Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1892, Page 18

fore a fireplace out of which is pouring cloud of gmoke and soot. Under the picture PUNCH ON THE WAR, [Ses fies Sek ares ce | White House this would be if it wore not for the Lilacks.'” Tt i to be noted thet this first picture of Lincoln pictures him . How the Famous London Weekly | cut, inteitigent face while later om he ts Dor- | traged with a cunning, malicious semutonanee, Loo! ‘test. In the same ue was & poem on iked on the Con \eumter Sight, “hub sontsas a camer ius seeiaienninadiiecttaititni | thought. The main verses were as follows: — INK, BLOOD AND TRARR CHANGING ENGLISH VIEWS. | 4 forty noure’ bombardment! Great guns throw! a tae Their iron hail; shells their mad mines ox- Lincoln Lampooned Throaghout the Con- ploding; Furnaces lighted; shot at red heat glowing; Shore batt'ries and fort armament fring, War's athe bell 3 forty hours,” ‘ars visible hell let for a ‘Aattult her tnctia aca esie tetie comes And yet not one man hit, her flag when Sum- Met, but at the Close Praised—The Carica- turists Made Fierce Slashes at Slavery, but Did Not Oppose Emancipation. i ID YOU READ THE — English papers during | “Oh, here's a theme!” quoth Punch, of brag Gown? abhorrent, Probably you were| “"Twixt promise and performance rare pro- too busy fighting. doped This show cloth of live lions, giving warrant, ‘Masking some mangy, stunted, stuffed abor- tion, | These gorgeous covers hiding empty dishes, Leeann thee | Sacer chalets antiesaureng UMiamenee— the very stuff to meet my dearest Gj Her newspapers and wish@. periodicals wore in- oe PP clined to take a dye | ye thought Jonathan, his young brother. A little of a bully; said he swaggered, Yankee Doodle, be content, You've had a lenient whipping; = not aaa renee enterprise of tri Those weighbors, who if Fou sssail Manecears whee Vette tamed reat tl oecover, when you've our Won't hesitate fey tes - ‘Yankee Doodie, de. The same issue bad this to ta regard to Davis and his message: o A WHITE Fra, Anti-President Jeff Davis, in his last mes- ‘ange to the secession congress, asserts that the confederate states took up arms in defense of their liberties, Jeff Davis takes great liberties with The fact is that they rebelled in defense of their slaveries. Anti-President Davis ap) tobe a man #ho really would not hesitate to swear that black is white. In September, 1861, Punch took up the — loan and printed a long poem be- ning: ‘ME. JOHN BULL TO THE UNITED STATES. On Being Invited to Contribute to the American Did you over imagine me lending you money? Well, of all Yankee netions that's far the most fanny; Lend you money! for what, when the loan you ve gotten? Why, to throw it away in withholding my cotton. Punch had not yet, however, become an ei tire southern sympathizer, and in the sam peptic, pessimistic view of events and asa gen- eral rale showed an unmistakable tendency to favor the southern canes. For a long series of | Jobe Years the London Punch has been copsidered | a4, FT so. mayn’ fas the peculiar exponent of English humor and | — sarcasm, and the course of thistjournal during | He may hint Stripes and Stars were better the great straggie can be taken as affording a lowered : bat tall height to which, till now, thei fair criterion of the feelings of a large class of | From oe 1 eight xf9 "hich, ti 1 now, ir Britishers. The treatment of the war by ial towers Punch shows all the different fluctuations of | English opinion, from an introtactory tirade | The weight act ou my quill; T coald not write against th ry to | The red drops clustered to my pen—in vain; | Qarce denenclation of the marth nad prophe. | had my thente—“ Brothers that meet in fight ee ee ee La Yet shed no blood!”—my jesting mood turned siesfas to the utter failure of her arms. The ae cotton blockade and the consequent shutting | 1 thought of all that civil love endears, eff of England's supply seemed to have an| That civil strife breaks up sud rends and 1 effect in can Punch to look sears, : ou the unboly cnuss of sinvery with lee tadig:| AB Je! the, blood drope in my pen were pation. During 1861 Punch was rather pro- | changed to tears, lific in cartoons and comments on the Ameri- | And for the hoarse tongues that those bloody enn war, most of them denunciatory of | slavery. The north d as a gen- eral rule was pictured after rather a compli- mentary fashion. The first cartoon on the subject was the follow on January 19, 1861 Bat in all change of chaff with one another, Nor Job nor Jonathan was e’er called iag- "t Jonatha style ‘cow- © seemed to find. upon my ears Came by a gentle song in hnked bouts, Of loug-drawn sweetness—pity breathed throug tears. ng this y And thus they sang—“'Twas not by chance, Still less by fraud or fear, . That Sunter's battie came and closed, Nor cost the world n tear; “Twas not that northern hearts wero weak, Or southern c ge coid, That shot and shell fell harming not A man on shore or noid. It was that all their ghosts wio lived love the realm they made. fleeting so athwart the fire, it shot and shell were staid. ington, with h wd, stall face, wklin with silver hair, Laneoln and Putnam, Allan, Gates, And gallant Wayne were there. With those who rose at Boston, At Philadelphia Whose grave eyes saw the Union's seal | To their fi | Adam: | Keatiedge « | And many # name thet | Hath sealed, brav atry’s fame . Wise and true, ens, Cano: aserie wt—above the coast, ner me paras 3 ort they bung. » Jane be 0 proud t ‘ the same iin uish wrung. THE SLAVE OW 4 and Love and Ruth es Late gone oi, that ireight of death | Between those brotuers bore. wes hare | And thus it happed, b jeclaration, PR, ration, aol God's good grace, ct and equal a proof ¢ like this is borne! ing matter in fered by mature | Acart yon on Maj adiat 18 shows the north and ing each other ready : colored men His- | j, ntterable safc is pictured — 7b a oe aon caacen vod-locking youug athi: hile the ee ee Rina eer me i Fepreseuied by a scowling looking be col er emsacsegper yp Rea 5 a | The following week a five-verse poem is called, “Ode to the North and South.” first verse reads: ‘The ge from Jeff Davis: AND HOLY CAUSE OF SLAVERY. ys President Je§erson Davis, wage 10 the secesstonal cong is just and holy.” Could not the | negroes of the southern states, if they rose | against their masters, say just as much, with atleast equal justice, for their own insurree- Davis says about justice ess the better, if he does not want to langerous doctrine besides bug nguage ‘ight is right; we rtherners; and the in- orever! mpooned the difference of | ng in America as to what Eng- | «should be by a cartoon showing king middle-aged lady with surprise nd m teacup in her hand and a young boy holding « torn Ameri- Under the picture are the words: NAUGHTY JONATHAN, “You shan't interfere, mother—and you ought to be on my side—and it's a great shame—and Idon’t care—and you shall interfere—and I -” a the issue of August 17, 1861, Punch rather | gloats over the result of the battie of Bull Run, although to showa thorough consistency a admitted | further whack is taken at the south. The car- ‘al virtue | toon ts the following: w league | of America.” Thus | what they doubtiess feel They are confederates A correct est in Con for Mr. Jefferson Davis. expect to thrash ti have named al Govern- ate States o t mu ph ast tin The tn the crime estimate of their moral that distinctive deaomin federate States.” This title is a beautiful anti- thesis to that of the United States of America. The more doggedly confederate save ore eombive the more firmly good repubi.caus ebould unite. . 4 WuisPeR I THE FAR OF Keep together, whatever you do. Maintain the Union at any risk. We tell you—and Punch never was wrong yet—tu trength is gone, lik the moment it is split. THER JONATHAY. HOW THEY WENT TO TAKE CANADA. issue had this: A SLIGHT OmissION. The victors of Bull's Run and Springfield have a certain right to blow their own trum- pets, considering the awful swagger of the north previously to the engagements, but when Gen. Beauregard in a proclamation profanely informs siave floggers that “unborn ge ations shall arise aud call them blessed,” we must be allowed to doubt the value of the prophecy, unless the proverbially inaccurate Journalists of America have omitted a word. Did he write “Blessed Rascals?” By the end of September Punch had come to the conclusion that the war was entirely un- called for and unnecessary. This charitable view was brought about by the fact that the gotton blockade had commenced to pinch. The cartoon of the 28th was called ‘‘A Fatuily Quarrel,” and represented the north and the south as a man and wife engaged in a vigorous quarrel, surrounded by broken furniture, while acolored boy dances gleefully in the rear. This is a sample of the poom which goes with the picture: TO POT AND KETTLE. Yankee Doodles, Why prolong this idle strife, Costing treasure Without measure, Waste of money and of life? You will never More for ever, North and south, together, pull; Each from’ other Rent, as Brother Jonathan from Old John Bull. Doubt there none But mere mone: That tor which you've gone to war; And in using Up, you're losing Just what you are fighting for. The same issue contained another verse: SECESSION. . BY CRSAR, What for dis here sumcession am, For ebbery nigger, Pompe: Massar sumsede from Uncie Sam "Pose you and me sumsede from Massar. «The next issue Punch devoted to the cotton blockade. to which from this time on const: reference was made, The first effusion was « pocm, of which this was the refrain: ‘Then lay down the rifle and the bow- ie knife: and take up the shovel and the hoe: Cease your fratrieidal war, and let King Cotton go once more To the countries where King Cotton ought to go. was the cartoon as, Sar! Th sue: which graced the is- KING COTTON BOUND. ‘There was alsoa long poem in which a decided threat was made that England would listen to the ery of the English workmen and break the blockade. The poem commenced: Far across Atlantic waters Groans in chaius a giant king; Like to him, whom Ocean’s daughters Wail around in mournful ring, In the grand old Grecian strains Of Prometheus in his chaius! The cotton question continued to be a sore point with Punch and later in the month x em and cartoon advanced the pian that Eng- d break the cotton blockade by raising her supply in India. The cartoon represents John Bull looking in a disgusted way at two men fighting» the doorway of » building marked “Cotton ores.” In the rear an oriental gen- tleman bows in a conciliatory way before establishment marked “Indian Cotton Depot. John Bull says: “Oh, if youtwo like fighting better than business, I shull deal at the other shop.” Another cartoon same month asks the north what it proposes to do with the south in the widely improbable contingency of conquering her. At this time, too, Punch used a general car- toon representing a very large John Bull hold- ing a very diminutive Jonathan, decorated with sword and a black eye. by the ear. Jonathan ys, ‘“I will fight; I will have a national debt like other people;” and John Bull replies, “I: you knew as much about fighting as I do yoo would keep qui The taffair and the taking of the tw: confederate commissioners from an English ver sel aroused Punch to w fine frenzy, although some rather good work appeared at this time. The December numbers were almost entirely devoted to this “outrage.” The first cartoon represents John Buil as a respectable-looking sailor saying to # piratica! Jonathan, “You de what's right, my son, or I'll blow you out o! the water. This is a sample of the accompanying poem: The cut is accompanied by a ten-verse parody on Yankee Doodle, of which the foilow- ing is a sampl A ‘THE RUN FROM MANASSAS.~ Yankee Doodle went to war, On his little pony, What did he go fighting for, Everlasting goney! Yankee was a chap Who bragged and swore tarnation, He stuck a feather in his cap, And called it Federation. Yankee Doodle, &c. Yankee Doodle, he went forth ‘To conquer the seceders, All the journals of the north, In most ferocious leaders, Breathing slaughter, fire and smoke, Especially the latter, His rage and fury to provoke And vanity to flatter. Yankee Doodle, &c. April saw no abstement of Punch's objec tions to the south and on the 20th the fallow. appeared in the way of poetry, whien was Punch's favorite method of attack: RULE SLAVEOWNIA. YEE NATIONAL MYMX oF THE stares. ‘When first the south to tury fanned, Arose and broke the Union's chain, ‘This was the Charter, the Charter of the land, And Mr. Davis sang thi Rale Slaveownts, wes, “Christians ever. ever. ever have had slaves. CONFEDERATE ‘The nortberns, not so blest as thee, At shy Lincoln's foot may fall, While thou sbait flourish, shalt flourish fierce and free ‘The whip. that makes the nigger bawl Kale Siavoownia, Siaveownts rules, and raves, “Christiaus ever, ever, ever should have|* * * © © © © «© «© «@ slaves.” Yankee Doodle, near Bull Run, Thoa, dally savage, shalt despise Met his adversary; Each freeman's argument or joke. First he thought the fight he'd won, Each law that Congress, that Congress thought Pact pr quite contrary, #0 wise, : Panic struck he fled, with speed Serves but io lizht thy pipes for smoke, Of lightning glib with uaction Rule Slavcowuia, Siaveownia rales, and raves, | Of slippery grease, iu full a “Christians ever, ever, ever must bave slaves.” From famed Watamas Junction And trade, that knows no God bat gold, een e. 4 eo 8 Ae eee Shall to thy pirate ports repair. Bleet land. whe: ae where human flesh fe ves, istians ever, ever, ever shall have slaves.” The issue of May 11. 1861, was Seroted to the fall of Fort Sumter. 4 numb sarcabtic telegrams were printed, large cartoon represeated Lincola sitting be- Jonat Jonath: ‘ware of the Lion: He's patient, he's placable, slow to take fire: There are tricks which in safety a puppy might try on, But from dogs of his own size they waken his ire. “ le 6 eS woe a See If there's one thing he values, ‘tis right of asylum; Sato who rests ‘neath the guard of the Lion must be: In that shelter the hard-hunted fugitive whilom, Must be able to sleep the deep sleep of the se e et eo. The cartoon below was rather above the average, ae was the poem: ‘The poem wasa long one and the following ‘will give an idea of it: Britannia waits an answer. Sad and stern, 1 tap stood ao BUill the war signal waits her words to fly. Wrong has been done that flags whose stainless Have carried freedom whetesos'er they She knows sharp words fit slives and shrowish ol She but bids those who can that wrong undo, it te che dee ae ee ae He Dishonor hath ise i i Noequipelse in boos tn Tous an pain; a force has ta’en from ‘neath the ol Of her prond flag stand ‘neath its fold again. Another poem at the same time begins: Yankees, beware! We are averse, But not afraid to fight, For we account the direst curse On man that can alight; And we will do whate’er wo may To keep that worst of plagues away. A still further cartoon represents John Ball saying to Jonathan, “Now, mind you, sir—no shuffing—an ample apology, or I'll’ put the matter in the hands of my lawyers, Messrs, Whitworth & Armstrong.” The following cartoon, representing Colnm- bia debuting her answer to England's demands, also appeared: WHICH ANSWER SHALL I SEND? Tho poem was also out of the common run, COLUMBIA. I have a message mast cross the sea, But I doubt what message it shall be. And be it peace, or be it war, 4 Gitting post I would choose therefor. So say, you bonny birds of mine, Around which neck shall I tie the twine? THR FAGLE, Round mine, round mine, my mistress sweet, My Wings are broad and my flight is fleet: And I have a benk to rend the prey, And talons for all my course would stay, And I can swoop over land and sea— ‘Then “war” and your message send by me! THE DovE. Round mine, O mistress sweet, round mine: I'm swift as arrow, and true as line: Nor talons sharp, nor beak havo I, But a soft swect voice and a pleading eye; And none will harm me. on land or sea— Then “peace,” aud send your message by me, . . « And still in doubt doth Columbia stand, A bird and an answer on either hand; For War, the eagle with eyes aglow; For Peace, the dove, with her prumes of snow. But Peace or War should the message be, ‘Awill find them ready across the sea, ae, Se eS ee In the beginning of 1962, referring again to the “Trent” affair, Punch draws Lincoln as @ coon up «tree and John Bull pointing a gun at him, with the following letter press: UP a TREE, Col. Bull and the Yankee Coon, Coon—Air you in arnest, colonel?” Colonel Buil Coon—"Don't fir cartoon: HE SAYS HE IS The 186 ributions were not up to the strength of 1861. The capture of New Orleans drew out a cartoon showing Linccln as “little Jack Horner” with the words: Big Lincoln Horner Up in a corner Thinking of Humblo pie, Found under his thumb A New Orleans plum And said, “Whata cute Yankee am I!” By May, ’62, the views of Punch as to the beauty of preserving the Union had undergone a complete change. as the following wili show: DISUNION 18 STRENGTH. * © © As their best friend Punch advises them to separate. At present the “Union is weakness.” Apart from each other, probably the result may prove “disunion- is strength.” There is an old Latin motto which they would do wellto carry into practice: “Divide et im- pera,” In June acartoon represents the north and south with knives ready to plunge into each other and both falling into 4 chasm marked *-Bankruptey. TREATMENT OF IRELAND. Irishmen had no cause to be over pleased with the treatment Punch gave them during the war, This was one of the effusions Punch gave them in ‘6: AN OFFER TO THE SOUTH. Recent scenes in Ireland compel Mr. Punch to make a proposal tothe Americans, Will they make a swop, and give us the niggers iu exchange for the Irish peasantry? We'll throw in something valuable to make the bargain a fair one, Come, Davis, . Here is another sample of its views toward Irishmen published in Augast, i964: PADDY BEFORE RICHMOND. The Irish boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of Grant you'll find him. By Yankee bayonets goxded on, ‘With a frequent prod behind him, “Land of Crimps!” said the youth ill-starred, “Let Bright and Cobden praise thee, And every fool these words regard; Och! botheration saze thee! Poor Paddy fell on the southern plain, Ere he fire had well got under; When he found himself on his lexs T'm kilt,” he cried, “by thunder! And said, “Ye dirty biackguards, ye The following on the same subject is not much better in mar and rhyme than it is in sentiment, It is the begining, however, of a poem of October, 1864, Come along, ye sons of Erin, boys that scorns the name of slaves, Let us fly to the land of liberty, across the At- Thore Til earn ten dollars earn & day, wt don’t get drunk before, sadhage eit "20, 1892-PART THREE. Strategic movement, not stampede, This retrogression style, ‘Because we are, as we Advancing all the while. ‘The comet rolls on path Elliptic through the eky; Bo we pursue our course of wrath, ‘Like lasing stars we fly, And stili shall fly till we come back As fast as now we go, And scatter in our burhing track Destruction, death and woe. On, then, ye warriors of the north! Off, in'your onset, mind, all ae you can put forth, And leave the eouth behind. Back! that ig, forward! On your foes, ‘To gaard their own turned out, Our yoke that you may reimpoue; Faco—to the right—about! A.cartoon in the same month represents the north and south as two exhausted (Prise Gabe ers held up by two negroes and the French eagle is singing to the British lion, “Don't you think we ought to fetch the police?” Another cartoon represents a dignified-look- ing south holding out « paper inscribed, “I romised to subdue the south in ninety days,” Bwcarloature of Lincoln and saying: “Your ninety days’ promissory note isn’t taken up yet sirree.” ‘This isa sample of October, 1862: LET HIM ALONE Bull to Buncombe, Hands off, Jonathan! What do you mean Striking your brother? Have you no shame ‘such a sight should be seen Sons of one mother! You! bouncing braggart of muscle and bone! Let him alone. Shall your ambition meet with no check, ‘Star-spangied hero? : If the world had only one ni Would you clutch it like Nero? Be warned! Dragons, spring from the teeth ~ You have sown, Let him alone. Temight have been expected that from the former expressed views Punch would have a proved of Lincoln's emancipation proclama- tion. It, however, had nothing good to say of the move, and picinred it this way: ABE'S LAST CARD. This is a sample of November, '62’s, produc- tion YANKEE WAR SONG, Not my front, sir, Bears the brunt, sir, When the southerns make their charge; But my back, sir, > Ina crack, sir, Is presented us a targe. . . Since for} And for fiving, When assaulted by the foe, Never nation, since creation, Could compete with us, you know. The !ast effusion of 1862 was as follows: OUR OFFENSE TO THE YANKEES. While wrath distorts thy visage, lank and haggard, Why grin at me, and glare with evil eye? Why, in the strain of a malignant blackguard, Jonathan. threaten and revile me—why? Why 60 vindictive is your roaring flood Of foul abuse? What have I done that makes You keep declaring that you'll have my blood, More venomous in spite than maddened snakes. Not I your landmarks have removed, nor when You were hard pressed in battle for the right. A quarrel for a few enlisted men Did I pick with you, and impede your fight, Ah! thoxe are wrongs by which we might be driven i To menace, rail and vow revenge like you, Such injuries are not to be forgiven ‘To those who suffer them by those who do. Punch began the prodvctions of 1863, which showed a still gre r falling off of power and force, by th King George—“Well, Mr. Wagpington, what do you think of your Republic now, eb? Mr. Washingtoh—*‘Humph!” LATEST PROM SPIRIT LAND. Acartoon in May, 1863, pictures Jonathan tickling « lion with a straw and Mr. Punch re- marking: ‘He ain't asleep, young Jonathan, 80 you'd best not irritate him.” Several articles were also printed as coming from American papers and giving burlesque -accounts of battles, A cartoon of September, 1863, shows two colored men dressed as soidiers shaking hands. while in rear others bearing United States and confederate flags are fraternizing. The car- toon is marked: e Black Conscription. “When black meets black then comes the end of war.’ The good understanding between Russia and the United States was especially displeasing to Punch, and the paper several times savagely attacked especially the presence of the Rus- sian fleet at New York, with orders, it was un- derstood, te attack England if England attacked the United States, The following cartoon of October 3, 1863, was complimentary to either the north or the south. The poem was not calculated to help matters, JOUN BULL'S NEUTRALITY. And awake and come to myself again at drili| The main portion of the poem was: in @ federal corps, MCLELLAN MOVES, > Acartoon of August 9, 1862, shows Lincol: ‘Do you want good sound offering arms to colored man, who is not re- Reon, menreee bitter emp ceiving them with any great show of enthusi-| Pogeravatoneancther, sm, and the same issue parodite Bryant's Jone me alone: don’t bother, a. Father Abra’am, we're coming | ¢ . . . . . . eT palate gee BR OX Three hundred thousand might be called a| What. d've threaten me for selling win fo ok ES 2 South, at me don't bawl and bellow; don't you take the nigger, way), Thai won't make me take Tour part ; pet eatiy doe, ton, cantd MR. BULL TO HIS AMERICAN BULLIES, Hoy, I say, you two there. kicking Up that row before my Another cartoon of '63 on the question of England's neutrality was the following: BOTR THE NORTH AND ROJTH ARE SCOLDING JOHN BULL FOR WIS ACTIONS. In 1864 Punch commenced to trail off some- what in his bitterness, On August 27, 1 ‘cartoon shows Mr. Punch and Lord Palme son passing Jeff Davis, with the following under the picture: Lord Punch—“That was Jeff Davis, Pam! Don You recognize him?” Pam—“Hm! Well, not exactly—may have to do so some of these days.” In September, 1964, a large cartoon, called the ‘American’ Juggernaut,” shows « hi cannon pushed along by furies and crushing Under its wheelsa multitude of men. In the same month a cartoon pictures Mrs. North saying to Abe Lincoln: “You see, Mr. Lincoln, we have failed utterly in our course of action. I want peace, and so if you cannot effect an amicable arrangement, I must put the case in other hands,” A cartoon of October shows Columbia asa good-looking young lady gazing thoughtfully at a torn mapof America and to her Mrs. Britain saying: “Ab, my dear Columbia, it's all very well, but I'm afraid you'll find it difficult to join ‘that neatly.” In November s cartoon draws Lincoln and Davis holding revolvers to colored men's heads and compelling them to drink from a cup marked “Conscription.” The cartoon is labeled “The Black Draft.” This is the way Punch cartoons Lincoln's re- election: <THE AMERICAN Pranyrx, The fall of Richmond and Petersburg was satirized by an imitation of a leading article, of which these are somo extracts: Extraordinary news has just arrived. Rich- mond and Petersbarg have fallen. Such tidings do not come every day. All surprises are unexpected, but thisis the most unex- pected surprise we ever had. That two im- portant citles in different parts of the world shouid fall down at once is truly strange. * * As regards the fall of Richmond we are too grieved to give vent to our feelings. That town, pleasingly situate on the banks of the Thame: con ed with too many holiday associations for us to hear of its fall without regret. ° s © ut if the fall of a third-rate town be a m fortune, what shall we say of tae fall of the capital of Russia, &e, Much can be forgiven Punch for its course during the great struggle, for the mauner in which it portrayed the end of the war and the crowning stroke of sorrow, Lincoln's death, ‘On April 29, 1865, this cartoon appeared: The poem, with the cut, in its main verses was as follows: AFTER THE FIGHT. Habet! The fatal cast is made, The well-poised net falls true, Hamp’ring, alike, the trenchant blade, And the strong hand that drew. The world-wide circus holds its breath Between the lots of life and death; Recalls the thrilling contlict’s course— Dear life to life opposed. Courage that took no count of force, But cheered, and charged and closed, Patience that from defeat arose, And learnt to deal, by bearing blows, Till circus bfunters, who had watched Famed sword plays long ago And ecorned these giants, rudely matched, Felt admiration grow As stubborn strife to strength gave skill, ‘The art to guard, the craft to kill. . eo. Oft our short-sighted eyes misread ‘The chances of the fight, Amazed to sve him turn who fled, Him who pursued in flight, But chance and change cat shift tio more, Might is made clear, resistance o'er. Bursts out in jubilee the crowd ‘As with a single will; For exultation’s tongue is loud, While eympathy is still; Millions of throats the victor cheer, ‘But let the vanquished claim a tear, . Not always to the swift the race, Nor to the brave the fight; But conquest’s blest adds the grace Of mercy unto might, ‘Then let the sign that says “We spare” Be his that lieth, bleeding, there. Let his blood purge tho bitter sin For whicls he fought eo well, The right claimed for tho whitor skin Biack life to buy and sell. « Its champion fail’n, that sin is slain, Never, like him, to rise again. Then staunch those gashes’ crimson flood, Brother take brother's band, And o'er the stain of kindred blood Sweep smooth the trampled sand. ‘The life, unto your mercy given, Spare, with acclaim of earth and heaven, i Aeoreeel assassination drew from Punch the following strong cartoon and ited May 6, 1665: — Yes, he had lived to shame me from my sneer, | To lame my penetl, and confate my pen— | To make me owa this kind of Prince's peer. j This rail splitter, a true born king of men, | My shallow jadgment I had learnt to rne, Noting how to occasion's height he rose, How his quaint wit made home truth seem more true, How, iron-like, bis temper grew by blows. How bumble, yet how hopeful. he corid be; How in good fortune and in ill the same; Nor bitter im enecess, nor bonstfu! he. ‘Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame, He went about his work—such work as f Ever bad laid on tread and heart aud hand— As one who knows, whore there's a task to do, ‘Man's honest will must heaven's good grace command. | Who trusts the strength will with the burden | ero. That God makes instruments to york bis will, | If but that will we can arrive to know, Nor tamper with the weights of good and ill. So he went forth to battle, on the side ‘That he felt clear was liberty’s and right's, As in bis peasant boyhood he had plied His warfare with rude nature's thwarting | mights— | The uncleared forest, th broken sotl, ‘The iron bark, that tarns the jumberer'’s ax, | The rapid that o’erbears the boatman's toil, | ‘The prairie, hiding the mazed wanderer’s tracks; | | The ambushed Indian, and the prowling bear. Such were the needs that helped his youth | to train: i Rough culture—but such trees large fruit may | ‘ar, If but their stocks be of richt girth and grain. So he grew up, a destined work to do, | And lived to do it: four long suffering years Il fate, ill feeling, il! report, lived through, | And theu he heard ‘the hisses chauge to, cheers, The taunts to tribute, the abuse to praise, | And took both with the same unwavering | mood, Till, as be came on light from darkling days And secmed to touch the goal from where he A felon band, between the goal and him, Reached from behind his back,a trigger prest, | And those perplexed and patient eyes were | im, Those gaunt, long-laboring limbs were iaid to | rest. ‘The words of mercy were upon his lips, Forgiveness on bis heart and on his pen, | When this vile murderer brought swift eclipse ‘To thoughts of peace on earth, gvod will to men, The old world and the new, from sea to ses, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame! Sore heart, so stopped when it at last beat high, Sad life, cut short just as its triumph came. A deed accursed! Strokes have been struck be- | fore | By the assassin's band, whereof men doubt If more of horror or disgrace they bore; But thy foul crime, like Cain's, stands darkly out, Vile hand, that brandest murder on a strif Whate'er its grounds, stoutly and striven; And with the martyr’s crown crownest « life With much to praise, little to be forgiven! An THE ENCAMPMENT STAR. bly No richer souvenir and no better record of the great gathering in Washington this weck of veterans of the war can be obtained than the daily issues of Tux Stan. Every number will be filled with illustrations and letter press of the most interesting character covering the historical events, memories of which will be re- vived by the great reunion, as well as the hap- penings of each day graphically reported. The papers issued during the week will form a com- Plete history of this memorable gathering. If you cannot come to the encampment, the next best thing you can dois to subscribe to Tax Stam for the week and the encampment will be brought to you as vividly as pen and pencil can bring it If you are coming to the en- campment you will want Tue Stam for the week to take home with you us most interest- ing, accurate and complete record of the scenes which you have witnessed in the national capi- tal. Tux Stan for the weck beginning Monday, September 19, will be mailed, postage prepaid, to any address in the United States, outside of MOTHER BICKERDYKE A Woman Whom Many Soldiers Learned to Love. Mrs. Mary A. Bickerdyke, or “Mother Bick- erdyke,” as the veterans remember her best, was aremarkable woman among the hundreds who nursed the sick and wounded during the war, More characteristic anecdotes can be re- lated of her than perhaps any of the rest. She was, and is essentially, a woman of the people. At the breaking out of the war she was s house- keeper in the fainily of a Cleveland gentleman. When she volunteered to go nursing she ex- pressly stipulated that she was going to take RATLROADS- HE GREAT STA ROUTE AND SOUT srari a Went. Pennarivania LAmaltea Vegthale Cars at 10 Sam aim. daly + Ohigwr wich Parlor Gar Wash Creveland indo AYtooma to St = Lonis and Cincinpat! Exrress 2.9% rm. Aatiy ot ‘anpine cia Wash ar Harisvare Tintin, hn For K. ‘as nt Ninears Falls, 349 oto’ “Netorday, with Sleeping Oar ~ a Sant Fimire at 10.500.m For Pitt NEW YORK AND THe Fast Ae gs. Se TT nan Veatibale vavhee and Dining Oar LIMITED.” = for New Took, 4.99 wack Govern: Wor. em care at STN, for Hroal atreet ate ADELPHIA ONLY, m. week days, and 345 p.m. Wit). Dinine ¢ Por rit: Fast express, 7.50 = ate & 5 Oa m. Matty, nl 5.40 nm. Anite. 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Ronedtnle tn effect Mi Leave Washington from station corner ed fay parlor car Dar thro ‘Bales care of soldiers, not officers, for there would be plenty to look after them. Pp. Atthe Gayoso Hospital, down in Memphis, she made herself a power. Her management entailed the strictest regulations for diet and cleanliness. If an officer did not do his duty in helping her, she very soon had him re- moved to another scene of action. There was nothing too good for her patients, and her ef- forts to get them all they needed showed her command of resources and indomitable will A regulation was then in, force obliging con valescing soldiers to nursing. She in- Tinted that they were not fit for the bard work required of them and carried the day. Her nurses were contraband women, who, under competent direction. did the work well. After all the supplies of the country around Mem- his were exhausted “Mother Bickerdyke” Bad'no way to get. batter, milk or She went up to central Illinois and begged among the farmers. Going back her collection of live stock consisted of setae pont oetey! Be- fore she got throug! established « dairy anda hennery and was perfectly independent for their products tbe rest of the time. She was a great favorite with Grant and Sherman. x Xrrese trains stopptr only, "ah t10 ahem PONaL Bice VINES 4. 0, UE LINE Fon Ne YORK RSD Patt, POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. _ ATT. INY. $2 xonrors?’ Na wistiNeron. - Tncrewnd freight acconimniattone and quiet Go livery from New York an? ete Prom iit te wharf Baily af 8. Telephone call, 1350. 4 NO®FOLK AND WASHINGTON STEAMBOATOO™ DAILY LINE BETWEEN WASHINGTON, D. G, FORTRESS MONROE ana NORFOLK, Vi ‘The new and powerful Tron Palace Steamers. WASHINGTON AND NORPOLK.—SOUTHBOUND. 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