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He Is Not A Thief

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Day
19
Month
August
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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'l"o followtng, respecting Captain Manly, is taken tram the ïpsilamtlan: "Ttoee w4w have known Capt. Manly for maiiy years, wil! not claim tlint he is without offense, especiaJly when on the stump. He baa a vlgorous Imagination r.nd o f!ood of oloquenco whon speaklmg of his political opponent, which carry hiin headloog int-o statements, the truth of which san liever bo made appareot, and tho BOiril Df wliich shows maJlee and nianners antteodniMg to a gentteman; nevertlieless. it wlll be diificult to mako even tliis. who recogniie these gbort comings in hlm believe he ever stole that $300.50. Tliey misht not feol called upon to defend the red paint eposide, but -when it comes to $300.50, that is quite another question. Manly didn't steal it. He is a freo trader of course, but lie drn.ws the lino this side of $800.50, and wc ure indueed to think, This side of red paint. Alter all, didn't the democrat senators steal ti-o seats In the aenate last winter, and it is poesiWe that the captain has been misled by that example nto the bellet that stealing was therey made respectable ? We cannot beieve it, and the receipt which t he captain shows tor the money as turned over to Sprasue is surely a valid lefense, and puts tte board toto a tole vfiiere they will emell brlmstone e thoy get ont, if they do not airea dy."

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Ann Arbor Courier