Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-09
Garfield's Betrayer at Garfield's Tomb.

The late President Gar6eld's wild ow
resides in spacious dewelling upon
Prospect street, one of the most beau
tiful avenues in the city of Cleveland,
Ohio. The ordinary route to Lake
View Cemetery is past her house and
Its grounds. Fronting on one of the
principal carriageways IN the ceme-
terry, about a quarter of mile from
the entrance, there is tomb built of
dark sandstone in imitation OF Gre
clan portico. The doorway is closed by
an iron grating, above which is carved
the name of well known cleveland
family, who lend this place TO shelter
the remains of the late President un-
until the building of a mausoleum
on higher land, for which popular con-
tributions are still solicited. Opposite
there is guard house where squad
of soldiers of the regular army keep
watch day and night, and have done
so for several years. An irregular
path has been trodden through the
grass along the front of the tomb by
sentinels and the incessant visitors.
Through the grating the coffin of
President Garfield is seen resting on a
bier, covered with dusty pail strewn
with withered wreaths.
According to a programme of the
electioneering tour which Mr.. Blaine
has undertaken from this city this
week with one OF the most cor,
rupt gangs Of politicians in his
train that ever served for an escort,
ne is expected to reach Ohio IN season
TO pass Sunday in Cleveland and per.
vert that day to his personal and par
tisan purposes by melodramatic visits
to Mrs. Garfield and to her late hus-
bands tomb.
Ie he does so either on Sunday or
on any other day it will be one OF the
most hypocritical events in his
ungodly career; sor though the bullet
that killed Garfield was sped from
Guiteau's pistol it was Blaine's amb!-
tious and revengeful intrigues, in the
meshes of which he had entangled
Garfield, that had crazed Guiteau's
brains. But for Blaine Mrs. Garfeld's 5
husband in all human probability
would be living this day, joy to his
family, and we are confident, an hon
or to his country; for it is scarcely
conceivable that he would not long
ere this have detected the vicious use
that Blaine was making of him and
freed himself from the malign intiu-
ence.
1t is now nearly two weeks since we
published the evidence of Baine's
treacherou ssel6shness toward Garfield
at moment which put the sincerity Of
his professed affection to conclusive
test. The substance of this evidence is
that while Garfield lay wounded in the
White House, Blaine, for the miserable
purpose of lngratlating himself with
Arthur, called at his own house q
meeting of the Cabinet and proposed
to his associates to depose Garfield
and summon Arthur to Washington
to be be installed as President well
knowing that, as was declared by some
of those who successfully resisted the
I roposition, the tidings of even the
suggestion of it would be likely to be
fatal to Garfield then wavering be-
tween life and death. On September Il
we invoked Blaine or any other men,
Der of the Garfield Cabinet to contra.
dict this evidence If possible, and one
and all have remained silent.
For Blaine to touch the hand Of
Mrs. Garfield, after this, is profane
for HIM to delude her with the deceit
that he was her husbands friend is
base; and for him-Gar6eld's betrayel
to shed crocodile tears at Garield's
tomb will be hypocrisy unsurpassed
IN modern chronicles For its parallel
one must search such pages as those
of Dante.-N Y. Herald.