Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-09-02
ANOTHER foLuTicAt DISCUSSION
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LANCASTER WORSE WHIPPED THAN HoBsoN.
DIR. Il. f. Lancaster of Wiscssset, made his ap
pearance at Wet Gardiner Friday evening, and
proposed to discuss the financial question with
Gen. Hall. The General expressed his entire will
ingness to hold the discussion, but stated that it
was not treating Mr.. Heath fairly, who was an
uounced to speak, and who yielded his time al
Hsllowell, to allow the discussion. Mr.. Heath,
however, thought he should be amply rewarded
by the pleasure of seeing another champion of
m room inc money slain, and so again yielded his
time. DR.. Lancaster was given full scope and al
low ed to make his own terms, As to time of speak
ing. &C., which was acceded to.
Gen. Hall opened in q speech Of twenty minutes
stating clearly his position, defining with marked
effect the necessities and functions Of money +,
proving that we need 1t as measure of value
and medium Of interchange of property. He then
put the Doctor upon the d, fensive, by cha ging
home upon him inconsistency in his new position
and severely arraignng the greenback party and
its leaders.
DR.. Lancaster then made his speech of one hour,
being simply repetition of Leo Miller, bowling
about the ruin, misery and starvation am ,ng the
people of the country. Here 4 perceptible smile
ran over the faces of his audience, made up
as it was OF the wetodo farmers of that thrifty
region, and one could hardly refrain from pity for
q speaker who put himself in such a position. fe
the people were being ground to death by the tax
es TO the general government, which the poor
paid, while the rich were exempt. He pitched in
to the acts of Congress creating the loans, and
made the fatal buder of misquoting q part and
Withholding part Of a section of law; went for
the nstiopal banks. and closed by saving that the
republican and democratic parties were dying, and
that the new party, made up Of the honest men of
the country, was coming into power.
Gen. Hall, in his reply of forty minutes, fair
| y M n n
sions. He rdiculed his sad tale of hunger asked
how many OF the farmers present were hungry
OF how many of their CHI dren were suff, ring for
the want of food or clothing. lie had failed to
discover any of this desttution 10 kennebec cou n
ty.
The General then took up the cry of nat iona
taxation, and showed that every dollar going TO
support the general government, except that col
lected as duties upon sugar and moIssses and the
stamp upon matches, was collected upon articles
which are used by the the rich and Injurious
and not by the poor and the lsboring man, as the
Doctor claimed. He took up the various srtcle-
such Is liquors, cigars, rich silks, kid gloves, dia
monds, etc., and adIoitly asked how many of the
thrifty farmers present were ground down by tax
es upon such al tcles. From these sources every
dollar comes that goes to pay the interest upon
the debt, and for the support of the general gov
eminent; and they in no way embariass the la
boring man.
The General then with great effect arraigned
the Doctor for his unfair quotations Of the law
governing the loans, declaring it to be rule 10
in debate, that where one misquoted quoted q
part Of q section, where he omitted to quote the
balance of the same section which against
his cause, his opponent had the right to claim
that the whole argument of the one so misquotng
must fall.
The General closed with puDgent quotations
from history which go to overthrow the new par
ty theory, and it wa. the opinion of the audience
that never was one more thoroughly demolished
than DIR. Lancaster
Herbert NJ Heath then spoke for few mo-
meDts with great force, and in b1icf colloquy
with Or. Lancaster, completely vanqushed him
10 regard to his statement of the laws governing
losns. AT the commencement OF the meeting
Mr.. Heath stated this was the second time he
had yielded his time TO these assuming, deiuded
men, and it would afford him pleasure TO fight it
out with any greenbacker who might fit to
ask for the encounter But he desired the contro-
versy with man.