Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-14
The j OurHlaI.
The Young Amercnn-SseOrgc u. Train
Talks 10 an English Audience.

In London, ldlely; Ill II publlC ulSCHSSlOu, one
of the speakers said America is bankrupt and
has not single statesman. George Francis
Train, the young American, running railroads
in London streets, was called on to reply, and
he did We make few extracts
d" He says there is no honesty, no intelligence,
no energy, no virtue in our statesmen. OF course
he could not have meant the Federal Admins
tration, where energy honesty, action, have
shaken even conservative Europe into respect. -
tIIear, hear] His remarks applied solely to
Floyd, the Thief-Pillow, the Coward Beau
regard, the Evacuator Cobb, the Robber =
Davis, the Traitor Wise, the Liar !-Toombs,
the Pirate and breckenridge the Drunkard
TCheers, laughter and applausel The honOra-
BILE speakers comments were intended for this
nice little party of villains whom the thieves,
burglars and scamps of New Y Yorll ashamed
of, and pctitioncd the Chief of Police to remove
their photographs from the Rogue's Gallery"
Laughter and cheers.] SO you see gentlemen,
there is some honor left even among the profes-
SON
Who would ever have thought that England
would have gone into ecstaces in describing the
mastery retreat of the Army of Manassas Re
treat in this instance, signifies weakness, cow
ardice, gnominy, disgrace while skill, bravery,
Judgment and prudence, are words to apply to
the Russian army crossing to the north side of
Sebastopol in q single night. Do you know
cannon shot of New Orleans? The poisoning
of wells-the Internal machines recently discov-
cred about the fortilCatOns of Columbus-the
destruction of crops, and the setting fire to
peaceful commercial cities, are acts of barbarsm
equal to any on the brightest pages Of English
history. ron order and interruptions.
Gentlemen allude to the employment of In
dians to bring the scalps of Americans to the
English Treasury at so much piece, during the
Revolution, to the ruthless destruction OF the ar
chives Of the nation, the patents and valuable
library at Washington during the last war-the
burning of the Danish heet--the use of Sepoy
Commissioners in the absence of other waddng
for Punjaub cannon, and the more recent barba
rian destruction Of documents four thousand
years of age-curious, countless in value-prcs
ents from European princes in former ages that
can never be replaced-together with all the
rich works of art of the Manchou dynasty, by
the uncalcd for. unmanly and ungenerous burn
ing of the Emperor $ summer palace at Pckin.
England is no longer mistress of the seas
Some gentleman doubts it hut her recent ac-
tiOn convnccs me that the Monitor having proved
herself otter 5, boat in the terrible gale of
the 7th than the Warrior did in the bay Of Bis
cav could steam across the ocean and place Lv-
erpool under tribute, knock down your lortilca-
tions at Spithcad destroy your fleet at Ports
mouth, steam up the Ihames-ior yoI know how
opposed England is TO sinking vessels in the rv-
er, Laughter and cheers, and place London at
her mercy, with her urret revolyers po.dted at
the Houses of Parliament, while Lord Palmer
ston was discussing the propriety of spending
twelve MI 'ons sterling on the Notifications Of
England. The NoqHor had two guus-the Ncr
rinuc tel, the i!oHtOr had fifty men, the WejYi.
mae five hundred The .N0Hi0r is not twelve
hundred tons, the Warrior is five thousand The
Monitor draws but eight feet the Warrior
twenty y-cight The jJutor cost fifty thousand
pounds. the warrior five hundred thousand
The keel Of the .AioaHor was laid in the middle
of October. She was launched in the middle of
January, and before the middle Of March demon
stratcd principle that has rendered valueess a
hundred navicS and q thousand line.O battle
ships The Warrior two years in building
The wooden walls Of England buried with
Campull, who in poetry made their name mnor
tal Tchecrs] ; and TennyS0n. trust is already
AT Woi on the iron sides Of En- gland for Brit
tanie docs need Bull.worhs, since the Monitor has
rendered unsafe hey march upon the deep The
N0nFor has already introduced new epoch in
naval history. Already the French Minister has
received the plans from the Secretary of War
Already the Russian Legation have got the mod
els, and Lord Lyons has already sent Lord John
Husscl plans for the Admiralty. You see that
America is generous. We will not only send
you the plans. but the men to make the steam
ers, as we did the Eufeld. daughter and
cheers
The first in naval power to-day is America
lOh cheers and laughtrr1 Our navy consists
Of the .lloHit0r and we have voted five millions
sterling to build hundred more during the next
six months
This is the age of Monitors and gunpowder =
have you not noticed Nelson's animated appear
ance since the recent naval battle ?-oblige me
Ly standing minute on the steps of the Hotel
Hotel du Morley and contemplate his manly at
titude both in peace and war ll4anghter.I-
Why the .fI0Hitor could have steamed through
his fleet into the Baltic, sinking his men-ol-war
Il q! hn ytlar
land and Congress steamed into Cr0nstadt sunk
the Russian squadron--saed up the Neva, ana
asked the emperor in his Winter palace for
tribute, if he preferred it to the destruction OF
his capitol. Nay, more the .H0Hdor might have
paid her respects to Dundas in the Black Sea-
and swept away the Agamemnons" and "Na
poleons the Third" of the allied fleet like so
many wooden houses-run into Sebastopol-sunh
the ' Twelve Apostles smashed Fort Constan-
tine. and made Menschikoif on bended knees pray
for the safety of Sebastopol OF such, gentle
men, is the Monitor. You must wipe off the old
score and commence anew. You have no navy
now.
In conclusion, let me say that the logic Of
events.the logic of drilled armies, and the logic
Of Monitors is working out new destiny for our
Western civilization. Glance, if you will, thro'
Nneveran. Baby and Assyrian story
all setting down to represent industry in Egypt
pass on the tidal wave of tme-thrOugh Per-
sian, Carthagenlan and Grecian page-and you
will find Rome introduced the moral power Of
lava thousand years and more passed by and
France gives you Art-another era of centuries
and a combination of Romans, Danes, SaXons
Normans, give birth to the science OF Commerce
in your proud and noble Englishmen. When
Providence in his march of Empire selected our
Western World to combine the whole record, In
dustry, Law, Art, Commerce, in order to repre-
sent in its sublimity the great idea of nature
Progress. The transactions of the past twelve
months have led some distinguished philosophers
to come to the conclusion that Humanity a
pulling babe in Asia--a school boy in Europe
aud has gone to America to pass its manhood
LCheers and applause.l
\ SKOENRAR & COMPAyY .