The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-07-12
EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.


Ocuvere0 on the summit OF Pilot Kno
We give below the closing, an
0 most pointed portions of the Z,
D and slash speech OF Mr.. George I
Train. delivered in the presence I
several senator's and representatives
recently, on the summit of the sIro
Mountain"i in Missouri. Train'is on,
OF the men who can make a speech 0,
any subject, of any length, to any an
dience. on any occasion. lie Is wit
|ty, bold, in fact brazen, and his mint
is crammed full Of information stow
ed away with more or less regularity
Mr.. TRArv-Do you want TO know
Well, you shall have what you prob,
ably have never seen before-a debi,
and credit OF the war. a profit and
loss account.
First. You shonld know that we
have had grand exhibition OF fire.
works and mortgaged our farm to paw
for i. l"Oh."l Second. The 50 cali
led wealth Of the farmer consists IN
his having nissoldier boy il the grave
yard and seven-thirtv in his pocket
10 exchange (Sensation.)
DEBT.
/. $4,000. 900, 900 of national debt
"A national curse to everybody bnt
jay Cooke.
:. 1,000,000,00o State city and
county debt, born Of the war.
3. 100000 able bodied farmers.
mechanics. and other white men
dead, worth $40, 900 peice, S., 900.
600, 900.
4. 100000 black laborers. worth
81. 900 each, $4,000, ,Oco. 900.
[Ilisses.
5. 100000 black laborcrs
men. women and children, that itt took
three generations OF white civilization
TO utilize into profitable labor--total-
Iy demoraIized and disorganized torI
the time being. (Applause and con-
dissent, the Radirals settinc
uneasy and cndeavoring to stopI
Trains Exposition OF national at |
fairs. Train talked them all down. !
made fun oftheir Kisses. aud carried
mis- points, to the evident disgust oil
many presently
8. $1,000 900 Of shipping that i'll
took us fifty wears OF American indus
try since Waterloo to within every
ocean with our commerce completely
wiped out BY England's neutrality. /
applause. and ..too true.'D
z. $4,000, 900, 900 worth Of plan
tation, houses, farms, factories, real
,state, personal property, wasted,
burned, wiped out. completely de.
accumulated industry Of
! hundred years.
:, and lastly. An amount ofIt
wearing, gaming. drunkenness, pros
tuition, decentralization, that cannot
,e enumerated by figures.
This will do for the debit; and when
sleeps for moment, the
'ation's eyes will open and reaction
will set in that will emancipate my
constituency, the white people Of the |
and. Applause and dissent. 1
SO much tor debit; what tor credit.ll
have no figures. louIt
must be content with ideas. k
Hicre the audience. getting un- u
asy over Trains expose Of OF the /,
ebt OF the war, began to move of. Z!
nd vainly tried to stop him. Butte
rain said.1 I
Gentlemen. ] have refused toll
peak at every station, notwithstan- 4
ing the repeated calls for "Train." ~,
have applauded all your two. hour, (,
anquet speeches. Laughter from z
ONE Of the bored.l Now you must /
sten, as you see my voice will reach 9
D the bottom Of the mountain.
Applause and laughter.l Besides
on will see this all in print. 4
But to the
CREDIT.
1. Tho entire destruction OF the
ottenest institution that ever disgrac- .
q our Countrywide Democratic pari, Il,
Loud appliance and roars Of laughter {
this unexpected sally.l Il
ExAToR CREswErL--" That is enough
/, balance the other side