He had been educated
at a Massachusetts college. He was of old Middlesex County
stock. We were in thorough accord in our love for New England,
our firm faith in her hereditary principles, and our pride
in her noble history.
Garfield has been charged, in accepting the nomination for
the Presidency, with having been untrue to the interests
of John Sherman, who was the candidate of Ohio, and whom Garfield
had supported faithfully through every ballot. The charge
is absolutely unjust. Mr. Sherman's nomination was seen by
everybody to have been absolutely impossible long before the
final result. I was in constant consultation with leaders
of the different delegations who were trying to unite their
forces. There never was any considerable number of those
persons who thought the nomination of Mr. Sherman practicable,
notwithstanding the high personal respect in which they held
him. At the close of the thirty-fourth ballot, when Garfield
received seventeen votes, he rose, and the following incident
took place:
Mr. Garfield, of Ohio: "Mr. President, ----"
The President: "For what purpose does the gentleman rise?"
Mr.
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