Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-18
Geo. Francis Train on Boston.
His Letter 10 the Total Abs1i.
mence Society.

The following is a letter from George
Francis Train. in reply to an invitation to
lecture for the benefit of the Father Mat
thew Total Abstinence Society, of BOSTON :
ScHIErERpEcKrRs HvpRor.rnrc INSTITUTE
No. ~. WEST FOURTEENTH STREET.
October Both. ISIS.
Dear Father Matthews Total abstinence
Society, q Boston, 7. Norris, Esg., Pref
dent :.
God bless Father Matthew your friend,
my friend, the friend of Ireland, of America,
of humanity; the disciple God Grander
than warrior, greater than statesman, his
fame will shine over that Of poet, orator and
prophet. For temperance is as old as the
Bible, and Lot and Noah; but Father Mat
thew only lived in our day aud generation.
must say yes to my Irish friends Of
Boston, although raw no to my American
friends elsewhere. W,lliamsport, Harris
burg. Cinclnnatti, Chicago, St. Louis, Yon.
kers, are all on my table today-all an
swcred, No. Buffalo writes me to inaugu
rate their Young Mems Association course.
say no to my 2iend Warren, the Courier
editor, who is their chairman, but that some
time will speak for the Irish boys of But
fslo. The fact is, do not lecture now. The
interest il gone. What do l care whether
the world misses OF cheers l am still keeled
up IN water cure, but in two weeks am of
Tor Nebraska, to start my one hundred cot
tagcs in Omaha, and arrange for the land in
the Platte valley for that great Catholic
colonization society you heard me sneak Of
SO will have to speak some time next week
say Monday or Tuesday. Can you get
Music Hall would not speak in Faneuil
HAIL, anyway. Three years ago | WINS
knocked down there for defending The rights
Of the white man; and no Indian on the
tra,l, OF bloodhound on the scent, WI ,llow
up boston closer than shall. until t.. y sign
Bound Robin apologizing for that oa, ardly
outrage. Boston is my native city. but that
Is my misfortune, not my fault. The Irish
tnere are the only true Americans in that
1ou-iorsaSen town. now fast becoming the
salem q New York. Every Soathernor
.nons the place as he would shun the plague.
nour merchants are all running to New
1oTK 70 10 their business. You mention
terms: Nothing, pay nv own cxpenses.
and give your temperance cause ali he rro'
coeds, II the priests will give the notice in
Oil the churches, and you sell ,hons.nd
tickets beforehand, aud post Hills all ov.r
the city, you can AXE s., 900 that niyht i,
independent Of the Boston press who Are No
Trend: OF the Iiish, although they live of.
your hard earnings only to sneer at your
fase and country.
nope Beacon street and State street will
SINE 70 the lecture, for shall have some
R's h .alk With your aristocrstic rulers. Who
; h.s.a upon the Irish as so manv beasts Of
Ouroen, and elevate tho Ac-;... =! .rs.
1 r Pcs'uon on their political altar NV "e
...; In:'.anach'sing the negro means d;sf+,,
cn's'ng the Irish Votes for IT,. -, ol,'ran-
happens to be an Irishmsn 's ma" I" he
Thy killed the red Ina;.. nv
nurde!ineinch BY inch, the poor lhey are
never did them harm and the Reg Regfo, who
nus ward Beecher started the CIV arte-
oosdaJ: pulpit that the Irish wers ~ ~ 'ass
enr equals than the negro. The snesr more ;S:r
ssmed, but al in order for the ns-, K. as'll
Nothing cry: This continual comn. s n" !" =.
negro 18th the Irish 10 part Of tLe;r ha, I've
weird has ever produced. Tho Afr;cs sue . .',e
The smallest p0tste race ever planted ' ''ce
Six milliens Of The Celtic popuiss;.r -.
American eitiseno. Your only nsSssv :. A -
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