The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-20
BEECHER'S LETTER.
UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND,
American News In English Newspapers
ProteCtIont to American IRdustrlss-Our
Products In tho English Market
American Goods Fashionable,
Copyright 1851
Special Correspondence 10 me Ialelligalctr,

copyright 1856
Special CorreSpOndsaes 10 The EHIslliOaeIr,
BROOKLYN, NoN l7.-An American
living in London, or staying in London
for q time, becomes very hungry fol
American news, From the RresI
London dalllss he will get but little,
1t might seem as II America was not cared
for by the English press but 1t Is our very
prosperity and our quietness as result Of
prosperity that Is the reason for the appar.
emit omission Of American news, Let one
staying in London look il the papers each
morning for what is going on upon the
Continent. There is so much OF vital iu-
tereat, and every day, like q Kaleidoscope,
the news reported assumes different forms
and colors-Russa and all the multitude
OF jealousles that surround her aud her
army Turkey and Bulgaria; Austria aud
her relations to the provinces around her,
and, above all, Germany and Prince Bis
marck, what he thinks and what he does
notthink, what he means and what he doPs
not mean, These elements OF excitement
brimmlng full every day, absorb the atten.
ton OF the newspaper readers and Ill the
columns OF the NeWs or Tho Tines. the
Standard or the Telegraph and various
other journals with their eyer-yarylnR and
always fresh excitement. Because these
things are at their door and directly CON
Germ Great Britain'a own interests, the
people are curious, hungry and exCltabls.
On the other hand, America lies almost
without wrinkle on h0r brow. She has
no dangerous neighbors, The ordinary
strife OF politics In our own miIst-Varl-
able,e e,eyanescent- commands but very little
attention abroad. II we were ClamOrous,
bsllicose, 1t would be different. A mo.
ment'a wrinkle on the surface OF aGairs ia
all that the flshcry question can excite,
and, as both Governments Dre disposed to
peace and harmony, even this amounts to
but very little.
What does England caro- whether there
Ia an Indian outbreak from their rsssrye-
tlon2 What do the newspapers care as to
the ups and downs Of tho discussions Of
free trade and proteCLionP What does
England care whether the Prohibltionists
gain or lose In their votes2 These are
things more or less interesting 10 US; but
OF no considerable interest to people that
arc outside. Meanwhile the piow goes oil
and the harvests are leaped; tho loom
Clanks and the warehouses are filed with
goods, the powder drives out Of the mine
its gold and its iron, and the railroads
carry It. The railroads themselves have
their ieuds, and are making agreements
and forever breaking them. Theae thIngs
are oil considerable Importance to us. but
Of very little to foreign nations. 1t may
be said therefore, that the dearth OF news
In the English papers about America Is a
testimony 10 the even, uniform prosperity
which belongs to our land. The election
Of Mayor with tho sudden uprlalng Of the
labor vote attracts q moments attention
and speculation, aud within week IL
einEB back to its old dead level.
ENdtAND's INTEREST IN AMERICA.
But 1t need not on this account ho sup.
posed that tho Euglluh people have no 10.
terest in America. A profound interest
has been excited and II increases year al.
ter year. When l was in Great Britain in
1863, in the midst OF cur war OF emsnol.
patton, the whole atmosphere was filed
with prejudice the uympathies Of tho in.
tslllgent classes ran almost exclusively
with the South, Many hoped that The ma.
ton would be divided. It ia not strange,
amid tho vide experience OF the iealousles
between nation and nation on the cont.
nent, that the English people should have
supposed that the greatpesa Of America
would In some way aAtagoniSs the inter.
cats O. Grtat Britain. II was even freely
uHid that i was TO the interest Of
Great Britain that America should
bo divided, and that the respective sepa.
rated sections should have enough do,
mestic broils at home TO keep thOni from
meddling with the sGaira Of The world.
But all tbia haa passed. The magnitude,
ylgor and results Of the war have been al,
impressive Lesson to Europe. Btcluss we
know how to fight and to persevere in our
indomitable purpose to maintain tho
Union; bsceause with the astounding
resources Of the county We could pay of
q gigantic debt in lass time than the life
oI 0 generation; because the vast armies
gathered for the war melted away without
danger to the civil pesGo ol the country,
and all our aoldieF1' turned their awords
into elewshafes and pIualng.hooks; be.
cause of the patience oil our people and
their general intelligence and wisdom
because Of all these things America stands
to-day in the eyes Of the world az she did
not In 1868.
There has been Q large transier OF
"plant" going ON from Great Britain 10
AmsriCa for manufacturing purposes.
Many Free Trade men In Great Britain
say that while the policy Of protection ID q
bad policy 10 the long run, yet o. long as
II exists they may Sg well reap the adyaut-
aqel Of iii and the capital OF many and
many q manufacturing enterprise here Ia
owned In Great Britain.
found the opinion widely spread in
Great Britain that protection TO American
industry.a high protective tsTla-swas a
policy WHICH England ougA. 10 rejoice In
that u largely excluded American pro.
ducts from tho markets oil the world and
left England almost without manufac.
turing competitor. Many a grim smile !
have seen &C Austere manufactured have
said: ut would NOT pay manufacturers In
Great Britain 10 gend'to AmoElea 10 pro.
Mots free trade thor folly 10 our interest"
AMERICAN o,eDs rREPRRRRD.
America can supply 10 Great Btttala
more cheOply and Of batter quality than
any other pountry all lts grains, itS meats
and lie dairy products. At hpt LhOre
was q prejudice aSuinst our hups, GUY
ChCCEe, our butter, our pork, our beef, our
grain. Thil hRa all passed away; and
moi only does the TORN American not
pre- jddlce the various produCts with which
the shops Of British dealers arc nov llled,
but II has become fashionable 10 buy
them, Men advertise upon their signs
aud In their windows "Ameticau goods,n
oonSumafs inquire for them In preference
10 their own hoine'made materials Of Sub.
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