Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-13
a wide Awake Speech by Wide
Awake American.

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Awake American.
George Francis Train, of Boston, is know
; the world over as the greatest specimen
q dashilg go-ahead, #ide-awake Young Amer
> ca extant. He has travelled all aver the work
- and made an off:hand speech in every pIae
: where be stopped fifteen minutes. He went /
, London year or two ago, and petrified th
! staid old ErIgIishureu ty proposing to supplan
their time 'honored cabs by street railroads, an
in spite of the most desperate resistance,
las done it; and is making money by his hors
I cars At u late dinner party, given by Henr,
, Wood, Esd, great tlfin and anchor rianu
facturer of Birkenligad, Mr.. Train made char
! acteristic speech, in which he spoke his mint
without fear Or favor From the speech we MAKE
such extracts as we have room foI:
ENGLAND Is AGAINST Us.
Mr.. Cl1airm1an-You are an old friend g
mine, and knowing me so WE'LL am SURPRISE
that you call me up on street railways when
the American question is on the table. (Hear1
[ admit | am good for speech on that or any
other topic, but tonight | intend TO sink the
shop and talk the SeTdte chamber-suffice it
to know that my success is complete. (Hear,
kinds of weapons aimed at me, but have pass
ed the Manassas Gap Of English conservatism
and introduced Carriage for the people
(cheers) with colors flying and lots of money
still in tie treasury. (IIear and laughter)
| But no more Of that; let me talk on America.
I l thank you; Mr. Wood, and you; gentlemen,
| for your good wishes for peace, but we want
no peace. You say England is with ia
| know that she is against u.s. and has been
from the first. mo, no. l say yes
yes--and the question Isl how much plain talk
ing can you stand from a man who loves his
wife, his children and his God, but loves his
country more than all-(Ioud cheers)--for
man without country is unworthy of wife
and children, aud poor Col forsaIlen devil. he
had better die hear, hear this, gentle
meu, is what E lgland has reccommcn led
| (No)
hSdLANp's NEUTRALITY
Englands sympa' HES are with, and have
been with the South, not out of hate to the
North, but because she wished to see us break
in two. (No3 When man is very ill It is,
TO say the least Of il, bad taste TO go and order
all your mourning, for perhaps he may get
well ag;tin, and how surprised he would be to
see the notices of his death which we're pre-
pared. Eng gands neutrality consists in stahd-
ing on the platform aud cheering the rebels on
Read the secession organs Of the country. S.
cessoa organs did say? There are no others
save the Daily News, the Star, the Liverpool
Post, and two or three more journals-the
rest all have flags flying and cannOns 'oming
TO stimulate treason On to murder. Tne press
leads the way. The cabinet would declare war
at once if it dared; and AM not strG bat what |
the Mexican intervention is war in disgusc.-
Read the speeches of members OF Parliament |
to their constituents. You fad them secession
to the backbone Is there any question zls2ut |
Linjsuy's language, or Captain Jarvis, or Bu- |
wer Lvtton? l like Bulwer for his franknesS
and bis honesty. lie Is no hyp ,crite. He talks
as he thinks, and says, he hopes the country
will not only break up in tw }. bat in four piee-
es. 1t is already too p ,weriul, and its growth |
should be checked. Eng.ands neutrality con-
sists in giving all her sympathy 10 the fcbels.
Suppose you and |, Mr.. Chlirntn, were fl lends |
of foIty years acquaintance, AMI some night on
the highway a burglar tries to assassinate you
after having stolen your MONEY, would you not |
think it almost out Of the pale Of humanity III
this civilized age to have me remain neutraI?-
or, what is worse, to hear me cheer the thief on
in his bloody work? (Chlirnan-It is not
fair analogy) Analogy or not, that is Eng
lands position to-day toward America. (No.
no) Ere many months you may have revo-
luton in this garden island-tlig revolution that
arises from starving populatiou-for is there
not unmistakable signs of a corn famine In
Ireland and cotton famine in England? Sup
pose such to happen, AMI class should be array
ell against class, would you not think it dainna-
bic for America to join the rebels, and cry luS-
tily for destruction o. this proud nation, as
England is continuing to cry for Americas ru-
in. (IIe,T, helf, and no)
TIVE SOUTH TIE ENEMY OF ENGLAND.
What was the Mexican war but a Southern
institution to get new slave lands? Whit were
the fllibustering expeditions against Cuba but
Southern institutions? Where did Lopez hal
from? Where Walker? Where did Lynch
law, the Bowie knife, and the duelst originate
but in the South? Is not reputation purely
Southern institution? NYII) was it that show
ed their sympathies against England in the
Russian war but the entire Democratic party,
which for forty years has been u Southern in
sitution? The Wings were with EagIand, bat
the Democrats cheered the Russian arms. Thesr
are all southern insiiui ms, and certainly gro
slavery is not an institution of the North. WhTe,
then, does Englanl find food for sympathy with
the damned traitors in this lie lborn conspiracy?
Was it the North or the South who sent the
contributions to ireland in their distsess?-
(L1ear. hear.) Was it the North or the SJu.h
who put the fl lcs at half mast on the death of
Havcock? (Cheers.) And tn me. gentlemen,
who received the son Of your Qrean With open
<rms, but the proud children OF oar Northern
country? b bling over with good will to Eng
land we took the Prince and embraced him,
because we loved this Old Iand ana lis mighty
associations. (Cheers) We loved to mix our
ystory and lose it even in yours. Cheers J.
We loved your Christian Qlecn, and showed
all these things in the warm and honest recep-
ton we gave her son. loud cheers. All this
was in the North, but when he crossed the
borlEr into tlrC sls9e country, lie lhtstcned a
way quickly for fear OF repeated INSULT Yes
gentlemen, it WIS iu the capital of the p-;All
ed Confederate States, Hchmond5 that the
Prince of Wales feared the action of the mob, /
and saw for the first time that he was not wei
come in the land where once his ancestors ruled
(Hear, and true
HIS PLATFORM
Here is my platform: Take Japan anil China
for a model; that is, live few years by our
selves; (Cheers.) Clap an export duty on our
cotton and tobacco, and the MorriA tariff
(Oil ami no, no) Destroy the port of Charles
ton make a SebastopJl Of its forts and block |
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