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Garfield's Power as a Platform Speaker  A Candidate for the Senate  His Election  Is Slavery right or wrong?  War inevitable  The Attack on Fort Sumter  The Civil War begun. GARFIELD'S POWER AS A PLATFORM SPEAKER A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE HIS ELECTION IS SLAVERY RIGHT OR WRONG WAR INEVITABLE THE ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER THE CIVIL WAR BEGUN
r of such men as this Brooks must be swept away. In both North and South that blow in the Senate House at Washington fell like a spark among the stubble: it set the nation on fire. Among others who denounced the shameful deed was young Garfield. The students of his university called a public meeting to protest against the crime, and Garfield was the principal speaker. His address more than surprised his companions. All the passionate vehemence of his mighty heart was awakened by this outrage, and all the slumbering hatred which he had nursed since boyhood against the abominations of slavery sprang to his lips. As his hot words swept over the audience, his fellow-students sat amazed. Great as had been their belief in his powers, they had hardly expected this, and they heard enough that night to convince them that one of the mighty men of the earth was rising up amongst them; and they went away from the meeting whispering, "We have heard great things to-day." CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST BLOW.  CHAPTER FOURTEEN THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE FIRST BLOW
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