Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-11
lANGLO-SAXON FAMILY.
ENGLISH SYMPATHY FOR AMERICA
: IN her GREAT SORROW. 81
The Sad Event That Made the Whole World
Kin-AII Nations Grieying With US
The Depth and Sincerity Of En-
gIish Feeling Costly and
MournfuI Results.
A TENDER AND FEMININE TRIBUTE.
ac,.I cor,ssnopdsuce of the Register.

LONDON, oept. "A.
All Europe, and especially old Eng
land, has heard, with the deepest feel
ing OF sorrow, of the assassination anc
final death OF the President OF the young
western Republic. The American peo
pie should certainly be content with th'
expression OF sympathy and coincidence
| the death OF General Garfield has evoked
throughout the civilized world. NJ
other public event of late historic time
has excited, so universal a sentiment
Our great Anglo-Saxon family has, nj
doubt, been sorely smitten by the lost
of one of it's most noble and illustri
Gus members. Wherever the Eng
lish language is spoken, and the
electric wire has penetrated, men have
referred to the death scene at Lone
Branch in accents of tender sympathy
and with sense OF almost personal be-
reayement. No merely formal language
was uttered, therefore, when on that
sad Tuesday, minute guns and TOLL ne
bells and half-masted flags testified, in
their inarticulate way, to the profound
emotion OF two great and kindred peo.
Piles. That the Presidents death should
have sent a sharp shock, through
the United States was natural
nd
remembered
How Close are the Ties Of Kinship
between the English and the American
people it is not wonderful that England
should have been almost as deeply
moved by the tragic event. But there
is no European capital in which the mel.
ancholy announcement has not been re-
ceived as though it were something per-
sonally affecting every member OF each
community. Nor can the striking ebul.
lition of pity be accounted for by any
political motive, or by any unity OF
thought arising out of common forms
OF government. France happens to be
living under a Republic; but no one
can doubt that had the Empire still
been in existence, the same sentiments
would have prevailed and would have
been expressed as now find their utter.
ance in Paris, in Lyons, in Marseilles,
and all the large centres OF intelligence
and emotion. But in Germany no
less than in France, and in Italy no less
than in Germany, the fatal termination
OF the Presidents illness has given rise
to
Manifestations of Public Feeling
such as are usually reserved for occa.
sions and occurrences strictly national.
The relations between the United States
and the Turkish Empire are neither
close nor important. But the Sultan
has been carried away by the emotion
OF the hour, and was released from the
etiquette of reserve under which the
rulers ofthe Ottoman Empire usually
live, and has telegraphed to Washing
ton his profound sense OF the bereave-
ment suffered by the American people.
The universally OF the sympathy
displayed with the American people in
their season of dark distress is circum-
stance that cannot be overlooked, and
must doubtless be grstifying-as far as
anything at such a moment can be
gratifying-to those to whom it is offer
ed. But it would be affectation to
conceal the fact that the expression OF
feeling which has given the American
people the deepest satisfaction is that Of
the English monarch, the English press,
and the English nation.
Her Gracious Majesty, Queen VIcto:i ia.
speaking for her realm, as we'll AS herself,
has but expressed the universal SYM
pathy of Britain towards their kindred
beyond the Atlantic, and Her Majesty,
setting aside the letters OF custom, has
now commanded the court to wear
mourning for the illustrious dead. No.
thing could show more truly the depth
and sincerity OF English feeling On
the bier OF the late President was flo.
raj wreath from Great Britain's Queen,
and with a tender and truly femi.
nine tribute which is no doubt,
deeply cherished by those for
whose consolation it is intended. The
columns Of the English press TEEN with
evidences Of the emotion every where
prevailing amongst US, and OF the echo
it arouses in the United States. The
Poet Laureate and the Archbishop Of
Canterbury, by virtue of their
positions, representative men, have
tittingiy expressed the common anguish
OF the moment. From almost every
town in the United Kingdom kilograms
OF coincidence have proceeded. In Leeds
the Mayor has
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Tolled
tor two hours, and has re-
quested the inhabitants to draw down
their blinds on the day OF the funeral.
Liverpool, as might have been expect
ed from the Closenes5 of its commercial
relations with America, has been prom
inent in the swift embodiment OF its re-
gret at great calamity, and has receiv-
ed the assurance how precious to the
people of the United States is its over.
flowing sympathy. Like the Stock Ex-
change in London, the Cotton Exchange
in Liverpool will on Monday be
closed. At the afternoon SER
vice at st. Paul's Cathedral to
morrow a funeral anthem will be sung,
and the "dead march" will be played as
a mark of respect to the late President
Garfield. A muffied peal will be rung
on the bells Monday evening, the day OF
the funeral. Whatever m N can do TO
testify the genuineness and depth OF
their sorrow will be done the day after
tomorrow in every conspicuous locality
in these islands. America and Europe
are now together
Thinking Of the Measureless Calamity
which has bereft nation OF noble chief,
whose high principles, marked unselfish-
ness and breadth OF intellectual
cultivation gave promise of a tenure OF
power fruitful in valuable acts OF pub
lie policy. America has lost great cit
izen, and the world a fine example oi
humanity, but may venture to say
that even 10 her loss America also gains.
She has gained the knowledge OF that
deep sympathy which England feels for
her fortunes. She has gained the credit
and profit which great nations win by
breeding men worthy to live and die in
their service. She has gained golden
opinions from civilized mankind,
who have watched with admir-.