Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-14
From the Buffalo IN. " Courier
George Francis Train on the National Debt-As
follows up his Gold Room and Pilot Knob
Speeches, by what he calls his Speech OF the
nsnororna

Speeches, by what he calls his Speech of the
remagogue.
MIR Train. who WIS received with applause,
commenced t,y reading the following resolu-
ton
"Raso}lsd, As our national debt was con
tracted by inhator by Imitation it shonld be
paid. y
Mr. Chapman, OF ST Louis What do You
mean ~ that proposition
MIR. Train. We mean up with greenbacks
aud down with specie payment Laughter
and applause All those in favor OF green
backs, say aye Loud cries Of aye. Ii the
people prefer greenbacks without interest, why
iorre them to take bonds aud notes with
interest? That 50. The statistics show
that out OF thirty-siz aions Of people only
half tulliou pay All Income tax Oh thonsahu
doIIar4 Hence it II fair 10 suppose that that
number will cover The bondholderS The
question arises, Is there sufficient virtue aud
generosity in the other th'f'y,hve anu nan
millions, to vote to tax themselves to pay these
five hundred thousand bondholders? Cries
nt YES The Demagoyue will make nllch OF
this polnt. Laughter And you must meet
him suuarrly, or he will have the argument. =
| The New York Herald closed oi lis last
leaders on til, national banks by saying, since
| Horace Greeley, by baillng Mr.. Davis, admits
| that there is no such crime as treason, our
| National Debt il National Swlndle
voice: ''l,he Herald is no guide to public
opipiou." Your are mistaken. Bennett al
| WAYS looks ahead His hot shot INTO the
national banks are rildling those pet Pres!-
dent making institutions. lie l. ilrst to see 4
change in the public mind, anu thirty years
eyperence has made him prophet az we'll az
:, fortune. Applause. Many years ago he
,nI Tnr
civ or 4 nation. Chicago vas built out OF
| imitation. The panic came, bankruptcy follow
ed. hut the substantial stores, the magnificent
residences, the splendid city, and two hundred
thousand people, remained there. Loud ap-
clause. Give US greenbackS, We say, and
| build cities, plant corn, open coal mines, con
| troll railways, launch ships, grow cotton, estab-
| Esh factories, open gold and silver mines, erect
rolling mills, start the sugar-canc, the sor-
ghum, and the tobacco once more. Turn
| Niagara Fails into j Manchester. Loud
| applause Vote ten millions bonus II We hnlsll
the Pacific railroad before 1870 Cheers. -
| Vote subsidies Tor steamboat lines to Europe,
die canal from Lake Michigan to the Mlssis,
sippi, applause and remove the capital oil
Amcrica from lhat corrupt and God -torsa ken
sink of iniqnity, Washington, to Columbus,
| Nebraska, nilely-*ix miles west OF Omaha, the
geographical centre of our Tour million-square
mile nation. Loud cheers. Garry my reso-
luton, and there is sunshine in the sky
Ami ause Vote McCulloch' 9 English pan
Of paying Englishmcn one dollar for what they
maid !ortv cents for, and disaster wrecks our
financial Ship. Greenbacks will start us ahead
again at forty miles an hour. Specie payment
viii produce ii regular smash up.
Frederick the Great built up Prussia on
paper, and England's power was based on
greenLack currency. That is true. Pitt
saved England by greeubacks McCulloch
would ruin America with specie payments.
Rev. Mr. Paine, Brooklyn DO you advo-
cate reputation?
Mr. n.-Repudation God forbid. Ii
spot" Laughter and applause. Let me
AS the national debt was contracted by in
datjon, by imitation it should be paid APP
| plause.
How strange that you should mix up green.
backs with reputation. Laughter. You
might as well cal a Copperhcad Democrat
| Laughter.
Butcher and " ellington represented distinct
nations, yet they closely resemble each other
ia wax figures. Laughter. Take care that
the Demagoguc does not Seducc you by his
slippery-cIm tongue lie will argue that it is
cheap to save the Union and preserve our
nationality even at the price OF s., 100000
according to N!cCulloch but ST., 600, 900, 600
according to The Demacogue. Oh
Rev. Mr. Falkner, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Where do you get your 81 1000 600, 600?
AIR. Train. From the debt visible and the
debt invisible Laughter
THIS is only for the principal To pay it of
in thirty years. as McCulloch proposes, We
must rasc--trom the poor more than the rich
$40, GOO, 600, 900 more i'll taxes. A Voice =
Why the poor? Because the poor are the
many. Labor always bears the burden. Bond
holders logislated to have no taxes on their
bonds Hence the rich man can send his
children to school where the poor man pays
the scho0lmarm Dissent and laughter.
Ben. Wade was right At Lawrence. He said
the poor man must be better paid for his labor
Seymour, of the New York Times, reported
fairly; but it was Raymond who gave the
| start On he agrarlan interpretation. voice
Did you hear the speech p Yes, sir; III
troduced Mr.. Wade to his Kansas audience,
and endorse all he said. Wade is no agraran;
He is I bold, plucky humanitarian, not afraid
oi uran Or Democrat. aug liter. tie be-
lieyes AZ | do, that the laborlng man should
divide his day into Ell ght hours for labor, eight
hours for recreation and Improvement, and
eight nouns loi Siecp u he i'4t''0' ~ I''0h'
| Applause Wade is more OF statesman
than politician. Applause. Mr.. Paine
asked if proposed reputation. By no means;
but the Delnagogue will tell you that repudia-
ton has been the policy OF the Government
from the first. "Oh!' and dissent. You
don, agree to that. Let NE prove it. The
Government commenced the war by making
contracts in gold Then they repudiated gold
and gave legal tenders. Then they rep1diated
lega-lenderS and gave certificates of indebted
ness. Then they repudiated certificates of in
debtedne>S and gave contractors seven-thrtles
All your ingenuity is required here to meet
the Demagoguc Laughter. For he will
assure you that even now the endorsement on
your greenhack agreeing to exchange tor
five twenty is reputation. low so Take
i hundred dollars in greenbacks to McCulloch
and sec if you can get hundred-dolar five