, 1881-09-25
JENNINGS IN ANIHCE'S DEFENSE
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Sptca' Cabit.
LONDON, Sept :4.--Jcnnnrs' special says:
1.-THE principal shops In London are drtped ii.
black today, as well as the A1nerlcnn Lcgat1on.
the oilice ot the ne>s American Cable Company,
and other places, especially American,
ali! IN Monday the s;gus Of mourning
will be universal No such feeling hus
ever been ulanifeGtcd by the English pctp1e bc~
fore on tho death Of the ruler Of another nn-
uon Whon the Prince Cousort died, twenty
years ago, the public paid no such favors to his
memory as they arc nov paying to that Of Gen.
Garfield. "Albtrt tho good, as hts eu1ogtst
called him, never obtained II hold Of Engluntl,
aud he wis from first to last regarded as - wee
German Luirdte' and Il '' IIunoverlun rat and
when he 'lit'tl popular sympathy went but to the
Queeu- There was genuine mourning for
the :" eiu tnent foreigner" President Garfletd's
life and death, however. huvo appealed strongly
to tho best feelings OF Engtuud.
THE ENGLISH DEMOCRACY,
now NIL powerful, wns proud tO know that a man
Of Its runk and condition had been t1ate tho
ruler Of ;3,00o0o3 ut people; while the lutte
Presidents fu1niiy relations, tue purity Of Ills
private life, tho pluck he showed when the
doctors were hacking and l,;Wlug him, and the
hr1.vo front With which he NIT death. stirred
the hearts of tho people IN q wonderful degree.
The name Of Garfield Is uow household word
ll,are noble or generous thin the sympathy Of
tho people, but l do mot think it finds very
fc!ieiturs expression iu the editorial articles ol
some of the London newspapers. Tho writers
regard this as
An APPROPRIATE OCCASION FOR PREACH
ING LONG SERMONS
on the evil effects Of political corruption, and
dwelling on the evils dime by awarding o!lice5
tor political services. So.us Of tho references
to tl.o new President atr stngularIy ignorunt and
foolish. The oufy excuse for thun is TINT they
arc the echoes of the slnudvrs hatched by one
or Two New York correspondents and Journals
betr:nE personal luminosity towards Gen. Ar
thur for Eeusors which cannot be Known tn the
renders ot the l'ulid. Accepting these 81 unders
without question, some Of the London pnpers
have chosen to represent President Arthur rs
tho incarnation Of all that is bad iii political life.
a MORE RECKLESS Or CRUEL INJUSTICE
could not be toac to nny man. The STANDARD,
now an out and -out Radical organ Is tho worst
offender. anu its american correspondent is
continually scnding OUT reports intended To
dscrcdit tho President with the English
people. Yesterday he declnrcd that Mr..
Conxillg was to succeed Secretary Rluinc;
that postnlastcr-Gcuc james was to
be removed, thar Senator Jones w,ls to he Sec
rct:ary OF the Interior: aad that tho whole Cab
met wns to be changed within u year. Gen.
Arthur is comparatively unknown harc, and the
English public du not know precisely what to
believe, but it Is infamous thut au ISSUE Of wauton
and malicious calumnics sho|it lie transmitted
III tho iustigA1on OF the Presidents personal
enc:uic3.
WHEN BEGAN AN ATTACK UPON THE TAM
MANY RING,
the first man to come forward with ENCOURAGE
.nctt ana friendly counsel wus Gen. Arthur.
Por
iu helping to destroy tue ring THAI, some others
upon whom had right TO depend for support
They often wAvcred aud were disheartencd,
but in Gen. Arthur l found to the Inst srunch
lld uusbuEeu nllv. lie Incurred MANY personal
tnnosltlcs ~ eudcnyoring to serve tho journal
Ind tho cause which was cuutiu citing, bur
nothin.. could turn him from what he regarded
As his duty. In many Subsequent political CON-
plcations always found hin
AcrUATED by TIE HIGHEST SENSE OF
HONOR
rec from the slightest faint or suspicion of J
1oliticul job'>cry. He ntrcr oncc nsked the !
maest favor for himself. whether in or |
,ut oil Office. n, as | have been iu-
0rn1cl, he hns s1nce been assailcd by the |
ournal which he once SO grcutiy Insisted ]
II trying times In a thousand different ways, |
etl hound TO assert that 1t Is Il most basc, un-
grateful. and unscnerous net, prompted by per
oNal malice, tho causcs Of which co,lld be |
tsiiy explained. When c1nnined, 1t |
, not Gen. Arthur who would suf-
er In the estimation Ut tho
american people. Through some years Of nt,x-
ety and difficulty III public affairs, III which it
rus u1y lot to tuke nu insignificant part, knew
i'm intimately, and nun Of purer patriotism
e Il lottier sense Of honor | have never known
i this or any other colutry. Time will tri-
uphantly vindicAte him from sandcrous ut
acks, whether in New York or in London.