The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-01

Garnelu ulHereu, IuuCalIy uiHolcu
temperament, in the form and phase of am
bition. He could not do what they could,
but he could do what they could not and,
l.. the breadth of his congressional work,
he left that which will longer exert a poten.
tial influence among men, and which,
measured bv the severe test OF posthumous
criticism. will secure more enduring and
more enyiable fame
Those unfamiliar with Garlield's indus
try, and ignorant of the details of his work,
may, in some degree, measure them by the
annals of congress. No one of the genera
ton of public men to which he belonged
has contributed 50 much that will be valua-
bio for future reference. His speeches are
numerous, many OF them brilliant, all of
them well studied, carefully phrased aud
. exhaustive OF the subject under
consideration. Collected from the scattered
pages of ninety royal-octayo volumes of
congressional record they would present an
invaluable compendium of the political
history of the most important era through
which the national government has ever
passed. When the history Of this period
shall be impartially written, when war
legislation, measures of reconstruction, pro-
lection ofhuman rights, amendments to the
constitution maintenance OF public credit
be reviewed, unsurrounded by prejudice
and disconnected from partisanism,
THE SPEECHES
of Garfield will be estimated at their true
value, and will be found to comprise a vast
magazine of fact and argument of clear
analysis and sound conclusion. In
were accessible, his speeches in
the house of representatives from Deem
Der, 1868 to June, 1880, would give a we'll
connected history and complete defense of
the important legisati on of the seventeen
eventiul years that constitute his parlia-
mentary fife. Far beyond that, his speeches
would be found to forecast many great
measures yet to be completed, measures
which he knew were beyond the public
opinion of the hour, but which he conf
IDENTIFY believed would secure popular ap-
proyal within the period Of his own life
time and by the aid of his own efforts DIFF
fering as Garfield does from the brilliant
parliamentary leaders, it is not easy to find
his counterpart anywhere in the record OF
American public life. lie perhaps more
nearly resembles Mr.. Seward in his supreme
faith in the all-conquering power of u prin-
ciple. He had the
LOVE or LEARNING
and the patient industry of investigation to
which John Quincy Adams owes his prom
inence and his presidency. lie had some
distinguished Mr.. Webster, and which. in
deed, in all our public life have left the
great Massachusetts, senator without an in
tellectual peer.
In English parliamentary history, as in
our own, the leaders in the house of COM
mons present points of essential difference
from Garfield, but some of his methods re-
Gall the best features in the strong, indie
pendent course of Sir Robert Peel,
and striking resembanccs are dis
cernible, in that most promising
oil modern conservatives, who died
too early for his country and his fame, the
Lord George Bentinck. He had all of
Burke's love for the sublime and the beau
titul, with possibly something of his super
abundance, and in his faith and his mag
nanimity i'll his power of statement, in his
subtle analysis, in his iaultlcss logic, in his
love of literature, in his wealth and world
OIL illustration one is reminded of that
great English statesman of to-day who, con-
ironted with obstacles that would
pNuNr ANY nut THE DAuNrLEss,
reviled by those whom he would relieve as
bitterly as by those whose supposed rights
he is forced to invade, still labors with
serene courage for the amelioration of
Ireland and for the honor of the English
name: .Gariield's nomination to the
presidency, while not predicted or
anticipated, was not surprise to
the country. His prominence in congress,
his solid qualities, his wide reputation,
strengthened by his then recent election as
senator from Ohio, kept him in the public
eye, as man occupying the very highest
rank among those entitled to be called
statesmen. IL was not mere chance that
brought him this high power. 1--WE must"
says Mr.. Emerson, reckon success n con.
stltutional trait. II Eric is in robust health
anu has slept well, and is at the top of his
condition aud thirty years old, at his de-
parture from Greenland he will steer west
and his ships will reach New Foundand'
put take Eric out and put in stronger and
Dolder man and the ships will sail 600,
iVD, 1000 miles farther and reach
Labrador aud New England. There is
no chance IN results. As candidate
uarnelu steadily grew In popular favor.
ne was met with a storm of detraction at
the very hour of his nomination. and il
continued with increasing volume and mo-
mentum until the close of his victorious
campaign.
Nomight nor greatness In mortality
Nn ccnsutc scapc; back wOunding cnlumpy
Thc MhitCst virtue strikes What King so strnu,,
Van We the gall up In the SlandrrnuS tongue
under II all he was calm and strong and
confident never lost his Sclcposscssion
did no unwisc act spoke no hasty or III.
considered word. Indeed, nothing in hi.
whole HE Is more remarkable or more cred.
table than his bearing through those live
Iull months OF vituperaton, n prolonged
agony oil trial toa sensitive man, con.
slant and cruel draft upon the powers OF
moral endurance. The great mass OF these
UNJUST MrurArIoNs
passed unnoticed, aud, with the general
debris oi the campaign, fell into oblivion
bnt IN lew instances the iron entered hi,
soul, AMI he died with the injury unfor
g0llcn II not uniorgivcn. One net of Gar
icldS candidacy was unprecedented, Ncyc,
neloro IN the history Of partisan contests In
thls country had q successful presidential
candidate spoken freely on passing event,
nnd current issucs. To attcmpt anythinr
oil The kind seemed novel, rash. and owe,
desperate, The older class Of voters re
vmicH 'ne unfortunate Alabama letter, II
which Mr. Clay was supposed to hay,
al, ulS POLITICAL nEArlt-wARRANr,
Ihey remembered also the hot.tcmperc,
,nusion. by which General Scott lost
large share OF his popularity bclor
his nomination, and the unCny
tunatc speeches which rapidly consume
The remainder, The Younger voters I'M
seen Mr.. Grccly in a series of vigorous nm
original addresses, preparing the pathwn
Tor his own defeat, unmindnil of tines
warnings, unhccding the advice of friend,
fairfield spoke In large crowds ns no ION,
ncyod to and nom New York In August I
great multitude IN that city, TO dclc,,
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