Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-09


whose sham was then unmasked utter
~, as il had no single word OF cheer or
sympathy. but stood 0utas Polar berg
or Nesuviau crag, blear and desolate,
intdelity has scarce lifted its voice
since then save as the defender Of nri-
waite vice aud the counsellor OF public
fraud. The baleful star it WOULD frin
have fixed in the armament, has palofi
before the charging star of virtue and
truth. But above all, the nation has
come through this suffering To a new
consciousness. 1t has come to see bet
ter how to live. How 90 love itself AMI
the great ends of its existence. 10 ia
learning to abhor faction and sp0liage
and machine tyranny as the sources rs
tia deadly virus which threatened It's
Maternal life, and which did destroy
that q him who wrote with his dying
hand, - have been slain for the Re
public.n
In that nd event 20 which I thus
make this aAusion, YOU recall now,
though with breaking hearts we tgie1
TO respond ''Amcsr' 10 the strange ex.
hortation Of the Inspired work, "In
every thing gives tanks" Has NOT
the outcome proved that our faith was
we'll plaeedg Were that sufferer alivn
to-day believe he would rejoice in tho
evidences that che true Intelligence an1
purity OF political parties are ne last
awaking 10 the deadly peril which has
been threatening the very life Of our
commonwealth. He would recognise
in the great political revolution which
has just swept over our land at least
the beginning Of a deliNeranee from no
litieal despofism and viciOusnoss IN
which every man who wishes his coun.
try well may we'll rejoice, however
tried the citizen of this or that party
max be at amy immediate result.
NV friends. they make a sad bluuder
who regard what has lately come TO
pass as party triumph, The blunder
will be made only by narrow minds. 10
is something better, higher. II Is but
another step in the struggle SO Well be-
gun by him who died, and in which he
died between principle and domination
1t Is the setting in Of tide, we believe
and hope. which will free men OF all
parties from the shaelSles which for
years have made as all political
slaves. 1t is hut one stop. II must 20
on until political methods are purified.
For more than q generation with in-
creasing Yiruienee, they have been vic
ious. Complete deliyerance will come
only when the entire methods of pri-
maries and machines are changed, ana
the people I'm the exercise of their orig
inal prerugative, rs the source OF au-
thority, shall be able 10 designate the
and men 30 place before the
nation for its free choice.
Garfield viii not have died in vain II
his agony shall have concentrated at
tention upon this our great peril, and
have nerYed his eountrYmen TO attempt
better for the national life
than that which for years has largely
filled Cur legislative halls with mere
partizans. toe often with base dema-
yogiles.
ON the Friday afternoon on which
that funeral car slowly sadly pulled
)ut from the national Capital over it,
rails Of steel one of the many thou
sands, ! stood and watched II pass
away. It bore that afflicted christian
wife and those fatherlcss children, with
.he comrades i'm Office and eloquence Of
.he honored dead. But above al else
{ bore all that was mortal OF him who
lad SO lately come over the same ais
to his deserved heritage Of glory and
honored greatness. That other time
the great heart beat with Il noble, gen-
erous ioy. This time that heart was
still Just az the ear was rounding a.
pass from the Capital he loved 50 Wen,
i cloud which had been slowly gather
ing for hours before the September I'm
and moving eastward passed from the
sun and sent forth gentle shower on
the earth Behold, while men looked
there was Gods beautiful bow of peace
spanning the train! Beneath the glory
ii passed with its martyred burden 70
It's final sepulture. IL was felt by All
to be blessed emblem Of Gods prone
se to the country and 20 our wounded
souls The promise is coming to pass.
1t only remains for us 90 grid onT
spirits for a higher lifc--tO harder work.
o purer faithl As people Of Christ
Is individuals rs American citizcusi
MEN.