Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
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L. George Francis TRAIN, oil morse ralHoad |
notoriety, has made another of his curious !
speeches in England, on the occasion of the
! opening ofthe EEmouth Rail way, and among
other things saidi -. ,.sfr
For fifty years the North was too busy in
/ making factories, launching ships, planting
corn and educating her children tcheersl TO !
find time to govern the land. Besides, the |
Northerners c0uldnot afford to accept salaries |
and wear epaulettes, well knowing that a,
certainty in life was parslysis to ambition.
! [Hear and "Truer'1 Therefore we let the |
| South furnish our army officers, our navy |
officers, our foreign ,oonsuls and ministers,
i ond for halt q century all our Presidents. 4
4 [Hear.l We treated them Ike spoiled child
rem, aud gave way to their uumanly com
plants, till at last We found that the ship OF
stste was allowed to 60 to ruin, that the
tiubers were rotting, that the crew had 4
robbed the cash.b box and stolen the cabin
furniture [loud laughter and applausel; and
that the captain was q pirate and the mates
were thieves. Loud cheers
We found that the Democratic party. had
sold itself TO the South, and demoralized the
country; and then the North spoke, and
Lincolnis now the General Jackson Of our
time Hear Gentlemen Of England, let
me assure you that cotton is no longer king
laughter and hear] in fact, it never was is
not now, and never will be, king. Hear.l
We grow in the North product that cattle
fed and eleep upon, larger than ell the
boosted cotton Of the South-I mean the hay
crop of the free States. Hear, hear IL
was Of greater value last year than all the
cotton, tobacco, sugar, and rice grown 10 all
the slave States in ls60i loud cheeTal
The corn crop also Of the North last year
was valued at fl0O, 100000; the cotton crop
2 was not half that. [Applause.
= AS am speaking to the toast Of agricul-
tule [cheers ard hear, hearl, let me tell you
a. i - a-N.
was but 29,000,000 the total agricultural
products of the country were G540 100000
and, SO far as wealth gives value to State,
little Massachusetts, my own fair State
t that has always been first in peace, as she
Q has ever been and will ever be in war
[cheersl, is rated in that census as worth
! | G2500Q 600 more than all Virginia, including
| all her negioes end the large sum that her
9 traitor son she loves so well-FlOyd--stole
!, | from the Government Golfers. Laughter
d and cheers I The State OF New York alone
Il has more wealth than all the seeding States
9 together. [Hear l'v -
J, The contest will be short, sharp and sur
t prispg. The South is without mechanics.
8 Their present munitions of war were stolen
t from dur arsenas Take these from them,
It and what can they do2 They can not clothe
their soldiers, nor grow their food-no gold
l. in their banBs-to corn in their grauaries-
e and only two millions in the Southern Pi-
n lions Of patriots Of the Union Club. [Cheers.l
d The Moth commands the sea and the Missis.
3 sippi The Federal Government has the fleet,
h while the South has B. 900 miles of unguarded
7, coast and not DaR of.war. Secession is
/. fepudiatioR-anew way of paying old debts.
OF Capitalists lending money 70 the insolvent
le firm Of the seven pirate States, should not
forget that two of the senior partners were
Florida and Mississippi, while the captain oi
- the pirate gang was the chief apostle of re.
pudiation. [Cheers and applause
Despotism and anarchy are twins. Re.
ir volysIs and Bowie knives assassination and
A. Lynch law were capital lraw materials tC
III | manufacture into rebels, parricides and
10 | traitors. [Applause and hear.]
re- But these words are too weak TO do justice
v to the subject. These bad men are as much
T. worse than common m1rderers, as the mar
as that stabs his own wife, strangles his OWL
y. sister, murders his own father and mother
he and destroys his own children, is more vil'
h. than the man who only wars against tn
70 stranger. loud cheers.] But wait a littl
il longer, there is good time coming. lie
2 the cohorts and the legions of the Norti
he pour down upon the conspirators and thel
an will scatter like polecats before prairi,
ne fire. Laughter and applause d. 80 gI (.
an Appearance and OSInlOnsaSf Colonel Wi
a n sens Zounyes-TheIr nIanner of PassihI
a. ) the Time. = IiW HcF 'Ali 44rs ! 2
ts rs "A New York correspondent writes as fol
le. lows in a recent letters So ~, ~. .....,l
n; This morning went down to the camp
err Colonel; Wilson's Zoupyes on Staten lslan(
- which is now on Q beautiful stretch ofswar
ed to the west of the Quarantine ,Hospitl
ssl gropnGsg with well built, wooden 1barrack
Sc, and ample .drilland exercise space. We Wer
cir met at the entrance by the Colonel, VIII
ler eourteously invited us TO see the men an
NE camp lnoperson Colopel Wilson is rathe
1o1o L., IA 10
Ter 1 physique strength, endurance and activity
his eye and mouth express at once calmnes
led and courage, and even Q, cursory glance e.
uai plains at once how II is he has been able
ian acquire and exercise 50 complete cornrnan
act over his command. -
OBJ . We fouhdea majority of the force engage
res, in exeIcise-some az base BAH, some at lea
em fTog- others running, boxing, wrestling
ice. 5while some were washing, some at gat
sof making, hat building, water carrying,
en- other practical and useful, work. They a
en- certainly a picked set of rough and read
/ men-the sterling stuff for a aZouaye corp
:. men without fear, and having that emulate
'eF lodistiDguish their regiment which has ey
o. in armies produced heroism. They kno
for and feel they need expect noIqaatter,E and
md fancy won't give any. They 90 into Z
,sv. fight each man with his life in bis han
TWO / his country's Constitution, and detetfnin
10 sell that life as dearly as he can. t9iat'
the H. lThisiis the true heroic and any one Roi
,tes among them expecting 20 find the .origini
arV of the many Exaggerated sketches of &
the corps will be surprised to zee that body
has men acting with as much order as any 9th
ate camp of volunteers-in fact, more order
lee, than others We have sseen-rand refntingl
81 their conduct and appearance the many ha
IAN stories circulated about them. In the cent
!, in Of fthe-passage between the barrack-wings
iii, the flag, or rather banner, bearing the I
the scription, "Death to SeeessionistsP n A
both North and South may rest assured q
ono when Colonel Wilson moves with his co
bis mand, and gets,ajf fair chance Of bringing
the into action, he viii leave his mark 70 n
Dr. FSreisn Arms for 1meFlcu-lrhs n OBJ
the Pnrcba sInE h Sed cnnnon Cur! fsi
'ded ,hs GeyeT5msnt,l Ti5i1T lEi- of 81
aus. a New York merchant writes from Il
4 of don under date Of the nth instr Lns 81
are ionade application to one of the b
II OF ! builders in the country, who has hnil
IT great many for this Goverumenty alwl
ling 10 their entire satistaesion, and he has !
cad, i nished me with the inolosed statistics I
plies pun.boatsy built Of teak or oak, faste
! his throughout With copper, bolted, thros
lows and through The great difficulty is
him a time It will take TO build them. They {
houf ! bebuflt Of iron in about half the time,
triot think would in every way be equal, !
AaI IN many respects superior 10 wood
ssttpl Laird has built for Continental aGOye
N menta, and is isbpiiding for France now d
ths .talso send note concerning thre6Si
ct he iron chips, that can be ready for rdes I
crate week notice They can be badfOr fs5
SIlI9zsl eAeh, an "a cost wheh rev 46A GOO, tho
sidgfd now as good as when frst built There
t,nsI difhculty IN stteDkthening them for carry
hYs heavy guns forward and aft. NJ There