Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-01-10
A PLAIN WORD TO THE ENGLISH.

A PLAIN WORD TO THE ENGLISH.
Mr.. George F. Train has lately been lee
turing in England against the war fever. in
that style so peculiarly his own. From one
Of his lectures or addresses we take the FOL
lowing Characteristic passages -
" Here are some obstinate Truths II looks
as though England was short Of corn thi.
year. Is that so yes and ireland is short
OF potatoes. Yes. Then you have ele-
ments of famine in the land famine means
the importation of $50. 900 600 bushels of
grain Where can you getits From France .
No She is short and the Faubourg St An
tome will take care that Napoleon don't get
the tant of Secession. Egypt is short this
year, aud the Baltic and Black Sea will ask
higher prices. War with America means
starvation prices for bread in England hear /.
when millions OF men are thrown out of en-
ploymeut. Never before did famine in com
and famine in cotton occur the same YEAR
England, then, cannot 90 to war this year
20 Then look to Canada Not gun, fort
or defence on a thousand miles Of frontier :
What protects the Canadian towns Can
you depend upon the Orangemen of Toronto !.
The French Canadians of Montreal2 And are
you sure you have not some bel!igereuts
nearer home than the Carolina shore: Do
YOU not think that workmen crying for bread
may make good material for belligerents :
And for your sake look at Ireland before the
war commenced Is not She O'Donohue a
bclhscrcnta And sullivan Of the Mutton
War with America means lighting with your
blood relations. Hear, hear. What other
TnUTfIp 4rUN tt,-
bills OF exchange TO your rmigtants. De.
pend not too much on your aayy. Nayies are
deceptive. No worse inytstment can be
found. There is no bar in America that will
take the Warrior. Twenty feet is too
deep.
America have five thousand fsdng smacks,
coasilng packets, briggs, barques and ships
that don pay just now in regular trade
hey are ready for action, not as pirates nor
puyatcers, but with regular commissions from
the United States Navy. These vessels will
not hug the coast to meet our Agamemnons
and Warriors, but start for Australia, and In
dIa and China, and take yopr merchant ship
ping prizes into a thousand. Eastern ports -
What can you do II 10 has taken twenty
mcn-oi-war TO find the Sumier and Nashville,
how many ships will it pke to catch five
thousand priyatcors: WAr with America
means the destruction OF British commerce.
l"Oh. 1t means moie-tciyil war Ia this
happy land. No REVOLUTIONS are con-
tosious. Revolution in Nef Zealand. revolu-
ton in Hungary, in Poland.i u laly; reyolu-
ton in Russia, revoluti0ni America; and
pray Why do you except Et4and
Americans want 10 cou.t ont 10 your Ex-
hibitiou next year ChccA How can they
in the midst of war--,heu you will want to
turn it into an exhibition Of improved fire.
arms. Americans do not think that England
would be guilty of doing sd bad and bastard
iy an act as to strike a nation when it is
down. Hear, hear 1t is unworthy OF
great England If She agisates on th, issue.
rest assured no apology would suffice II
looks to me merely like a ruse to get arms
into Canada, to be prepared for European com
municatons, and to take the advantage I
leading the passions of strong people in or
der to keep up a weak ministry there
will be no war. Applause. Ny instincts
sometimes are propheuc--there will be no
war; just thirty years ago placards were post
81 ~ ."e- 'le X -,iv.a igpt4 ,l.e~- ---~-l-.
Stop the Duke, Run for Gold The remedy
was powerlul-the cure periect--in ifty-eight
hours the Duke was out Of otiice--and the
Home Guards did not shoot down the peo-
pie. Hear.