W.H. GALLERY VINTAGE PHOTOGRAVURE PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

Hayes

NTEREST in President Hayes is reviving, and I am glad to note it.

He was not properly appreciated by the country while in life. I hope history will do him justice. He was in private life a lovable man, and in public life very able as well as pure and patriotic in his purposes.

rugged constitution, of undoubted physical

courage, and always willing to stand by his convictions without regard as to results.

He was of humble origin, a self-made man, a

lawyer and a soldier; three times Governor of Ohio, a member of Congress, and President of the United States. He distinguished himself in all these relations.

He got his education by, hard work

and personal deprivation. He attracted attention at the bar from the

day of his admission.

He held the very responsible office of city solicitor for the city of

Cincinnati when the war broke out. He at once volunteered, and rapidly rose to the rank of major-general for efficient and gallant services rendered at the front. He was distinguished for bravery in almost every battle in which he fought.

His elections to be Governor of Ohio were over the three strongest and most popular

Democrats in the State-Thurman, Pendleton, and Allen. He beat them all in succession.

He came into the Presidential office handicapped by a disputed title, and disappointed many

Republicans by the course he pursued with respect to the South, particularly as to the Packard government in Louisiana; but he took that step from a high sense of duty.

His

Cabinet was one of the ablest we have ever had, and his Administration will

compare favorably in all respects, but particularly as to its high moral and patriotic plane, with any we have had since the war.

When he retired from the Presidency he very largely dropped out of sight, but he did not lose interest in public affairs, nor cease to labor for the public good. He was active in all kinds of benevolent work, especially in connection with the National associations for prison reforms, charities, etc.

He took great interest in the Ohio State University, serving as a member of its board of

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there was no work ot worthy kind, and beneficial to humanity in

charitable or educational way, in which he was not willing to engage, no matter how humble might be the position assigned him.

He did not do this work for the sake of employment-

that he might be occupied- nor that he might be in some sense kept before the public, for he had no thoughts or troubles of that character. It was purely and solely unselfish, and for the good of others.

He had a beautiful home at Fremont, Ohio, with spacious grounds, and there he delighted to:

spend his time.

He was never a hard student, but he was always a wide and

attenuive reader , a charming conversationalist and an agreeable and

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refinement.

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wile and children of ability, culture,

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His was a model home, and there, after he was free from public cares, were spent

the happiest days of his life.

which occurred at his home at Fremont, Ohio,

among

other things:

"In battle he was brave, and wounds he received in defending his country's flag

were silent, but eloquent, testimonials to his gallantry, patriotism, and sacritice.

the completion of his term as President of the United States, he was an exemplification of the noblest qualities of American citizenship in its private capacity; modest, unassuming, yet

striving for the well being

the relief of distress, the

reformation of abuses, and the practical education of the m

"We are made better by such a life.

Its serious contemplation will be helpful to all.

We add to our own honor by doing honor to the memory of Rutherford B. Hayes.

"It is fitting that the people of Ohio--whom he served so long and faithfully-should take especial note of the going out of this great light, and make manifest the affectionate regard in which he was held by them.

" I. therefore, as Governor of the State of Ohio, recommend that the flags on all public buildings and schoolhouses be put at half mast," etc.

This proclamation may be taken as giving the true estimate of President Hayes' character by the Ohio President who is now at the head of the Nation.

Rutherford B. Hayes was universally respected as a man of strong intellectual endowment, and uprightness of character and purposes.

He was beloved as a man, a neighbor, and a friend

by all whose good fortune it was to know him.

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