New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-16
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BRITISH SYMPATHY.
EFFECTS OF GUITEAIrs Cpr,,r,


FACTION AT THE PROSPECTS OF PRESIDENT
cARFIELD's RECovERY-MPREssIvE scKNR IN
THE HOUSE OF LoRDs-GREAT ANXIETY Foa
MEMS.
rnoA TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT THE aRIBuSEI
LONDON, July 5.-Nothing could be more genuine
~ iNeisal tilan the solictnde OF the English about
, ,resueht GARFIELD. The copious dispatches 10 tho
''adihg journals are more too full TO satisfy tha
eager interest of the public You on your side must
u 10 possession OF many evidences os tins English
',is, nowhere has IL been b tier expressed than
~ 'he st Two sentences of the leading article in
1c "'d""drd' which you will be glad 10 read again
washnGfoD was the scene S on'a9e on e. that o. which
fie snn,,t arr as one people. The Indignation
a. s the emotions Of hope and fear nave heos
fa, pug ana rs vivid on This side the Atlantic "a on
noon The cable aslcd the news I'm Ss o yes,sfe4y s,er
to,nd 10 % 'aken & place ana tiat hopes were ener
,ng @ OF tlanl fulness hearty aud sin G II VS.
subject 0"i '"e queen herself down to her humbsst
Inns qnote sample of the rest and hecarsa
IL comes from paper which Americans may s.n-
pose as pt'ie likely any other to bc ,repossessi
III 0heT 1aVor. The leading journal OF ths Conserv
aoVe party can have sympathy with 4 r.pnbli
~" ioii ol e"Nein'2ent as such. There WAS a iirae
beyond doubt, when the fact that the victim ~
snch an outrage was the President Of a Republis
would have considerable affected The feeling of n
large portion Of the English people To mt II mora
accurately his position as chief of a deraocracv
M'nld nave chilled tine syunpathies aroused by HI,
Ehe'sh ancestry. Many things do modify tha
general feeling in such cases. When the Emneror
0i hnsSia was murdered, only foar months aro
10 SHaii pJrlon Of London society heald the news
very coolly. People who had been rraachiu., fe.r
ana suspicion OF Russia Tor years dt not OF many
OF them did not feel called upon to turn ronna al
al once and put on show o. grief for rler ,yhon,
al hoat they aeteS;ed. The appearances of erief
were d'c"IonS, bui in such quarters they were not
hnci more. Bat Mr. Gladstone Touched a fr,,c r...a
"hen he spoke in the House % Commons yesieri ~
% me Cmle1 states as nation not only friendly
- tIgia"d. bat, hc really believed rro,yin. MOI,
and more friendly from year to year. / bcpe th.t !.
true OF the United states. | am certain it
IS tTue - Eng'anc tTne in a very marked
way That her goodwill 10 The Reunhlie
OF ire Vest has grown very rapidly OF late. and is
growing, aud has reached a point from which
h"slishmen. hos. Engli,hmcm NOW .ol, L.ck viii,
wonder ard incredibly 10 their Old dislike an ois-
trust.
In one sense the murder of President incoln Was
greater shock to the world. and TO Enrlond IN
particular f'.ar this attcn pel murder f pr,silo,s
""ifeid Is. BUT speaking from Iecoleotion not OF
ones own experience but of others testimony aiout
That time. should say that q wide difference "a
to bc Observed between tine two states os
feeling. The murder Of President Lincoln evoked
IN England everywhere one expression oi horrorant
1 fr.Vp on
President Garfield is also regarded IS a puh'ic
calamity. People here have n pro..y distinct ana
intelligent notion Of lis possible consoq-cnccs O. he
political revolution that may be thc result of IA,
and of the dcmoraIzation in tie political aud aa
mlnistTahV" life of the United States which Is "a Ia
expected irbm the accession OF Mr. Conkline n
power. But beyond that they Zee what | shall y,-.
ture to call personal eie. The sorrov. for ue
President and fcr Mrs Garfield comes home 10 mems
bos"m and iircSlcs: it is domestic individual. srI
intimate, and II is shown in WAYS that are at lest
as appropriate to private rricis :" public.
Assuming that The outlines and broad foafures oe
what has occurred here are known {" you. " cite
mainly q: the minor in.i2oais Thcg ale. pc.hu.s.
not less significant than t.e greater ones. TIA
Enr.Sh people have never before within me
Anow!cdg" heen moved in qnitc the same way. Tue
attempt on ,Lr Presidents life affects tlcm because
1t Is enc 0i thelr own AID they sneak oi him
rs Il he Were. ii has otcl"0 their dcnaauor No.
bOly speaks to you about it caicicsSlv still l.ss
roughly, OF inquiries about j, IS a n.crc matter II
news. \ man whom YOU know rs an acqua.nt-nos
ana hardly that. p Iaan whom YOU See IN
ycrr club but don't nod 10. comes W and
shakes hands AID axis FOR ne 'atost
dispatch With sympathy obv;ou. ihat l. Is in
possible not To SC hc feels the blos himself and
feels that you feel il. Wherever you go 'hc sapis
sort of thing occurs; ia = public place. in tbs
streets, in private hogse. This ecnilcn,ss. Which
haS az ga once Oinc over men whom knows Sc
ordinarily contcmpiaous Of every outward symbol
o. emotion - beyond description. To describe u
vonld no,c taking liberties v.,h private lends
acduananccs. ani 50 contcn. u .Scl, with eon-
cralitics. Yet | wish / dare say who the Ta -'.sa
friends arc and how many 81 them there are. wio
have asked me not % icir doors az any hour
without stopping 10 give Item the last news fr, m
tho Mlito House.
This gravity Of manner. and what ono ,a-v cal
3fcctioUatc solitude. was - aWn ycIv t..nsucu-
ously in Parliament last nigu;. When lord Gran
willie passed through tho Peers lobby 90, his wa .
the House lac had not received She latest dispatch
hen in town. th0ual. Lc had the latest which had
reached the Legation. Ilndy say here ,hat ,.ult
whether the cagcmcss felt in London for cons.aus
tiGinvs has been appreciated in Washin,ton Pco-'s
naturally Went 80 Nh Lowell foI Official news.
but Mr.. Lowells news though official. a. not
always fro sh in date as that which came through
other chauncls. IL would be unrcaso able to say
that Mr. Blaine anybody else was to
blame for this. III tho presence of that ovcryhell-
ing anxiety then and now pcrvading Washington.
almost an. thing may be excused. But the fac. Is
as | state il. and Lord Granville was desiruus 10
know whether anF moro recent int ligcncc than
eiT. Lowcls had arrived. lie consulted eve ~ body
near him whom he tbonght likely 10 know. and as
c did the OF his face A. very nuiice-
ahlc the more noticeable because Lord Grauvilleis
a man who usually takes the most scrious things
cooly. not 20 gay jaun;ily. Mr.. Lowelis dispatch.
dated eighteen hours before somewhat rcassur-
ig. The later telegram, the contents of which
communicated 10 Lord Granville mnch less 50.
He plainly distressed 10 hcas il. and on its being
no.nfo1 ope IN fl.,f did u,s nf,sfenl fo ha