Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-08-22
Eiexti0neering CIap-trap Exploded.

Ex-senator Doolittle recently made
an able and telling political speech at
Gardner Maine, in which he thus expos
ed some of the absurd Campaign
falschoods Of the Gyu1t-Republicans
in REGARD to the election of Greeley. e.
Br0wn:-
FELLow-C rrIzENs-Before entering
upon the discussion Of the causes
which have produced the great move.
mcnt Of the Democratic and Liberal
Republican masses, | wish to put aside
some things which are addressed to
the fears Of many conscientious Re
publicans. Senator Morton, of In
diana, says if the Liberal movement
succeeds and Mr. Greeley is elected
President, as he surely will be great
cheeringl we shall assume the rebel
dept or repudiate our national debt.
There are three answers to this: first,
the Constitution as as amended for
bids either; second, the reputation Of
debt would involve the credit upon
which our currency and legal tenders
are based, and no man North or South
could be 50 suicidal as to think Of that
while the rebel debt is not worth a
mill ON the dollar, and no man in his
senses, black or white, would dream
OF adding thousand millions and
more to our present burdens, But
the third answer is the rebel bonds on
their face are made payable six months
after the independence Of the Conted-
crate States shall be acknowledged by
the United States. When will that
event take place? Then, and not till
then, will the debt become due that
event will never occur. He says that
if Mr. Greeley is elected, we shall pay
for the slaves cmancipated. This al
so, like the former, is forbidden by the
Constitution of the United States, and
by the Constitutions of the Southern
States. He also says that we shall be
called upon to pension rebel soldiers.
In reply to this charge, which Senator
Morton made in a speech in Missouri,
Gen Reynolds made aspeech in pres nce
of nearly 2000 Confederate soldiers in
that State. His answer was substan-
TALLY this That any soldier who had
lost a LEG or an arm in battle against
the Government would be lost to all
sense of manhood and become a beg
gar before he could do that. What!
ask a pension Of the Government he
sought to destroy? 1t was insulting
to their manhood to charge upon them
any such wish besides, it would be a
swindle upon those who fought to sus-
tain the Government He said the
people Of the North had the great ma
jority and could always prevent such
IN outrage. But, said he, if under
the appeals Of demagogues at the
North, any such attempt should be
made, just call to the Confederate sol
dcrs across the line, and they would
vote the insult and the swindIe down.
This speech Of Gen. Reynolds was
endorsed unanimously by all the Con
federatc soldiers present and from all
parts Of the State. Mr. Doolitte then
went into the history of the relation
between the loyal and rebel Chero-
KEGS and Choctaws in 1866. lie
showed also the results Of the Liberal
movement in the State of Missouri,
which came with the election of b.
Gratz Brown upon the basis Of univer-
sal amnesty i'll 1870, and then for
about one hour discussed the causes
which led to the present great upris-
ing of the people, and demonstrated .
the clear duty of all honest Democrats
and Of all honest Republicans to IL
mite to sustain the movement and to
elect Greeley and Brown. lie closed
his address by most earnest appeal
to the people Of Maine to carry the
election in September by the triumph
ant election OF Mr.. KimbaIl for Gov
vernon, and by the election of some
true Democrat or Liberal Republican
in the place of Mr. Blaine. [Tremend-
Gus applause.
Henry Wilson has told SO often