Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-26
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THE MAss-HEETAs At ASSEMBLY 4AlL
LAST NIGHT.
GRANT IkFEAeAED = JOHNSON kOEI
HATED Fen HGYOR-sURAATsM
TOHEAD the PRESIDENTIAL
TICKET.
Ne BREACHES TO-NsHT ON PasAEIsM.

GeorRs FrEncis Train presented him
self again last night at the Assembly
hail 10 q numerous audience, principally
men. His first appearance on the stage
was as u~susl-the signal for q burst of ap-
plauBe. He possessed his usual personal
attractions and appeared TO be In his best
humor and looked his prettiest. His voice
was as soft and - oily a. ever after his
765th great mass-meeting the previous
night, He commenced his lecture with
the recital Of Q fine spresd-eagle yarn and
half of q verne, after which he ran over,
historically, the early struggles Of tDe
American people for life and bread nrst
and then Tor liberty. He said they were
Fenisns who pitched the tea overheard in
Boston harbor.
A. proof OF his ffshowp for the presi-
Dental chair In II he snatched q copy OF
the New York Tribune which lay on his
hat and exclaimed: HIf you have any
doubt of my being president Just look at
Greeley in his filthy sheet spread out
a whole columnof his peculiar dirt against
Train. Here 1t is" said g T. T.. point
ing to the paper with one hand while ne
held il with the other, there IL . whole
column devoted TO Train q you have
any doubt OF my going to theWhiteHouse
in '723" he Esve sn Interesting account
OF his experiences in Ireland when he was
arrested for being q Fenisn. When asked
by the governor OF b all In Dublin what
religion he was OF, he replied that he was
q Mormon! He secuted the usual forms
Of religion, because the professors were
all trying to keep the people out OF he'll,
while be was trying to keep hell out OF
hell. (Lsughter) He said the greatest
misfortune that befen him in Ireland was
getting s young girl into trouble by plac-
ing his photograph In her prayer-book,
among the saints. He said II the church
interfered in his canvass for the presi-
dency he would burst the whole concern.
TIE MAss-MKRTINe.
After he concluded his lecture he said
he was ready 70 go on with his mass
meeting. He called for 8 vote. There
was one vote of no." "Wen," said G..
F. T., "you can go out" The laugh was
raised az the expense of the unlucky in
dividual, who kept quiet all the night
after.
BE commenced his mass meeting by
saying he was the enemy Of all parties, all
conventions, all primaries and political
hugger muRgering for office in dark
nj No primary was rel equal to
this Train mass meeting; not 3 drunken
man in the audience, o u that would
attempt to make Q disturbance, not n
that would, in the presence Of ladies, say
a word TO disturb the harmony of this
emplary mass-meetiRg.
He entered vigorously on the three great
qualifications Of q Observation-Disclosures
power, physical ability and moral quslh-
In answer TO the question-whst about
the 1867 he replied, II you have q hundred
and five members OF parliament, bankers
gentlemen here who have nominated g
for mayor and that man is Mr..
johnson, your present mayor, why they
are right. He is q good man.
TIMES ARE CHANGINe-RKFoRMs
THROUGHOUT TIE WORLD
The world Is moving, breaking up the
old rings and cliQaes-religious, social and
political. [Applause.l In Japan, I saw,
In September, thst thGy had adopted pub
lie schools, the Roman alphabet, railroads,
and telegraphs. [Applause
In Egypt, in October, 1 saw that the
women had ceased to cover their faces
with q veil, and they attend public schools
rahesr'1, and railroads and telegrsphs
penetrate ths country beyond the
lower catarscts; and the lakes Albert,
and Victoria Nyanzs [applausel,
the sources of the great river OF Africa,
will become as tie lakes of America, the
OF empire and a richly accomplishing
commerce. 1t seemed to me IS / passed
the Pyramids that [''good'1 all the people
Of TIE east III moving. l"Hear."l /
found in India t~hirty-eight Thousand miles
Of telegraph had been put sp, and six
thousand miles Of railroad since my visit
10 Bengal in 1856; and several hundred
miles Of canals had been opened to irrigste
The land and assist the develop
msnt of wonderful commerce.
.Cheers.l Eyerywhere there is pro-
gress, save in Europe and America. |
That's SOL Here we are bound by polit-
parties that are sucking the lfe-blood
Of the republic and destroying all that we
ereoted by q industry. lToo true
We must force the idle, lazy, ~vagabond
hanging on TO the Dent dynasty |
laughter out Of the way, and let the
IS they ought, lead the des-
OF the country. Applause
IN office, kick him out As q dirty, lazy
log, an ash-pit terrier, worthless and
hGnkless. daughter and spplsuse.l
TEE APATH OF THR CITIZENS.
And yet while these gigantic changes in
Asis, Africa, Europe and America stag
late in church and State, our patience
nd syncope psrslyzs the people. lSen-
In mind and morals, In govern
and finance, in taxes and l~egisls-
ion, the freest people On the tscs OF the
[lsughteTl are trusting In anal
oats and stsge-cosches using mail-begs
OF telegraph; and never saw a
ewing machine or one of McOormick's
eapeTs, [Applause Obsolete dogmas,
party ecHmenicals, fossiliferous
'lstforms, primeval resolutions, antede
1visn oaucuses, but no pluck, n man.
God, no sunlight, no hope; And yet we
oEst OF our enterprise, energy and great
iess. lSensstion.l
OWN WITH THE POLITICIANS n UP
WITH TIE PEOPLE. |,
A Yoioe-Whst Will become of the poll
Mr.. Train-They must take of their
oats and roll up their sleeves, and get
yer Jordan by their own labor. Zap
There Is no room in this country
Dr. brswlers, demagogues and dead-bssts.
The time has arrived for
zen too respectable 70 vpts to come for
Fard and save the nation. Applause
hose noD-voting Beaoons snd Fifth Az
should be d~enationalized or take
q their kid gloves and do some honest
sbor to break mp the Dsnt dynasty. L
Applause In selecting Grant you vote
u all his relations ana every miserable
og In the LAND that hews and splits and
Kinks and harlots away his time. [Sen.
at1on.l Hers, In Memphis, you must
Ally around Il
az WoRKISGNAN's CANDIDATE FOR
% MAYOR. \
No ereedl No psrtyi No nationality
ringsl No side-showl But q long
MI, q strong pull and . pull altogether
II Johnson. lCheers.l Let Italians and
-ish, Americans and Germans, white men
I'D black men, Catholics and Professionals
II ono strike hands through the Train I
ague and elect the hrst candidate nomi-
sted outside Of party, hummer and csu-
Is. [GoOd and We will This starts the
AL land Memphis carries Tenness0e-Ten- ,
sssee carries the South-the South car :
the nation, and rsinbows viii fill all )
70 southern sky. lCheers.l So let the ,
y go out that the next president says !
lily N candidate for mayor, and his
sme Is John johnson, the workipgman
the iron foundry and in the tin and Z
on mandatory. rCheers, and nobody
JohnEon fer mayor."1 aII
Eat THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HEzDs.
A voice-whst do you think of the
ississippif
Mr.. Trsin-It is . big thing. [Lsugh- =
RI We want: Z
Ftrst-A ship canal to Barrstaria Bay, !,
81 the Great Esstern may and at the \
harf At New OEleans. ["That's so."l !
SScoDd-To reclaim the valley fcom n
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