The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-10-24

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h.s statement uga. HaG4ce Greeley
was hostile 10 slavery solely for reas
oas connected will partisan politics.
Iaai Was al That be cared nothing
ataut ibc interests Of the free working.
man rs proved BY che fact that be has
steadily and vehemeuty opposed every
step that has leea takea toward re,
ieviBg the products Of industry from
the oppressive burthcus Of taxation.
Add il that were bot enough 10 iudi-
cate bis real sentiments on the subject
We have the following statement made
by Gov McCook Of Colorado at a meet
log Of the officers Of soldiers aud sail.
ors' clubs 10 the city Of New York, ON
Thursday last Said the Governor:
Horace Greeley declared in bis Gin
ciuuati speech that be was the cham.
pion Of the laboriug men Of the country.
| declare 70 you that he is not, unless
time and circumstances have made
great changes ia hiscouyictions. Just
after the war closed / was sitting IN
the room Of Senator Chandler Of Mich-
gau--senator Wade Of Ohio and 9th
crs were present when Horace Gree
lcy's card, soon followed by himself.
came up. After some conversation Oh
other subjects Mr Greeley addressed
himself 10 the Senators and said 4hese
Id enormous expenditures on The part
u the government must be Stopped at
once There must be some sort II con-
traction qfthc currency that lciH reduce
The trtce Of iaj0r' Mr.. Greeley said
that he was building house, or some
thing Of that kind, aud was compelled
to pay four and four and half dollars
per day for labor, and that so long as
the government continued to pay out
large amounts Of money, and SO long
as grcenbacks continued so abundant,
the wages Of the laborer roould remain
erorbtiam Something must be done
to remedy this and whatd'o you suppose
this remedy was, as suggested by this
champion Of the laboring men Of the
country! 1t was to begin by
reducing the pay of soldiers and sailors
and cutting down the pensions Of the
wounded, and widows and orphans.
This unseldsh patriot and philosopher
proposed then to two Senators Of the
United States, while the wounds Of the
gallant old fellows who fought through
the war We're not yet healed, that the
pay Of soldiers and sailors should be
cut down aud their pensions reduced,
IN order that no could haze has house butlt
cheaper. This friend of the working
men insisted on calling in tho aid Of
special legislation in order that the
price of labor might be reduced so
that he and others like him might in
future pocket doller or two day out
Of the hard earnings Of mechanics and
laboring men that they might have had
occasion 10 employ. This may have
been an evidence Of a very unselfsh
desire 10 promote the interests Of the
laboring classes but at that time,
when he was not canvassing for votes,
il appeared to me much more like de-
sire to put money in his own pocket at
their expense ! ....... ...
There we have Horace Greeley as
no is, stripped of the veneering of soil.
eitude for the interests of working.men
which he has hoped to use for the pur-
pose of concealing his true character.
Instead Of being friend Of labor, he
would gladly be its oppressor.- Troy