Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-03-09
BLAINE'S EULOGY.
Memorial Services at the National Capt.
tai Concentrating the Life
Of Garfield.
niOquent and IFervsnt Address of Hon.
1amesG Blaine, BulOgizing
His Career.

IL.
s Eeneral0n the great departments Of the
government OF the Uuited States are assem-.
pleu In the hail Of representatives, 10 ren6er
IOnOr 10 the memory OF a murdered Dresi-
s. e. Lincoln fel, at the close OF a mighty
struggle, IN which the PASSIONS of men mad
Oeen deeply stirred. TIE trsgica termina.
uOn OF this great life odds but another 10
,he heightened succession Of horrors, which
uas narsed too many mOrtals with the
blood of the fist born. Garfield was
IAN n in DAY o. peace, when brother
had been reoonciled TO brother. and
when anger ard hate had been ban
ished from the iaud. Whoever
shall hereafter draw the portrait Of mur.
der, let him not give the grim visass Of
Moiach-the brow knitted by revenge. the
lace BLACK with hate. Let h;m draw q
tatner oecOTus, smooth fac-d, bloOdles,
demon, not 80 much an example of human
nature I'm its depravity aud i'm its parox
ysms oil crime, IS an Internal being, a fiend
Ia the ordinary display and
DkVELOPdENT or MS CHARACTER.
from the landing OF the pilgrims nc Ply.
mouth, or tbe uprising 3grinst Charles T.
ABOUT ZOUOO etnigTauts came from Old Eng.
land ~ New II gland. Taey came in pur-
suit Ofintellectual freedom and &C e-iasticil
independence, rather than for worldly
honor and profit The contest for religious
The mau who struck the most
effective blow for the freedom OF
conscience, bv saving the colonies ia 1927.
was raised to- submit to tyrannv. General
Garfield delighted To- dwell ON these traits,
ana during his only visit TO England he
busted himself ia dice Ivering every ira e
OF his fOrciatheTs in the parish regis.
ter and on tue ancient army rolls. Sitting
with friend in the gsllaTy Of the house 1t
commons one night, after a long DAYS Va
Tor In the fed Of research, he said. with
evident elation, that ia every war for three
centuries The patriots Of English blood hau
struck sturdy blows for "A constitutional
government and human liberty. His family
had been repre- ented M MarstOn Moor, and
at Nasby and Preston. They were mt Bunk.
or Htll, at Saratoga. at Monmouth, and his
own person had battltd for the same great
cause in the war which preserved the uni Oh
Of states.
The Youth of Garfield.
Losing his father before he was . years
old, the early life Of Garfield was one of
privation, but it, poverty has been made
indeli6le and ugjustly prominent. Thou
sands OF readers hive imagined him as a
ragged, starving Guild, whOSe reality too
often greets the eve IN the squalid sections
OF our large cities. General Gartield'S
infancy and youth had none OF their desti-
tuition, none of their filiul future, appeal
ing TO the tender heart and 10 the open
hand Ofcharity. lie was, in the same sense
IN which Henry Clay was, a poor boy; in
which Andrew Jackson wa5, u poor boy;
an which Daniel Webster was, a poor boy;
IN the same sense in which large majority
OF the eminent men of America, In all gen
erations, have been, poor BOYS. Before a
great multitude of men. in public speech
Mr.. Webster bore this testimony: Ii did
not happen 10 rue u be born in a log cabin.
but my elder brothers and sisters were born
" log cabin, and raised amid tie snow
drifts OF New Hampshire, at a period so
early that, when the smoke rose frs
from It's crude chimney, aud CURED
OVER TIE FROZEN HILLS,
there was no similar evidence of white
mans hahitation between IL aud the settle
ments on the rivers of Canada. Its remains
still exist. l make to it an annual visit.
carry my CHILDREN 10 it TO teach them the
hardships endured by the generations
which have gone before them.
love to dwell on the tender recollec-
lions, the kindred ties and early affections.
the touching narratives and incidents
which mingle with all 1 know OF this
primitive family abode. With a requisite
change sf the scene, the same words would
strictly apply To the early DAYS of Garfield
The poverty Of the frontier, where all
are engaged in common struggle
and where common sympathy and
hearty cooperation tighten the burdens OF
each, Is very different poverty, different
IN kind, different In influence and effect from
that conscious aud humliallng Indulgence.
which Is every day forced TO contrast itself
with neighbOring wealth, on which il feels
sense OF grinding dependence and has the
boundless possibility of the future always
opening before IL. No man ever grew M
IN the agricultural regions Of the west
where house raising or even a coru husk-
Ing Is matter OF common interest and
helpfulness, with any other feeling than
that OF broad minded generous independ-
enCe. This honorable independence marked
ha rrrxf1. ~ a.. a Il
OF millions of the best blood anL Drain now
training. for the future citizenship
and future government of the
republic. Garfield was born an
heir TO the land, TO the title Of freeholder
which has been the patent and passport of
sen respect with the Anglo saxon race ever
since Hengist and Horsa landed on the
shores OF England. His adventure on the
canal rs an alternative between that and
the deck Of Lake Erie schooner was
Tar better device for earning money, Just as
the New England boy begins a possibly
great career oy sailing before the mast on a
coastinS vessel, or merchantmen bound
10 the farther Indies, or to the Chinas No
manly man fees any thing of shame in
iookipg back 70 early struggles wit adj
verse circumstances, and no man feels a
worthier pride than when he has
COFoUERkD AN OBSTACLE
10 his progress But no one Of noble mind
desires TO be looked upon as having occu-
pied menisl position, as having been re-
pressed bv feeling of inferiority, or ss
having suffered the evils OF poverty until
relief was found at the hand of charity.
General Garheld's youth presented no hard
ships which family love and family energy
did not overcome, subjected him to no pri-
vations which he did not cheerfully accept,
and lcff 90 memories save those which
were recalled with delight and transmitted
with profit and pride. Garfielo's early OPP
portunities for securing sn education were
extremely limited, and yet were sufficient
TO develop in him an intense desire to learn
He could read at 3 years OF age, and each
winter he had the advantage of the dis
tnct school. He read all the books
be found within the circle of his &C.
quaiutance. Some of them he got by heart.
While yet in childhood. be was a constant
student of the Hible. and became familiar
with its literature. The dignity aud earnest
DeeS Of his speech in his mature life gave
evidence of this early training. At IS
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