, 1863-11-25
.@)'<ago Qriburle,
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER Is. 1869.
SPEIlH OF HEERY WARD
EEECHER,
His Impressions of England.
Feeling of Different Glasses in
England Towards tho
United States,

Light, to Welcome Rev. At-ry Ward Beecher
or hiz return from Europe, and 10 hear his
of pc'sor nj experiences in England,
Mr. BefchI's entrapce upon the stage was
! he ffgs1 fo- long ontbnrkt Of hearty ap-
rssute, npeassd re~in and again, and finally
the audience .o=e and gave him three cheers.
Rev. DE. storrs welcomed Nj. Beecher In
ftw ~t!l eloseu Hords, snd closed By uf1er-
tre biz bald and introducing Mi. Beecher,
WHO Spoke for atar'y tso hours, cloquenuy
srd cdtc,fvt1Y. We girs tho materia1 parts
Il bis speech: :: - ..
Mr. HEEcnER's r1s1T TO ENGLAND. ::
1~ent ab,cad, as you know, simply. as
private citizen. It Was tauntibglY asked me
f-i2ht Al q paroxJsm Of our national agony, I
abandoned the fleld to 60 abroad. I did not
anerer. but now do answer. I foresa Y that
the'Autunn und.the win It would require L.
boIs even greater than any period previous,
and the excitement and the excessive labort
of:she two and halt years or threa years
preceding hsd rot destroyed my health nor
wss jaded, md teased to go'into the labor
Of The an .u1np AID the wiatef, which required
TIE best powers Of every man, without nv
fall Et1eIgth; and Ifnce could do nothing
In the summer. took that opportunity, ,upo1
the generous Invitation Of my own people, to
bsdk to labor more a*siduous1y. ALLOW
me to .say that. this generosity Of
my cWn dear people WAsi \ comfort to me
every whe,e and that in Great Bzf1aiu-not be.
cauee 6iseeteemed thsfr kindness or under
valued their hospltali'y, but because it WAS
ttmething that I cherished NTH q secret
pr1de-l refused to ,eckiTe theit hospitality
In fhp raTnr}pEf 6arran -,
any form. Laid to them. my ,orn people
stnt n abroad, and it Is their pleasure that
l shall stand upon them for support, and
viii not take one penny from tho hand Of an
IAPplause You will not mis-.
Understand me. 1t was not because dis
oai1kd their kindness, but because + valued
yours. It was A1eo said that had come
abrc ad, sent by our Government That would
have spoiled 1t all had no official character,
AID would not hare 1aa one., I went simply
a. pliVste citizen, and I WAS there merely
and cufy as an American citizsn. Aud when,
uLsought, AID indet d against my feelings, Ii
nut against my Judgment. I entered upon: the
lsbos Of the past lew weeks Of my sojourn IN
Etghnd, I assumed the responsibility; I
eAnnot say. with trembling, fos,I am not
much accustomed to tremble-butI aesumed
the respont ibl1ity with the grayest sense OF
what 1t vas. .....'"
HIS Defence OF TIE Us1rRD srATRs,
hare felt the inspiration Of nationality Oft
IN, but I never before was placed between
t~o huch great people, where saw them both
In Ferepectiye. both In their present relations
much aa felt all the time, waking OF dream.
1rg, light or day, what it WAS to stand and
Plead for the unity oftbese two great nations,
for the sake of struggling mankind; md II
was ct oIce an excitement for me and sup
Port But, after ali, did notknow how my
countrymtn would regard my efforts. II
,on had diEspproyed, should have been
vhaf I Lad done. / aid liz bsst I irer how @
to DO e!ezT time. everywhere disinterested.
]y, for the love bear to the cause and to the
prdlc lctples which undet1ie It; sud had no
word, could not hare, from home whether
Representations Of policy, aud Of fact, and
would accord with rourt, or whether 1
should lot be caught up in the wh1rl Of con-
11ctiEg psrtes, my reasoning traversed, my
arguments denied-nor till landed in Bos-
ton did hear one WhIsper-and then I learn
cd tor the tiret time that my services had
been accepted BY mF eoqntrymen. Zap
returned amorg Els friends, profoundly
thankful that the labor and the service which
attempted for the public good has the seal
Of their appreciation.
After some further preliminary remarks,
Mr.. Beecher said:
wHT AMERICA WAS DISAPPOINTED In ESG.
LAND.
You are aware that the original expression
Of our people WIS almost universal that in
Great Britain We ahculd find sympathizer,
ready and prepared One thing We counted
tu1e, and that was, that If NIL the other M
tlonA stood a1osf there mas one that would
stand by Us in the hour Of our peril, and that
-n Hx3% Nd {ha- -
,etaliatory complaints wat acumfnated BY
that very disappoint of a yery. confident
conviction. When was asked In Great Biz
tain why the American preas SO severely In.
weighed against England, and Was almost
silent in respect to France, / said. t'Becausa
We, in cur deepest hearts, care for England
ard not much for Franee-" lApplaase-
prejudice, when you stl Ike the deeper feelings,
The Americans know that they have an Eng
llsh origin, and they are pro2d Of. their his
tory; when It gets back further than the
present generation Qaughter}; and 1t VAS this
growing aaectiSn ald 1 sympathy n ths Pest
tuIes-tt WAS this that made the dtsapposnt.
ment Of public expectation so sharp and 10
horu to be botne when Great Britain toiled
our expectations and gaye Ms no sympathy.
We neGer aeked for help. We never asked
that she should lend us anything or st1etch
OQt kO l4HEA 40 Au6 LILLE UNE55ET u ue1 l4EQl
hand We did max simply the generous
confidence and generous moral sympathy.
and that VAS all, and that we did no. pet, and
we feel sharply the conduct Of England The
expression Of public feeling had an effec!
Of throwing her moral weight against ths
North and for the South. 30 told them
carefolly diec1in1inated between the intention
a1d the result. Whit men intend has much
to do with Judging OF their moral character
but what men do does not depend always OF
their Intention. And when, therefore, the
Brttish people disclaimed sympathy with the
sonth, or : disposition to 70 against theil
own principles Is represented b the North
sou can best judge, but what the EFFECT o
your attitude is Ne On the other side can besi
iudge," ard we know that the moral iodu
e1ce Of Great Britain has substantially gone
for more than two yeara to help the rebellion
a1d the slhyeccsacy Of tie South, and to hin
der the progress Of free Institutions in the
North. And if there is rescue or ralief-i
there Is redemption finally, Great Britain
nust stand aside, and 1t must be saia: "The
nation that boasted OF her free institutions
end her sovereign sympathy With the welfore
cf,he common people has had no part or lot
in the great Hork."
The depial Of moral Sympathy in Great Brl
c1t1ous Of certain parts Of the British people
en- behalf Of the South, 30 much 80 that It, !
thiug, Nin scarcely be denied By any mau
that Elf the shipTa1ds% and found1ses, aut
looms, and shops Of Great Britain, had refus
their succor to rebellion, the rebellion Kon1l
have died ont in the hation long ago. I eal6
IN private what it did rot seem altogether ju
d1cious to say In public, that in some sense
might bring this war and lay 1t at the feet Q
the British people, and saY, not that You In
tended IT, but thst the cou1se OF conduct pnt
eued, Legal illegal. was such thas, but 10
ron, this rebellion would hare perished ii
mot n the beg inning Of it. [Applause.1 s..
WHAT TIE REBELS HAyE DONE IN ENGLAND
found the most active and unscrupulou
eHerts made by southern men to stir up th'
animosity towards our country. And lot m
esy tLat the bad Cause WAS better served thai
good one there, as to some extent It ha
been in our OWN land; for an sure that th
South, for bad cause, has mole nearly pr
forth every particle OF strength that It has t.
PIT forth 1lhn We have for = good cause
And as 1t is at home, it was abroad Wher
Lie opinion, they cent 4 score; where We pu
one book Of information, they put 9 library
where IRE touched one spring, thsy touched
| hundred. They seemed to Per7ade England
! and they seemed, with the unerriog instinc
| II felashness aud despotism, to kno1
just whe1e to undermine the cameron
| and better feellugs-jusl where to invoke tn
men So thst Principle should iii and prof.
take its place. (APplause.] You may the
! imsgine the surprise and akeptlclsm wit
| when, under these circumstances, receive
| the assurance Of friends On every side tbs
| The great heart Of the BritiAh nauon Was o
cur Side. had found nobody except unco1
dItional friends Of emancipation In Whose X
ciety was throWn-I had found almost nj
body that spoke kindly Of Us Or that seeme
to be In sympathy with us, and Jet my eal
were filled With these assurances day an
night. '.{on 9fe mistaken, you arc mistaken
Eaid where under Heaven do the Engls
people keep their hearts, then? Laugh
aud applause.] And If ! had spoken ia n
early y{sit to England in June, could n