The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-09

ne made at the bar were dis;ingu;sb emUt.a ad ha
ene same high order of talent which Iy Iyy
eAnioited on every field where hs ,rao no
put to the test, and if man NAV 10 10 was va
oeplee as competent Judge of Ris orwr Hv
capacities and adaptations the ia,, S U"n W. -
Tue profession to which Garfield sbomiJ aa
nave devoted himself. But fate orda;nnd EuJ
o.ai;es"'so. and his reputation IN b;stn.u n.u
Wiil rest largely upon his service nS in thSS
house OF Representative. Thai sarv;no tno
was exceptionally long. He wos Oo n;no
Times consecutiyely chosen m ,,,o LIN, n.ne
an honor enjoyed by not more tban raouse, u: :,
other. representatives of the mora ,na" ,,,"A Ok
hVe thousand who have been elcc,ed f,nsi tnni
the Organization of tho Goyornn,ant ,.ou, ~
this hour. 'o'n'nehe 70
AS parliamentary orator 3. q doh,,.u
Un uo.;,;o ai issue squarely Joined, where the
Ia 1i.,U,i a.,. nad Oeen chosen and The ground
h;nh @ or., Gar'ieid must be assigned yery
n,sn n,sn rang rang More, perhars, than any
Will ": i:e whom he was associated in
puoiic at;o NE ne gave careful and system
ae,c S'ua5 TO public questions. and hc
ea.he 10 every discussion in which he
.uon part with elaborate and complete
preparation. He was q steady and indie.
,aatigaoie ,a worker. Those who imagine
vi W. aient or genius can supply the place
or achieve the results of labor will find
no encouragement in Garfield's life. In
lp,l:1a preliminary work he was apt, rapid and
skIiiui. Ok lie possessed in q high degree
:ne power OF readily absorbing ideas and
lacts, and, like DR.. johnson, had the art
OF getting from book all that was Of
value In 1t by reading apparently so
quicK and cursory that it seemed lilo a
nero glance at the table of con,aots
ne was pre.eminently fair and candid
man In debate, took no petty advantages
stopped to no unworthy methods. avoided
personal allusions, rarely appealed tn
prejudice, did not seek to inflame nassion
he had quicker eye for the strong point
OF ms adversary than for his weak point
and on his own side he so marshaleJ h;s
welghty arguments us to make his hear.
ers forget any possible lack in the com.
plete strength of his position. He had
habit Of stating his opponents side
with such amplitude of fairness and sIch
lioerality of concession that his followers
often complained that he was piyinu his
case away. But never in his prolonged
participation in the proceedings of The
II ouse did he give his case away. or fail
in the Judgment of competent and i'm.
partial llstenors to gain the mastery.
BLAINE DESCRIBES HIMSELF.
These characteristics, which marked
GARFIELD as great debater, did not, how.
ever, maze him a great parliamentary
leader. A parliamentary leader, rs that
term is understood wherever free repre-
sentative government exists, is nccessa.
riiy and very strictly the organ C.. his
party. An ardent American defined the
instructive warmth of patriotism when
he offered the toast: "Our country, al.
ways right; but right or wrong, our
country" The parliamentary leader
who has body of followers that will do
and dare and die for the cause, is one
who believes his party always right, but
right or wrong, is for his party. No
more important or exacting duty deyolves
upon him than the selection Of the field
and time for contest. He must know not
merely how to strike, but where to strike
and when to strike. He often skilfully
avoids the strength of his opponents po
sition and scatters confusion in his ranks
by attacking an exposed point when re-
ally the righteousness of the cause and
the strength Of logical intrenchmcnt are
against him. He conquers often both
against the light and the heavy battal-
ions; rs when young Charles Fox, iu The
days of his toryism, carried the House of
Commons against justice, against lis i'm
memorial rights, against his own convic-
tions, if, indeed, ct that period Fox had
convictions, and, in the interest of cor
rupt administration, in obedience to n
tyrannical sovereign, drove Wilkes from
the seat to which The electors of Middle
sex had chosen him and installed Luttrell
in defiance, not merely of law but of
| public decency. For an achievement Of
that kind Garfield was disqualified dis-
qualified by the texture of his mind, by
the honesty Of his heart, by his con-
science, and by every instinct and aspi-
ration of his nature.
Differing, a. Garfield does, from the
| brilliant parliamentary leaders, it is not
easy to find his counterpart anywhere in
the record of American public life. HE
! perhaps more nearly resembles Mr.. Sc.
ward in :. 3 supreme faith in the all con-
quering power of principle. He had the
love of learning, and the patient indus
try OF investigation to which John Quincy
Adams owes his prominence and his
Presidency. He had some of those pom
derous elements of mind which distin-
guished Mr. Webster, and which, indeed,
in all public life have left the great
Massachusetts Senator without an intel
lectual peer.
GARFIELD AS PRESIDENT.
OF Garfield's Presidential career and
untimely end, Mr.. Blaine said:
VIII. perfect comprehension of all the
inheritances of the war, with cool cal
culation of the obstacles in his way, i'm
PEELED always by generous enthusiasm,
Garfield conceived that much might be
done by his Administration towards re-
storing harmony between the different
sections of the Union. He was anxious
tc go South and speak to the people. As
early rs April hs had Intellectually en-
deavored to arrange for a "trip to Nash
vile, whittier he had bean cordially in
.ited, and he was again disappointed a
few weeks later to find that he could not
go TO South Carolina to attend the cen
tennial celebration of the victory OF the
Cowpens. But for the autumn he def
nitely counted on being present at three
memorable assemblies in the South, the
celebration at Yorktown, the opening of
the Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, and
the meeting of the Army of the Cumber-
land at Chattanooga. He was already
turning over in LIS mind his address for
each occasion, AMI the three taken togeth-
err, he said to friend, gave him the exact
scope and verge which he needed. At
Yorktown he would have before him the
associations of a hundred years that
bound the South and the North in the
sacred memory of common danger and
a common victory. At tAtlenta he would