The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-08-24


tage. spd the only neUogfst wbo sfanas
mueh ohshee % taiag stlp esc'ed 10
gbat po.ittm, asd u uhlls sim wss b
dtl-nt tie ton 81 "a 81 J iaes smmons
u OBJ, rRa ~ e~suveu'ioa atsnsairo
lated, Cuisls haefs as pai ia naaius
iien he afterwards dee ned in favor 81
Mr Sib'ey. paiies Do mtsu ana de
eisriug ihe rlrrtira Is ul-r al diace 81.
al parliamentary tsv apa usage Cbids
undertook Is tUa tbe Sis4c convention
but gvt hs8s ,aubb q tug was mere
snccrssiul vi tbo district convention
rtc.e laeis we lcayu from Democrats
who sre Supposed 10 tea he ifutb. Childs
did not claim auy superiority q any Of
ihe Democratic candidates over lac Re
publican but hoped tbrre wou'd be per-
irct freedom GA both slides 10 scratching
o. ectiopsblc uams. it IS only by the
scrsicbiug process. and sp3ittiekcts that
the Democrats have any show far kuy Of
their candidates II 4. an old game o.
their, aud viii hardly work this year
Chiids next nllOled 70 ihc silegcu attempt
81 the Fairbanks % gets large amount Of
their property exempt from taxation
which VIZ have shown TO be false IN an
other calumn.
Childs then made the statement thst
the government had spent more none
~ The II scar, since the war than the ~
trars presi.sus 20 ne war Over 5000.
100000 81 itis have gone 10 wards
puing ihc wst d,bt, abtl more than that
,um 10 Interest an he debt, pensions and
other expense. o~u GU of the war
which being deducted aud tie baiauce
retnced "a ! . ia bs.i. Would DOT show
much tKp iot ears log an The or
ttosty ,Nln u-,-, I gtysram bs p = capita
Il. 81 ,,u. D. tttv tte'gwar TIE only
complaint yh.t elh be msut with any
show OF reason - tuar lie war was not
carried IN ~ chebpls as Il ought to have
been whicA complaint lhe Democrats
have hardly cheek enough 10 mske. The
speaker several Time, rttetItd 10 The poor
down ltOddtn State % South Carolina as
tie Only state where ruilages cun now
bt ulauniae,Hr. 10 ,rdgi, aud referred
90 ihe tlsmbutg massacre aud otter out
RACES a.. gotieu Up Tor political effect
This reference was made because South
Carolina i. under Republican goverf-
ment The TACT i. the Hamburg maSsa-
Gre was mainly porpetrnted by foughs
who crossed the river from Georgis, aud
the poor oppressed Ntsre OF South Caro-
lha with a %popualian larger than The
city Of New York has a debt ~ $4,000
900 white New York CHy which has nj.
WAYS been under Democratic ruie has u
debt OF Sl5O, 100000.
The remainder ui Mr. Chllds' lengthy
speech was mainly oeyoted 10 defending
1ilden from shat he termed foul sland-
els. He said That liiden had contributed
literally towards sending troops to the
war and hat he had documents TO prove
IL. II would have been the featute OF
the evening and something that no Dem
o]cratic orator has yet been able to do to
produce the proofs. lie SAID that 1ildcn
opposed the peace resolution in the Chi
cagp convention, bat ii Tilden bad been
strongly la lavOr vi prosecuting the war
be would have spoken out IN meeting SO
loudly that the country would have heard
and understood at the time instead OF
being obliged 10 substantive 1t by doubt
tui testimony twelve years after. The
.p~alas a%ttSih"ted The ~radnciiah Of tax
has been shown time aud lime again by
figures that cannot he misunderstood that
The reductions i due TO The fact that the
Republicans had nearly finished paying
the debt aud not to any reduction OF ex-
penses.
Cbilds is q very good speaker and was
frequently spplanded. We are sorry
our space viii moi enable us to do il
fuller idstice. lie made a great many
general statements about frauds and
thievcry among o~iice-holders, but like
all the rest did not state where a single
dollar had been stolen and we are bound
10 say he could not.
Mr.. w. g. Whitney, Of New York, was
then introduced and made a short but
6rst-rate speech, Our report Of il, which
we have prepared, will be deferred until
next week, owing 10 lack " space