Daily State sentinel., 1863-08-08
For The sentin.l.
For the Sentinel
mr.. Beecher I'm Engiand-one OF his


an account OF Nr. Beeeher's in,ersiew sith some
prominent Euglishmen. he de lines public
speaking. his purpose abroad being 10 restore his
health; but he answers freely al questions "a 70
the status OF the parties and the public opinion Of
the North After telling the company of the
general sentiment of the North-after explaining
IN his own way the apathy Of Pennsylvania-he
goes on 70 say that. be knows Indiana well hav-
Ing lived there. and states that the misconduct S
limited TO part known the "Pocket." in
haolted chiefly By a degraded population derived
chiefly from the neighooring slave States, 50 X
norant that not one in ttceafy can read
IL Il this declaration OF Mr.. Beecher which we
desire 20 correct That he has a full right to 20
Europe 70 aid in setting Alright the strangely false
views which prevail there in regard to American
affairs. none can dispute Indeed the polent eio
quence Of Mr Beecher gives him nearly uni
versal right to be national autocrat wher
he be No man knows better
than toe writer that Mr. B. will never read these
words II is not for him. but for those who may
believe him to be the infallibie expounder OF
American sentiment and American conditions
that write. In the highest splendor OF his fame
and eloquence suppose he is only human, there
fore we continue: Ii he went TO Europe to re
store health and correct false impressions. it is to
be regretted that he did not carry with him
knowledge of facts sufficient to the occasion;
and. further, il Is To be regretted that he should
attempt u explain away impressions that are
false by doing wrong to large loyal and In
telgent community He knows Indiana well.
He has lived there He can spe k
prophet He can speak as no man spoke
before. Therefore he can he reckless as 10 the
feelings and the fame of men or communities.
have no doubt when Mr. Beecher made this
declaration to those prominent Englishmen. he
thought he had done his country much service
OF course he must not reflect on his answers; he
must be ready with explanation even at the cost
OF truth He knew Indiana well he had lived there.
To have preached at the capital, was of course
enough for Mr.. B to enable him to pronounce Oh
the moral, mental, social and political standing
of every portion of the State The "census, |
suppose, he could not condescend to read lt
would he simDly searching for vulgar facts. Be
sides. he knows that the people of the pocket"
cannot have improved. for two nlallible reasons.
First thev have never experenced the unSpraka-
bic blessings OF his potent mnstratons. ami
secondly, it is inhabited chiefly "bv degraded
pOpulatian from the neghbOring slave States"
These magnificent reasons are enough To cor
vince him that progress is doubtful. if possible
An uncertain knowledge of any subject ! believe
is understood to add power to the f,ncy and
smoothness to the words of the rhetorcian-be-
cause he il un'rammsled bv those stubborn little
fellows called facts and figures.
The ful census Ot the border counties we have
not seen, but enough has been seen to know that
what Mr B. utters is not only not So but the
very reverse of>o. Vanderburg county. which
We take representative. and which Is the
metropolitan county of the pocket" had in
1850 only 81 persons who could not read
write, out OF population of IL 500. In 1860
the same county had population of over % 600,
and the number of those who could not read or
write were proportlonably less than in 1850.
Now the counties ot Perry, Spencer. Warwick.
Posey Gibson and the others of the "border."
far we have ex imnei, come into reSpecta
bic competition with Vanderburg in this regard
And, i'm point of loyalty a COMPARISON of each
and all of those counties named, and every
county on the border and IN the pocket. with
any portion of the North will rebound only to
their honor aud good name Not "A single in
stance OF open resistance to any o the war meas
ureS OF the Government has occurred throughout
that whole region OF the State which Mr. Beech~r
has seen ht 10 mAiign SO cavalierly, in his con
versatiOn with "those prominent EnglShmen !"
The grounds ON which Mr. Beecher justifies him
self in making such announcements are not easily
conceived Ii is strange indeed tlItt a
who goes forth messenger of truth
before all the world. cxpounder
of orthodox principles, should speak as auto
crat on a subject of which he is entirely ignorant
He has been more used 10 receive the applaud
ings of American audiences than any man of his
tme. perhaps. he ms uenOunceu the INSTITUTION
Of slavery without fear of assault, and the Ad
minlS,ration without fear Ofarrest and, possibly.
alter all this. TO belle American community
TO parcel of EugsEmeu was only SIN Ill affair
to our orthodox nulpit Achilles.
He seems To be one of those who can not be
lieve any good can come out Of Niz reth Aud
because a large element OF the border people
came from the slave States, of course he not
believe that either loyalty or intelligence c,n
Il. 49, L..
delivers it with all the emphasis of prophet II
would he presumptious to ask the humorous. the
eloquent the profound, the almost OmnipOtent
diUine of the Plymouth Church to illustrate by
figures the truth of his statements. That would
be 10 rob those awful gestures and pointed
figures" with which be controls his admirers OF
more than half their magic-and that would be,
We suppose. nothing short of robbery.
Our Savior once said: "Render unto Caesar
that which S Casar'S. and unto God that which
j. Gods Were such an expression made in the
present, Mr. Beeeher, his followers and admirers,
would call il palliation and defense of that
which is unjust IL would be construed IN al
mission that slave States have some rights; that
conservatives nave some rights; thtt Democrats
have some rights; and it would be denounced.
and rdcaled. and spit upon; ana the modern
POntiuS Plate, that might try the an;hor. would
be accused of weakness, imbecillty and disloyaty
viction. or do aught than t. advance "crucifx
ion" or the decision of the court
Truth is valu BILE, matter how other mar
ketable stuff may vary 1t Mr. beecher deemed
it wise aud proper 10 enliehten those prominent
Engli>hmen on the troubles in the lOyal States.
il is indeed 70 he moGrhei that he had not seen
proper To proceed IN his statements no further
tG in truth and knowledge woult sustain him II
i 90 be regretted thai - representative of the
American pulpit. he should talk Of people in
manner 80 wildly at variance Nth the truth
thus adding the weight of his name to an unjust
thinC-tO sauder.
Such is his hereditary bigo,rv against slavery,
and slave States, and slave osHesS. that the mese
fact that portion OF the people ot the Pocket"
natives OF slave States, j. enough to convince
him that neither loyalty, intelligence or truth
exist among them 1t may. indeed. be only a
irfnC thing tor him TO add the weight of his
fame - slanierouS accusation when he can
eyade the responsibility so easily bv saving. Il
am Mr Beecher, AVID this a. the extent of my
information; and my liberty of speech shall not
be hemruei in even bv facts when speaking TO
prominent Engshmen OF a conservative com
munity. for which ] have neither respect nor
sympathy
But no brilliancy Of speech. now power of elo-
quence-nOt even his gorgeous metaphors and
fierce gesiuring. combined with all the fantastic
figures he may cut before the world. can furnish
for