The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-24
NED lEURPHY

Lectures on "John Bull and Brother Jona- than" Lnst Night at Howard Avenue Sap list Chureh-Nmerica's Blessings-Mr, Murphy says War With England is an Impussibility and Suicidal.
 At Howard avenue Baptist church last evening Ned Murphy, the well known temperance advocate, son of the late famous Francis Murphy, lectur- ed on "John Bull and Brother Jona- than" In the course of his remarks he said: "America abounds in all the blessings which so to make up civili- 2ation. In no country of the world can so much of the necessities of life be plrtNhased for S1 as inl America. In every {, avenue of life in the United IEingd nm American influences can be traced. yrhe provision shops of Great Britain iu'e overhowing with American products. The many commercial cop- nections of the two countries tend to strengthen the ties of brotherhood In the perfectit WI of the telephone alone America has given to England and the world a gift of inestimable value. It has been frequently said that in art, science and liteTature America cannot be compared wAh England and this is probably true because OUT day is not yet far spent, but even LOW the works of our poets are found in cultured homes in England, as we'll as America, and the bust of oGlr own Longfsllow oc- cupies a place in Westminster Abbey. John Bull and Brother Jonathan are of the same kith and kin, both have the same heritage of freedom and faith, and have the same Bible. They stand shoulder to shoulder in the great battle against ignorance, ard especially intemperance. In he fight against the latter their leaders havs been join ed on many field, John Bull and Brother Jonathan have helped the world along wonderfully on it's way O. religiom and liberty.''
 At the close of his lecture MT. Murphy said: 'War is an impossibility, and suicidal to say the least. At the ban quet rendered to General Miles in New York a few days ago Governor Coffin of this state made a strong conservative speech in the midst of a gathering heartily favorinS war and his patri-
 
 occasion cannot but make itself felt during this tide of popular enthusiasm. The commercial intarestes of the two countries will prevent war. In case of hostilities, which there will not be, England's shipping interests would suffer the most. The Shipping World London's chfsf shipping journal, the other day expressed the idea of Eng fish commercial interests when it said ::
 We care nothing in this crisis about political pretensions, even in those of the first magnitude, involved in the American policy, but we care every thing for the principle of arbitration as a substitute for war in the settle ment of international disputes. We have escaped a conflict of arms until now, because Venezuela is too small to fight. If our cause is a fair one, we have nothing to fear from arbitration. If we have behaved in a grasping and an arbitrary way, and have presumed upon our strength to set justice aside, we ought to be stopped in our unright- eous career"
 MT. Murphy's lecture was keenly en- joyed by his audience and his sparkling wit ibubbled forth at just the right points.
 WHAT CAPTAIN JOHNSON, U. S. A., SAID ON THE WAR TALK.
 He was accompanied to New Haven by Captain Johnson of the Eighth Unit ed States cavalry. Tn regard to the possibility of war between the United States and England Captain Johnson said: 'There will be no war. The gen. eral impression throughout the United States army seems to be that conserva- tive sentiments will prevail and the question will be amicably settled. Ir case of war, however, our militia is in a good condition to go to work al once. In nearly all the states the mill. tia has been drilled into a good state of discipline and this is especially true of the militia of Pennsylvania and o1 New York, in both of which states the militia has been drilled to a discipline nearly equal to that in the United States army. In regard to the Canadian: coming down to Plattsburgh, N. Y, i war were declared this would be impos sible without a long struggle, as tht United States government would at onct concentrate a large force in that local ity in order to get possession of th' entrance to the lakes and thereby stol British ships of war from getting in tt storm our lake cities
 AT THE NEW BRIDGE