New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-07
4 HISTORIC RIDE.

The President is at Long Branch After q
journey which his surgeons evidently regarded
with some apprehension, he is out of the
Washington atmosphere, and is in more hope
full condition. Millions of citizens united ycster-
day In devOut prayers for his recovery, and
at the same hour all the science and art of the
century was employed in the effort to move
nm without danger. Trust in God, and keep
your powder dry" was the watchword of the
Puntans. Infinite power works through hui
man agencies. Even while millions were pray
ing, thousands of skilled men were doing their
utmost to the life of the President.
This ride will be historic One grand sold
Ter and q strong horse made immortal the
ride through the Valley of Virginia But here
were employed all the resources of civilization.
"Fifty-fve miles an hour; the movement of
the car scarcely felt pulse 1927 was the dis
patch which told how far science had con-
quered space; the greatest railroad company
III the world had placed its best engine and
engineer at the disposal of the President, and
In seven hours had constructed car espe-
clally fitted for his needs PaDer
wheels, spring-boards for the bed wire
gauze for the windows, false roof
| to keep Oft the heat trains stopped
wherever the noise of their passing might
disturb the Nations patient-such were the pro-
visions of the Pennsylvania Company for the
emergency. AT sixty miles an hour n full
| glass of water was not spilled. The skilled
| surgeons to direct the speed of the train, the
swift telegraphers to send orders, the trained
attendants to meet every want, and the loving
| friends to cheer the patient at every step-all
these and other helps were supplied But
above all, the Nation offers its thanks to the
Infinite Father, if the dangerous and trying
| trip has ended in safety
| The Nation reverently thanks God this day
that the President is in position to have greater
hope of recovery. 1t has been ike a great
battle between Death and Science The Nine
| teenth Century has done what it could to save
the life OF beloved and noble man, and the
issue is with Him who doeth all things well.
Perhaps the trip would not have been made.
but for the dauntless courage of the President
and his wife, who have insisted earnestly upon
the trial. Perhaps a little delay in build
ing new tracks at Washington or at
Elberon might have cost tho patient his
life. Certainly, an instants neglect by
a train conductor, engineer, switchman or
station-agcnt might have brought sorrow to
all the land. Even the waiting crowds, which
stood with loving silence as the train whirl,d
by, did their part. This removal has tested
| the civilization of the country. Imperial power
| could not have done better, and the Nation
rejoices to-day that its efforts do not seem to
| have been unsuccessful.
| The strain of such a journey, to man SO
weak as the President, may not be Immediately
felt. Some reaction is possible, and the
late dispatches show that the immediate effect
of the journey was high pulse. A weaker
condition and greater appearance of danger
would not be surprising. But the patient
seems to have strength enough to resist
| the fatigue, and the change will give
him new courage aud hope. He has longed
for it, and the escape from the malaria
OF Washington may seem to him an escape
from the shadow of death. That the surgeons
in charge believed his removal necessary is
KNOWN and they would not have taken such a
risk without reason. While praying for the
recovery of the President and hoping that the
efforts of human skill and science may not be
| ineffective, the Nation knows that it must wait
for some hours or days before the final result
of this brave and skilful undertaking can be
disclosed.