Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-27

are not to be here adversely interpreted
nor their course harshly characterized.
But of tie dead president this IS to DC
said. and said because his Own speech is
forever sienced and he can be no more
heard except through fidelity AID the love
OF surviving friends: From the beginning
to tho end Of the controversy he So much
leplored, the president was never for one
moment actuated by any motive OF gain To
himself OF OF loss TO Others. Least of all
| men did he Larbor revenge, rarely did he
| even show resentment, and malice was not
| in his ratu!c. lie was congenially EN-
ployed only in the exchange OF good Offices
and the doing OF kindly deeds.
! There was not al hour, from the beSii-
ming of the trouble TIL tho fatal shot enter
ed his body, when the president would not
! gladly. for the sake Of restoring harmony.
! have rctraced any step he had taken II
| such rctracing had merely involved conSe-
Quences personal to himself. The pride
oi consistency, or any supposed sense OF
! humiliation that might result from surren-
o.ing his position. had not feathers
| weight with him. No man was ever .ess
subject to such influences from within Ot
from without. But after most anxious de
liberation and the coolest survey OF all the
circumstances, he solennly believe.
that the true prerosatives OF
the executive We're involved in tho
issue which had been raised, and
that no would be uniaithfui to his supreme
obligation if he failed to maintain, in AL
their vigor. the constitutional rights and
,iisnities OF his great office. He believed
this in all the convictions of conscience
when iii sound aud vigorous health, and
he believed it in his suffering and prOstra-
ton in the last conscious thought which,
! his weary mind bestowed on the transitory
struggles of life. More than this need
not be said Less than this could not be
said. Justice to the dead, the highest
obligation that devO!ves upon the living.
demands the declaration that in all bear
ings Of tho subject, actual or possible, the
D, resident was content in his mlnd, justi-
! fed in his conscience, immovable in his
conclusions.
; mir. Blaine paid high tribute to the pres
ideDt's religious character his return
from the range Of speculation with fresh
ness and delight to the simpler instincts
of religious faith his liberality and toll
GRANGE. In conclusion, after sketching
the events preceding the assassination and
, the horrid deed itself, the orator induSed
in the following perOratiOn.
= Great in Iife he was surprisingly SIedt
J in death. For no cause, in the very frenzy
of wantonness and wickcdness. by the red
hand of murder, ho was thrust from the
fall tide Of this worlds interest, from its
hopes, its aspirations, its victories, into
t the visible presence Of sicatli-and he did
not quail Not alone for the one short
: moment i'll which, stunned and dazcd, he
could give up life, hardly aware OF its re
= Iinquishment, but through days of deadly
I languor, through weeks ofagony, that was
not less agony because silently borne, with
3 clear sight and calm courage, ne looked
( into his open grave. What blight and ruin
i met his ansushed eyes, whose lips may tell
y what brilliant, brokepp plans, what bailied,
+ high ambitions, what sunderibg OF strong,
z warm, manhoods s friendships, what bitter
j, rending OF sweet household ties Behind
e him a proud expectant nation, great host
. Of s;,stainin. friends, 4 cherished and
y happy mother, wearing the full rich hon
S ors of her early toll and tears ; the wife OF
) his youth, whose whole life lay iii his the
s little boys not yet emerged from child
y hoods day of fro!ic the fair, young
C daughter; the sturdy sons Just springlna
i into closest companionship, claiming every
@ day and every day rcwarding father
Il love and caro- : and in his heart the
is eager, rejoicing power to meet ali t'e
s. ,nanti Before him, desOlatiOn and grca,
|! darkness And his soul WAS not shaken,
l. His cOuntry,nen were thrilled with III
;, slant. profound and universal sympathy
:. Masterful in his mortal weakness. he be
= came the centre Of a nations love, Gl-
. slrine,l in the prayers of a world. But !. |
Il the love and all the sympathy could not
j. share with him his suffering. He trod the
p Uine-prass alone With unfaltering front
d he faced death. With unEai!ine tender
y ness he took leave Of life Above the
Df demOniau hiss Of th" ,ssassin's bullet he
" heard the voice Of God. With simple
resignation he bowed 70 the Divine de-
ci cree.
y As TIE end drew near, his early craving
= ior the se. returned. Tie stately mansion
i of power had been to him the wcarisomc
hospital Of pain. ard he begged 10 be
ii taken from it's prison walls. from ITS op
)i prcssivc. sitting :,ir, from its homeless
ID ncss and it's hope,tss,icGs. Gently, silently,
1t the love ofa great people bore the pa'o
ID sufferer to the lonsed-!Or healing of the
y sea. to live or t. die, as Col should will,
er within sight OF its heavin9 b;lows, within
I'll sound Of its manifold voices. With wan,
st sevcrcd face tenderly lifted IT, tho cOolin"
a breeze, lie Looked out wist!u'ly upon thc
6. oceans cllaugiu.; wonders {; on its far sails
c whitening in tho morning light or n
s. restless waves, rolling shorewaTd TO break
n and die beneath tho monday sur on tho
ie red clouds of evening, archiEg ic| 10 ttt
y horizon on the serene and shining path
ce way of the stars. Let us think that his
nc dying eyes read y mystic meaning which
at only the rapt and parting soui may know.
to Let us believe that iu the slleGcs OF the re
r. ccding worI,. he heard the great waves
n breaking. on u further shore, and fell
already upon lis wasted brow the breath
IL Of the eternal morning.
r. After the Address.
ie Tho enlosy was concluded at l:oo !. If
i; AS Mr.. Blaine gave utterance to the last
! solemn words, the spectators broke into
is storm Of applause, which was not hushed
r. for some moments. The address was lis
e tened to with an intense interest and Il!
t: solemn silence Bsnediction was then
* offered BY d.. Bullock, chaplain Of Senate
re The Maine band played the Garfield dead
o. march - the invited guests flied
:" ou. OF the chamber in the same
~ -, order il which they had entered
ID The Senate was the last to leave, and the
= House was then called to order by tht
" speaker ,Ir. Mckinley, Of Ohio, offered
D. rcsoi,.; ion Of thanks to Mr.. Blaine for tho
"a appropriate memorial address and it was
Il. unanimously adopted. The House then,
m ~ ., ,n,r;, cf rccnoct adiorrned until to