The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08
RitIln1ond Dispatth.
...SEPTEMBER s, 1871.
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An English Gentleman ON Virginia as
Residence for EHglfshmen.


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An English Gentleman on Virginia as
u Residence for EHglfshmen.
On Monday last at Charlotte Court.
house there was large attendance of poll
ticians, who were addressed in several meet
| ings by the leaders Of the Conservative and
Radical parties. 1t happened that Mr.. j.
A. II. St. Andrew, an Englishman, who is
at present investigating the climate and re-
sources of the State Of Virginia, was present,
| and the fact having become known, there
were loud calls for an address from that gen.
tIeman. MIR. St. Andrew at length ac-
ceded to the general demand, and large
| audience speedily assembled in the court
house to hear him speak.
The Rev. Thomas w. Greer, Of Wyllies-
burg, opened the meeting by stating that he
had the pleasure to introduce MIR. st. An
drew, who, after travelling in the northern
ern States, had come to Virginia in order to
see for himself how things were going on
| in the South. He hoped that the impress
sion made on Mr. St. Andrews mind would
be such that lie would be able to tell his fell
low -countrymen that nowhere in the
| United States was there better field for
Englishmen to settle in than in Virginia.
i[Applause.] One. thing was certain, that
Eirginians would heartily welcome English
men as friends and brethren. [Cheers.]
AIr. j. A. Ii. St. Andrew said
Reverend Sir and Gentlemen,-While I
feel overwhelmed by the sudden and to-
| tally unexpected kindness with which you
have spontaneously called upon me, a
stranger, to address you, I am also en-
barrassed by the fact that I am without
text for my discourse. One of the speak
ers on politics to whom have been listen
ing said he had "taken the stump." This
.' taking the stump" is an American insti-
! tuition in which have not yet graduated.
[Laushter.] / came to America to learn
all could respecting the peculiarities pre-
months l have seen much to admire and
something to deplore in the state OF things
on this side of the Atlantic. l am an Eng
lisbman, and am, moreover, an English
man who loves his country and is loyal to
his Queen. l do not question the superior
! value of the republican form of government
, in America, but as q citizen Of an ancient
monarchy. under which have enjoyed the
blessings of civil and religious liberty,
! see nothing to be gained and much to
be risked by proposals which in Eng
land would bring about revolution
| for the mere sake Of revolution. While
under Constitutional and extremely
limited monarchy we have the utmost lati-
1
regard a Republic rs unnecessary in the old
country. Nevertheless, am Radical. I
have crossed the Atlantic to find you here
| in Virginia using the same party names that
we are using in England. We have our
| Conservatives and Radicals, and you have
your Conservatives and Radicals. With
| The meaning you attach to your conserva-
tism and radcaism have nothing to do.
The citizens of the United States, of all
l t,.n L.,
ion on the questions which politically divide
you. l have heard both sides to-day, and
/ hope have learnt something from both.
Yet l frankly tell you l love my own
country's form Of government best. And
| I venture to say that the man who
has been Gisloyal in one country cannot be
made loyal by Il ten days journey across
! the Atlantic. Ask any New Yorker if the
di,loyal subjects of Queen Victoria who
| come to the United States are not the pri-
mary cause of all the wholesale corruption
| existing in New York State-a corruption
exceeding all the corruption existing un-
der ali the monarchies of the Old World.
will therefore say to you that If loyal Eng
lishmcn come to settle among you | be-
lieve that their loyalty to the Crown is the
srrest guarantee that they will be loyal to
YOUR institutions and the safest assurance
] that as American citizens they will lend
| themselves to no chicanery, tolerate no cor
| rupton, and seek only to promote mea-
sures pro bono publico. [Applause.] told
you l was Radical, and indeed I
am proud to be an English Radical Re-
former. | have been identified with the
| movements for parliamentary reform, the
abolition OF church rates and the property
qualification, national education, the bal
lot, and many Others. Above all. Sympa-
tnize with the great agitation now moving
the heart of England for religi gious equality.
| supported the disestablishment of the
irish Church, and l long to see the day
when my honorable friend, MIR. Small, will
succeed in striking all State fetters from
the English Church. That day is rapidly
IApplausel We in England owe Ameri- !
cans u deep debt of gratitude for teach.
ing US that in a free church lies the !
palladium OF the peoples liberties. On be- /
half of English Retormers. I thank |
YOU for having taught Us this. My reverend !
friend, Mir. Greer, needs no State aid, and |
he will acknowledge no State control in his !,
mini.trations; and if he can successfully |
carry on his Masters work, unaided and |
unfettered by the State, think am justi- |
fed in saying that every clergyman in my !
believe that freedom from the State abso- |
lutely strengthens the Church. Look !
where you will in these days you see that ,
the principles of free religion, taught and
eXempitied by Americans, are making !
progress. AS I have said, England is |
Slowly working out her own redemption. |
Italy has adopted Cavan's maxim: "a ;
free Church is g free State," and Germany |
has lately shown how intense is her deter |
mination to allow no clerical interference
in her affairs. In France, whatever form !
of government be established, the Church |
will have to adapt herself to changed cir |
cumstances. Altogether, gentlemen, you
may "thank God and take courage" as
you view the relations of Church and State |
among foreign nations. [Applause.]
Sirs, after visiting the North, came to
the South to see the country and know the |
people. l am thoroughly at home among
you. Hear, hear.] look around, and l
see rosy.taced children and stout, joyial,
John Bull looking gentlemen. shake |
hands among you, and feel myself brother. |
[Hear, hear.] look at the immense re-
sources Of this Commonwealth Of Virginia, |
and feel strong desire that some of the |
sons of English gentlemen and farmers
should come out here and help the good |
work of making Virginia what she ought |
to be, one of the foremost States in the !
Union. [Applause.] Hope to see English |
emigrants OF the right sort coming in here !
10 I'LL your leItllc ooii, uCfoioPo Joui Lii
eral wealth, and luXuriate in your beautiful
climate. [Cheers.] If my voice reaches
across the Atlantic, shall say to my fellow
countrymen that the gentlemen Of Virginia |
are saying to the cQuntrygentlemen and
farmers of England Come over and help |
u.s." / shall say, too, that Virsinians are
waiting to welcome Englishmen as friends
and brethren in the highest, truest. noblest
sense of the word. Loud cheers.J
At the close Of this address many promi-