Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-18
JRSDAY EVENING, AUGUST IS, 1870.
/ AMONG THE SAINTS.


Young an" Moro"s'
George Francis Train delivered a
speech in the New Tabernacle at Salt
Lake City the other day. He com
menced by saying that he had addressed
large audiences in England, France,
Germany and America, but after having
heard the three speeches that preceded
him on that occasion by President
Smith, Elder Cannon and President
Young, he would rather speak ten min
utes at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City
than any place on the face of the globe. !"
He pronounced Brigham the greatest
orator he had ever heard. He judged
by the effect of his oratory, not only
upon the vast audience, but upon him
self Train was fairly lifted out of his
boots. ort.
They were told that this does not
seem to be Christian people, for as |
told you last night, | see no jails, peni-
tentiaries, gamblers, prostitutes or
drunkards. | am so astonished at all
this that it seems to me that | have got
into a new world" He continued: you
are not made up of falsehood, magnifi-
cent robes, splendid silks, chignons and
all the rest of the clap-trap with which
the churches East are filled. | came
here and / see manhood and woman
hood, who make their living by the
sweat of their brow. M fl
We suppose George himself is not ex
actly one of the sort-judging from the
rowing life he is enabled to lead, and the
splendid turnout Of his family at the
most fashionable Watering places, rival
ing Fisk and all the rest of them.
One of the Mormon speakers had said
that they "would like to exchange ten
errors of the 'Mormons for one truth Of
the 'Gentiles, but George replied, II
would like to have you find ten errors of
the Mormons, and then ! would like
you to find the one truth of the Gen
tiles. have not seen it. " w
George declared Christian society to
be edhypocrisy, and illustrated
as follows:
Crime is not hideous, but is getting
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yard2" saws Jobp The moor little fel-
! low didn't understand the system
flames, have you sanded the sugar2 y
eyes, pa. ~ "Then come in to prayers.
George, have You charged that fourY'
"Yes, uncle" "Charge it again before
YOU forget it" This is the system which
prevails in the East. | come here, and
what do / find? The religion of nature.
George gave the Mormons some ad-
vice as to their future policy:
Never again defend yourselves, but
attack; never again practice humility,
but simply assume your position and re-
member His gigantic, power you have
built up here. Are you aware that the
first four hundred years of the Christian
dispensation there were not thousand
converts made But here' IN d GENERA
ton, are
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MoRMoNs'
I simply saw, take accomplished facts
Remember what has been donel This
people have been outraged as no peo-
nle ever were outraged on the face of the
globe. except the North American saw
ages. The Mormon people have been
DRIVEN FROM CITY TO CITY,
from State to State. Their wives and
children have been driven forth into the
wilderness. and their homes burned;
their leaders have been killed, all on
account of a miserable fanaticsm in our
country do not mean fanaticism, but
birotry and intolerance. Thank God,
thew are wearing away.
He told them how liberal they were, as
follows,
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