Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 56, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1882 — Page 1

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flr i' sX r Hi I II. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY. .MARCH 1, 1882. YOL. XXIX. NO. 56. WHOLE NO. 1603

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JiLAIXE'S TRIBUTE

To the Memory of the Chief Magistrate, Late Delivered in the Presence of Congress and Distiatrulslied Uaestj Front All Parts of tab Country. An Kloituent Portrayal of the Life Character of the Martyred President. .13(1 Sis Humble Boginning and Rapid Advancement to the Highest Place in the Gift of His f Countrymen. An Interesting Story, Told Only as a Great Orator and Life-Long Friend Could Tell It. The Memorial Services in Honor of the Late President .lames A. Garfield Mr. Itlaiue' Kulogy. Washington, Feb. 27. Prior to 10 o'clock this morning auinis sion to tbe Capitol was refused to all save members of the two Houses of Congress and their employes, but at that hour the door was thrown open to person" holding tickets to the memorial s-ervicea of tbe late James A. Garfield and .soon the calleries cf the House weie rilled to their utmost capacity. In the lobby back of the Speaker's desic the'Marine Band was stationed, and at intervals from 10 o'cloek until noon discoursed solemn music . Amontr the gaesrs who at an earl v hour occupied seau upon the l!or were General Schenck and Governors Ifovt, of Pennsyl vania: Foster, ot Unio; Hamilton, of Marv land; Bielow, vi Connecticut, and Porter, of Indiana. At tl:o Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Hancock, Howard and Meiers, and Admirals Ammen, Ro-rers and Rodger entered, and were asirned scat? v the left of the Sneak er's desk, and a tVv moments later members of the diplomatic corn-?, in full regaliav were ushered in, headed bv the Hawaiian Minister as dt an of the corps. Their brilliant cos tumes onlv tcrved to throw into stronger re lief the dark atti. of t'.e isiembefs of Con gress who sat immediately behind th m. At precisely 1- o does the House was called to ortir tv Speaker Keifar, and praver was oilered by the Chaplain. The Sneaker then said: "This dav has been dedicated bv -the ncition of the two Houses of Congress to ser vices in commemoration of the life -and death of James Abrain Garfield, late Prcsi dent of the Vnited Slates. This House is now assembled and ready to perform its part."' At 12:10 the Senats was announced, and all rose as the Senators, headed by the ulli--ers of that body, entered and took assigned sweats. They were followed bv the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supre?ue Conn, dressed in their robes of Ollice. Aeam the assembled multitude rose as the President, of the United states and his Cabinet were announced. The Presi dnt took a front seat on the right of tne presiding o:llcers chair. At 1-:Ö0 the orator of tbe day, James G Blaine, was announced. I he ceremonies then opened bv a short t.raver bv Chaidain Power, of the House, after which Vice Presi dent Davis said: "This day is dedicated by Congress for memorial services of the late Pre?iiient of the I'nited Stare, James A. Garfield. 1 present jou lion. James G. lilaine, who has been htlv chosen as orator ior this historical occasion. " Mr. Ulaifie then rose, and standing at the Clerk's desk irume liately in front of the two presiding oluecs, proceeded with ifupres siveness of manner and clearness of tone to deliver his euiogy from manuscript as follows: The Eulogy. Mr. P;:esidf.t For the second time in this feneration tne great Uerim-juw of trie ixovernnient of the-l'nited States are assembled in the Hall of Representative to do honer to ihe raemory of a murdered President. Lincoln fell a. toe close of mighty str uggle iu which the passions of men had been deeply stirred. The tragical termination of his great life added but another to the lengthened sucesslon of horrors which had marked so many lintels with' the blood of the lirst born. Garfield was slain in a day of peace, when brother had been reconciled to brother, and when anger and hti'e bad been banished from the land Whoever shall hereafter draw the portrait of murder, if,ue will show it as ii has teen exhibited where such example were last to have been looked for. let him not give it the grim visage of Moloch, the brow knitted by revenue, the face black with KUied hate. Let him draw, rather, a decorou? .smooth faccd.bloodless demon; not so much an example of human nature in lis depravity and in its paroxysms of crime, as an infernal being, a rier-d it tneordinary display and development ot his character." from tne tannins ot tne niu'ims ti riymoum till the upriaine against Charles I., about 'JO. (XJ0 emigrants came from old England to lew Eug-land.-As they came in pursuit of intellectual freedom and ecclesiastical indejendence rather than f r wordly houor and profit, the emigration naturally ceased when the contest for rUüious liberty liegau in earnest at home. The man who struck his most eitective blow for freedom of conscience by sailing for the colonies in ItiJO would have beeu accounted a deserter to leaveaf ter lt.io. The opportunity had then come on the soil of England for that great content which established the authority of Parliament, gave religious freedom to the people, st-.it Charles to the block and committed to the nands of Oliver Cr.m well the supreme executive autSo-ity f t England. The Eazlih emigration whs never renewal, and from these tiO.uuu men, with a smalt emigration from Scotland and from Frnnce, are dtv nded the vast numbera who have New England biood iu their Telas. In the revocation of the edict of Nantzby Louis XIV. scattered to oihtr countries 4ou,000 Protestants, who were among the most intelligent and enterprising of French subjects merchants of capital, killed tuinufacturera and handicraftsmen, superior t ihe lime to 11 others in Europe. A considerable number of these Huguenot French ameto America; a few landed in England and became honorably prominent in its hiatorv. Their nameihave in large iart become anglicised, or have disappeared, but their blood is traceable ia many of the mo.-t repuub.e Emilies, and their fame is ieretua'.ed iu honorable memoriids and useful liistiiutions. From these two sources, the English-Puritan and the Frerch-JIuuueuot, came the law PreiHpnt his fther. Abram Garfield, be'.rg desce-jd-eI from the one, aud his mother, hliA Ballon, from the other. It was a good stock on both sides nonee better, none braver, none truer. There was in It au inheritance of couit:e, of manliness, of imperishable love of liberty, f iuudylng adherence to pnnciiilf. iarti-!d v,-as proud oi his blood: and, with a mcca s-ti-f .iciioii a if be were a British nobleman reading tU stately ancestral record In P.urke' l'eera:e. he spke t-t himself as ninth in - descent from those who would not endure the oppression of the Stuarts, and seventh iu desccn from the brave French Protectants who refused to submit to tyranny evea from the Grand iloarGeneral Garfield delighted to dwell on these trait, and, during his only vult to England, he busied himself In discovering every trace of his forefathers in Parish regiunes and on ancient army rolls. Sitting with r. fiiend in the gallery of tha House of Coramonsone night altera long day's labor in this held ot researth.be said with evident elation jhat in everv war in which for three centuries patriots of English Hood bad struck kturdy blows for constitutional governlnpnt nd human liberty, his family had been rcnrpwniit. Thev were at Marston Moor, at Naseby ani'at I'rcstoa ; they were at bunker Hill,

at Saratov, at Monmouth, and in his own person

had rattled rr the same great cause in the war which preserved the I nion of the States. Losing his lather betöre ne was two yesrs oia, tbe early life of Garfield was one of privation, but its poverty has been ma le indelicately and unjustly prominent, lhousar.osni readers nave imxgined him as the ragged, starving child whose reality too often streets the eye in th souaiid sec tions of our large cities. General Gsffield's infancy and youth had none of their destitution, none of their pliiul features appealing to the tender heart and to the open hand of charity, tie was a poor boy in the same sense thst Henry Clay was a poor boy: m wnic.i Anurew jacuson was a poor boy: in which DiMel Webster was a poor boy; ia the senfe in wnicli a large majority of the eminent men of America in all venerations have been poor boys. iSefure a great multitude of men, ia a public speech, Mr. Webster bore this testimony: "It dtii not happen to me to he born in a log cabin, but my elder brothers anil sisters werf born in a log cabin raised amid the suowdrifis of New Hampshire, at a period so early that when the smote rose first from its rude c-mmucy and curled over the frozen, hills there h'i similar evidence of a white mu's habitation between it ud the settlements on the rivers of Cauada. Its remains still ex i-t. I make to it an aunual vi-it. I carry my children to It to tes'-li them the hard ships endured by the generations which have gone before them. .1 love to dwell on the tendei recollections, the kindred ties, the early auVctlon and the toncning narratives ancf incidents which mlnzle with all I know of this primitive family aboia." With the rcoiifciite chance of scene the same words would aptly portray the early days of Garfield. The poverty ol the frontier, where ell are engaged in a common s t niggle, and where a com mon sympathy and hearty ootT.itioii lighten the burdens of oscft. ii a very dilereut IciLd of poverty, diiloreut in kind. diU'oreut iu ii.ll tence and cücct from that cjüm'Ious aud humiliating, iudiifur.ee whieU every dy forced to contrast Itself with neightMtrii.g wcülih, ou which it feels a sense of grinning depcudeuce. The poverty o' the fron'aer is indeed no toverty. It Is but t ie begi'iniug of wealth, and hss the bounulesa possibilities of the luture always opening before it. No ini'i ever trew up in ihe nncultural rtKto.is of the West where a nuuse raiding, or even a corahusting. Is .matter of common interest and heiptiiMifSS, with any oiner Ifeung than that ot broad minded, generous indo-ndence. This honorable independence marked Uc youth oi Garfield as it marks the youth f ndJlioi.s of tiie best Mol and brain now training tor the future citizenship and future iovernment of the Repub lic. tiHrneld whs born .eir to land, to tiie tllle ol freeholder which has been the patent and pass port of self-Pisiiect with tiie Anglo-Saxon tece ever since Heugist and Horse, landed on the shoivs of England, fits adventure ou the caput an alternative between that ai.d the deck of a Lake Erie Echobner was a farmer loy's device for earning money, just as the ew England lad bewns a pos sibly srrest career by sailing bjforg the nast on a eoasiing vessel or on n merchantmau bound to the larther lnd:a or to the china seas. No minly man feels anythlnit oi shame in looking baik to early struggles with alvcrse circum-st-inces, and no m'i lc--is a worthier jiri le than when he has conquered the obitaeles 10 his progress. Uut no one of noble mould desires to le looked ur.ou as having occuTi.'d a menial position, ai httvina: been rvi.rsel by a feeling of inferiority, or as having sul'.ered the eviisof poverty until relief was found at the hand of charity. General Garf'.eid's youth presented lio hanlship which family , love and family eneivy did liol over ome. suiijectea him it n privmions wnicu he did not cheerfully wtiit, and left no memories save those which were recalled with deiiiht. and truiismitU'it with prolit and with pride. l.artitia m eiiriv oiip'irtunitles for securing an education were extremely lhnitel, and yet were sutlirieiit ti (U v'-iop iu him aa Intense desire to barn. He could read at three yers of age. and eo h winter tie had the advant.-tc of the district s'h(Ml. He rnidall the b xks u be found itiiin the circle of his acrjuidniaiice: some c( them he got by heart. While yec in childhood he was a constant student f the liiOlo. and became familiar with its literature. The dignity and earnestness rl his speech in his maturer life gave tvideace of thi caily trail. ing. Atcihtfen years of ae he was nble to teach school, and thenceforward his umhiti m whs io otaiti a college education. To this end he bent all his eilorts. working in the harvest Held, tt the carpenter's beuch, and, in the winter sesou. teaching the common st;hoo! oi the ii(dühborhoKl. While tuns laboriously occupied ne found time lo prosecute his studies, ai.d was so si.itessf ul that at twentytwo years or' e he wns alte u enter the j'ini. r c!as at Willi.iins College, then under t'he Presidency of the venerable and honored Maik Hopkins, who. in the fullness of his;owers, survives the eminent ; upil to whom ne was of mesUiutble service The history of G irfield' life to this ieriod presents no novel . features. He had uridotibtdly shown perseverance, self-reliance, sei f-sncri lice, and amljiuou lualitk-s wbich. be It ssid for the honor of our country, are everywhere io be found among tne young men of America. Iiut frosi his irraduation Ft Wilii..ms onward, to tue hour of his tntgn al death, Garfield's career wss emiuent aud exc-jp'ional. Sitwly vorair.g through his educational period, receiving his wiploma when twenty four yer-i of age, he seente i at one bound to spring into conspicuous and brilliant suc-ess. Wittiiu six years he was. successively President of a College, State Senator of Ohio, MsJ r General of the Army of the I'uited suites, ai.d Representa tive elect to the National Congresa. A coin b: nation of honors so varitd, so elevated, within a jieriod so brief and to a man sc young, is w ithout precedent or parallel in theh. toryoi ineccuutry. ( Garfield's army life was begun with no other military knowledge than sucit as he had hastily i gained from books in the few months preceding his march to the field. Stepping from civil lifo to the he. 1 of a regimen t.t he lir-t oi Jer he received when ready to cross the Ohio was to assume command of a brigade, and to operate ks u iudeendent force lu Eastern Keatncky. His immediate duty was to check the advance of Humphrey Marshall, who waa marching dowu the Big Sandy with the Intention A oeeiipyin;; iu ounection with other Couirderate forces the entire territory of Kentucky, and precipitating the state into secessioiu This was at the close of the year lsll. s;ei Jörn, if ever, has a young colleire pro fessor been thrown Into a more embarrassing and discouraging position. He knew just enough of military science, as he expres.-ed it himself, to meanore the extent of his ignorance, and with a handful of men he was maiching. iu rough win ter weather, into a ttrar.ge country, among a hqstiie population, to cauirout a largely superior force under the command of a distinguished graduate of West Point, who hud seeu active and important service m two preceding wars. 1 ne resu.t oi tne campaign is matter ot history. The skill, the endurance, ihe extraordinary energy shown by Garfield, the courage he imnsrted to his men, raw aud untried as himself, the measures he adopted to increase his force and to create in the enemy's mind exaggerated estimates of his unmlters, bore ierfeel fruit in ihe routing of Marshall, the capture of his camp, the disper sion of his force, and the emancipation of an Important territory from the ontrol of the Rebellion. Corn In a to the close of a long series of disasters to the I'nionarms, Garlleh'.'s victory had an uuusual and extraneous lmtMrtancj, and lu the popular judgment elevated the voting commander to the rank of a military hero W ka less than 2. wo men ia his entire command, with a mobili.ed force of only l.iou, without cannon, he had met an army of 5 000 arid defeated them driving Marshall's force successively from two strotigh'.'ldscf tneir own selection, fortified with abundant artilery. Major General Uueli. commaiidicg tne Depar'ment of the Ohio, an exoeritiiced and a'le sldier of tbe Regular Army, publisted an order of tnanks and congratulation on the brilliant result on the Big Sandy campaign, which would have tu-tied the nead of a less C(kji and sensible man twan Garfield. Buell declared that his service had called into action ihe highest qualities of a soldier, aud President Lincoln supplemented these words of prai.-e by the more substantial reward of a brigadier General's commission, to besr date from theday of his decisive victory over Marshall. The subsequent military career of Garfield fully sustained its brilliant beginning. W'th his hew mmmission he was assigned to the command of a brigade in the Army of the Ohio, and look part in me second and decisive day's tigh; in the great battle of shiloh. Tbe remainder of the year lsft'j was not especially eventful to Gar field, as it was not to the armies with which he was serving. Ills practical sense was, caned into exercise in completing the task, asigned him by General Knell, of reconstructing bridges and re establishing lines of railway communication for the Army. His occupation in this useful but not brilliant field was varied by service ou Courts Martial of importance, iu whicn department of duty he wou a valuable reputation, attracting the notice and securing the approval of the ab.e and eminent Judge Advocate Geueral Of the Armv. That of itself was a warrant to honorable fkine; for among the great men who in those trviriz days gave themselves, with entire devo tion, to the senke of their country.ne who broueht to that service the ripest learning, the most fervid elcxiuence. the most varied attain merits, who lalxireil with modesty aud shunned applause, who in the day of triumph sat reserved and silent aud grateful as Francis leak in the hocr of Hungary 's deliverance was Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, who in his honorable retirement en1 ns the restect and veneration of all who love the Union ot the States. Early In 163 Garheld was assigned to the highly important and responsible post of Chief of Staff to General Rcwecrans then at the head of the Armv of the Cumberland. Perhaps in a great military campaign no subordinate officer requires 'sounder jiahjmeut and quicker knowledge of

men than the Chief of Staff to the (Tommiudu.g General. Au iudiscieet man lit nch a poniiion ean sow more die'rd. breed more jeaWusy and disseminate more striie thsn auy outer nrticcr in the entire orfcaiiltilou. When Genera Garheld assumed bis new dutie he found various troubles already well developed and seriously aiT cling the value a.id et!icisry of tue Army th Cumberland. The energy, the impartiality, aid the tact with wnieh he wnubt toaliaytru-s dissensions, and to discharge the duties of his new and trying position will always remain one ol Ihe most strikiuu proofs rf hia creal versatility. His military duties cloVed on the memorable tield of Chickamaiika, a Held which however dlsaswous to the Union arms gave to him the occadon of winning imperishable lanrels. The very rare iJtinetlon was ar-corded hita of a great promotion for his bravery ou a field trvat was J.wt. President Lincoln appointed him a Major General in the Army of the United States for gallant and merl tortous conduct lu the battle of Cnickamaima The Army of the CurabvrUud waa reorganized under the command of General Thomas, who promptly offered Garfield one of its Divisions, lie was extremely desirous to accept the position, but was embarrassed by the fact that be had. a year before, been elected to Concress, and the time when he mil t take his scat was drawing near. He preferred ut remain i: the inili ary service, and had withlt his own breast the largest confidence of sii'-cessin the wider held w hich his new rank ooened to hira. Balancing the arguments on the one side and the dher, anxious to determine what was for iho best, desirous above all tMuss to d his patriotic dutv, be was decisively inüuei.ced by ihe advice of President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton, b.th of whom insured hiiu that he culd, at that lime, be of o-jcelal value in the House of Representative. He resigned Lis commission of Major General on the 5th day of December, is ;!, a id tooi: ti is seat in the House of Representatives on the 7th. He dad served two years and four months In the Army, aud had just coin. let;d his tüirtv-secund year. Trie Thirty eighth Congress is pre eminently entitled in history to the designation of the War Congress. It was eltcteJ while the War was flsgtaut, and every member was chosen upon the issues involved in the continuance of the srug-sl-. 1 he Thirty-seventh Concress had,' indeed, legislated to a large extent on War measures, but it was cnoseu before any one believed thai sec.essi'.u of tiie States would' be actually attempted. The magnitude of the wot k which fell lipon its successor wita ur.precedeiiteJ, loit in respect t tne vast sums of mui.ey rbed for ihe support of the Array and Navy, and of ihe new aud extraordinary towers i.I legislation which it was force 1 toexercise. Only twenty-four State were reivresentcd, and lsj members were uyou its roll. Among these were many distinguish d party K aders on both sides, veterans iu the pitbiic ser vice, with established repiraiious for ability, and with that skill w hieb Comes only from parliamentary experience. Into this assemblage of men Garfield entered without special preparation, at:d it ml?ht almost lie sai 1 uiiexis.cbdly. The oneslion of taking command of a division of tioopj under General Thomas, or laking his seat in Congress was kept open till the lutt moment, so lute, indeed. thi:t the resignation of his military conamissto'i and his aiteara'ice In the House were klmost contemporaneous. He wore the uniform of .Mfcjor General of tbe United States Aarmy on Saturday, and on Monday iu civilian's dress be answered to the roll-cail as a Representative iu Congress from ihe State of Ohio. He was especially fortunate in the constituency

which elected him. Descended almost entirely from New England stock, the men of the Ashtabula District were intensely radical ou all questions relating to human righlH. Well educated, i 'irifty, thoroughly intelligent in afl'airs, acutely discerning of cbaracit r, not quick to bestow cvuJj leiK C. and slow to withdraw it, they were at once tne most htcful aud most exacting of snpp'irters. Their tenacious trust in men in wbout the have tr.ee conti led is illustrated bv the utipnraheicd fact that Elisha Whittlesey, John K. Giddings. Hint James A. Gar:ield represented the District for fifty-fo'ir years. There is no test of mau s ability In any dejtartmencbf pul lln life inote severe than service in Die House of Representatives: there is no place where so little deferei.ee i- puid to reputatlou pteviouslv acuuircd. or to emiueiice won outside: no place where so little consideration is shown for the feelings or the failures of begiunhig What a man gaics in th House he ?ains by sheer f.trceof hiso.vu character, and if he loses tucl fails back he must exptct no mercy, and wRl rect ive no srmpatuy. it u a neia in waicn tue kur vival of the strongest is the n-cognized rule, and wheie no pretense can deceive and no Klamour can oii-lead. Tne real man is discovered. hU wo'th is r.uparlially wtihed, his rank irreversibly decreed. v Ith jMjs.sib.y a single exception, tiarueM was the youngest member i:i the House when he entered, and was but seven years from his College grHd'uaiion. He had not been in his seat sixly days beiore his ability was rec tgrdzed and his tlace (M.r.ceicd. He stepped to tiie front with the confidence f one who belonged there. The House was crowde! with strong men ot both par ties; i,i it-teen of tuem have since been transferred to the Seaaie. and inauy ol them have served with distinction ia the Gubernatorial caairsof their resptcdve States and on foreign missions of Kreat consequence; but among them all, uone nrew so rapidlv. none so tirmly. as Garlield. As is said bv Trevelvan of his Parliamentary hero. Garhel.l succeeded "because all the world in concert could not hive kept him in the back ground, aud because when once lu the front he played his part with a prompt iutrcpidity aud a commanding ease that weie but iie outward svmtitoins cf the immense reserve cf energy, on wnieh it wa-s In. his power to draw." Indeed, the parently reserved force which Garheld possessed was one of his great characteristics. He never did so well but thai H seemed he culd easily have done better. He never extended so much strength but mat re seeniea to bo holding additional p wer at call. This is one of the happieta ami rarest distinctions oi au effective debater. and often counts for aa much i:t persuading art assembly as the eloquent and claboiate argu ment. The treat ireaureof Garfield's fame was filled bv his service In the Ho'ise of Representat'ves, His military lif-. Must; at d by honorable per formance, and rich lu i romlse, was, as he hlmlf felt, prematurely teiminateci, arid necessa rily incomplete. fpeculailon as to what he mich; have dune in a held, where the great priae are so I'jw, can lit), oe pro::-auie. ti is siuucieiii It say that us a soldier he did his duty bravely: he dl 1 it intelligently; he v.oa an enviable fame. and he retired Iiom the service without blot or breath against him. As a lawyer, ihougn ad mirabiy equlpted for the proiesslon, he can scarcely be said to have entered on its practice, the .lew cu.irts he made at me jiar were aisunnuished bv the same high order of talent whicn he exhibited ou every field where he was put fc the test, and if a mau may b accepted as a cornpeteut judge of his own capacities and adaptationthe Uw was the profession to which Gar field should nave devoted bimsen, uutiateor datnea otherwise, and bis reputation In history will iest largely upon his service iu the House of Representatives. That service wits exceptionally long. He was lue times consecutively-chosen to the House, an honor enjoyed by not more than six other Representatives of the more tnat o,M). ho have been elected from the organizataou of the Governmeut to this hour. As a parliamentarv orator, as a debator on an issue souareW idncd. where the position had been chosen and tbe ground laid out, Garheld must be assigned a very higuiank. More, per haps, than anv raa i with whom he was aocia ted lu public lue, he gave cateiui aua systematic siudy to public questions aua ne came to every discussion la which he too pari, wiiu ciaaorate and complete preparation. He was a steady and indefatigable worker. Tnrtse who imagine that talent or genius can supply the place or achreve the result of labor will hud no cncourageiueut in Garfield's life. In prelimioary work he was sid. rapid and skillful. He pos-eased in a high degree the power of readily absorbing ideas and facts, and like Doctor Johnson, had the art of get ting from a book all that was of value in it bv a reaiine apparently so ouick aud cur sory thai it set med like a mere glance at the table of - contents. He was nre-eminentlv fair " aud candid man in debate, took no petty advantage, sttwped to no unworthy methods, avoided personal aiiufious, rarelv appealed to prtiudke. did not seek to in flame passion. He had a quicker eye for the stroma point of his adversary than for his weak point, and on his own side he so marshaled his weighty arguments as to make his hearers forget any possible lack iu the complete strength of his position. He had a habit of ataiing his oopou-1 era's side with such amplitude of fairness and such liberality rf concession that his followers of test complained that he w.s giving his case away. Kut never in bis prolonged participation iu trie proceedings of the House did he give his case away or fail. In the judement of competent and impartit.1 listeneis, to gain the mastery. These characteristics, wnieh marked Garfield as a great debater, did not. however, make bira a great parliamentary leader. A parliamentary leader, as that term is understood wherever free representative government exitts, is necessarity and very strictly the organ of his party. An ardent American defined the instinctive warmth of patriotism when he offered tbe toast, "Our country, always right, but right or wrong, our country." The parliamentary leader who has a body of followers that will do and dare and die for the cause. Is one who be lieves his party always right, but right or wrong, is for his party. No more important or exacting duty devolves upon him than the selection of the field and the time for contest. He must know ngt merely how to strike, but where to strike and when to strike. He often skill fully avoids the strength of his opponent's position and rcatters coniusiou In his ranks by at

tacking an exposed point when really the right

eousness of the cause and the strengtt of logical tntrenchment are against him. He conquers fra both against the right arid the Deary bat talion.: as when young Charles Fox, In the days of his toryism, carried the House ef Commons gsinst jnsUce. against Its immemorial rights, against his own couvVrtions, if, indeed, at that I-e-no-J Fox had convictions, and, in tbe interest I a corrupt administration, in obedience v a yranniral sovereign, dro-? W ilkes from the neat to whic1 the lectors ol Middlesex had chosen him and Installed Luttrell i defiance, not merely of law but ef public decency. F- ran achievement cf that kind Garleld wasdlassfe fied disqualifled b the lextsre of his mind, by ihe honesty of rm heart, by n.fc eoncieuce, antl by every instinct and aspiration of his nature. The three most distir:iruisr.ed parliamentary leaders hitherto developed in this country are Mr. Clay, Mr. Douglas, aud Mr. "Phaddeus Stevens. Each was a msM.of consummate- abiltiy, of great earnestness, ot intense . personality, differing widely, each ?rom the others, and jet with a signal trait in common the powei to command. Iu the give and lake of daily di.CT.fe'i.-in.iii tbe art of controlling and consolidating rel R-taut and re fractory followers: In the skill U overcome all forms of oppoitifsii,and to meet with nmpetency and courage the varying phases of nnlooked f-r assault or UPsuspe-cW-d defection, ii would be id Jieiilt to rank with these a fourtlname in all our Congressional history. But of thfe Mr. Clay was the areatest. it would, perhaps, be Impos sible to iind in ths parliamentary annals of the world a parallel V Mr. Clay, ia 11, when at xty-four rears of ge he took the control cf the Whig party from the President who hl received tneir suffrages, against the iower of Weosterln the Cabinet, against the eloquence of Lbratem the Senate, aguinst the Herculean ederts el Caleb Cusbing and Henry A. Wise in the House. In unshared lea iership. in the pride and plentitnde of power ne hurled a 'tarnst John Tyler wilh deepest scorn the mass of thai conquering column which had swept over Ute land in IMo. and drove his Adminisimtion to leek shelter be hind the lines of his political foes. Mr. Dexizbva achieved a victory scarcely less wonderful when, in isbl, Hgainst the se-eret desires of a strong Administration, against the wise counsel ot the older chiefs, ag-iiust tbe conservative instinct aud even ihe moral sense of tbe country, he forced a reluctant Congress in;o a repeal J the Missouri compromise. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens. in his contests from 1n) t 1st" actually advanceil his parliamentary leadership until Congress tied the hands of the President aud governed the country by lis own will.' leaving only perfunc tory duties to be discharged by the Executive. With 'J otHi.Ooo of patromu: In his hands at the ojeuiug oi the contest, atued by the active force of Seward ia the Cabinet and the moral itower tf Cnaseonthe Ilecch, Andrew Johnson could ,iot o .in maud the sniport f one-third in either House Hstainst tüe Parllaraeuiury upiisiug f which Thaddeus Stevens was tiie auimatiug spirit and the unquestioned leader. t rom tnese tnree great men darncia aiitered radically, differed in the quality of his mind, lu tempern men t. iu the form and phase of ambition. He could not do w hat they did. but he could do what thoy could not, and in ihe breadth of hi Congressional work be left that which will oi cer exert a potential inilueneo amort men. and which, measured by the severe tests ot post humous criticism, will secure a more eudurlng and mt.re enviable fame. Those unfamiliar with Garfield's Industry, and ignorant of the details of bis wwk, may. iu sotae gree, measure them by the ar.nais of Congres No one of the generation ct public men to w hich be lelotiged has contributed so much that will be valuable for future reference. Hie speeches are numerous, many of them brilliant, all of thera well studied, carefully phrased, and iueshansiive of tbe subject under consideration. Collected frt.m the scattered paxes cf niuety royal octavo volumes of Congression 1 Recofd, they would present an Invaluable compendium ol the politlcal hiiptry of the most important era through which the National Government has ever passed. When the, history of this period shall be impartially written, when war legislation, measures of reeonsti tiction, protecüon cf human ricl.ts, amendments to tbe Con stitution, maintenance of public credit. steps toward specie resumption, true theories cf revenue- may be reviewed, unsurrounded by prejudice aud disconnected from parlisanshio, the sH.-eches of Garbeld will be estimated al their true value, and will be found to c un prise a vast macsziiie of fact aad argument, of clear analysis and sound conclusion. lieed. if no other authority were aeca-ib-'e, his speeches in the House of Representatives from December, 1V..5, to June, lvsj, would give a weii-eonnectea history and complete defense of the important lCKlslatiou of the seventeen eventful years that oiistitute his parliamentary lifo. Far beyond that, his speeches would be found to forecast many Kreat measures yet 40 i completed meas ures which he knew we.e Pc-yond the rutlic opinion of the hour, but which he confidently believed would secure iopiilar approval within the Period r l ins own lifetime, and by the aid cf his own efforts. DUlering. as Garfield docs, from the brilliant parliamentary leaders, it is not easy to Hud his counterpart anywhere in the record of American public life. He perhaps more nearly resembles .Mr. r-eward 111 his supreme laitn in toe all con quering power cf a priuciple. He had the love of le ruing and the paiient industry of investiga tion to which John tpilncy Adams owes his prominence and his Presidency, lie had some of those ponderous elemeutiof mind which dis tinguished Mr. Wei er. and which, indeed, in all our public life have left the great Massachu' setts Senator without an Intellectual peer. in Eugii.su Parliamentary history, as la our own, the leaders in the House ol Comnvn, present points of essential difference from GarfleM. Rut some r.f bis methods recall the best features In the strong. independent course of Sir Kolert Peci, and tanking resemblances are discernible in that most promising of modem conservatives, who died too early for his country and bis fame, the Lord George ltenuutk. He had all of Burke s love for the sublime and the beautiful, with, possibly, something of his supenibuudauee; and in bis faith and his magnimity, in bis power of statement, in his subtle analysis, in bis faultless logic, in his love of literature, in his wealth and world cf iilustiaiion, one is reminded of that great English statesman of to-day, who, confronted with obstacles that would dauut auy but the daunt less, reviled by those whom he would relieve as bitterly as by those whose supposed rights he is forced to invade, still labor with, serene cour age for the amelioration of Ireland, and for the honor of the English came. Garfield's nomination, to the Presidency, while not predicted or anticipated, war not a surprise to the country. His prominence iu Cougress. hi solid qualities, his wide reputation, strengthened ty his then recent election as senator irom onto, kept him in the public eye as a mau ta-cupying the very highest rank among those entitled to be called statesmen. It was not laere chance that brought him this high honor. "We must," says Mr. rmerson, "reckon success a oustltulioul trail. If Eric is in robust health and has slept well aud la at the top of als condition, and thirty years old at his departure from Greenland, he will steer west aud his ship will reach New Fuoudland. Rut take Eric out and put in a stronger and bolder mau and the ships will sail 600, 1,UU, 1,500 miles farther and reach Labrador aud New Eue. land. There Is no chance in results." As a caudidate, Garfield steadily grew In popular favor. He was met with a storm of detracüou at the very hour of his nomination, and it continued with increasing volume and momentum uulil the close of his victorious campaigu No mU:ttt nor gTeatness In mortality Can censure 'caje; backwounding c.üumny The whitest virtue strikes. What Kiug so strong Can tie the call up in the slanderous tongue ? Uncer it ail he was cslm and strong, and confident: never lost his self possession, did no unwise act, spwke no hasty or iil-crmsldered word. Indeed, nothing in his wheJe life is more remarkable or more creditable than his bearing through those live full months of vituperation a pro longed ngoriy of trial to a sensitive man, a constant and cruel draft upon the powers of moral endurance. The great masa of these unjust imputations passed unnoticed, and with the general debris cf tue campaign tell into obiiviou. But in a few instances the iron entered his sou) and he died with ihe injury unloigotteu if not uufor clven. One aspect of Garfield's candidacy was unprecedented. Never before, in the history ci partisan contests in this country, had a successful Presl denticl cauduUte spoken freely on passing events and current issues, to aiu . m auyunng ot tne kind seemed ncvel. rash, ai.d even desperate The older clasa of voters recalled the unfortunate Alabama letter, iu which Mr. Clay was supposed to have signed his political death warrant. They remembered also the hpt tempered effusion by which G.-nerrJ Scott lost a large share of his popu larity before his nomination, and the unfortunate sieches which rapldlv consumed the remainder. The younger voters had seeu Mr. Greeley in a series oi vigorous aud original Addresses. preparing the pathway for his own defeat. LDiiunaial " ot theso warnings, unheedlnsr the advice tf friends. Gar field spoke to large crowds as he journeyed to and from New Yon ia August, to a great multitude in that citv to delations and deputations ol every kind that called at Mentor during tne sum mer and autumn. With innumerable crlMcs watchful aud eager to catch a phrase that mlht be turned Into odium or ridicule, or a sentence that might be distorted to bis own or his party's injury. Garfield did not trip -t halt in any one of hi seventy speeches. This seems all the more remarkable when it is remembered that Le did not write what be said, and yet spoke wiih sucn log leal couse:utiYeness of thought and euch audita

tile precision of phrase aa to defy the accident of inisreport and the malignity of misrepresentation. f n the beginning of his Presidential life Garfield's experience aid not yield bira pleasure or satisfaction. Tbe duties that eugrossso large a portion ot the President' time was rtMasteful io him. aud were unfavorably contrut4 with his legislative work. i have been dealing all these years with itas." be impatiently excJuimed one day, "and nere I ar dealing only will persons. 1 have been heretofore treating of the trindamental principles ol s'-ortTumeiit and b?re 1 am considering all day wither A or B shall be sppoiuted to ihis or trial oftce." He waaerruessly seeking some pnatical way of correcting tie enis arising from the dtstrfau-ttvn of overgrown asd unwieldy patroMie evils always appreciated aud often discussed by him, but whose iramttade had been mare deetv Impressed upon his mind since his accession to the Presidency. Had he lived, a comprehensive Improvement in the mode of appointment and 5 the tenure of oftic wooki have been proposed by him, and with Jbe? aM of Congress no doubt perfected. tut, while many of the Executive duties were not fateful to bira, he was assiduous aud conscientious in their dPshsrge. 5'rora the verv outset he exhibited ad minlstrailre talent of a' high order. He grasped the helm of office with ihf banc of a master. In tii resnect indeei he coustantly snrprised many who were most intimately BKsochttvd with bim iu the tsiverumeui. and especi;itiy those who had-feared that he might be lacking in the Executive facully. liisoh-poci-tion of- bosiness was orderly s-rwi rapid. His power of atMlysis. and his skill in classification, enabled hiss to dispatch a vast maof detail with singular promptness and ease. His Cabinet ineeiog4 were admirably ivmdueted. His clear presentation of crucial subjects, Ms well considered suggestion of topicj-on whx- discussion was invited, his quick decision when all had lieeii heard, combined to show a tbooughuess tf mental traiTt1g as rare as hi natural ability aod his facile adaptation to a new and e.xiaiged field of labor.

With perf.rt eompr-heRsi;ii of all the inherit-anc-s of the w&r, wlih a cool calculation of the obstacles in his way, impelled a'.wa by a generous euthttsi:, liarlield connived that much might be done by his Administration tsjwards re storing harmony between tbe ditfereut sections of the Union, ll-c was anxious to go SVmth and speak to the people. As tarly t April be had ineffectually endeavored to arrange n trip to rtasnvuie, whither he hid been cordially Invited. aud be ws again disappointed a few wctka later to lino that he could not go to South Carolina to a'tend the ceutcunirtl celebration of the victory of the Cowpens. Uut for the autumn he definitely counted on being present at three memorable astemblies in the Momh the celebration 1 Yorktown, the opening of tiie Cotton Expcsitiou at Atlanta, and tbe meeting of iho Army of the Cumberland ac Cnattanoo&i. He was already turning over in his mind his address for each-'ocfaiion, and the three taken together, he said to a Irieud. gave him the exact scope and verge which he needed. At Y-.rktowii he would have had before him the asMai? lions of a hundred years thai bound the South and the North, in "the wcrcd memory of comraou danger and a common victory. At Atlanta he would present the ntauerlal interests and the industrial development which appealed to the thritt and independence oJ every household, aud which should unite the two sections by the instinct of self-interest and self-defense. At Chattanooga he would revive mersoriea oi the Wer onlvlio show that after all itsd sastcrs and all its sufferings the country w as strongs and greater, the Union rendered indissoluble, and the future, through the agony and blood of one generation, made brighter aud better for all. Gat field's ambition for the success of hie Administration was high. With strong, cautiou and conservatism in his nature, be was lu no- dmiger ( I attempting rash experiments or of resorting to the empiricism of statesmanship. Bat he believed that renewed and closer attention should e given to questions atTectinz the materi.-U interests and commercial prosperity of fin millions of people. He believed that our continental re lations. extensive and undeveloped as the? are, involved resoonsibility, aud could be eultl-iated into profitHt.le friendship or be abandoned to harmful indifference or lasting enmity. He believed with equal confidence that an essential forerunner to a new era of national progress must be a feeling of contentment l:i every section of the l'n ion. and a generous belief that the benefits and burdens of government would be common to all. Himself a conspicuous Illustration of what ability and ambition may do under republican institutions, he loved his country wita a passion cf patriotic devotion, and every weiing thought was given to ber advancement, H wtw an American iu all Ms aspirations, and he looked to the destiny and inllueiice of the United Slates with the Ph'losophic composure of Jefferson and the deinoi. rative confidence of John Adams. Tbe pol. 1 ial events which disturbed the iresldent's serenity for many wet ks before that fateful day in July, form au important chapter ia his career, and, in bis own judgment, involved question of principle and of right which are vitally essential to the constitutional admltiiwraiion of the Federal Government, It would be est of place here and now to speak the language of controversy; but the events referred la. however they may continue to be source of contention with others, have become, so far as Garfeid is concerned, as much a matter of history as his heroism at Chickamanga or his illustrious service iu the House. Detail is not needful, and personal antagonism shall not be rekindled by auy word uttered to-day. The motives of those opposing bira are not to be here adversely in ter pre tti nr their coor-e harshly characterised. But of the dead President tnig is to be said, and said beeause his own speech is forever silenced aud he can be no more heard except through the fidelity aud the love of surviving friends: From the beginning to the end of tbe controversy he so much deplored, the President was never for one uionieui acioated by any motive of gain tohintfeif or cf loss to others. Least of all men did he harbor revenge, rarely did he ever show resentmemt, and malice was not in his nature. He was congenially employed only in the exchange of good cflices and the doing of kindiy deeds. There was not an hour, from the bethviiine: of the trouble till the fatal shot entered bis body, when the President would not gladly, for tfee sake of restoring harmony, have retraced any step he bad taken 11 such retracing IumI merely involved cousequences persoual to himscli. Tike pride of consistency, or any supposed sense ol bumiJiatkU that might result trom surreuaeruia his posttiou, bad not a leather s weight wtia aim. .no man was ever less subject 10 stMih influences from wiihin or from without Kut after most anxious deliberation aud the coolest survey oi ail the circumstances, he solemnly believed tnat the true prerogatives ol the t.xecuuve were involved in the issue which had been raised, and that he would be unfaithful to his supreme obligation if he failed to maintain, in all thir vigor, the constitutional rights and dignities of bis great office. He believed this ra ail tne convictions ci conscience when in souud and vigorous health, aud be believed it in his suffering and prostration in the last 'conscious thought which bis wearied mind bestowed on the transitory strut gles of life. More than this need not be sal a Less than this xmid not be said. J ustice to the dead, the high est obligation thai devolves upon the living, de mands the declaration that in all tbe bearings of the subject, actual or possible, the President was content lu bis maid. Justified la nis couscience. immovable in his conclusions. The religious element in Garfield s character was deep and earnest. In his early youth he es poused ihe faith of tne Disciples, a sect of that great Bapiist Communion, which in different ec clesiastical establishments ia so numerous and so influential throughout all parts of the Uuited Slates But the broadening tendency cf his mind aud his active spirit oi iuqmry were early aprar eut and carried hhn beyond tbe dogmas of sect and the restraints of a-s elation. In selecting a College in which to continue his education he re jected Betaany, though presided over by Alex ander Campbell, tne greatest preacner 01 nis Church. His reasous were characteristic: first. that Bethany leaned loo heavily toward slavery; and, second, that being himself a Disciple and the son of Disciple pa eiits, he bad little acquaint ance with people oi other beliefs and he thought it would make him more liberal, quoting his own words, both in his religious aud general views, to gj inn a new circle aud be uuaer new iudaencej. The liberal tendency which be anticipated as the result of wider culture was fully realized. He Wat emancipated frouvnere sectarian belief, and with eager interest pushed his investigations iu tbe directum of modern progressive thought, lie followed with quickening step in tbe paths of exi.loratloa and speculation so fearlessly trcVleu oy Darwin, by Huxiey, by Tyi;dU, and by other living scientists of tbe radical and advanced type. His own Church, binding its disciples by tto formulated creed, but accei.tir e the Old and New Testaments as tbe Word of God with ur.Lksed Hb-! erty of private interpretation, favored, if it did not stimulate, the spirit ol luvesirgatiou. its members profess w ith sincerity, and profess only, to be of one miad and one faith with those who immediately followed the Master, and who were first called Christians at Antiech. But however high Garfield reasoned cf "fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute," he was never jarated from the Church of the Disciples in bis a flections and in bis associations. For him it held tbe ark of the covenant. To him it was the gate of Heaven. The world cf religious belief Is full ot solecisms and contradictions. A philosophic observer declares that men by the thousand will die in defense of a creed whose doctrines they do not comprehend and whose tenets they habitually violate. It is equal. y true that men by the thousand will cling to church organizations with instinctive and undying fidelity when their belief in maturer years is radically

diffd-ent from t3Bt which inspired them as neophylts. Fur after fhis ranee of speculation and this latltndetd doubt, Garfield came W- alaan with fr'hnea.' and delight to the simpler Instincts of rei-Vlous faith, which, ewrliest Implanted, longesl stirrive. Not many weeki before his assassination, waft in jr on tbt tanks f ths Potomac with a friend, und conversing on those teyicsof personal relis:?, concern Jbg whicD noble aatorcs have an unconquerable reverve, he said that he found tne Lord s Prayer and the simp petitions learned in infane? infinitely res ti nl t him. wot merely In their rfcted repetirim. but Jti their ca?aal and frequent recall aa he-went about ihe !aily duties of life. Certain text of Scntures x-irt a very strong LoM on bisVwnory and his heart. He heaid, --hile in EdinSarg, soie years atro, au an eminent scotch preacher -who p refuted tts sermon with readAg the eighth chapter of e Ep?stle to the Rorsans. -.rhi-h book lwd been tbe ssiVenof careful stutv with Garficid duricf ell Pss reHgiouslife. I t was greatly impress ! by the e.eiuiou of the preacher am!' declared that if had imparted a ne- and deepen raeanin to tiie ntv Bestie utterances of Saint Pail. He r-ferreei often in after year to that memorable service, an-4 dwelt with exartation cf fetüng upon the raihwit) promise and the assured hce with which the ?ieat apostle otlte Gentiles was "persaed that neither death, n.x life, nor artete, nor priucil.t.ies, nor powers, nor things present, tjOT things irt-eome, nor 1. gAt, nor devth, nor my other

ature, shall '.te able to separate us frota the .te able to separate lis fror th I le?e rf God. which is in Christ Jesus ourIxrd. ' l he crowning characteristic of Gcnpral ;r-I fie'4'a religious opinions, as. "ideed. ÖJ all hopinions, was kis liberality. In all thlnes he hati'

charity. Toleian was of his nature. Here I111''. PttKle, M.-Ier. Jatobs ai.d Beiizsp .ted In others th qualities which berossessed !' Sooner. TtmI .

bi.swli sincerity of conviction and frankness? of eprefsion. With him the inquiry was noto much what a man Uelieves, but does be believe HI Tbe lines of hia friendship and bis eonfidemeeptircled men cf every creed, and m sc of no creed, and to the end of his life, on hiseverleNct.'Jtiiiug list of Ttnds. were to be found the namevof a pious Catholic priest andof au honest mintivl and generous hearted free-thinker. on XAv morning 01 'Salnrdav. July 2 the Prsl. der.t wrs a contented 3tid happy man not in an ordinary degree, but joyfully, almost bovishlv happy. On his wayt the railroad station to which be drove slowlt. in conscious eninvmpnt of the )eauliful morning, with an uuw'onted 1 aensc of leisure and a keen anticipation of pleas ure, his talk was in ail ihe grateful and gratula'ory vein. He felt that alter four months cf irial his Administration was strong, iu its crasn of affairs, stron iti popula favor aud destined to grow stronger; that grave difficulties confronting him st his inaugnrauon hd been safely passed ; that troupe lay bebiud him aud not before him ; that he wag soon to meet tüe wifewbom he loved, now recovering from an illness which had but lately disquieted and at times almost unnerved him; that he was going-to- his Alma Mater to renew the most cherished associations of his young , manhood, and to exchange greetings with those whose deepenins interest had followed everv sten of his upward progress from the day he entered upon nis college course until he had attained the loftiest elevation in the gift of hia countrymen. sure.y If happiness can ever come from the honors of triumphs cf this 'world, ou lhat quiet July morning James A. Garfield may well have been a happy man. No forcding of evil haunted him: no slightest premonition of danger clouded his sky. His terrific fate was upon him in an ininstant. One moment ho stood erect, strong, confident in the years stretching peacefully out before him. The next he lay wounded, bleeding, helpless, doomed to wear weeks of torture, to silence and the grave. Great m life, be was surpassing greatly In death. For no cause, in the very freuzv of wantonness and wickeduess, by the red band of murder, he was thrust irom the lull iideoi this world s inter est, from its hopes, iu aspirations, its victories, iuto the visible ttresence of d iuth and he aid not quHil. Not alone for the one short moment in w nicti. stunned and dazed, be could give up life, hardly aware of its relinquishment, but through ays cf deadly laujrior, through weeks of agouy. mat was not less agony because silently borne, witn clear sl-Jtht ad calm courage, he looked into bis open crave. What blight and ruin met has anguished eyes. wheje lips may tclV what brilliant. broken Mans, what baffled, high ambitions, what sundering of strong, warm, manhood's friendships, what bitter reuoing cl sweet household ties: Behind him a proud, expectant Nation, a great host of sustaining friends, a cherished and nappy mother, wearing the full, rich honors of her early toil and tears; the wife of his youth, whose life lay lu his; the little boys not emerged from childnood s dav of irorc: the lair, voung daughter: the sturdy sons ust springing into closest companionship, claiming every day aud every day rewarding a lathers love and care; and in his heart the eager, rejoicing: power to' meet all demand. Before him, devastation and great darkness! And bis soul was not shaken. His countrymen were thrilled with instant.profounl. and universal sympathy. Master ful lu his mortal weakness, he became the trauter of a Nation's love, enshrined in the prayers of a world. But all the love and all the sympathy could not share with him nis suffering, lis trod tne wlne-orets a.1 ;-e With unfaltering front he faced death. With ucfailing le-nderneas he took leave of life. Above the dcinouiac hissof the assassin's bullet he heard the voice of God. With simple resig nation he bowtd to the Divine decree. As ihe eud drew near, his early craving for the sea returned. T he stately mansion of power had beer, to him the wearisome hospital of pain, and he begged to be taken from its prison walls, from its oppressive, stilling sir, front its homelessuesa and its h k lessueas. Gently, silently, the love of a great people bore the pale sufferer to the longed for healing of the sea,, to l.ve or to die, as God should will, w '.thin sight oS iu heaving billows. within sound o. its maniolil voices. W ith wau. fevered face tenderly lifted to the cooling breeze, he backed out wistfully upon the ocean's chang ing wonders; on its far sails, whitening in the morning light: on its restless-waves, rolling shoreward to break and die beneath the noonday sun; on the red clouds of evening, arching low to the horizon; op the serene audi shining pathway of tne stars, ixt us ininii tnat nis dying eyes read a mystic meaning which only she rapt and parting soul may know. Let ns believe mat in the siieuce of the receding world. he heard the great waves breaking ou a further shore, and felt already upon his wasted brow the breath cf the eternal mornlug. ACTION OP THS TWWt HOl'SES. The eulogy was concluded at lt50 p. m., having taken just an hour and a half in its delivery. As Mr. .Elaine uttered the last solemn words the sitectators broke into a storm, or applause, which was not hushed for some minutes. IlenetvSction was then offered bv Rev. Dr. r.ullockthe Marine Hand played the Gar held viiead luarch, and the invited guests hied out of the chamber in the same order in which they entered. Tiie House was then called to order and concurrent resolutions adopted: "The thanks of Congress are hereby pre sented to Hon. James Or. lilaine for the approprita memorial address delivered bv him, 3 ml that be furnish It for publication," and on motion of Mr. Mckinley the House, as a further mark 01 respect, adjourned. The Senate, upon the return from, tbe memorial exercises, adjourned. RETORT. II Takes Exceptions to aSentc. o Th in Hlaine's Funeral Oratio silvered Yestertlay. WAsmsGTes, Feb. 27. General Koseerans furnishes to-night for publication tbe following card: "Blaine, In his funeral oration before the two Houses to-day, said: 'When General Garfield assumed bis new duties he found various troubles already well developed and seriously affecting the value and efficiency of the Army of the Cumberland.' I was Commanding General of that Army, and General Garfield was my chief of staff. Hast this been the fact. I certainly should have known it. General Garfield was bound to tell me of it. Justice to truth of history, and to- the Array of the Cumberland, requires, I should declare! 1 never beard of such a state of things until the statement came from tbe lips of the orator to-day. The distinguished gentlemen' has been wholly misinformed, and the statements above quoted have no foundation in fact. On the contrary, it was the general statement and constant boast of the ofiiccrs and men of that Army, that the Army of the Cumberland was singularly united and free from dissensions, and therefore no one" genius was required to'heal those dissensions. 1 appeal to them to bear witness to this fact. A few sentences further on Mr. Blaine says; 'His military duties closed on the

memorable field of Chickamauga, a field which, however disbstrous to Union arms, pave to L-fm occasion for winninp imperishable laurels.' lie mipht with justice have added. asOarfield would have added: 'And to us the key of the South, the objective joint of toe caiajjaign of Chattanooga.' W. S. IIOSEI BASS."

I "TAU DELEGATES. TT 9eat or t Ptlfgste From I'tali la Canjrre ss Drfiared Vacant Campbell and Ostium DKtpcsvd ef. .wuiGTo.nr Feb. 24. After a session of aboxtfrrer Lours on th Utah coni?ste,i eec. tion cte, tiie Ilw.f-e Cojumitteeon Elections to-da.-onniotifci of Mr. Haztlline, adopted the follow: Resob-e-r. That Allen t. I'ampVell is not entitled tsr tri f bis Congress as a delegate from the Terr Kryl Uta. Resoi 3c.'; Ta t Gerpe P. Cannon i? rot entitled to a sei in lb is C"ri gross f.'om the lerrltory of UtAh. Resolvyi. a ll seat o the dflygste fr-in tbe Territory rf X'talje and llie iamiu;tly is eetaxeu mil. Th lffjl thoinP-,nrt.littin,v.,-,. 1 .-.1 t...-.: .- .- ' ia"." ul ulv u' " " wnrf a' wi"- ' Ayes l 11nt. HaC-t!hc. Wait. Twsend. Nays Ra rtey, Athertw, DM'is; Joecs Till IHoniton. TTtU i. The lirst pa rktrapL4.1Veclar.ne Canpbell ot entitkt" t a k.L was unaniraou?' adopted. t'-nbstiSutes tr the second par graph were rr rd by ..VniUon Jnd IUna which, in elSct. et fortk that Cannon's .nie cnaracter r.'f not irytlveis disoci location to tl ol!bre of ftleeate under ' existing statutes ef law :.- The rabstitiit v?re rejected; -10 ,"a 5. inairman Oallcas was authorised to rre.m.e a repor.on behalf ct- the rsaioritv. '.ach member yrii be recnested to submit Iiis Tiews in w.rtin t to be printed and em bodied in the iHre?4of cas for fature reference. Mr. CaHtiLs expects to be-able to r 'bra it the mKirtly report to tha Horn Tuesday next It is not Jeflnitely deternftisd whether the-minority will combinepot one report, xtr several nwubers 'Jttbmit irdirrilual reports trmbodyiag their view on Jim questiou. CLKAKANCKS. .V- Semparatlve Statement of the- l!xches of , tbe Xieadins Cities for- tiie rstt Week. Ero.t. Feb. 27. F-rom the Post: The fol lowing table shows the total gross er.ehanes at the twenty-tb ree -da,ainsr Clearing Houses of the United Stat?, twenty-two being for tne wers ending .-tibruarv 25. and one (Louisville) for the week ending Febru arys; New ork..... . s - 23,975.fm 5",17Ar:t 4",71,6i :;;,9f.9.4n IMJU.GOO 12.306.52:1 10,2(M.1'24 M.Tt'.VV; rfi.S.17 C,J1G.21 1 &.-4i,OOU 6,5Cn..Jt 3 jJ,50 1 TJVl.0-27 :J.ooo 1,1'!,347 7tH,7Uti S4S.160 72t57 61,5:57 "Vl.Ts-i STy.Gil Boston . Philad:phia Cincinnati...... St Ixrns Baltimore New Cricans : San Fr uicisco Pittsbur Milwaukee Louifrv :l , ..m. Provid'jti re . Cle vehuid -- ........ Indian-ipolis ... New Karen. Memphis M Columbsu.. . . Peoria......... SpringfeldWorcester M .. Lowell fcyracus. Toti.., OatsidcNew York. fl.0'0,'-i01.37 .K.ti.iN Chicago Markets. CmcAo, Feb. 27. Wheat to-dav was quiet during the niostorthe session, though at times it was in good cVmiand, strong and an unsettled feeling was developed. Prices fluctuated frequently within moderate range, hut ruled higher :il round. Trading wachietiy in April and' May, and receipts and shipments continued small. April openel ?5a?c higher, . fluctuated an J advanced 1c, closed j ( 1 c over Saturday. May 1 ottened lal'c higher, declined '.'Jc. advanced and closed l?lc higher an! sales rangetl 3onii nail v at $1 '2cA i2ot cash $1 J' $l27,,i.April,$12öa2ü7:.May. On call prices were a shade higher, except for May, with sales light. Corn was somewhat unsettled, prices fluctuating fre juently within ranga of Jig, then advanced l?ia 1C. On closing, the figures of Saturday's busine3H,.both on speculative and shipping, were fair. Trading ohie rjr in mora d3forreti. Foreign advice unfavorable. lleceiptmo erate; shipments ;ight. The markvit clos 1 '-4 c higher for cash and 1 ?c higher for Ma; than on closing Saturday. Sales ranged 58, ac cash, 57KaOK?ic February, eia64M May. On call corn wt very active, prict penerally a shade lower. Sales wero 1,310,04 bus2i2k. Oats were very quiet offerings small, demand limited to light shipping order, and prices steady, future average' little better, and were quite firm Sales ranged 40 S' a lOi'-Xc, March; 43?ial.)J', Ma?. On trail prices are but little changed. Market more active. Sales 1C5,0(K bushels. Pork was in fair demand on .speculative account Market rtiled steadier and prices advanced 10al2lio; closing omparatively steadr at outside Sgures, and sales ranged f II OOalT 12.1 2, cash $17 Hal7 27Ji, April. On call prices were higher, sales small. Inquiry for lard quite active. Market rules firmer and prices advanced 5a7J Closing steady at outside prices,, and offerings were quite free. Cash, quiet at $ll) iCalO 53; March, active $10 -iöalO 55. On call prices were 1 further advanced 2ialc Sales fair. Longfellow's IJirtltdaj. Boston, Ferx 27. Tha children oi the Cambridee schools celebrated to-day, tbe seventy-fifth anniversary of. thebirtbdav of Longfellow. Friends congratulated the noet at his home. Tbe Maine Historical Society comniemorated to-night. Special to tbe Sentinel : Thortowx, Ird., Fob. 27; Tn seien ty fifth anniversary of Henry w. Lcngfellow was celebrated here this evening by tha Crescent Literary Society of the Public Schools. The extx-ises consisted solely of the producUuss of this emine poet, interspersed wilh appropriate nu-sic Special to the Sen tiael: Muxcie, lud.. Fei. '27r-The sewuty-fifih birt day of Henry Wai6 worth Longfellow was eel brated by the cliy tchools at the High SchcK Hall this afternoon. Death of Robert B. Pruyn. Albany, X. Y., Feb. 21 Robert II. Pruyn, Minister to Japan under President Lincoln, died suddenly to-day. Mr. Pruyn, at the time of bis death, was President of the National Commercial Bank and Dudley Observatory. One Hundred and Hfty Persons Killed. Vimc:A, Feb. 20. One hundred and i! pers ids are reported killed by an explos In a. mine at Leaben Stvria. Death of Ilishop Lynch. Charlestos, S. C, Feb. 20. Bishop Ly (Catholic) died this morning, aged sixtv-4. Funeral, Wednesday,

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