The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-05-03

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TRAIN ON THE FEDERAL ARMY.
The Society Of Cogers Is one Of the most an
lent Of the London Discussion Halis-having
een established in the reign of the third George
{ originally consisted Of citizens Of London,
rho met to watch the course OF their represeH-
atives in London-Freedom Of the Press
freedom Of Discussion-Obed ience TO tie Laws
Loyalty to the Crown, and the Practice Of
Public and Social Virtue are some Of its tenets.
Among its early members were the Aldermen
John WiIks (l758,) Sir Richard Glynn (I7ss,)
,ir James Shaw Q81S,) Sir w. Paking (ls19)
md many of England's leaders. Here Brougham
md Campbell measured intellect-and both
Houses have among them men who have debated 1
here in other days.
. Mr.. Train, on entering the Debating Hall on
The 22d ult for the first time, was at once rec
Dgnized and loudly called for--the events Of the
week being the theme for discussion. The audi.
ence was so pleased with bis rafting digest Of
the late American victories, and his former able
efforts, that they rose by reclamation, and there
and then elected him an honorary member Of
the Ancient Society of Cogry.
Below, we give Mr.. Trains remarks on the
American Army on this occasion:
The gentleman made happy hit, by calling
this audiences republic of free men-where
free thought and free debate, and free opinion
ruled supreme. / accept the Republican smile
and should hope that among its citizens there
are none who would commit so base an act,
under the garb of loyalty to the Queen, a. to
breed treason against the Government, and seek
with bloodshed its overthrow, as some other bad
citizens have done in that Great Republic over
the way. Hear, and applause.] Mr.. O'Brien
does not believe in the honesty of our Presiden:
on the slave question; l am not surprised-for
have been long enough in this country to know
that there is large party In the land who wo'd
not believe any good Of America or Americans,
even though the Angel Gabriel whispered it in
their ears. Laughter The more we try to
please you, the less we appear to succeed. But
what can we expect when the Saturday Review
lands Burnside's naval expedition in the noun
tains of Western virginia-[ aughter]- and the
Times makes the Confederate army march from
Richmond to Bunker's Hill in one night =
Laughter Older than ourselves we have
taken your advice-Dr. Russell gave you the
text to ridicule and laugh at our raw recruits
Is Sotheron says in Lord Dundreary-he seems
to have been as mad on the American question
as a Welsh wabbit. Laughter.] You took it
up end told us, that to make soldiers out Of far
mers, and tradesmen, and mechanics, and fisher
men, there must be hard drilling We accepted
your counsel, Europe poured in upon us hun
dreds of her best artillery, cavalry and infantry
officers, who bursting with the love Of liberty,
were anxious to give Union battle; look at Nc
Clellan's staff, composed of brave generals, bold
princes and future kings, who already have cried
A BoURBoN! A HAvELoCK! and let slip hun
bred regiments, to sweep the mailman from his
throne. Applause. By this time there is not
even one Richmond in the field. Drill, you said;
we have drilled.
Why do you wait SO long then? you asked
We are drilling we replied. And now point
you to million of drilled men that cover q
battle line of two hundred thousand miles
Your mob, again you SAID, your mob never will
give up Mason and Slidell. The mob did give
up the traitors, and furthermore received the
British officers at Boston, who were sent to
wage war against us, with almost a royal well
GOMEZ Applause. You said you had no money
and we will not lend you a shilling Gentle
men, ve never asked you for a shilling. Hear,
hear. And, as observed on previous occa.
sion, the only real cause we hare get given you for
breaking the blockade was the taking up The entire
Federal loan in our own land, ,Oihout even con-
suling Mr.. Sampson of the Times, Baron Roths-
child, the London Stock Exchange.
You said it was impossible to blockade our
ports. Gentlemen there never was q blockade
so effectual, because there never was war so
extensive, or people so determined, or admin
istration so strong! There is no cathartic suf-
ficiently powerful to remove the stones from
the ruined harbor of Charleston, until the Fed
eral Power chooses to exercise its clemency
again. The Times Russell now admits the
power of our navy, which you have ridiculed,
and thinks, where 1000, 900 of bales of cotton
are locked up, which, if let loose, would COM
mand three prices, and where all the simple
necessaries of life are $50 per cent above the
market, the blockade must be effectual. Fost-
er's scorching rebuke to Gregory in the Com
mons, has made more ridiculous than ever the
Irish Champion OF Treason. You said that the
North and South would never come together!
Wait little lopger You said Republican In
situations had failed! Already the passport
system is abolished, the political prisoners
have been released, martial law superseded by
the Civil Government, and the placid Ocean of
Peace is gradually replacing the turbulent
Waves of War, so that when the sunlight of
Union shines upon it, there will be reflected
back from the CLASSY mirror myriads of faces
from happy, contented people. Applause.
You never will know the herculean energies
We have displayed. Let me paint the picture
my own way. We have nine armies under nine
Generals, composing force equal to nine Wa
terloos, dozen Austerlitzes, two Moscows,
and larger than all the forces of all the nations
that gave battle at Crimea. Oh. To give
you the idea of its magnitude, | will change
the battle ground
Old England shall represent New England;
and all Europe shall be the field of action
Time of preparation, six months; resources, all
our own. With the sympathies Of England
and the world against us; we have placed 90
600 men under General Butler, at Cronstadt;
q. 900 under General Sherman, at Hamburg:
1000 under General Burnside, at Amsterdam.
&c, 900 under General Halleck, at Odessa; 90
COO under General Hunter, blockading Vienna
on the Danube; 1000 under General Buell., at
Trieste; $4,000 under General Grant, at Mar
seilles 10000 under General Banks, on the
Belgian coast; leaving some 100000 under
General Mcclellan, on the French shore, after
crossing the Potomac of the Channel. Hear,
hear The distances in my picture are not SO
unequal, although populations, fortresses and
languages are different. Remember that Eng
land is the point from which take my sketch.
Australia is the California, with another Union
army for the Pacific shore. All those points
protected, we have England still to represent
the great Union party in our Northern country
with five millions more of armed men, ready to
plunge into battle in defense of the nations
life. Loud cheers.
In America. as in England, there is an uu-
coiled spring of magnetic intelligence, that
when set in motion could only be surpassed in
grandeur by the artillery batteries of Heaven!
Applause. The next mail will bring you
startling intelligence. Let me foreshadow the
plan Of action-the battles are already fought
If reverses were possible in one point, vic.
tory triumphs in another. The Georgians lost
their mail arrangements some time ago, and
now they have had their water. works cat off.
Loud laughter Gentlemen, it is is no laugh.
ing matter, were you citizens of Savannah, to be
shut off from all communication from your fel.
low men, renewed laughter who have already
begun to contemplate the terrible atrocities so
so wildly pictured by Arrowsmith, the reliable
correspondent Of the London Times, of Grail
ways and Reyolvers in Georgia" Laughter
and applause.
Savannah is down, Charleston is taken Mo-
bile 0CcuOied nv VIniopists Na.,