Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-07-20

HChLtulGMlI NL AuG ENANAN -
We have bad the voice of the English
press upon American affairs, and now 1t is
interesting to have such al illustration of
the sentiments of the people, through some
of the prominent men, as We have in the
report of the Union dinner given upon the
anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill by
Geo. Francis Train, the go-ahead American,
who has astooished stsid old England by
buttiug down street railways in opposition
10 the SLOW and inconven.ent cabs and omni'
buses. The dinner was given at the Vest
miaister Palace Hotel, London, and the
repor. before US fills four pages of the sup
Dlement TO the London American. Some Of
the REPLIES to Mr.. Trains invitation are inter
,eres,ing. George Augustus Sala, one OF
the best journalists of England and tie author
Of that lively book of travels " A Journey
Due North" seems to have caught Train s
spirit in his reply;
Upper Court near Slough, Buckinghamshire,
Thursday, 18th June, 1861.
Dear Firss Aosairit s,rado, Sir.-To Up.
N, on the 18th inst, dejrsHsT at the West
minister Palace Hotel-sixty plstes, and tve
minutes speeches--I say enthusiastically,
HYes. D. "" and if | am not compelled to
90 and see man hanged, or a ship launched,
or = niece of a plate presented, or to fulfil
some equally agreeable function oi lourna-
lism.-Believe me, yours, with the profound
est gyrations. Gso. AUG, oALAt. AZ =, .
Rattle ofBunker's Hill in the annual register
and shah be prepared to prove that We
licked vol on the OCCASION that II you licked
us il was because we liked licking; that the
battle took place ten years after 1t is said to
have occurred; that the Americans are COM
m ,udei by BArnum, Mrs. Bloomer, the
PouQhkespsie Seer, and yourself and finally
that the Battle of Bunker's Hill never oe-
CURED at all.
The editor of the London Atheneum, in
his reply. saws: "The Union for everl no
snlitl no smash no civil war stick to that
policy OF never recognising this provincial
protest and riot, as anything but rebellion
against law, liberty and God, and you will
win" John Drew, the well known com
edian, says,-'' The Union for ever; Death TO
Traitors, ID tbem." Jaues Sheridan
Knowles, the distinguished draDaist writes,
~ need not tell you how deeply I dePlOre
the treason which perils your country. But
God will take care of it. He abhOrs slaveryi
its dsy is past" John Adams Knight editor
of the London American, says that his grand
father invested a leg in the glorious institr'
tion" of Bunker's Hill, and be is strongly IL
eliped to follow his example, if need be, in
support Of the Union.
At the dinner, Mr.. Train made one of his
characteristics off hand speeches, in which he
ssid.-rT Thank God we shall have no more
about the F. F. VS., unless to signify that
Felou Fioyds VIlainy." Speaking OF the
sdbersuce to States over the whole country
he asks if it is natural to love ones aun'
better than onee's mother, and closes by
saving Il at the chiefs of the pirate league
q are now in the rapids of the French Revolu
ton which they ave created, and ere the
Reign of Terror is over, they will make the
fearful plunge, and pass over the falls, where
all the devils are holding ajubilee in hel
IN that dark sepulchral dungeon OF the
internal regions especially reserved for trait
ors." Prolonged applause and laughter.)
Then followed Eve minute speeches from
large number of gentlemen, almost all fall Of
hearty sympathy with tao loyal people OF the
North. These expressions are more to be
relied upon as the voice of the people than
articles written under the fear of commercial
loss and decline in the cotton trade.