The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-27
l. he Eyojuting backward 7


Mr.. GEORGE FRANcIs TRAIN Is still in Chi
cago where he has been explaining the doc
trincs Of cvolutcd philosophy TO Interested
multitudca Mr.. TRAIN announces his in
tcntion Of staying in Chicago uutil the bust
ness in hand l. settled. He proposes to sue
the Chicago Post and the journal for $4,000
each, and the Chicago Tribune for $4,000,
for expressing doubts as TO the entire sound
ness of his intellect. That is the business
which dctains Mr.. TRAIN in the West.
The Chicago Post. 1t appears was favored
with postal card communication from Mr.
TRAIN, conveying tho courteous offer of
box at McCormicli's Hall, where Mr.. TRAIN
expected to deliver the FIRST OF n series of
phlos phic discourscs. This polite com
munication the Post printed under the head
line, "A Lunatic Heard From" The journal
went even further, and editorially venturcd
to prophcsy that SHOULD GEORGE FRANCIS
TRAIN die, his will will be disputed on the
ground OF insanity" As we have Mr..
TRAINS authority for the statement that he
intends to live to be at least two hundred
years old, the JomnoFs prophecy is ridicu
lousy premature, besides being of n SLAM
dcrous character But the Tj'ibune's libel was
the most outrageous of all. In the face of
the celebrated verdict Of shcrfl"s special
jury in New York five years ago, the tribune
hcraldcd Mr.. TRAIN AZ Crazy GEORGE
FRANCIS" and called his Introductory dis
course an eccentric haranguc by the Cham
piou Lunatic of the world" ian cx-
traordinary hodge podgc," and other harsh
and libcllous names, almost too numerous 10
mention.
II the Post and journal libcls were worth
$4,000 damages apiece, $4,000 would GER
tainly bc cheap escape for Mr.. JOSEPH
MEDfLL. But IL strikes the impartial mind
that Mr.. TRAIN Is about even with Chicago
already. He has expressed his opinion Of
that slandcrous city in the following lively
language:
Chicago macadamizcd with jails a.l ans and aims.
house. Is the down grade Planted IN swamp
Butt hv accident on quagnirei Jack screwed every
year Ia Keep 1t out the lake shinglcd all over with
runous Eastern mortgages Saturated with alcohol to
bacco. aud opium Diseased with hog meat and Texan
rindcrpcst' Settled by cntcrprisng business men from
the East Whose capital consisted OF cheek brag and illus
ter. whose enterprise and morality Is made w " Tweed
ism, Grantism and Bccchonsm' who grew rich out Of
their trustee handling OF the worlds donation funds after
the great fire. No wonder the city treasury is bankrupt
aud its people bordering stafy aion IA the face Of ec
,ators allied with corni'
Is not this an intellectual revenge that
ought TO satisfy an cvoluted philosopher Z
We are surprised to learn that Mr.. TRAIN
seeks pccuniary compensation for the triillng
injury done his feelings he himself cannot
bc injurcd-by the Chicago newspapers. A
philosopher, and particularly an cvoluted
philosopher, ought to be as insensible to
the arrows OF cnvious malice and the sings
Of jecring hostility rs he is Indifferent to
the praises Of the multitude. Can il be that
Mr.. TRAIN is evoluting backward
If no philosophic consideration can impel
Mr.. TRAIN to n mcrciful course toward the
Chicago editors, We beg leave TO remind
him that processes OF law are long and UNI
certain, and that the grass is already green
in Madison square and the sparrows chirp-
ing wistfully while the children who fire.
qucnt that pleasant park are roaming
around disconsoatc, their little appctitcs
yearning with the spring hunger for pea
nuts and philosophical instruction.