Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-01
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER /, $780,
" A Hard Cheek"

Lord Macaulay, in his review of the
Memoirs of Barere," who was a secret
agent Of police under Napoleon, enumerates
various kinds Of lies, notable in the annals
of mendacity, and assigns the palm to the
lies of Barere himself, in regard to which he
remarked: "a person who has never seen
Niagara has but a slight conception of a
cataract; he who has never assembled Mount
Blanc can form no idea of the grandeur Of a
mountain; so one who has never read these
memoirs does not know what lie really
is" The pinnacle of mendacity upon
which he placed Barere was undoubtedly
deserved at the time he wrote, and the
great historian did him no more than simple
justice. But Macaulay had never seen a
presidential campaign in this country, nor
read Democ ratio bouncer in all its ex-
uberance of fancy and disregard of facts
AS has been noted in another column, the
Hon. John X. Tarbox of Lawrence, Massa-
chusetts, spoke here upon the Democratic
side, last Thursday night, and made ri
He left here for Boston on the noon train of
Friday. Arriving there in the evening, he
went to the office of the Boston Post and
caused the following dispatch to be printed,
which for "cheek " and impudence, sur
passes anything we ever knew even from
Democratic stump speaker:
MONTPELIER, Vt, August 81.
There was an immense crowd at Montpelier to
listen to the speech in reply to the Republican
speech of Hon. b. f. Fified, upon national issues,
by Hon. John X. Tarbox of Lawrence, Massachu.
Sets last night. Mr.. Tarbox fully answered
the points and cut the boosted campaign speech
of Mr.. Fifield into nfnitessimal fragments
There were over two thousand people in attend
ance. Extra trains were run from points on the
MIR Riuer Railroad, and from Burn. The Re-
publicans were afraid to have their people heal
the speech of Mr.. Tarbox, and so organized q
free train to Waterbury, Vermont, and took then
out of town, but they were not missed: The ut
most enthusiasm was exhibited and the speaker
frequently cheered. 4. X. Apgar OF New iorl
and Colonel A. NJ. Waddell Of North Carolina
were called for at the close Of Mr.. Tarbox
speech and made brief remarks, which wer
loudly cheered. The speaking was under thu
auspices Of the Young Men Hancock and Englisl
Club, Harry G. Dewing, president After the Re
publicans returned from Waterbury they went t,
the residence of Hiram Atkins, chairman of tn
Democratic state committee, and groaned in
most insulting manner challenge is to b
made to the Republicans to meet Hon. j. X. Tai
box at any time or place in the state before cleo
ton, and discuss the matters jointly-dare the.
come to time? GRArrAN.
The italics are ours. If some irrespons
BILE scribbler here had sent such dispatch
it would have been bad enough; but fo
Mr.. Tarbox himself to write, or cause sue
a dispatch to be written, to the office of tn
Post, is an act Of which he ought to b
ashamed. As the boys say, he rather "gay
himself away" when he wrote Milk Rive
railroad" and "Burn." He ought to ha,
informed himself little better as to tn
nomenclature of the places.