The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-07-21


Anrrtfaa has bsen Toiag Tie reoais
a ibs cepferbead pres, purPoring
70 t,e fnn = speech q Senator liar-
ris, vbich speaks * drafting As a
: arspo5ie measure. and again g.
used only BY desposs, This the
Cemlu calls Huenlion % II orlcr 70
an4 sxcase for the rioters. and thus
prepare ,he way far over'trowiug tie
argument 81 the Journal. We call
the attention Of the Courier 70 the
following from the Albany Eroaag
Joaraal in relsiion to that extract.
Il is only necessary 10 say that
Judge Harris nersr made fbis yeecA
nor any spsseh Ike t. The extract
which the .f,gps publishes is an ez-
sci quotation from 3 speech made by
Senator Bayard on the 26th day ot
February, 1868, a. Published in the
Washington National baiet'igsHcer at
the time.
Such are The means employed by
these men TO make cut their case.
From willfal prversion Of the mean
ing aud intent Of public measures,
they have naturally fall,n to making
false extracts for the sake Of putting
their sentiments in the mouths Of red.
peetsble men. There seems 10 be
nc escape upward for these men. On
the contrary every effort plunges
them still deeper into The depths Of
infamy. A cause that has to be prop.
ped up by such means, can certainly
have no affinity with truth and JUS
iice.
The Courier then proceeds directly
to the subject in hand in the use Of
words which have, ut least. the merit
Of being plain and to the point.
The assertion Of the Manchester
journal that these riots are the result
Of the political creed Of the democra-
cy, is false and scandalous.
The Courier viii please remember
that We said the so-called democracy,
for we do MT acknowledge that those
who have lately usurped the demo-
cratic name have the least right to
claim is honors or assume TO act upon
its principles. The democrats Of bet
ter days, having had an important
part in building up the nation, are de-
icrnlined 10 preserve it, even though
they be compelled tor a time to act
with political opponents. The party
which now calls itself democracy, is
largely composed Of renegade ab)li-
iionists and decayed Know-noihings,
Who were initiated into the democrat
cy after its noblest principles had been
suffered 10 die out.
The Courier then goes on TO affirm
on il, own part that the Democracy is
IN favor OF !" justice, law and order
Pure Democracy may be, but what
the Courier calls Democracy most
certainly is not. Unless the history
Of the last few years is al a SANDER
and lie, this assertion is as far from
truth rs Heaven il from earth. Before
le can verify that he must blot out
from the plain-wrilten pages of IIisto.
ry many record Of violence and
wrong. In denial Of our assertion and
in support of his own proposition he
gives not a word Of proof or argument.
To brand an assertion ms false and
scandalous' without being able to
give one short sentence in support Of
his own opinion 10 the contary, is Ger
tainly neither a display of common
courtesy nor Of common sense. We
declared that the riot was brought about
by the political preaching OF the politi-
clans Of the school Of Wood. We gave
our reasons for the assertion and can
do so again. From the time when these
politicians first dared TO disclose their
true sentiments, they have a.tfully
appealed to The passions ofmen. For
their own base ends they have inham-
cd ana eHasperated the minds OF the
lower classes. They have told them
that they were the victims Of tyran-
ny worse than those Of Europe -
They have told them that the
government oniy shoaglt " ri.v~a
a. iii food for powder. They have
tod them that they were TO be torn
from their homes TO shed their blood
when a single negotiation wouh put
all things TO rights. They have shrek
ed madly on the sireet-corncrs 10 pass
ers-by about resisting the CONSUMPTION
and preserving their imperiled hber-