Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-11-27
. ATURDAY NOV EM BEk "a. 1885.



Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Is home
from q protracted sojourn 10 England,
full vi fresh thoughts and theories,
some practical and others impractical,
TO which he gave utteranoe in his
Thanksgiving sermon. Some OF them
will 10 doubt be viciously attacked, es-
peeiaiiy by labor organic ,tions, and
other organizations having other OBJ
jects than she exaltation OF labor In
view. His comparison bet ween the
armed neutrality Of Europe, where
every nation is armed to the teeth and
each looking with Jealous eyes upon
the others, compared with the forty re-
pubtics Of North America, where peace
and harmony reign, without the force
OF arms, was striking indeed and a.
truthful as striking. Our army is bat
"a oorporars guard" he said, COM
pared with that Of Germany, and our
army and navy are tie contempt OF the
world. For this Mr.. Beecher thanked
God, and in this exuberance Of speech
he struck the key. of the popular
voice OF our nation. Mr.. Beecher
wants no new war ships built while We
have plenty OF school houses and
churches. Even In this there will be
no general dissent from his views,
though while building school houses
and churches and increasing the wealth
OF tbs people, the United States IL JUS
titled 10 keeping her powder dry. The
tendency OF Europe, he thought, was
TO gradually get into the level OF our
American Democracy, the Indications
OF which are shown more prominently
In England in dlsesta bli shment and in
q settlement of the land and Irlsh
questions
HIS looked upon Socialism as "only
q skin disease" and the labor agitation
as blessing that breeds intelligence.
Ind ference to these sgitations he
looked upon Is the worst heresy that
sffi cts our country. He looked upon
the uprising Of labor all over the globe
rs a divine advent, because 1t meant
the bringing Of all classes together by
raising the lower strata 10 q level with
the top.
The Brooklyn preacher had no pa.
thence, however, with the anarchists,
which to exterminate 10 no more cul.
pablo than 70 ekterminate rattlesn axes.
Cen .ralization or, as he called IL, O pa
ternal government, is what dis:ur bed
Mr.. Beecher's imaginations. He rather
thought Ii became an internal" gov
ernment, IN absolute monarchy under
another name. Get the government TO
own the land, fx the hours OF labor,
provide . roof for every family and
supply bread to the inhabitants: "Put
crown upon that, and you have o
Gar said Mr.. Bsecher.
II was Of the labor movement that
MI. Beecher was the u1ost pointed in
his remarks, and what he said will be
mos severely criticised. he Is repre-
BEL II as saying;
Lack OF fidelity, self.depial and
econ nay is the cause OF much of the
cord .ilons OF which the laboring men
30 loudly complain. 1t is often diffic
20 So, men 10 work more than three or
'our days week. Sunday La spent In
gstti:g drunk, Monday in getting over
the effects of it, TUESDAY, Wedne sday,
Thuts3ay, ar d peradventure Friday in
work SATURDAY. in rest, and Sunday in
drink again. Now 1t 10 hard to tell the
tau h 10 the laborinR men, beca use they
will hste you for it. | am tated to be
Unpopular because / tell ths truth to
men for their own good, which the poll
ticians are afraid to tell
II is 20 be regretted that there is such
large grain Of truth In what Mr..
Beecner says Of the disposition OF many
faboriDg men to drink more than TO
work, but the mass must not be jud ged
by these. As general rule when work
Is plenty the best class OF labor Is EN- :
ploye1. Those who work bat four days
in the week are those who are first out
OF employment and the last to be en-
ploye When work is plenty, and Mr..
Beecher or any other man OF his caIiber
and standing, wants 10 employ labor he
must take what he can catch, and 1t is
no: the fault OF the lahoring masses
tina, ouly the four-days-a- week men are
left to be employed.
However, 1t is very easy for Mr..
Peecher to talk--in fact talking has
BEEN uis trade, and 1t will not be for
gotten either that he said at one time
that dollar . day was a plenty for a
laboring man. 1t is very easy for him
to theorize and talk behind q salary Of
$685. year.