New-York tribune., 1882-02-28

the love Of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord
Inc crowning characteristic OF General Carte ,,
religious opinions, as indeed, of all his opiriors
was ms hberaiIty. In all things he had chaJitx
aoieIahce was on ms nature. lie respected In ot.
ers the qualities which he possessed himself So.
ccrty OF conviction and frankne,s Of expire .si..,
| ,Wih him the inquiry was not so much what n m =
bsl.yes but does he believe it The lines Of hit
friendship and his confidence enciTcled y on Of e
| cry creed and men Of no creed and TO the cud p
ms me- on his everlengthening list Of f1ends vcer,
10 DC ioqnd the names Of Pious Catholic priest and
! Of an honest-Inlnded and generous-hearfed free
thinker.
CLOSING SCENES OF A GREAT CAREER
On the morning Of Saturday. July 2. tho Pres.
dent was contented and happy man-not in an
ordinary degree. but joyfuly, almost boyishly hap
py On his way to the railroad station, to which hs
drove slowly in conscious enjoyment of the be uti
fu morning. with an unwonted sense of leisure and
keen anticipation OF pleasure, his talk was all
In the grateful and gratulatory vein He felt that
after four months Of trial his Administration was
strong IN It's grasp Of affairs strong in popular IA
yor aud destined to grow stronger: that grave diff.
cuIues confronting him at his Inauguration had
been safely passed that trouble lay behind him.
and not before him that he was soon to meet the
wife whom he loved, now recovering from an III.
ness which had bat lately disquietcd and at times
almost unnerved. him that he going 10 his AZ
ma Mater 10 renew the most cherished associations
of his young manic. d, and to exchange greetings
with those whose deepening interest had followed
every step Of his upward prOgres from the day he
entered upon his college until he had attained
the ofiest elevation In the gift of his cOuntrymen.
Surely II happiness can ever come from the honors
or triumphs of this world, OF that quiet July morn
ing James A. Garfield may well have been happy
man. No foreboding of evil haunted him; 10 slight
est premouihon of danger clouded his sky His ter
rible fate upon him in instant. One moment
he stood erect, strong, confident in the years stretch
ing out peacefully before him. The next he lay
wounded, bleeding, helpless doomed to weary
weeks of torture, to silence and the grave.
Great in life, he was surprisingly great in death.
For no cause in the very frenzy Of wan Onncss and
wlckedness, by the red hand of murder, he was
thrust from the full tide of this worlds interest,
from its hopes, its aspirations its victories, into The
visible presence of death-and he did not quail.
Not alone for the one short moment In which.
stunned and dazed, he could give up life, hardly
aware Of its relinquishment, but through days Of
deadly languor, through weeks OF agony that was
not less agony because silently borne, with clear
sight and calm courage, he looked INTO his open
grave. Whit blight and ruin met ms abgusned
eyes, whose lips NAV tell-what brilliant broken
plans. whaD bailed high ambitions, what sundeiiug
OF strong, warm manhOOd's frendsnps what bitter
rcnd z fsweet household ties! Behind him proud.
eXpectant Nation great host of sustaining trlen
a cherished and happy mother wearing Inc fulI,
rich honOrs of her early tolls and tears; the wife
of his youth whose whole life lay in his; the little
boys yet emerged from chlldhaods day OF fT0lIc;
the fair young daughter; the sturdy sons Just
springng into closest companOnship, claiming evcrv
day and every day rewaTdlng fathers love and
care; and In his heart the eager, rejoicing power
20 meet all demand Before him, deSolat on and
great darkness! And his soul was not shaken. His
countrvmen were thrilled with instant, pro oiOund
and universal sympathy. NaSterlul IN ms mortal
weakness, he became The centre of NatOn's love,
enshrined In the prayers of a world. But all the
love and al the sympathy could not share win nm
his suffering. He trod the wlne-press alone. Win
unfallerng front he faced death. WITH unialllng
tenderness he took leave or lie. ABOVE the de-
Woliac hiss of the asSaSsln's bullet he hearl th3
voice Of God. With simple resignation he bowed
10 the Divine decree.
A. the end drew near his early craving for tho
sea returned he stately mansion of power had
been TO him The wearsome hospital OF pam, ana hs
begged DEE taken from It's PRISON walls, from lts
oppressive sitting ar, from its homelessneSs ana
hop ,lesSness. Gently, silently, the love of {rrat
people bore the pale sufferer to the 0nged-l9i hta
ing of thr sea, 70 live or to die, rs God slould Will
within sight of its heavng bIll0ws within sound OK
its manifold voices. With wan, feyeIed 1910
tendery Lifted 10 The cooling breeze, he looked ou6
vistfnly uIon the ocean, changing wonders; on
its far sails whitening ia the morning lgut; on us
res less waves. rolling shoreward TO break and di9
beneath the n;Go1day yrcbinG S%n low oH % to the
horizon the serene ana suihlhs
pathway Of the stars. Let us think that his dying
eyes read . mystic meaning winch only the IaTt ana
n3rfInr soul my know. Let us believe thai ia the
silence of the receding world he heard the great
waves breaking on further shore, and lelt already
upon Ills NdrlCu DAON bAO bAS"Nt Va VIZ ~NS+-NN
morning.
A CARD FROM GENERAL ROSECRANS.
WASHINGTON Feb. 27.-General ROsecrdns fur
nishes tonight for publication The following card:
:" Mr. Blaine in his funeral Grafton before the two
Houses to-day, said: when General Garfield assumed
hisnew duties he found various troubles already well
developed and seriously affecting the value and
efficiency Of the Army of the Cumberland was
Commanding General of that Army. General Car
field was uy Chief of stan. Had this been the fact
| Ger ainly should have known it. General Gar
fela was bound to tell me Of it. Justice to tho
truth of history and to the Army Of the Cumber-
Land requires that | should declare that never
heard of such state of things until the statement
came from the lips of tho orator to-day. The dis
tinpuished gentleman has been wholly misinformed,
and the statements above quO,ed have no founda-
ton III fact On the contrary, it was the general
sentiment and constant boast of the officers and
men of that army that the Army of the Cumberland
was siucuarly united and free from discussions,
and therefore no ones genius required To heal
those dissensons, appeal 10 them 10 bear witness
to this fact few sentences further on Mr.. Blame
saV~ His military duties closed on the memorable
field of Cmckamauga-a field which, however us
asrous to the Union arms, gave to lln the occasion
of winning imperiShable aurels' lie might WIN
iusticr have added. as Garfield would have added,
and 70 use The ley of the South, the objective
point of the campaign, Chattanooga"
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