THE NEW PRESIDENT OF AMERICA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1183, 27 November 1880, Page 2

THE NEW PRESIDENT OF AMERICA.

The new President of the American Republic, General Garfield, is an example of what a man may become in the "Empire of the West." Like many othev Presidents, General Garfield is of humble origin, and owes his position to sheer force of character combined with unimpeachable honesty. He commenced his life as a farm laborer in'; Ohio, 1 and having resolved to educate himself he devoted all his savings to that purpose, and when he had saved sufficient he entered college, and made such progress that in the course of a few years he became professor of Greek and Latin in one of the Ohio colleges. He then turned his attention to politics, and was elected a member of Congress, and after some time was chosen speaker of the House. The war with the South breaking out, he volunteered for active service in the Federal army, and without rising to any great extent, General Garfield always acquitted himself with credit. At this time, though looked upon as a risiag man, he never occupied a foremost position in the ranks of his party. At the Chicago convention, when the Republican candidate was selected, he only received one vote or so at the commencement of the session —the selected party beinsf Grant, Sherman,, and Blame, but the result not proving satisfactory Blame and Sherman's party united in favor of Garfield. This gave him a majority, and the result pleasing his party, he" was selected to oppose Major-General Hancock^' ifae* nominee of the Democratic party. The fight was a warm one, but Garfield's party having obtained a majority in the S bate of New York, he was declared elected, and the once farmer's boy now fills the high position of President of the United States. :f