The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-10
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Cincinnati Commercial.
1t is hard and uphill work for the
papers who desire to.see nothing but
greatness and glory In the new presi-
dent, to write flatteringly about his
first appearance in public on May 4th,
and the impression made by him
None of them can avoid the knowledge
that, except in name, it would have
been just as satisfactory to take along
a wooden man. In his conduct toward
the people, the plain truth is that he is
ungracious, and is either ignorant OF
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 or Blaine or Grant
would have made it. Think of their
kind and gracious greetings, their free
and cordial intermingling with the
people, and the eloquent words that
would have made that historic battle
iiSiu llhS Will CuSClo. SlCSSiahu ap-
peared to detest the crowd. He had to
be fairly dragged out to the carriage at
the Gettysburg station. He persisted
in having carriage run around to the
rear of the train, so he could slip away
from the people who were awaiting him
and had come many miles for the pur-
pose.of greeting him. He refused even
to face the throng at the National
Cemetery, and against all remon-
STRANGE, slipped out by the rear, gained
his carriage and drove rapidly away.
Perhaps he did right in that, for what
in the world could thatpoor man have
said amid such grand and sacred asso.
Citations, and with the immortal words
of Abraham Lincoln, spoken upon 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,, Mr.. Cleve-
land. They have empty sleeves pinned
to their breasts. They limp upon wood
en- legs or hobble along on 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 government and the nation
you are now the head of hung tremb.
ling in the balance. 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 manhood
of desperate daring, of unequaled he.
roism displayed upon this field by the
American citizens of the North and
South. They show you where the
Southern soldiers made a charge SC
brave, so true, so dashing that it goes
into history as one of the most magnifi.
cent things in the annals of warfare;
and they point you to the place where
the Northern men met this charge
with
a VALIANT STEADFASTNESS
and unfiinching 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, Mr.. Cleve,
land, and make your heart beat quick.
er, as these grizzled veterans tell you
the wild tale of the glorious deeds Of
your countrymen
Rouse up, Mr.. Cleveland, you are OIL
the field 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 di-
rection of the old soldier who is talking
to the eagerly listening throng, and let
your large, solid body fell the thrill OF
q genuine patriotic and human enthu-
siasm. No? Still solid, bored and inn
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 his
private car and eat. There is good
supper, with a plentitude of edibles and
potables waiting him there.