, 1862-08-09
England, France and America.
ANOTHER SPEECH BY GEORGE FRANCIS TRAI

Onght England and France to interfere in the
American struggle was the question in the Fleet
Street Discussion Hall, which found, to our sur
prise, several supporters and sympathizing au-
dience. By throwing the responsibility of the
terrible distress in Lancashire on the American
revolution, the secession press of England are
most industriously instructing the people to en-
courage immediate Intervention.
The cheers which welcome secession speakers,
and the evident shaky position of the secession
Government, point to the strong feeling that ex-
lists in England for the success of the South
Train certainly is a bold man to attack such num-
bers but it must be remembered that he never
forces his opinions upon his audience-that is he
never rises until loudly called for, as was the
on Monday night
FORMER INTERFERENCE OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
Mr.. Train (who was repeatedly called for and
received, as usual, with loud applause England
and France interfere in the American war? OF
course not-why should theyP What right have
they to interfere Let England and France
mind their own affairs and leave America to set
tie their own disputes. The precedents men
toned by two speakers where England intervened
in the South American republics, bear no analogy
to this case. 1t is positively insulting to mention
the three closer powers of Paraguay, Venezuela,
or Central America, with the more or less United
States of America. And why did England inter-
fere even there ? Because they were weak and
she was strong. Belgium and Greece were better
precedents; but those powers were also too feeble
to resist. You say France intervened in the Rev.
olution. Even so; but there is wild field be-
tween the Revolution of the Colonies against
England and the conspiracy in secession against
the couatry "a voice-Where is the difference p
Simply one people revolted on the issue that
taxation without representation was robbery /;
while the other conspired against the very laws
the southerners made themselves. Possessing
more than an equal representation, they went in
for more by robbery, ignoring taxation altogether
Such men as Lafayette and De Grasse and Ro-
chambeau are again well represented in another
age by the Count of Paris, the Duke of Chartres
and Gen. Havelock, and dozen great names who
are fighting in the cause of freedom,
AMERICA ABLE TO MANAGE HER OWN BUSINESS.
Intervene, say you but hands off, say l. Eu-
rope says to America, stop fighting America
says to Europe, mind your own business Europe
says to America, when rogues fall out honest men
reap their reward. America says to Europe,
when honest men fall out rogues stand ready to
pick up the spoil.
The diplomatic wolves have been bowling for
months but the nation is not quite dead. The
European vultures will have no opportunity of
satisfying their appetites on the carcass of dead
republic! Look on if you like, and commend or
censure, no matter which but keep on your own
side of the fence We seek not your friendship,
we fear not your enmity. Enemies never betray
you-the ambash-the betrayal comes from your
friends. England bullies weak nations and toadies
to strong ones.
CUPIDITY THE ENGLISH RULE OF ACTION.
The honorable speaker makes fearful admis-
sion when he says that England has put up with
insults for more than fifty years. instancing the
Maine boundary, the Oregon question, the San
Juan difficulty, and the overhauling of ships in
the Gulf So much the worse for Englands brave
ry, if these were insults, which they were not, and
as England is ever ready to attack weak powers,
it follows that England was afraid of u.s. You may
sneer, sir, but England never acts but from mo-
tives of interest or fear
An opium war in China, or fllibustering ex
pedtion to Mexico, fight with the Afghans, or
an attack upon the Indians of the Southern Ocean,
just suits the taste of your people. Give us money,
give US land, give us trade, or judgment is ours,
and we will repay, saith this Christian nation
When you wanted money last century, your war
policy was comprised in sentence-Squeeze the
old Begums of Dude. Read the impeachment of
Warren Hastings which Burke prepared for
Sheridan to deliver to the House of Lords Your
policy this century has been, when you wanted to
distract attention from European complications,
to overhaul an American ship, and then apologize
always ready to strike small man, but careful
not to hit man of your own calber Interven-
ton in our affairs means war to the knife-war to
the cannons mouth.
Oh though perennial be the strife,
homo haar forh hoo arth fra