il
traceable in many of the most reput
able. families, and their fame is per
petuated in honorable memorials an,
useful institutions.
From those two sources, the English
Puritan and the French Huguenot
came the late president-his father
Abram Garfield, being descended from
the one, ana his mother Eliza Ballou
from the other.
1t was good stock on both sides - non
better, none Drawer, none truer. Their