The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-11-03
QOlittal.
SPEECH OF GEORGE FRANCIS
TRAIN.


Amusing and Instructive Revelation
of the Secrets of the Chicago Con-
vention, by One of the Delegates
to that Body-A Racy and Truthful
Expos of the Designs of the Cop
perhead Leaders.
The eccentric but keen and talented
Geo. Francis Train made a speech at
Philadelphia on Saturday evening, Oct.
22d, to an audience Of about 1000,
which was all that could be crowded into
The hall. Train was a delegate to the
Chicago Convention, and has been on
intimate terms with the Democratic
leaders, but having concluded that the
whole Democratic concern was against
the country, he is now bombarding the
"gunboat" party. We make the fol-
lowing extracts
HOW THE CHICAGO CONVENTION CAME TO
BE POSTPONED.
l went to Chicago, you know. l
think my sentiments are pretty well
known by this time. went to Wash
'ngton to get the Convention postponed
and succeeded. They had packed the
cards around Mcclellan, and I went to
New York, and there they said "no. "
| went to Washington and got Cox and
forty -four of these Democrats to sign a
paper in favor of a pOstponoment of the
Convention. Belmont still refused. I
then went TO Thomas b. Florence, who
was really the Chairman of the Commit
tee, as Belmont was simply one of the
bolters at Baltimore. The 'writine
was on the wall" now, and the Conven-
ton was postponed.
LINCOLN AND MCCLELLAN. ...
Iwcntto Nebraska and Was appointed
a delegate from that territory to the
Convention l then saw Saunders and
Clay and Tucker. l wanted to know
what their terms were, and then I went
to Chicago. The delegates were for
McClelaD, but could see no difference
between Lincoln and Mcclellan. did
not see where Mcclellan had the ad-
vantage Of Lincoln, as he had ad vised
him to do what he was censured for. l
take the stump speeches Of the Demo-
Gratis, at Chicago, against Lincoln, and
will apply every one of them to Nc,
Clellan. [Cheers. They talk about
illegal arrests. Who introduced the
if it was not Mcclellan in Maryland? {?
They talk about the suspension of the
writ of habeaS corpus. ask VINO order
ed the suspension Of the writ in the
case of Judge Carmichael ? You talk
about draft Who recommended it g?
Look at McClellan's letter Of the 7th of
July, when he was for emancipation as
"mililary necessity"
Yes. l saw that this democratic 4"
party was simply after the public plum
der. Laughter and cheers l saw
that "the cohesive power of public
plunder" would be too much for them
IF these Republicans, with their limited
knowledge of the affairs of State, could
manage to steal so much in SO short a
time, for Gods sake what could We do
who have had so much more experience?
Laughter and cheers.
ABOUT THE CONVENTIONAL GREAT
MANY WHARF RATS IN ONE BOX.
will tell you who were my candi =
dates. My candidates were the army
and the navy. [Cheers.] My platform
was to drive the French out of Mexico
and England off the sea. [Cheers. l
said that my candidate was the man who
had, at the commencement of the war,
telegraphed to New Orleans, "If any
man hauls down the American flag shoot
him down." [Cheers My Vic -PreSi.
dent was the navy. | want no better
man than that "Old Salamauder," who
chained himself to the masthead as he
went into Mobile Bay. [Cheers J.
This, these Democrats said, we won't do
Then it was that saw treason. Geo,
B. Mcclellan is simply the chatte of
Sam Barlow, aud Sam Barlow is the
mere chattel of August Belmont, and
Belmont is the agent of the Rothscbilds,
who are the agents of the Confederate
Government in England. [Cheers J.
They are going on sending money
through these agencies, to try to carry
the State of Pennsylvania in Novem ber.
CCries, "Tbey cant do it'1 When |
saw this, l. thought it time for me to
leave. They saw | was not for McClel.
Ian, and then it was they said, "You
can't go with the Convention" knew
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