Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-06
He DsnOuness the Radical Party and
announces Himself The Peoples
Candidate in 1872.
His Speech Before the Chamber Of
cOmmsFCe-IHterYisW with Ex-
President Jefferson Davis.
His Lseturs-SOmsihing TO be Re-
Numbered, that Cannot be De-
sCribsd, that is 0HIy
POssibIs to Train.

SCTtDbu, uhdl Is uAiy
Possible to Train.
Believing that it would be more salts
factory to cur people to know the opinion
of the great, immortal George Franco
Train, the independent candidate for tn
Presidency in 1872, as such opinions coulC
be had in answer to direct questions, on,
Of the editorial staff of the APPEAL csllel
upon that singular and extraordinary
gentleman, at his room in the Peabody
Hotel, yesterday, and there interviewed
him. 1t was about 3 pm, and very
sulUry. In a few minutes We briefly eX
planned the purpose of our visit, when We
we're welcomed by the inustriOul
wOmans-rights msn with g bORhOmHli,
accompanied by peculiar gestures tina
/ might be a combination Of the manner
isms of all the continental peoples. ''Ii
is very warm" said Train, land with
your leave 1 will take of my coat.
/ Certainly. f" we answered, "and we willtOl
low suit" A right. Let me ring for ice
water, and then to work. You don't per.
hsps believe it, but I know 1 am the only
man living worthy to I'LL the Presiden-
bial chair. Not because I am the best
though / an willing to admit that, but
because L am the most independent
Now, g in
President in 1922
Mr.. Train-Nut As the candidate Of sny
any party, but as the representative Of
the people, whose choice, 1 believe, I am.
RepOrter-What Is your platform?
Mr.. TTsin-Here it is:
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1872.
One Thousand Independent Public
ADaFHnm
Platform of the Train Ligue.
CiUi8 Americana Sum.
Greenbscks or National Bankruptcy.
Pay or hght-Wsr with England-Non-
intercOurse-The High Commission
swindle exposed.
Reduction OF army and navy.
American industry-Eres trade means
England and low wages.
Universal amnesty.
No foreign ambassadors.
Specie payments abolished for ever.
Down with taxes.
Ireland hrst-Cuba sfterward.
Free bsnking-Down with monopoly.
Down with the politicians and M with
the people.
Prohibition to foreign manufactures.
Cotton factories South-WOoleu factories
West.
De,eada est BritaniG.
Woman suffrage.
RepubliCaniZe Europe" lie Drapssu
Rouge"
Presidential term six years.
Penal servitude for briber and bribed.
Ocean penny postage.
Compulsory education in public schools
sans the Bible.
The death-knell of Tammanv,
Eight hOErs' labor.
Government postal and money order
telegraph.
Ballot 20 boys of eighteen.
H~ydropathy and Turkish baths in Gov
erumsnl sanitary institutions.
Vaccination prohibited.
Abolish Electoral College.
Death to official thieves, through vigilance
committees.
Let Brigham alone-admit Utah.
No more land grants.
Cabinet officers in Congress,
privilege abolished.
Republication or starvation.
Chinese emigration, but not cOOlie con-
tracts.
The st. Domingo job shown up.
Unifcation of North America or the Con-
tinental Republic.
Reporter-What would you do for the
we're you elected?
Mr.. Train-l would give you a general
amnesty Immediately, ~enfranchise all dis
frsnchised people, including Mr.. jefferson
the great statesman OF the South, |
who, although 7 opposed him as q Union
to the extent Of my ability, 1 yet
hope TO see in his old seat in the Senate Of
the United States.
Rep0rter-HoW do you regard the South
nOw7
Mr.. Train-I see nothing but hope for
the South, provided she follows my In
dustrial, commercial and financial pro-
grammB. Her territory is the best pOr-
Zion Of the Union, and by her cotton, /
which is king, holds the destiny Of the
commerce of the world in her own hands. i
She may DO greater, aud will be, If she
the advice of Calhoun in 1916, /
Jackson In 1924, and Henry Clay through
Dut his life, and manufacture her cotton
her own soil.
Reporter-What do you think Of the
plan Of reconstruction
Mr.. Trsin-It is al outrage. It is the
Russian KnOut, the Austrian o system,
he Spanish inquisition, the French gull
Otine, the English ar-chRmbe plan of
an Ireland, Hungary and Poland
combined, upon the already outraged
people Of the South.
RepOrter-What is your opinion Of
5rant?
Mr.. Train-The most eigaatie sell ever
1Ut Of upon a civilized people, IN Gcci
tent by birth and fortune, and az accident
% War and peace. He is first in his tan
Tard, first la accepting brides, and first in
hearts Of the swiBdlers Of the San
Domingo ring. I believe he steals be-
.ause he does not know any better. Is is
Ne stOid ignorauce, laundering along on
drunken horse. that makes sumner 30
mad. Wendell Phillips says a blow some
lines s0bers q drunksrd The San Do
ningo affair ls the blow 20 him, for It has
him and broken up his infamous
Jarty. 4 regard Grant as a fraud.
ftolid and corrupt. He does
lot talk much, bscausB he Is so iQno-
be has nothing to talk about.
Reporter What DO you think Of Beast
Butler, and what is he driving atY
Mr.. Traln-He wants to destroy Grant
nd be the candidate of the Radical party
y 1872; hence advises Santo Domingo and
Lu-Klux Legislation, which kills Grant.
While Butler viii try to save himself on
nV platform Of war with England and
for the people. Butler, as a
lawyer, cannOt be honest, be-
he takes a fee on both sides, He .
q bigger brain than any man in Con
ress. b utterly INSCRIPTIONS, and is lust
be man x destroy his country for his
wn ulterior benefit. lt was necessary 20
.arnaas Butler and Grant together in Or
er to concentrate the stupidity aud vie
of the Radical party, that the people
night the better see both and help me 20
up Radicalism forever.
RepOrber-What IN your opinion are the
Of the Radicals In 1872
Mr. Train-They have no chance at GIL
he eight diatlnnf Senatorial breaks settle
question. First, the sever opponents
o impeachment; second, the Chase
hhOd Island Combiua-
ion; third, the SchuTz- Brown Missouri
ppOsiti0nB fourth, the Thayer Ne
lraska hascO; hnh, the Williams
hzzle; sixth, the Patterson
Hampshire break up; seventh. the
Sew York FentOn opposition 10 the
durphy CustOm-house gang; eighth. the {
Iumner-MOtley Massachusetts modifea- /
ion. These, together with the brides ana j
Orruptions Of Grant with the SaptO Do /
milestone around his neck. sinks {
be party to everlasting infamv. {
RepoTter-Are you In favor Of free
rade3 ]
Mr. Train-NO, sir. Free trade means
,ngland; protection means America. s
% for prohibition that is, to give Mem !
one hundred thousand more Bsople /
! Eve years with cotton mills, wooden
lot0rfes and blast furnaces. &
Reportsr-Are you ia favor of w0man's
mirage and negro sufragey
Mr.. Train-I ana for Woman'a suffrage, a
al was the first 70 get the nine thousand G
otes Of Kansas In 1867, when I took this {
out Of the handsof B6ocber, Gree {
v.PhiIlips, Garrison, and Others, who were 3
mplv fOOling the ONE ] gave Susan J
/. Anthony fifteen thousand dollars to