The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-04-13
THE Bs'TsH PRESS ON THE DEATH Of Aa1Enus WARD.
Expressions Of Good Feeling for the American
M People. &c,

fTrom the GIowworm, March Ill
The news Of the death Of Artcmus Ward viii! bring
bitter world OF ours we III spare a kindly genial
na.ure-a wit without sarcasm, humorist without
spleen. Charles Browne was ono In thousand He
was frank aud honest, q man without guile true
and generous gentleman He camo TO this land
spent his time among US may be suessed by tho long list
Of sorroa full mourners who surrounded his temporary
tomb on SATURDAY last Aatnors and actors artists aud
respect. No those who stood near the 'coinn Of
their departed friend wcpt real tears--tcars
wrung from he heart, tears the rain OF : Storm
Of grief. The Eaelisb people fol, shat IN Arto-
for ali Tho vide waves Of tho AiantIc afrend for ali
the aTs and sRss and The res q Agsca and her
ture and > common religion. The people OF bob
countries speak the same glorious language and boast
the same liberty and tine same PRIVILEGES In truth.
blood Is thicker than water 1he British Lion may
occasionally roar and tho American Earle may some
tmes scream; but our generation, may, mud our chill
when Britsher meets Yankee IN aushs but friendly
rivalry ef r ffr6f saN rftl IfA F~'T'
eeher than SCORE years Of skifa diplomacy could rcs
sbly have accomplished. HIS 'goaks" and .'sarkasns
ae as keeny appreciated in London as IN New York
followed him 70 England. His books hsvc taken their
foot;ng beside The novels Of Dickens and Thackeray;
his name has found place In tho annals or tho com.
mon literature Of the two countries. But what We
would particularly call attention to is the display Of
IL % ssn The
ing held a one Of tho London literary clubs Friday
last, numerousy attended by Americans and English
men, the resolutions passed werc OF nature crafty
al those Interested IN tho prosperity OF the two
trcs. There was not an American speaker present
land tho orators were numerous and eioqrent)
who did not breathe ont words Of peace and good
will Grateful thanks were returned to those
Engshmen who had made the stranger their
friend and brother, who had smoohed his pillow In the
hour OF DEATH and followed his coffin TO grave on
Saturday, after his body had been lowered into s
porary resting place, sermon delivered by
quent fellow counrym Tho last words OF that Grafton
this country Artcmus Ward vas taken By the
hand In feeling Of generosity and sympathy
sympathy 20 deep that u was chiefly owing to IL
that he did not return TO bis native land when
agree with him. This highly croditable the rc-
public Of letters and would tend 10 feeling OF
brotherhood between those OF the two coun res" Yes
In truth we both spring from tho same stock. Wash
ingtcn V honored In England aud Shakespeare has his
million admirers in America The rivalry Of
the War OF Independence has been forgotten
We have owned ourselves In the wrong, and We
are proud OF the eldest daughtsr OF Britannia
In thousand ways Of la'e good feeling which
showed itself on Friday and Saturday last has been
h'bed Tho present Of tho Henrietta 10 the Duke OF
Ednburg for instance. was graceful gratifying
and did our space permit OF II, we could mention a
hundred other acts which have occurred during the
past Ave years, full Of the same kindly feeling and
vars such state Of things can DO but reassuring
aud pleasing 70 the English people at large. By
blood No arc naturally aled-we leave sSmith"
painted on the shop In London 70 find SMITH in
great commercial people, and we both love tho
ideal Of liberty and value alike the domcscity OF home
Surely thcn II IS not natural that wo should meet
each other IN deadly light We are brothers by birth
should We not then BE- brothers By dceds shis prin
cIpie ones allowed and We shall hear little moro Of
Feuiaug and their ingurrcctiona