New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-15

sent answers became the representative Of yav
| and order, while as the intivilhal he sorrowea
for the mistaken, grand id nan who stood
single-handed against such earfil odds Bur !,
was impossible for household accustomed 70
revere as friends of the hmilJ such men az
Sumner, Garrison, Wendell IhilliR. Whittier. and
Longfellow, for children wlO reid Dr. Bailev,s
National Era" every week and had cried over
Uncle Toms" cruel suffering. no, to feel iealou.
partisanship for the truly good OLD man who was
about to die for others The Governors library
was connected with the rest ofthe rouse in pretty
struggling fashion by little conservatory where
the children, half mischievousl7 ant half through
real feeling, constructed little fqt and raised
flag on which was painted rd!ly md defantly,
Freedom forever; slavery never
See here Chase" called hack ,ne 4 my fathers
friends, as he was coming through he conserva-
tory. what little rebels have yo got here
This will hardly do"
The Governor came TO the door ala looked A.
the small declaration of war, and alter standing
there a minute, turned around and went back
into his study but in the evening c called us
to him and explained very carefully how i'm,
possible it was to right great wronSin the way
poor old John Brown had attempted o do how
National law was sacred and must be Deyed, and
try must work BY peaceful means 70. he liberia
ton of the slaves-by the growth OF tie Repub-
lican party and right legislation Irw little
lie dreamed that the emancipation vas so near
and would receive such bloody baptism, md that
only two years later the blue uniforped soldier.
of the Republic would tramp down Pnns- lvania
ave, regiment after regiment singing n a mighty
chorus
John Browns body lies Wondering in he grave,
But his soul is marching on.
After that time came days full # interest
and excitement, for a crisis was immlent The
air was filled with rumors of coming touble and
many men whose names afterward bcame his
toric passed through tie little conservatory &c
the library beyond Garfield, who wa then in
the State legislature, was very frequet visitor
He was rudy and Saxon-looSng IN thse DAYS
like the German heroes in the Nibcunge Folks
sage" and full of keen AMI live interestn every
thing connected with both politics and litrature-
which is, by the way, not as unusual domination
as it would seem. lie had great liking or chill
dren and often stopped to talk with usin the
conservatory, which was Ouf constant winter
playground, and one afternoon he assste with
much amusement at physiological researchwhch
consisted Of the diSinterment of several cflnct
canarics il order that their skeletons Mat he
presented TO a museum. in the nursery. BCh he
and Governor Chase had taken up the stIy Of
the German language very zealCusly that win
ter, AM, as my father was out of office f.. the
first time in many years, his progress wasthe
most rapid. He and VI Garfield often cOmpred
Eotes and it seemed very natural couple Of vars
afterward, when We were oil domiciled In WISH
ington, that Mr.. Garfield should come in at brelk-
fast time with els German book. Can Du
read this, Mr.. Secretary" he SAID to my fathr..
throwing him a little slip of paper Secretly
Chase easily translated the few lines, which WIRE
written in German text and ran as follows