1880s President Andrew Garfield Stereoview Iola Kansas Assassination Interest

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1880s President Andrew Garfield Stereoview Iola Kansas Assassination Interest
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Original stereoview, standard size, scarce card from a photographer out of Iola Kansas, the quote on the banner was used during his campaign and in memorial after his assassination, see historical information below for origin, stereoview is very good with minor wear/tear, see photos for details.  Unique addition to collection.
"James A. Garfield was a 33-year old freshman congressman when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.  ?Over the years, a story emerged about Garfield?s actions in New York after learning of Lincoln?s death.  Like so many other places across the North, New York City was in chaos after the news of the President?s murder began to spread.  Anger, sadness, and fear gripped many of the city?s residents as suspicions of a conspiracy and the expectation of more killings ran rampant.  Supposedly, a mob of some 50,000 people filled Wall Street and screamed for the heads of southern sympathizers.  As the story goes, the crowd had just resolved to destroy the offices of
The World,
a Democratic newspaper, when a single figure appeared above them on a balcony and began to speak ?
?Fellow citizens!  Clouds and darkness are round about Him!  His pavilion is dark waters and thick clouds of the skies!  Justice and judgment are the establishment of His throne!  Mercy and truth shall go before His face!  Fellow citizens!  God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!? These are the words supposedly spoken that day by Congressman James A. Garfield.  A supposed eyewitness to this event reported ?The effect was tremendous,? and that Garfield?s words brought calm to the crowd (and saved
The World?
s office from destruction, one assumes).  This witness then turned to someone close to ask who the speaker was, and was told, ?It is General Garfield of Ohio!? ?This story became famous and, as historian Allan Peskin relates, ?
an enduring aspect of the Garfield mythology.
?  Regularly re-told by newspapers under the heading ?
Garfield Stills the Mob
,? it was widely circulated in Garfield?s later political campaigns, including his 1880 run for the presidency.  Sadly and ironically, it was also regularly mentioned in memorial pieces after Garfield was, like Lincoln, murdered by an assassin."
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