Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-12-05
Mistellansons.
A Wide Awake Speech by q
- Wide Awake American.

--l Wide Awake American.
George Francis Train, of Boston, is
known The world over as the greatest sp'c
linen Of dasbing, go-ahead, wide-awake
Young America extant. He has travelled
all over the world, and made an of-hand
speech in every place where he has stopped
fifteen minutes. He went TO London a
year or two ago, and petr.fied the staid
old Englishmen by proposing to supplant
their time-honored cabs by street railroads
and in spite Of the most desperate resist
auce, be has done il, and is making money
10y his horse cars. At late dinner party,
given by Henry Wood, Esq, great chain
and anchor manufacturer Of Birkenhead,
Mr.. Train made characteristic speech, in
which he spoke bis mind withou: fear or
favor. From the speech We make such ex-
tracts as we have room for: 5'i'
go, ENGLAND IS AGAINST US. 20,
Mr.. Chairman-You are an old friend
of niue, and knowing me so well, l am
surprised that you call me up on street
railways when the American question is
on the table. (Hear,) / admit l am
good for a speech on that or any other
topic, but tonight l intend. to sink the
shop and talk the Senate Chamber-sufice
il to know that my success is complete
(Hear, and cbeers.) l have run the guant-
let, with all kinds of weapons aimed at
me, but have passed the Manassas Gap of
English conservatism and introduced car
riage for the people-(cheers) with col
ors flying and lots of money still in the
treasury. (Hear and laughter.) But DO
more Of that; let me talk on America. l
thank you, Mr.. Wood, and you, gentlemen,
for your good wishes for peace, but we
want no peace. You say England is with
us; know that she is against us, and has
been from the first. (No, no. say yes,
yes-aDd the question is, how much plain
talking can you stand from man who
loves his wife, his children and bis God,
but loves his country more than all-(loud
cbeers)-for man without country is
unworthy of wife and children, and poor
God -forsaken devil. he had better die
(hear, hear )-and this, gentlemen, is what
England has recommended. (No)
r- EEGLAND's NEUTRALITY. ays.
j England's sympathies are with, and have
been with the South, not out of hate to
the North, but because she wished TO see
us break 10 two. NO. When man is
very i'll it is, to say the least of it. bad
taste to go and order all your mourning,
for perhaps he may get we'll again, and
how surprised be would be to see the no.
tices of bis death which we're prepared
England's neutrality consists in standing
on the platform aud cheering the rebels on.
Read the secession organs of the country.
Secession organs, did l say !There are no
others save the Daily News, the Star, the
Liverpool Post, and two or three more
JOURNALISTIC rest all have flags flying and
cannous booming TO stimulate treason on
to murder. The press leads the way. The
Cabinet would declare war at once if it
dared; and am not sure but what the
Mexican intervention is war in disguise.-
Read the speeches of members Of parlia-
ment to their constituents. You find
them secession to the back bone. Is there
any question about Lindsay's language, or
Captain Jarvis, or Bulwer Lyttoni l like
Bulwer for his frankness and bis honesty =.
He is no hypocfite. He talks as he thinks,
and says, be hopes the country will not on
ly break up in two, but ia four pieces! 1t
is already too powerful, and its growth
should be checked. England's neutrality
consists in giving all her sympathy to the
rebels. Suppose you and ], Mr.. Chairman,
were friends of forty years acquaintance,
and some night on tbe highway burglar
tries to assassinate you after having sto-
len your money, would you not think il al.
most out Of the pale of humanity in this
civilized age to have me remain neutral
or, what is worse, TO hear me cheer the
thief on in his bloody workqd (Chairman
-Itis not fair anslogy.) Analagy OF
not, that is England's position to-day tow
ard America. (No, no9 Ere many
months you may have revolution in this
garden Islaud-the revolution that arises
from starving population-fof is there
not unmistakable signs of corn famine il
Ireland and a cotton famine in England
Suppose such to happen, and class should
be arrayed against class, would you not
think it damnable for America to join tile
rebels, and cry Justify for the destruction