Page "James A. Garfield" Paragraph 13

After Abraham Lincoln's election, Garfield was more inclined to arms than negotiations, saying, " Other states may arm to the teeth, but if Ohio so much as cleans her rusty muskets, it is said to have offended our brethren in the South.

I am weary of this weakness.

" On February 13, 1861, the newly elected President Lincoln arrived in Cincinnati by train to make a speech.

Garfield observed that Lincoln was " distressingly homely ", yet had " the tone and bearing of a fearless, firm man.