The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-12

He had introduced a lady to a gentIema an
She asked him II he was a STAKEHOLDER, and
held back her hand. The gentleman defended
Tue @ lns1Iulon % oIslavery, and che asked him II
ne would keep up the system out of reverence
ior tne Bible. (Laughter.) At the corners of
the streets OF London there were Immense pin
palaces, and he was sorry 10 say that great
mass OF his own countrymen were addicted
10 intemperaEce, which was great
cause OF crime and insanity. And he re-
gretted 10 add that he had seen more iutem.
heIantce IN ihe streets OF London in one night
than be had seen in some weeks in New York
The people wanted places Of healthful amuse-
ment aud instruction. They required pIav as
well as work and il the people did not play aud
an use themselves they would 90 to the public
house and there destroy themselves. He spoke
OF large churches, and of how they were conse-
Grated to the worship of God. Would they, he
asked, be less consecrated II they we're 6iled
with working peoplel He opened his church
at hal'-past O'Clock on Monday evenings, and
instruction at that hour was given. During the
Rebellion they instructed the people as to the
progress OF the war, and kept them right on the
various questions that then arose. Their
speeches were reported in the papers and quoted
In the country. They kept the people right all
through this great struggle. The reverend gen
tleman referred to speech which he had de-
lvered in December, 1861, about the time of the
Trent affair, and quoted heightened extract
iIom that Grafton, which wound up with n de-
claration that never should the flag of Eng
land be hoisted on the side of tyranny and
oppression" (CheeTs.) He lad the privilege
OF going through England while the war was
wagiug IN America, and of delivering lectures
ana speeches in reference to the contest and
Its causes. lie had never heard of any person
in Great Britain, who was in favor of the North,
receiving penny for working in the carrying
on ~ the agitation Many persons went about
tue country for the purpose of uphoding the
cause of the North on their own responsibility.
He had been often out OF pocket for eX-
penses, and so it was with a great many others
In the country. At the time of the Alabama,
10 a en ADIi sod lan ~
there was a great meeting in favor of the North.
SCme men in the gallery said they were 10 favor
Of the South; but when he expressed strong
sentiments against the slave trade they were
received with applause. He quoted from
another speech, delivered October 20, 1862. In
this speech the South and its institutions were
severely ol uded to. The extract read by the
speaker contained singing references to "the
whip" "diabocal teaching,n aud so forth The
extract closed with these words:-"We cannot
have sympathy with shareholders. They are
trampling on the gospel they have the audacity
to profess. England may ALLEVIATE the North,
but she can never embrace the South" (Cheers.)
An empire founded on wrong was rotten through
and through He had not been deputed by any
person or body as a missionary to come to
this country. He came here as a private gen.
tleman 10 visit America and see his friends. He
trusted that he could return thanks to America
In few years he would have to build a church:
they were going to do it, They wanted thirty
thousand ponds, and they could get it. II
would be good thing if they could put up a
monument to Lincoln near that church it would
be capital idea to show the Union that existed
Between America and England. Some friends
had taken the matter up. He had not asked
any indiyidval 10 subscribe to it; he merely mem
toned il to his friends that they might know it,
Having stated that The had received some sub.
scriptions, he added have not received a cent
Tor expenses. | have refused every fee. A gen
teman offered to pay my expenses here, bat /
sad 1t was my own private affair, and declined
his pronered aid; and as to this meeting, | am
Lot rCsDOnSiDlp hot hoe
been made. You say the aTistocracy of England
were against you. Let me point you TO Prince
Albert (chetrs)-and TO our gracious Queen.
had the pleasure of an interview the other
day with Mr.. Robert Lincoln, and he told me
the reason why the Queens letter to
Mrs. Lincoln, on her bereavement, had never
been published, was because ii was SO preemi-
nently the outpoU1ing of one woman to another,
was so full and so outspoken, that it would be
indelicate to make it public. On this declara-
tion think am entitled to claim Queen Vic
toria se friend of America. Among other
friends the speaker went on TO notice Earl Rus
SELL who, though he had erred, had had the
grace to acknowledge his error; Lord Amber-
ley, Earl Russells son; Gladstone, Milner Glib
son, and the Duke OF Argyle, all members of the
Government IL power during the American
war. Among members of Parliament he men,
toned Peter Tay lor, Mr., Gilpin, Ed ward Baines,
OF the Leeds Mercury, aud John Bright. (The
mention of Mr.. Brghts name was the signal for
tumultuous burst Of cheering, which lasted
some tme.l Among philosophers there were
AOlCeSOAS LNullGl3 NdlIuSs, bOlu Win smith, and
John Stuart Mill, who had remained stauuch to
America; and among private citizens the Hon,
Mr.. Stanley, scion OF a noble house. and Mr.,
Potter, CobdeH's successor at Rochdale, who
had spent $4,000 Ill printing pamphlets
for gratuitous distribution on the American
question. Among the clergy he particular
lied the Hon, and Rev. Baptist Noel. But it
was said the press was against America and
particularly the London Times. He denied that
the Times represented the sentiment of the
English nation. 1t was read by everybody be.
cause of the accuracy of its news, aud the force
and beauty OF its English, but no one minded
what it said, There were other journals that
day after day devoted themselves to the dissent
nation of correct information on American
questions. Who was it, then, that was the
enemy of America? Whom did they cali the
peoplei Those who gave large dinner
parties and lode in carriages? Surely
this could not be the opinion OF America,
where man who was honest and industrious
though he earned only five hundred dollars
year, and did not know his own grandfather
was regarded as just as good man as he whose
income was five millions a year. The people of
England, who stood side by side with Cromwell:
the people from whom the Pilgrim Fathers
sprung; the people who broke asunder the fet.
tiers of their own slaves; the people who, year
by year, have been agitating for Parliamentary
apd other reforms, were true to emancipation
and the Union. (Cheers.)
Sail on, oh ship OF state,
sail on, oh Union strong.
Humanity, with all its fears,
With all It's hopes of future years,
Hangs breathless on thy fate.