New-York tribune., 1868-04-09
Gnr SEYMOER Is 4 LIAR.

There is no nObler, no wOTthieT duty deyOv
ing on the good patriot than that Of instructing
and enlightening his fellow-citizens with regard
to the functions and operations of the Govern
mtnt under which they live. He may be
preiudced in his views and mistaken in some
of his conclusions yet if he Is honest and
candid-above all, if he takes care to state
facts precisely as they exist, ald never MS
lead his hearers as to what has actually taken
pace-he can hardly fail to do good. Let him
give History her honest due. and he can hardly
lead his hearers far astray by his deductions
and arguments.
But OF all eyl-dOcrs the Political Liar-one
vino habtually and enormously falsihes occur
rences and statistics, thereby deceiying and
misguidIDg honest, well-meaning men, whose
leisure and opportunities for studying documents
are inferior 10 his owns among the basest
aud most wicked. He is like belligereDt who
poisons fountains, burns hospitals, and de-
COWS the eueny's vessels into his power by
displaying a flag of distress. No malefactor
more richly deserves the Scorn and execration
OF mankind.
On the evening of Friday, the 81 inst. ex
Gov Horatio Seymour made speech TO large
Democratic meeting at Bridgeport, Conn, which
was printed in The World of next morning
too late to allow of the exposure of it's false
hoods with the following commendation:
We give in full tins morning the speech made by
exceedingly able effort and j, dey circulated could NOT
hGbits"
That it had considerable effect, the votes OF
Bridgeport and of Fairfield County would seem
to indicate. Bridgeport went Republican last
year by some 80 majority, and is this year car
ried against MS by thrice that number
We turn, then, to the speech itself and we
lind il 10 consist mainly of variations and i'm
provements on this fundamental assertion:
NOW. when the Republican party inaugurated the
policy OF governing the South BY force II involved the
necessity OF maintaining great srmes-great standing
armies. II involved great national expense. The war
more Than si5oOOOO mainioin army keep N, peo
pie Of me SO W sbyecOn-a people that ought rather
TO be helping us TO bear the cost Of governing the nation
Applause
In prosecuting this line of argument Gov
Seymour says:
Ny friend Gen sekles says nothing better than the
governors down South That may be very well for the
governors there. with their salaries but you afford
have that state OF things ehs when we show you that
than 500 900 year hare Dee1i pdSfed f order 10
public faith safe III there danger greater desc
ation falling upon In this land. If this policy is
you and you complain OF your taxes These taxes are
imposed FOR the purpose OF paying our unwise public
DEBT Now. SlOOOOO,OOO are raised, and Otd OF u The
creditor Oels only 100000 Where do me S0O0 900 gOE
ask the capitalists ask the who hold these bonds
II il is wise and prudent apd right 70 uphold this policy
and impose these taxes the people 10 uphold
policy that endangers the liberties OF land ask
you can you sustain these who waste ~ Of the
pies money where they devote one 70 the payment OF
the public creditor e. lAPplausel.
We bave copied sufficiently to show that
there can he no typographical blunder or mistake
as 10 the ex-Governor's meaning. What he
fully intended 20 assert, and to have his
hearers and readers believe, Is this: -" Ii will
cost this year more than Sl50,0000OO to main
" tain an army to keep the people of the South
" in sabiecton;' and we show you that more
" than S3OOOOO 900 a year have been wasted
Il" in order to uphold this policy of Reconstruc-
/" ton :" and that Now, S4OO,OOO,0OO are raised,
" and out of it the Lpublicl creditor gets only
SlOO0OO,OOO.T These assertions are the bases
the ground plan of his speech, which give it
all It's force and pungency.
Can there be any mistake as to this Surely
not. We turn then to the report of Gen.
Grant as Secretary of War ad interim, made in
November last and read as follows
fiscal year ending June 80 1869 Inert ycar t77ie7o7
and even this includes S1O.52s7 76a for the En-
gineer and 81 .j3S,GS4 for the Ordnance Bureau,
beside $33j0le for West Paint. and other