Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-13
NEWYoRK.
Ge0rps Francis TrslH Before q Large, Be-
spectacle and latsilgsHt Audience
Of Nsw YoFksFs,
Re Stands Up Tor tie South, aHds0eHOunoss
the Ku.KlHx Blll-Re Is Susialhsd
BY one Of the Editors Gf
The Appeal.

NEW YORK, May 6, 1871.
q Editors AgDeal-With clear wealth
er at last. overcOats are in request in
stead of umbrellas, and we have
weather very respectable for chilling
blasts by the side Of the severest
Southern winter. Last night Train
gave his New York friends what he
called his "last bombardment," !" at
Woods Theater. This is able to seat
nearly or quite as many as the Green
law Hall, and was well filed, iuclud-
ing the galleries. The audience was
one Of the most respectable, sndssI no
ticed among them several gentlemen
Of talent and influence, and ladies Of
literary accomplishment and note,
such as Mrs. Ann H Stevens, Mrs.
O'D0novan ROsss, several of the Fe-
Bian chiefs, editors Of the city papers,
Charles h. Williams, Of the Globe
James P. Cowardin, Of the Richmond
Dispatch, Judge Kellogg, United
States Senator from Louisiana,
and Gen. John A. Logan, Senator and
General of the Grand Army Of the Re
public, and Northern Ku-Klux COM
mander-in-chief It's but just to say
Of Mr. Train that he was not less out
spoken nor less effective on his audi
ence than in Memphis. What he
there indicated as his convictions
touching : what concerns our sec
ton he here expressed outright.
There was no mincing matters about
il. He pronounced the Ku-Klux bill
an infamy, and the pretended neces-
sity for it q lie. The political charac-
acters he handled without gloves, and
without care to moderate his blows.
He has the merit Of impartiality, to
say the least, as well ss Of genius and
talents Of a high order, for he treated
all parties alike, and the Democrats
who seek the triumph of the same
right principles for which he con-
ceives himself cOntendiIg, he no
more spared than he did their antag-
onists, or others who have not yet
concluded to take the Train for the
White House. Bis imprudenCes, idi-
osyncracies, dare devilisms and egOt-
isms, are every where 50 mingled
with brilliant thoughts and flashes Of
genius as to redeem them from every
aspect Of the common place. The
truths he dares to tell, some of which
or dare to utter, tell like thunder
bolts even on his foes, and, |
not to be forgotten, rend /
the gnarled oaks, and by aptness aud
good nature often make the bitterest |
hate succumb. With all his virtues
and his faults, we do not look on his |
like in q hundred years. And many
things he says so move on the minds /
Of the masses as to make the pOliti- /
clans Writhe in view Of permanent, |
unavoidable effects. All in all, he is /
doing good, though l am not more |
certain he is eq route to the White |
House, than 1 am satisfied with his I
ill-fOrtune in being committed to /
prison Just as he was fairly underway 1
running the French republic. He is 1
q genial, excellent gentleman in private 4
life, and as such no man is more 1
highly esteemed. Having been called
on TO do so by him in the course Of
his lecture, the writer, though rather
taken by surprise, made some state
ments Of facts as to the Southern stu 4
nation, which, he is pleased to say, /
were well received, and indOrsed not 1
only by Southern gentlemen present, |
but By many others. 1t is hardly nee /
essary I should detail what the state /
ments were, inasmuch as I have moth |
ing to say at home which / have to /
conceal abroad. The substance was j
that 7 found an army was equally /
needed in New HOak to put down 4
Ku-KluX operations, and that the /
Loyal Leagues had stolen the original /
Ku- KluE livery, and were now serv- !
ing the devil in their own fashion, |
in the guise originally intended !
and used only for selfdefense |
and the suppression Of crime. Calling !
now in turn on Mr.. Train to give his \
testimony, since he had demanded /
mine, he replied, indOrsing what / /
had said with vigOr, and charging /
that the continued oppression OF the 1
South in the guise Of law was mean 1
end craven. There were many in the /
audience who viii not acknowledge |
ii, and who have reasons Oftheir own !
for undertaking the weight Of his |
testimony; but there Wefe few who |
went away UnCOnvinced that ku-
Klux bills and the absence Of amnes-
ty, magnanimity and full trust Of the |
South were facts for which the whole |
northern people should blush. Adieu. !
T.