The National tribune., 1900-08-23

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Salute him, Star and Lace;
Form around him, rank and file,
And look on the kind, rough face;
| But the quaint and homely smile
| Has glory and grace
| 1t never has shown erewhile,-
! Never, in time and space.
| Close around him, hearts Of pride!
Press near him side by side,-
| Our Father is not alonel
For the Holy Right We died,
| And Christ, the Crucified,
Waits to welcome His Own.
TRIBUTES FROM ABROAD.
The death of President Lincoln called
out tributes and eulogies, not only from the
| most eminent poets and orators and states
men of his own country, but throughout
| the world. All nations and all peoples
| Wed with each other in expressions OF SYM
pathy and grief. The universal outpour-
| ing Of sorrow was such as never occurred
before On the death of any man in any age.
AS the news flew to the four quarters OF the
globe, it carried mourning alike to castle
and to cottage, which was voiced in world
wide lamentations for the lllustrlous dead.
From Great Britain, France, Germany,
Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzer-
| land. the Scandinavian countries, Greece.
Russia, Turkey, Egypt, China, Japan,
Mexico, Brazil and other countries OF South
America, and from the islands of the sea,
came the official and unofficial tributes.
| The widowed Queen of England and the
| Empress Eugene of France sent, by their
own hands, messages of womanly sym
pathy to the widow OF the American Presl-
dent. Prince Bismarck penned and for
| warded note expressing the feelings OF
his Government. Fitting resolutions were
presented in the English House OF Lords
| by Earl Russell, and in the House OF Com
mons by Mr.. DisraeG, and adopted, with
many eloquent eulogies. Almost every
Government in Europe sent, through It's
diplomatic agents or legislative bodies, Its
official coincidence. In France popular
penny collection was made for a gold
medal, inscribed to Lincoln, the honest
man, who abolished slavery, re-established
| the Union, and saved the Republic, without
| vailing the statue Of Liberty" The most
distinguished poets and orators Of Europe
| found in the life and death OF Lincoln an
that of England. teemed with tributes and
| eulogies. John Stuart Mill wrote OF tho
great citizen who has afforded so noble an
example Of the qualities befitting the first
| magistrate Of q free people. Prof. Gold
| win Smith said: America has gained one
| inspiring Of National possessions; The
| London Times, which had been harshly
| unjust to Mr.. Lincoln, said the news OF his
death would be received throughout
| Europe with sorrow as sincere and pro.
| found as it awoke even in the United States
and that "Englishmen learned to respect 4
man who showed the best characteristics
sof their race" The Saturday Rerietv
said: During the arduous experience Of
four years, Mr.. Lincoln constantly rose in
general estimation. by calmness of temper,
| by an intuitively logical appreciation OF the
sincerity" The London Spectator spoke
of Dir. Lincoln as the noblest President
| whom America has had since the time of
| Washington" and certainly the best, if
not the ablest, man ruling over any country
in the civilized world. Without
the advantages Of Washington's education
or training, Mr.. Lincoln was called from
an humble station, at the opening of a
mighty civil war, to form Government out
of party in which the habits and tradi-
tons of official life did not exist. Finding
himself the object of Southern abuse so
passionless it would long ago have stirred
| up an implacabie animoSity; Knocked at
| for his official awkwardness, and de-
nounced for his steadfast policy by all the
| Democratic section of the loyal States;
| tried by years of failure before that policy
achieved a single great success; further
| tried by a series Of successes SO rapid and
1 brilliant that they would have puffed up a
| smaller mind and overset its balance; en-
| barrassed by the boastfulness of his people
and of his subordinates, no less than by his
| own inexperience in his relations with
foreign States; beset by fanatics of principle
on one side, who would pay no attention
| TO his obligations as constitutional ruler,
and by fanatics Of caste on the other, who
| were not only deaf TO the claims of justice,
but would hear of no policy large enough
| for revolutionary emergency-Mr. Lin
| coin persevered through all without ever
giving way to anger, or dependency, or
eXultatlon, or popular arrogance, or sec
| tartan fanatlcism, or caste prejudice, yisibly
growing in force Of character, in self-pos-
session, and in magnanimity, till in his
| last short message To Congress, on the 4th
| OF March, we can detect no longer the rude
and illiterate mold Of a village lawyers
thought, but find it replaced by a grasp of
| principle, a dignity of manner, and a
solemnity OF purpose which would have
Cromwell, while his gentleness and gener-
osity of feeling toward his foes are almost
| greater than we should expect from either
| of them"
POEM By TOM TAYLOR, IN LONDON
PUNCH.
One Of the most touching and heartfelt
| Of all the foreign tributes to MIR. Lincoln
| was that Of the genial poet Tom Taylor,
published In the London Punck---a paper
that had used Mr.. Lincoln as a convenient
subject OF caricaturs and rtdicule. The
poem appeared short time after the as
sassination.
You lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln g
bier,
You. who with mocking pencil wont to
trace,
Broad for tho self-complacent British
sneer,
His length Of shambling limb, his fur
| rowed face,
His gaunt, gnarled hands. his unkempt,
| bristling hair,
| His garb uncouth, his bearing Ill at ease.
His lack Of all we prize as debonair,
OF power or will TO shine, of art to please;
You, whose smart pen backed up the PEN
CHS laugh,
Judging each step as though the way
were plain:
Reckless, SO 1t could point its paragraph,
OF chiefs perplexity, or peoples pain;
Beside this corse, that bears for winding.
| sheet
The Stars and Stripes he lived to rear
anew,
Between the mourners at his head and feet,
Say, scurrile jester. is there room for
| YOU?