The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-01-28

the right Of asylum, but il it went to war i
would be lunatic asylum. Wha did they
want America to dot Did they want to say
to her, h. l1ing revolver at her head, "Give
up those meDP' A voice: "No; we don,
want cur mails stopped.') Mr.. Train: Quite
right We don't stop them; we never stop
ped your males or your females either -
(Roas of laughter.) He continued: Amer.
lea wished to do all she could to cement the
good feeling between the two countries
Wee they (the Amercans) so lost TO nj! pr,n'
ciphs Of humanity that they should lie idle,
an see their fig rail-d in the dust from
NINTH to month"; Would En-. land d. ~
much? Mr.. Train procee ed to charge En-
gland with inconsistency in being the chief
supporter OF American slavery, after making
great sacrifice to abolish slavery in her own
cohni"s. He was moro than once interrupt
ID, AMI in reply T. the ohser, ation from "a
person in The body Of the hall, Oar f,g must
he respected he replied, ,"C"rtai' ly, j, should
be respected" The voice: You don't do
it," (Applause and co"iu'i,n)
! The chairman rose to nrler. Addressing
tn" offender, he said. "If you would respect
the flag, you should allow him to speak his
mind
The cff,nher: al will not sit here and al
low an American to abuse our English flag"
(Cheers and disapprobation.)
Mr.. Train Intensely excited); l am your
guest to right. II you do not want to hear
m" will 60. | am not paid to come here.
(Turning to his opp nenO: | will not be TO-
suited he you or anbody else. (Cheers and
renewed confusion.) You are a brave people
- thousand against onc-ani got YOU are
afraid to hear me- ("No," and cheers -
The valiant volunteer. from his bravery in
trying to excite the audience against me,
when he knows that | a unprotected here,
and he surrounded toy his own countrymen-
| say from this spssInolic display of bun.
connie Coinage, am confident would have
been th- first out from Bull Run Qoul cheers
and laught'r r)-woulh have even made better
time than that pcnsioned librlpr, Russell
(hissrs) who, it SEEM, can Islander our Off
GERS. our Government, and our country. week
after week in the London Times-("hear,"
aud "n"' )-and yet an Amer!csn is not al
lowed TO speak. ("Y"s, and go on.') Yon
der volunteer reminds me Of the revolutionary
an Iote Of e militia captain, who told his
company 10 stand their ground like men until
the English csmc within gunshot, and then
10 start and go round that are hill a. fast as
their legs could carry th"m--(Largm"r)-
AMI |, being lee2e lame, III g, now! (Lrud
Iangh,er) From The bouudnc.s and bravery
of the volunteer who interrupted me, | am
sure that, not contentrd with being q full pri.
vate in that company. his ambition would
tempt him even into the high position of the
prudent captain himself Cloud laughter
anl complete sil nee during the rest Of the
dIscour>e.) Mr.. Train again warmly depre-
Gated he ilea of war between England aud
America, and urged his auditors to do all
they could to allsy the hostile feeling il. this
country against America. He asked them to
wait patiently until the North ad put dow n
the rebellion. He said they might fancy
that serving two na ions would be- better than
serving one natio' but no would tell them
the South would be but poor customers -
The bulk Of the produc,- exported from this
country WAS sold in the North. He argi"n
that England would sutf NOR. bv n war
than America, which supplied this country
with bread and meat, and they should r. fleet
upon This bfora they rushed into war. Ill"
admitted the strength Of our navy, but the
time had g"ne 10y for navi"s. A great navy
with war about twice in n century won i nut
~ arythmg ike a street ralwa,.- Laughter
Mr.. Tram reverted To the Tren: atfur, and
sain h. was cm,il"n, that &c the question WAS
li cOurlenuslv before tn" authorities ot
Washington, Ei and wnu meet with all
IN. courtesy an,l attention she could wish in
rDtu,n; but if she put u pistol at the head of
Secretary Seward AN sa ii "ri,e up those
men" he was af aId It would raise up trat
spirit Of which he had seen some ,nainfes
tati rus in that assembly. He did not think
En- Gland was the nation TO strike 1merica
When she was IN troujie-to take advantage
of her internal dlssensons TO CRAFTY po>sion
and revenge. England was tOegreat, too in
drpen lent, to take Advantage ,otlhe weakness
of an, nation Was it itAst.<r7-Appau,c
and confusion. They would nrt strike a man
when hs was i'll in bed, would theyi lie did
uol believe Engian really bore any hostility
t. America-.Ciies of No, and cherrs-an
h. told them Am rics bore no hostility to
EogIand. " hen any Of our great men Went
IT, America did they not receive them gen
erou,ly-even Mr.. Edwin James loud
IAU0ntpT. NO HaltpT WHO " WAS, " ne want
eI home he woull find one in America,
which WAC an asylum for tho exile as we'll as
England. The papers every day talk about
having to put up with SO many insults. What
an admission! Take insults from man in
robust he,lth, and then when ckness may
have taken away 80 ne Of his strength, Eng
land jun rs upon hin with the fury Of tenn
prsl.- No. England has made two serious
mistakes. First, IN taking in such repudi-
otiag Miefas JEFF Davis, for ajun'or part
Hsr-No, aud laughter and second. in show
ing such want of faith in tho power If the
Governn' nj, not only to settle our own mat
ters, but T. en'and respect from Europe
Has Eugland forgotten our infancy aud boy.
hood our infancy Of l776i our bpyhood of
1872! The expedition at Port Roya wa
three times the slz' Of the great British fleet
of Elizabeth. There were but l76 ships.
with | 8 900 men. against the Armada, and
al but "a which belonged t., the Crown were
prIvateers or merchant armed vessels. Eng.
land WAS the first to use prvateers. We
We're well up in the business during tho last
war. Were you aware that he Americans
captured fifty six British men Of war, mount.
ing eight hundrei and sixty six gunsl and