Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-27
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We hud in the London Daily News. Of the
10Th inst. tie following account OF Mr Beech.
err interview With promneat men IN England.
IL win be read with interest by all his friends on
this side Of the water
The Rev Henry Ward Beecher. Of New York.
who arrived IN England q few weeks ago, left
Yesterday for the Continent. Daring his stay in
this country Mr Beecber has been repeatedly in
vited u appear and speak on public occasions.
but he has DeTsistently declined all solicitations
Of this kind on the ground that he left America
10 order 10 recruit MS strength Tor duty ON h-
return. He has. however, been IN frank and cor
di.l communicative with Large number OF Eng-
lishmcu who take m interest a. the euitncptfion
policy Of Mr.. LIncoln'- Government. and brief
notice of the views -nd opinions which he has
expressed on the affairs OF his native country will
be acceptable 10 mant OF our rea'lers.
On NO peiBt has Mr Beecher been more anx-
iou-ly Intercepted than on the state OF parties
and opinions ia the North with respect to the
prosecution Of the war Mr. Beecher states that.
contrary To the belIei generally prevailing here,
/ there is substantial unity between the Demo
cratic and Republican parties. He speaks with
respect OF the liberty with which the Democrats
critcise he Administration of Mr. Lincoln. and
acquts them Of all design Of obstructing his Gov
eminent he Is convinced that the war would
I
vigorously under a President elected by the
Republican party. The explanation he gives of
the position and conduct OF the Woods, Fernando
and Benz amin. who have started a cry for peace
at any price, is Substantially that which has been
repeatedly given bv our New York correSpon-
dent. He says that they are political aud social
outcasts. with whom the true Democratic party
neither will hold intercourse, and are Ut
tery powerless to influence the course OF events.
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of experience the whole North has become more
ard more alive TO the dangers which menace the
nation, and more and more firm aud united ia
the resolution TO meet them. The appearances
which seem TO point 10 contrary conclusion,
the resistance to the conscriptiOn in Indiana and
I the alleged apathy in Pennsylvania, are alto
gether exceptional He denies the apathy of
Pennsy lvana; he Is sure that that State will do
it, duty, although from local causes the people
OF particular district may fail. he knows ln
diana well. having lived there. and states that
the misconduct is limited To part known nc the
! pocket, inhabited CHI ely by degraded popula
ton derived from the neighboring slave States.
az ignorant that not one in twenty can read he
remarks generally that patriotic feeling in the
North is always found to exist in proportion to
the extension of common schools. lie observes
that To estimate the relative importance of the
exception Just noticed the immense scale of the
er speaks with the utmost confidence rs TO the
/ deep seated resolve of the whole North to carry
on this war in the face Of all opposition This
i feeling lie saws has been growing broader and
deeper "a tue magnitude Of the task has urfolded
/ itself As To the connection of the war with the
slavery question. he atfirms that men OF all par
ties are now convinced that slavery Is the cause
OF our troubles and that there will be no security
/ for the Northern community while that curse
| Ialt Of h.cI md IN
the last eighteen months, and il now held bv all
intelligent and rejecting people. He has a high
opinion of the administrative capacity OF Mr
Jefferson Davis aud his colleagues but finds in
that tact Il stronger reason for resisting their
hagtious enterprise with all the strength of free
people.
TO the question whether the downfall of
slavery would not be more surely promoted by
the separation OF the South than by its reStora
ton To the Union. Mr. Beecher replies emphatic
ally. No. The long sleep of the North is ended
aud the character of that free community is liked
in irrevocablc opposition TO slavery On this
point he appeals TO the speeches of the leading
men of the South made al Washington before the
disruption reason for secession. and To the
abundant testimony borne by Southern writers
since The unity of the national life, he says.
will be the death of slavery: but secession will
give il all il w~nfed for its extension and nvgor
advantage of sound opinion in England if Mr.
Roebuck and Mr. James Spence could I've induced
| To visit the slave States After the opinions they
have expressed on slavery the journey might not
be for their comfort, but he is sure that on their
return they might ne enrolled ms honorary mem
bers OF the Emancipation Society
With reference to- the opinions often express
ed that enough would he done if the area of
slavery we're limited bv making the Mississippi
/ 4 no hmm ofot intap anfer ff.da Nr
| Beecher observes that whenever the North is
strong enough To enforce that restriction il will
be strong enough To attain its entire object. The
! Southern leaders would never agree To such u
condition until completely beaten. They did not
seceie to he cooped up IN the Gulf States nor rs
long their force il unbroken will they sub
nit to be They are fighting to extend their
system over territories as large "a Europe, and To
found great empire. of which slavery is to be
| the corner stone.
referring to an opinion which sometimes
! finds expression in England. that the power of
the United States becoming excessive. and
that division of the Union would he for the
peace of the world. Mr. Beecher observed that il
was opposed to reason and experience, and that
contrary result would follow the independence of
the South The tendency ef the whole poiitv OF
the North has been peaceful. in harmony with IFS
social constitution. But the organization OF so
ciety in the South is the very one most suited to
/ become the basis of military empire And the
i South -. moreover. military by its character
! The greatness at which its leaders aim is not
/ that which arises from he spectacle of free
/ educated and contented people, but that Of dom
\ nation and territorial extension With such a
neighb0r BY its side 1t would he impossible for
| the North TO return to the DAYS when a standing
army of twenty five thousand men objected
10 a. excessive Under these circumstances the
North must become military in its own despite.
must At any cost maintain standing army OF
/ from one hundred and fifty thousand 10 two humid
red thousand men as the safeguard of Its own
| independence.
These are some of Mr.. Beechers opinions
rs expressed IN his social interviews with friends
in this country. Ii will be understood that he is
not responsible for their publication or for the
form in which they presented.
"On Wednesday Dir Beecher was al ed his
opinion of the result OF the invasion of the North
the news OF which was the most conspicuous fea
ture OF the papers the morning Mr.. Beecher,
while carefully refraining civilian from the
expression of mn opinion on the immediate mill
tary result of Gen Lees operations declared his
conviction that the movement would in the end
prove to the disadvantage of The South. by Civ
ing a much needed stimulus to the military activ
ity and enterprise of the Federalisis He
regarded the invasion without anxiety for the
ultimate issue.
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