The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-31
George Francis Train in London.

This enthusiastic, wide awake type OF the
living. breathing, working, thinking Yankee,
has recently been giving the Londoners his views
on Southern civilization. The speech was full
of goods things, some Of which we copy below
Besides, as said, the South has not the ell
emen,s Of civilization. (Oh, and hear) Where
are they, then? Let the gentleman who inter
rupts me take all the advantage of his inter-
ruptOn and answer me If he can. CLEAR,
hear) Is it in Jurisprudence? Where are
their Storys, their Kents, their Whcatons, their
Parsons and their Digelows! Is it in Finance!
| W here are their Bateses, their Peabod Us, their
Browns and their Sturgesses? Is it IL Com
merce? W here are their Goodhues, their lay
Grinnells? (Cheers) Is it in shipbuiding?
Where do you find their Webbs, their Mackays,
and their Westervells Is it in sculpture ,
" here are their Greenoughs, their Hosmers,
and their Powers? (Applause IL it in paint
ing? Where are their Alstons, their Stuarts
and their Benjamin Vests? (Cheers.) Is it
in manufactures? There are no Manchesters,
and Wathams and Lowells, and Lawrences in
the South. Is it in history? Where are their
BancroIts, their Prescolts, their Sparks, a2d
their Motleys? can see nowhere in SecesSN
the elements civilization requires. Is 1t IN ro-
nance? Where are their W Washington Ilvings
(chec-s) their Fenmore Coopers, and their
lawlhornes ? Is 1t in poetry? Show me where
to find their Holmes, their Wiillses, their Low
ellis and their Longfelows? (Cheers. Is it in
Inventions? Who filed the Exhibition of Fifty
one with improvements that still live in En-
glano? (Appause.) Where did Mccormick
hail from where Colt? whence came the Enfield
Rifle Was Hobbs Il Southener ? and who fur
nished the Secession Times and Telegraph and
three fourths OF the journals in London with
presses to abuse America with during the reign
of Secessia but our Northern Colonel Hoe
(Cheers.) Where was the Niagara built .? and
Was the yatch America Southern Institution ?
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are some Of the clviliza-
tion--pecular to our Yankee climate, and Yam.
kee habits not yet appreciated in Secessla.
(Cheers.) Is the common school system OF New
England an element OF Southern civilization ?
The South alone benetit civilization ! have |.
shown It's absurdity.
Lamartine elcquenty obseryes-every Keyo
luton hrs Its birth--e'ery birth lis pans-egeFy
pang its eroAn All Ia IONS have their dis
eases. We are just going through the 'areolold--
(lan2hter)-haylng passed the scarlet fever, |
measles, and chicken pox on the helgh OF Abra-
ham (laughter) and the plains OF Shratoga.-
Oar tree OF liberty is sound at the core. We
are only shaking off the cayerpillars thnt have
SO long disiigured its branches. (Applause.) |
am tired OF listening to England's sneers about
our volunteers. You seem proud of your hun
dred and lif:y thousand (cheers)-!et us
take the same ratio Of glory for our volunteer |
millions daughter and applause Sheer not
at the voluntoers-W ashington was a volun-
tcer--so was Robert Give at the battle of Pas- |
sey-and Oliver Cromwell was not educated "a,
che Horse GuarIs. (Laughter.) The spot |
is too much for the ace OF clubs ii it happens to
be a trump.
Mr.. Chairman, the Revolution is dead 1t |
received Its first attack Of paralysls-when Con-
gress voted FIVE hundred thousand men, and five
hundred millions Of dollars (Checrs.) 1t ex-
perlenced its second attack when after the Trent
affair Eng land and France refused to acknowl-
edge their independence. Applause And
now comes apoplexy and death, when the Com
mander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy sounded
the bugle and gave his order to his Lieutenant
Charge, McCellan--charge ON to Manas
SAG, on-were not the last words of our Pres-
Dental Marmion (Cheers) The world will
shortly see how gigantic has been the success
OF the North, and how & igantc has been the
failure OF the South Secessia was a sham at
the start, and has been u sham all through the
Revolution