Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-23
AT GETTYSBURG.

The telegraph few days ago gave a meagre item in regard to the visit or President Cleveland to the battlefield ot Gettysburg, the point where the tide or victory saved our blessed country from being torn asunder and relegated to an ipglorious grave. A correspondent ot the Cincinnati Commercial, who was on the field, has graphically described the sensations there produced by one whom reunited and restored country mas clothed with an honor above when the smbit,on of man cannot reach. This correspondent says:
 aIt is hard and uphill work for the papers who desire to see nothing but greatness and glory Tn the new Presi- dent to write flstteringly about his first sppearsuce in public yesterday and the impression made by him. None of them can avoid the knowledge that, except in name, it would have been just as satis- factory to take along wooden man. In his conduct toward the people, the plain truth is that be is uDgrscious, and IS either ignorant or oblivious of all socIal amenities.
 The impression made upon every body by him was not good one. On the contrary. it was bad one. Think what day Garfield, Blaine or Grant would have made of 1t. Think of their kind and gracious greetings, their free and cordial intermingling with the peo- pie, and the eloquent words that would have made that historic battlefield ring with cheers Cleveland appeared to de- test the crowd. He had to be fairly dragged out to the carriage at the Get tysburg station. He persisted in having 8 carriage run around to the rear of the train, so he could clip away from the people who were awaiting him, and had come many miles for the purpose of greeting him. He refused even to face the throng at the National Cemetery, and against all remonstrance slipped out by the rear, gained the carriage and drove rapidly away.
 Perhaps he did right in that, for what ID the world could that poor man have said amid such grand and sacred associations and with the immortal words of Abraham Lincoln, spoken up- on that spot, and facing him, carved in the marble of the great monument.
 "Lincoln at Gettysburg!
 Cleveland at Gettysburg!
 "From Abraham Lincoln to Grover Cleveland!
 "Well, well Turn the rascals out. They stand about you, NIT. Cleveland. They have empty sleeves pinned to their breasts. They limp upon wooden legs or hobble along upon crutches. Their bodies are covered with scars; in their flesh are still imbedded the bullets that tore through flesh and bone on that dreadful day when the fate of the gov ernment and the nation you are now at the head of, hung trembling in the bal sncs. With flashing eyes and voices broken with emotion they point out to you the scenes of the mighty struggle, tell you the splendid story of high man. hood, of desperate daring, of unequaled heroism displayed upon this field by the American citizens of the North and the South. They show you where the Southern soldiers made a charge so brave, 80 true, so dashing that it goes into histnry as Ona nf the most HaaSnif- cent things in the annals of warfare, and they point you to the place where the Northern men met this charge with valiant steadtastness and untiinching courage that swept back even such an assault as that, and all these broad fields were heaped with dead and soaked with blood! Does not the thought thrill you, Mir. Cleveland, and make your heart beat quicker, as these griZzled veterans tell you the wild tale of the glorious deeds of your countrymen?
 Rouse up, MT. Cleveland, you are on the fields of Gettysburg!
 "Why, man, the very word is enough to make the blood go to ones cheek, and his breath come faster. Cast your slow, small eyes about you at the dir ection of the old soldier who IS talking to the eagerly listening throng, and let your large, solid body feel the thrill of a genuine patriotic and human enthus- iasm. No? Still stolid, bored and im- passive. Well, turn to each other, old soldiers. Drive on, Sergeant Holtz- worth. Take this President around the routine trip, and let him get back to bis private car and eat. There is a good supper, with plentitude of edibles and potables awaiting him there"