The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-14
Il TALK WITH MIR. PEABODY.

Il TALK WITH MR.. PEABODY.
| His Views ON American and British II O.
lations-Mr Summers Spccch-No Prob
ability of War--Mr. Peabody's Chart.
ties I'm England and the United States,
Mr.. George Peabody. the great phila atLro-
| pist, who arrived at New York few days ago
from Europe, has gone to Massachusetts, 20
visit his relatives and intimate friends. His
health, it is said, is not good, although he is
not seriously indisposed. considering his ad-
vanced age. correspondent Of New York
journal has had an interview with him, and
makes the following report:
| To the inquiry, "What was and is the average
opinion of English statesmen aud the English
| people of the merits Of the present question
| between the United Stetes and Great Britain p
he responded
''well. at first, men in England accepted
| Summers speech as the utterance, as it were
of a man behind the throne.' They supposed
that he spoke not only on behalf Of the Senate
| and the Radical party here, but as a mouth
piece OF the administration itself. This you
Know, because you have seen the evidence Of
| 1t In the London newspapers, and because
it had infected all the kilograms which have
| been sent from London across the Atlantic"
Mr. summers u, speech was then asurprlse in
"A surprise, certainly; though they we're
prepared for some such expression by the re-
| lection Of the johnson STANLEY treaty. Unon
that treaty oil England was willing enough to
stand. 1t had been long Observation-Disclosures
| cd 10 the most public way, so that everyb ,dy
understood what it was. It offended very few
people, and there was strong hope-largeiy
due to Mr.. Johnson's confidence in the matter
| that tn Senate would confirm it,
"Mr: johnson gained good opinions in Eog-
| "He was very much thought Of Nav. more:
no American in his position could have taken
strong aer hold upon the hearts, the affections
thouahtful among the:s> ..ssS no was not dis dis
| Greet enouah; that he was too confident; that
he promised too much-as the sequel shows.
| was STAYING, and remained some time, and
believe can testify to the honesty and earnest
ness Of his convictions and endeavors."
| "Did the sudden explosion OF Summers bonn
| bastic bOmbshell produce on apprehension Of
war 2"
"No. The government was not led SO far as
to anticipate that; and even the journals which
have talked the loudest didn't believe in any
| such probability. Their first instinct was, OF
course to stiffen the national spine. and let
people on this side of the water know that
upon in tie modern nature of John Bull.
But no person Of any considera tion believ-
ed, from the first. that war could come of
this! difficulty. The commercial interests
| of the two countries are so intarwoven n and
mutually dependent that, for this reason
alone. war was thought to be hardly possible" )"
was all this loud talk by the English press
| mere sham talk ?" =
''Oh, no. it wasn't altogether intended for
that, be sure. 1t was in coed part and faith
| the Interpretation OF the real feeling OF En-
glishmen. When you touch an Englishman's
sense of honor, personal or national, you touch
him in the tendere.t place. He resents It.
Every man in England would have been Will
| ling to resent, to the extremity OF war. the de-
| istration to enforce. Mir. Bright, who was the
last man 1 saw in Loudon before I left, the
lunched with me at O'Clock, and left at 81
is no one there who has more earnest affec-
tion for this country than has Mr.. Bright.
Neither he nor any other Elglishman could
accept the preposterous theory of Sumner"
| $50 Mr.. Summer, as I anticipate, has ceased
to be the recognized exposition OF American
| opinion IN England"
,'Deoldedly. His speech, up to the tims
| speech made more for 'buncombe't 'than for any.
thing else. 1t was pretty we'll accepted as
bid by Sumner for popularity. The disclaim-
ers OF the Amerlcan press had produced reac-
| tion Several Of the most eminent representa-
tive men in England, associated with every
phase Of politics there, whom met. and who
addressed me in writing before my departure
assured me OF their conviction that Summers
logic would not convince the majority on either
side Of the Atlantic"
/ with this conviction, what is the present
attitude Of the British Government and the
l English people ?"
/ oars They considered that the Johnson
Stanley treaty g conceded everything gs that's 7
! farther IN the way Of concession. They trust
the United States Government will go no
farther In the way OF demands. They have no
try Il speak Of the majority Of Englshmen)
but they repose some confidence in the good
sense OF the present administration. They
were prepared % to regard MIR. Motley,s advent as
whom know. The steamer in which came