Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-22

SENATOR WILSON IN New HAMPSHIRE
Gen. Wilson bad Il very cordial reception at
Manchester, Monday evening He spoke about
an hour and half, reviewing the history of the
TWO great political parties, showing that the dem
OcTanc party had steadily opposed all measures
N favor of the cause of liberty and the laboriuu
classes. He replied to the charges of the dem.
ocratlc party, one by one showed that the policy
Of making grants of public lands originated with
them, and that, before going out of power, the
amount tiley gave away would amount 70 four
times that which has been given away since 1860
The lands iastnamed were of little value, and
would ultimately result in farms for the poor
men, and open new averdes TO New EnalaDd's
sons, who would build the cans and engines. and
millions Of dol lars would come 10 us because the
PaciHc railroad was built. OF taxation he said :
The republican party, in taxing incomes. exempt
ed those who had hut little, and ali through if
has underworld TO tax luXuries highest and the
necessaries of life lowest. When | visited
the old world last wear had not much interest
in the tariff, but found that in England thew
said they were troubled because labor is TOO
high in America; it induced their laborng men
TO come to America and raised the prices there.
told them that il that was the case should
60 home more of a tariff man than ever was
before. II what they called the protective tariff
put up the price of labor in the United States
and raised the price there, il was just what
WANTED TO see, and to-day the price Of labor in
the mills and on the farms of England is higher
than it ever was before, and the Gien there as
cribe il largely TO the fact that the labor is so
well paid in the United States, and | thank God
it is so. (Applause) After re'errn" to the
rammauy ring, he said that The democratic
party accused the republicans of corruption. He
was willing they should follow republican
thieves. A republican thief was worse than
democratic thief, because he sinned against
more iight-(applausel-and had few examples,
while the democratic party furnished many.
IL cI,C Jaf,1
and losses there had been in the
war and treasury departments since
the war begun, and by collectors and pen
SIGN agents during Grants administration;
claiming also that the republicans punished
their thieves, as was shown in the case of an
army officer at Baltimore, and the republicans
did not-that was the difference. Tweed, Con-
molly, Sweeney, Garvey, Ingersoll--not one of
the New York thieves was convicted and sen
fenced, and he predicted they never would be-
A democratic congressman had given il as his
deliberate opinion that they never would be.
Referring to the New York custom house and to
the presidency, he said: When the investigating
committee was first appointed Secretary Bout
well informed them that there were three points
to be carefully eXamined-the general order
business, the moiety allowed to officers and the
manner of treating travellers and their baggage.
IhlS committee will report and legislation
will follow Moreover, the president has direct
Ell the secretary to devise a plan, which
he is now carefully preparing, to take the
place of the general order business, and to pro-
vide remedy by which, to use the presidents
own words, nobody shall make any money,
either the government or individuals, that it
may all 90 TO the benefit of our business inter
csts.N Just before left Washington ! had a
talk with democratic congressman, and he
said he was glad was coming to New Hamp-
shire; for, said he, five should carry New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut, the democratic party
would lose their heads, and nominate either
Breckenridge or Davis. | do not think the demo-
cratic party will nominate any man who has
any republican strength in the country. think
they will select one of their own men; republic
can nomination would be the substantial dis
banding of the party, and many of their best
men say they would lose hundreds of thousands
of votes. men who would vote with us or not at
all. There are certain men in the country who
think they have great influence with certain
classes-with prohbtionist labor men, free
rraders,s protectionists, Germans OF other eIc-
ments; but l believe that the people of the
country follow their own convictions, and allow
no man to buy and sell them.