Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-11-04
Mr.. BEECHER'S ADDRESS
AT MANCHESTER

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| Rev. Henry Beecher on his public a.
pearance in this country" The Hall ";
extremely crowded, and there were prol
ably 5000 persons present. 1t was SUI
posed, from the paper war of plscards fl
the last fortnight, that the meeting migl
be disturbed by parusans OF the Comic,
cate States. Arrangements had, ther,
fore, been made for the prompt suppress
ion of disorder; and notices to that effec
were posted about the room The chai
was taken at halt past six. by Mr.. Frar
els Tayl r. At the same time the ell
trance of Mr.. Beecher, accompanied b
Mr.. Bailey, ". z. and some prominen
members of the Union and Emancipa
tion Society, was the signal for enthusi
astic and repeated cheering. Padre Ga
yazZi Was IN one OF the reserved seats be
low the platform. The first row was oc
cupied by 40 of the students of the Ian
cashire Independent College.
Mr.. Greening having read AN sddres
to Mr.. Beecher on behalf of The Uniol
and Emancipation Society.
The Rev. Mr.. Beecher turned to tn,
audience 10 speak, but for several min
utes he was prevented by deafening cheer,
followed by few misses, which only pro
voked renewed outburst of applause.
Mr.. Beecher then said: Mr.. Chairman
ladies and gentlemen, the address which
you have kindly presented to me contain:
matters both personal and national. In,
terruption. Ny friends, we will have a
whole night session but we will be heard!
Loud cheer | have not come to Eng.
land to be surprised that those men whose
cause cannot bear the light are afraid oi
Tree speech. [Cheers. / have had prac-
tice OF more than % years in the presence
Of mobs and riots, opposing those very
men whose representatives now attempt
to forestall free speech. Hear. Little
by little, doubt not, shall be permit
ted to speak tonight. Hear Little
Oy little / have been permitted in my own
county TO speak, until at last the day has
come there when nothing but the utter
'nce OF speech for Freedom is popular
Cheers You have been pleased to
peak OF me as one connected with the
,reat cause of progress in civil and relig-
Gus liberty. | covet no higher honor than
o have my name Joined as one among the
lst of that great company of noble Eng
lshmen from whom We derived our doc
rines of liberty. CCheers.l For although
understand there is some opposition to
That are called American ideas, what arc
hsse American ideas? The seed-corn we
ot in England-lhearl; and if. on lar
er sphere. and under circumstances of
we have reared mightier
heaves, every sheaf contains the grain
hat has made old England rich for hum
red years. Great cheering. am also
OF little gratitied that my first appear
nee to speak on secular topics in Eng
ind is in this goodly town of Manches-
er, for had rather have praise from men
no understand the quality praised, than /
ON those who speak at hazard and with |
title acquaintance with the subject
Hear. And where else, more than in /
lese great central portions of England, |
ave the doctrines of human rights been
attled for, and where else, hays there
zen gained for them nobler victories than
ere! tCheers. 1t is not indiscriminate
raise thersfore; you know what you talk
'out. You have had practice in these
yourselves, and TO be praised By
IOSe who are illustrious is praise indeed.
;heers.
Let me say one word, however, in the
eginning, IN regard to this meeting, and
Ie peculiar qualification which | feel in
have ground-and God 10 my Judge,
I'd bears witness TO the truth OF what /
VI Can return To my countrymen, and
,ar witness to the cordial kindness of
nglishmen toward America. [Cheers.l |,
mere has been serious doubt. The same
,encies which have been TO work to mis-
present good men in our country to you
I've been to us to misrepresent good men
re; and when say TO my friends in
merica that | have attended such
Getting as this, received such an address,
I'd beheld such enthusiasm, it will be a
newed pledge of amity. Cheers IL
we never ceased TO feel that war be-
'een two such great nationalities as these
ould be one of the most objectionable
q atrocious offenses that the world ey-
beheld Icheersl, and l have regarded
erything. therefore, which needlessly
4 to this feeling, out of which war comes,
being in itself wicked. Cheers. The
me blood is in US. Cheers. We are .
ur children, or the children of your :
Ihers and ancestors. You and we hold Z
e same substantial doctrines. Cheers, !
d cries of Turn him OUT We have J
{ same mission among the nations of ,
e earth. Never were mother and daugh- /;
, set forth TO do so queenly thing in )
e kingdom of Gods glory as England :
d America. Cheers. And if you ask s
ly they are sensitive, and why have we /
wn England with our tongue as we have :
will tell you why. There is no man who !
D attend you so deeply as the one you
Te most. loud cheers. Men point /;
France and Napoleon, and say he has
en- joint step by step in all England has /
ne, and why are the press of America
ent against France. and why do they
eak as they do against England? 1t is a
cause We love England. Cheers.1 l c
We lived through a whole period and &
'olution OF feeling. l remember very n
II in my boyhood the then recent war I
1872, before the embers kindled in the
War of Independence, an a
most universal feeling against the Brit :
ers, as they were called, and / have i
n that feeling little by little dying out, 2
what with common commercial in .,
ests, with reciprocal blessings in civili- u
and in religion, with multiplied inter- n
anges of friendly visits, there has come = =
be feeling in America most cordial Il
/ admiring of Englana. For when we r,
rched our principles, they all ran back {,
rights in English history; when we h
ked at those institutions of which we n
re most proud, we beheld that the 8,
ndations of them, and the very foun- n
ion stones, were taken from your his Il
Y; when we looked for these men that y
illustrated our tongue, orators or ell 5,
lent ministers of the gospel, they were r
glish; we borrowed nothing from France !;
here fashion, and there gesture or "
ustom; but what we had TO dignity hu- h
nity-that made life worth having h
re all brought from Old England. And "
you suppose that under such circum- n
noes, with this growing love, with this
wing pride, with this gladness 10 feel Il
i we were being associated with the 4
toric glory of England, because both q
] and we belong to race-to the An. "
Saxon race-do you suppose that it W
J with feelings OF indiferance that we 3,
.eld in our midst the heir-apparent to n
British throne. Cheers. There is :,
reigning on the globe sovereign who n
our simple, unpretentious, and "