The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-06
HENRY WARD BEECHER
GIVES HIS VIEWS AS TO En-
GLISH AFFAIRS,
AMI Speaking With the Frankness OF
:; His Nature, Tells Just What
He Knows.

NEW YORK, November 5.-The Rev.
Henry Waid Beecher yesterday sub
mitted himself to the interviewer for
the first time tiuce his return from
Eurore. Referring TO bis les. visit to
E gland, twenty-thTee years ago, he
SAID: "The contrast between the at
titude OF England then ard now toward
America was striking. Then English
public opinion was against the United
States. The large factory population
OF Lancashire, although suffering from
famine for want of our cotton, sympa-
thiz with us in our struggle, but the
influential people Of Great Britain not
only were oppcs ed to the sentiment OF
the North, but TO very great extent
supported the South. That has now
been so changed that IL may be said
that there has been a complete revo-
luton In the thought OF the people in
that respect. l think that this has
been largely brought about by the in
cree Sc OF travel between he two coun-
tries, enabling US to get better &C.
quainted with each other.
Then, also, the immense tide
Of immigration to the United
States has bound the populations OF
the two countries together by the
tenderest ties. Any allusion in my
public addresses to the ties Of kindred
between the two nations, to the bond
OF respect and affection that bound us
together as one people, never failed TO
excite the loudest and most enthu-
siastic applause"
Gas to the political aud social con-
dition Of the English people, Mr..
Beecher1"
1.-THE answer to that is found in
wi at is at the foundation OF all ma
terial overwhelmingly the land.
In the relation OF the people to the
lard great and fundamental changes are
going on that are affecting their con.
di'ion from the top TO the bottom, and
which will also affect their political
condition. For example: land own
ers, who formerly would obtain e. TO
E8 per acre for the rent OF their land
are pli I'd to rent it for 80 shillings, and
sometimes cannot get that. The con-
sequence 10 that the owners oil the
land, instead Of renting II to farmers,
10 middlemen, or to their stewards,
are farming the lands under their own
direction and ere selling the products
direct, either TO the retail dealer or TO
the consumer Facts OF this character
have force upon the public mind.
Questions in relation to land tenure,
to the law OF entail and primogeni-
ture, that hitherto have aided in the
intrenchment OF a landed and privi-
legged class accustomed to separate IT,
self to q very great degree social y
from the bulk of the people. Then !
noticed that there 10 growing discon
tent in regard TO the public schools, or
board schools, as they are called in
England. 1t is true that these schools
give a free education, but II is doled
out more or less as charity. This is
partly owing TO the p Dsition Of the Els.
Eablished Church, which has intertsred
considerably with the development oil
apublic school system like that we are
familiar with here. There 10 dispo
Bition on the part OF the English PEG.
pie to put the education OF their chill
dren on the same footing as we have
it that is, that II shall be right and
not charity"
"A few words about Ireland, Mr.
BeecherW
"My convictions ss 10 what IrelanC
ought to have are not changed in any
essential respect by my visit. While
! was there heard great deal abou
Ireland, and l visited some portions O
the country. Ireland will obtair
home rule, and she ought to have IL
j mean by that a government tina
shall resemble that Of our State gov
eminent. | do not think that she
ought to be separated from the mother
country. Any diememberment OF Ire
land from her relation to the Imperial
Government / would resist with al
nun fervor and determination as |
ne ted the secession OF South Caro-
i, . think, however, that thit
j. iple OF local government will b
40 eagerly sought by the Eoglish
scotch and the Welsh people as /
ha been by the Irish, and while tn
III hmen may get it fret, the othe
po tons OF the family OF Great BrtsiI
will not be without the same priv
leges very long. The Irish people ex
pect TO obtain very soon manhoo,
suffrage and this, with the disestab
lishment OF the Church OF England
will bring about great social aud 20
litical changes. | think the disestab
lishmant of the church Is ia the nea
future, and while | regard the Churcl
OF England as the most aggressiv
and the most jealous of all the df
nominations of the religious secs 4
Ireland, | think that she would b
greatly strengthened for good by thi
separation. Every agency that On
possibly elevate the people in thei
moral aud religious relations ought /
have free course. When looked &
the population OF London and CaugL
aglimpse, now aud then, Of its lowe
strata, l was lost in such amgzemen
that ! was almost duzed. There ia
large population there OF which "
have no type here-men who's
fathers and mothers were evidentl
starved, and whose children hay
grown up arved, whose lives are
the mosttentative kind whose ex stent
is rot only a struggle, but perpetu
fight with famine. / was, therefor
not surprised to hear u lady say, WI
sat next to me when l was bfeakfas
ing with the Dean OF Westminster al
his wife; "Mr. Beecher, we do II,
pretend TO teach in some Of our mi
sion churches and schools auythiI
like the higher principles of religion
All that we can do with great nur
Der OF those who attend, ia to teaC
them what cleanliness and homes
is."
Now we have no such population
that here. The Salvation Army
doing great good, l believe, amol
that lover strata Of the population
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