No statesman of the times surpassed him in thorough acquaintance with the principles of free government, in knowledge of the legislative and administrative history of our own country, and in intelligent grasp of the great questions still at issue.
Blaine praises Garfield's deep understanding of government principles and legislative history.
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He was a lawyer in full practice, a man of the highest integrity, without fear and without reproach.
It was the insane folly of the South, in drawing the sword against the life of the Nation, that led irresistibly to the abolition of slavery.
Of course the Rebellion will never be suppressed in Louisiana if the professed Union men there will neither help to do it nor permit the Government to do it without their help. . . .
That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
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