The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-09-26
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.

From the Boston Post, Of Monday, the 18th,
There was an audience nearly filling IRE.
mont Temple, Saturday evening, to hear our
young Bostonlan, George Francis Train,
deliver his first lecture since his return from
abroad. HE audience was very large and
exceedingly enthusiastic. National and pa
trlotlc decorations were erected over the
platform. The Germania Band enlivened
those portions of the evening not devoted to
speech,making. Upon the platform were
many leading citizens.
Mayor Wightman presided and made q
few Introductory remarks. He alluded to
the recent General Corcoran demonstration
in this city, at which the people rallied to
90 honor to true hero. they had now as
semhled to co honor to a hero Of different
cbaracter-that Of an Ambassador, self
appointed--an ambassador from the people
of the United States to the people Of Great
Britain. He concluded by Introducing Mr..
Train.
On rising, Mr.. Train was received with
prolonged cheers. He began by saying,
Thank God, l am again in q civilized
country, thank God, am again 10 a Chrig~
tian lend" To the cheers in response to
these expressions be said, ''pass them over
TO where they belong. to the flag of our
country" pointing to the flags in his rear,
He asked how it was that the Americans
had gained the impression that England
was superior 10 us and that her opinions
should be listened to with profound defer
ence. lie desired TO know who had en-
shaved the American people TO England?
And in answering it be said we were the
most modest people On the face OF the EARTH
deierripg to the judgment and opinions Of
England, while we were far ahead OF that
country in religion, morals, and everything
which makes people. Such debasing daa
ference should be ct once and forever cast
aside. He said that the present war was
worth millions TO us, and it needed only to
last two years longer to make us entirely
independent Of that country or Of the opn-
ions Of its people, The claim that Eng
land was our mother country was unfound-
ed, and she had no more right to the title
than any of the other nations of Europe.
n of only were the Americans not the same
people, they did not speak the same lans
guage, nor worship the same God in the
same way. As evidence Of a greater purity
OF language in the country, he referred to
the numerous dialects, and the use of Ian
guage IN England which 70 American could
understand, while no Englishmau need be at
loss to understand an American anywhere,
AID this, he said, be often told the English,
and that although we had furnished them
with superior dictionaries and grammars,
they had failed to improve in the use of
en-.
The English were not religious people,
for ten 1Nilions of them never saw the in-
side OF q church, and their clergy were not
religious teachers, for they were placed in
their positions by accident, the younger
sons of aristocratic families being put into
the pulpit simply to get living, have
come, said be, to tell you the truth. Eng
land is a gigantic sham. There are seven
millions OF men in England, and six millions
have no vote, and the one million who do
vote are bought aud sold. He next allud-
ed to the Difference which this country paid
to England in matters OF legislation, which
he characterized as unmanly. While hu.
mainly in Asia is but an infant, in Eu-
rope schoolboy, it had passed into its
manhood ia America. Applause.l To
destroy this feeling OF dependence, he said
We should blot out the term English from
the page of history, and speak of the Ian.
guage as does the Emperor of Russia, as
American. We must change Our tactics in
everything, and advertise ourselves as q
merchant does if he wishes business. He
thanked God that the new tariff was pro-
hibitory, since to US it was the same as free
trade to England, and he hoped we should
hereafter make ourselves independent in
manufacturing everything We wanted. The
ladies when they went shopping should ask
if the goods are English and if they were
they should not buy them. With all their
Boosting he thought the English nation
of towards. Americans had been taught
from early childhood not to strike an old
woman Or an old man laughter and SO
they were 10th to war with England.
He believed that Lord Palmerston was
conspirator against the throne of England.
while the Queen was friend to this coun-
try, and charged that the interference in
Mexican affairs was simply rendezvous for
interference with this country, stopped on
the part of England by the advent of the
Monitor. He thought the Warrior, Black
Prince and similar craft could be made
quick work with by our Monitors Of the
Armstrong gun he thought the safest place
to stand when fired, was at the muzzle.
Uaughter.) The politicians in power were
conspirators, and Lord Palmerston had
poisoned Prince Albert because their pur-
poses were antagonistic their form of
election was but farce their lands were
all mortgaged, and in short, the whole con-
Germ was gigantic sham. To sum up the
matter, England was styled land of pau
pers, hopelessly bankrupt, the people divid~
ed into tribes. Humility, in his view, was
hypocracy, and the country should throw
off its modesty. Mr.. Train continued by
expressing the belief that the nation would
come out of its present struggle with re-
doubled power and grandeur, and then it
would take its proper place at the head of
all others and concluded with an appro-
pirate poetical quotation.
The lecture was a decided success. MIR.
Train, during its delivery, gave many tel.
ling anecdotes. His take.off of the gen.