Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-04-25
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An abstract. with interspersed explanatory
notes. of three impromptu speeches, vulgary
called lectures, delivered in Smiths Hall, Ash.
tabuls, Ohio, on The 2Sih of March, 9th and
10th of April, 1868, b7 GEoRos FEAscrs TRAIN,
the great living curiosity and rare specimen Of
modern days.
l, GEoRos FRAxcIs TRiIS, OF America and
Maryland plantation, teith t,Venty three
inch hedd'-the size Of all great men, having
got the bands off my head, while the world is
in darkness, and entertaining a magnificent
opinion o myself and very poor opinion of
the rest of mankind generally, except JAMES
GoRDoN Bennett, of the New York II erald,
and few other choice friends Of the same
stripe do most energeticaily set mrsefabout the
herculeau wo:k OF changing public sentiment
and reforming tho world, especially on the sub.
ject of our nationality and foreign relations.
When was about six years DID, my fathers
family we're taken away by pestileuce, leaving
me alone to work out the problem of life. My
pious old grandfather, under the misguiding
influence Of false philanthropy, liberated is
slaves, about three hundred in number thus de.
priying me Of magnificent Inheritance.
Fortunately was committed to the snpervi-
sion of my pious old grandmother, who took
special pains to impress me with what she re-
garded as correct ideas. | very early mani
tested very aspiring ambitious disposition. l
was bent on being great man in the world.
My old grandmother told me that those who
lose to greatness, we're men OF good habits III
early life that they never drank liquor, or swore
or gambled, or used snuff and tobacc o, or COM
mtted other immoralities. | resolved at once
to immitate them, and accordingly discarded
sach practices. When | was about nineteen.
/ went tn Washington and saw Webster, Clay,
and Calh ,un, and many other distinguished
characters, and to my astonishment / foun d
that all OF these great men, drank iquor, got
drunk, gambed, swore, lied, and committed all
sorts of immoralites. then found that my
old grandmother had swindled me" and that
great men could get drunk, swear, gamble, lie
steal, and do many other things too bad to
mention 10 public. But have ri sen above
such things and without the aid of Harvard
University. or any other University, stand be
fore you with the bands of my eyes, living H.
;Iastfation of ghat man can be and do il he oil
ly has brains. don't come before you m
friends, like Harvard lecturers, with forty page
of foolseap oil written o'er come to talk L
you from my own bead have Travelled arount
the world, have gathered new and origina
Ideas. and have seen more than any living man
always had great and original ideas,-arge
views of things. bence have been put forwart
in the world. never have relied upon others
but upon myself. And here let me say {,
yeusg men never take the advice Of any body
Don't go to your friends or relations for coun
sci. They will discourage you. They will ne'
q believe you have any brains they oeyer Sc
your merits. Don't take the advice even {
your ewn fathersll Rely upon yourself
prophet has no honor 10 his own c,untry."
an to lecture about England England
( humbug II is rotten to the core. She is OF
the border OF revolution. We call her th,
s"Mother Country !" Away with such non
sense. II is time We set up for ourselves 90,
claimed nationality. All our great men ar
: toadyiug to England. Eoglaud may be our oil
grandmother, but q mixed nation like our
shseid dispiss the idea OF sok nowlsdging Eng
hnda anr mother.
was the first mao that dare to stand up Il
England and viudicste our nation. AL tb'
sess we're sosdying. and 10 less than six wssks al
ter getting shsrs, they are bostisd sp. But
~ Bsoof against snek Efforts. ] gave dinnsrs
assws shoss great msn around N. shasgsd Gus
tons. made tsbIs speeches, gave America
iessis Eithsat toast MASTER apd ksrlsd dsa