Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-27
SPEEOH OF MR.. PENDLAN.

magnificent ovation ever known inln- tn
cor. Maine, or elsewhere in that e, pc
took place there on the 10th Of Af Al II
The following is the great speech ot fo
Pendleton, following an address on tn
come: ff4m e-e.os W.
Ladies' and Gentlemen, my FelA ~ ~
| Citizens ofthe State of Maine: &c C.,
obviously impossible for me to make NJ NJ
self heard throughout this vast asse1p",
blage unless there is the most profouErr
silence. / thought last night that yfap'
had ex hausted your enthusiasm ana vow
hosn;tality.y / see to day that was mita
taken. I see to-dsy that it is not only
the Democratic party of Maine, but int
reople of Maine, who are moved IN thd
right direction. [Applause. ] am req
;oiced at this magnificent meeting, tor ~
shows to me that the public calamity sits
heavily upon the public mind, and tnat
there is the beginning OF hope. ! am
reioiced at this demonstration, and when
90 back to my people in Ohio will tel
them that they must be upon their guard
or that the people of Maine will snatch
from their hands the laures which we
hoped In the hour of victory to place upon
the majestic brow OF our peerless oIa.e
[Applause. When Ireceived the INVITA-. !,
ton of your committee to attend .nI'
meeting I accepted it without hesitation
, desired to see this part OF my country
and then, my countrymen, desired te
breathe the pure air of your ocean, ane
to see that scenery ofwhose beauty nave
read 40 much. desired to see your I'M
messe forests and your capacious harborl
and your unrivaled ship-yards. ! desired
TO see the very home of our merchsn
! marine Twenty-three years ago, on tni
very day, i stood upon the pier OF mos
magnifcent harbor almost upon the othe
/, side of the world. A stiff breeze brough
in gallant ship; her flowing sails wer
all set her lofty masts lowered to the SKY
!. She was thing of beauty and OF grace
Shs contrasted wonderfully with the tno M
like crafts that were all around her. In
stars and stripes few at her masthead
and they told me she was built in Bangor
!. desired to see her builders. knew tha
thore we're points of sympathy betwee
tbe people Of the Northwest and you
Maine: that both, in our lines, were NJ
cessary TO each other. You build tn
sbins we raise the corn aud wheat an
s. nork. You are the carriers, we are th
producers. You carry our proouc'
abroad, and bring back, to us IN re.u.
o. the fruits fthe tropics, the cohee OF 1ou'
America, the teas OF CHINA, the oi's
Spain, the wines and silk OF France; an
the manufactures of Great Britain ICE
e. tity of material interests has produceo
sympathy in political opinions betvee
us Of Maine and Ohio. Admlue
as your State was, into the unie
in 1920. in the midst of the exclt
ment that grew out of the NILSSON
Comnromise. you have not give
birth upon your soil to any OF tho
nrominent agitators in politics wh
So hinder the guise of philanthropy and y
x. n,etensa of being the apostles OF pur
III p;y;I;zatiop. have disturbed the harmon
of onr people and perverted the syste
inc &c our Goyernment. When l recelv
to-. vorr Invitation, my mind was full OF II
COLLECTIONS of the trip l had made
~ WISCONSIN and Minnesota; aud my net
INK sxnlted at the thought that as i had trs
slsd one thousand miles toward !
northwest before crossed the MISS
s;nn;. before touched the outward co
of the great central basin, so 1 mis-
travel fifteeu hundred miles to the nor
OK east any yet be among my own couu.
men, in my own country. Leaving
home upon the banks CT the oeautl
river. 1 stood to-day underneath
nee. arching slms and admired the DC
2 streets Of your attractive city; M
am. with me the journey up the valley Q, o.,
Miami, over the broad helds o. ,ne S ~,
along the shores Of the great North'
lakes, over the fertile fields and exna'
less mines and towering mountains
Pepusylvauia, the England Of Amer
across the imperial domain OF the N
;mnerial New York, through the len
ofMassackuse..s, radient with the retu
of her industry, with Connecticut
Rhode Island dipping TO the sea on
one hand, and the Green Mountains
Vermont and the White Mountain
New Hampshire rising with snoS-v
maiesty TO the heavens on the o.
nv. through hospitsble Boston, along
f" shore. Of the ocean, along the noble
A denfures Of your own eossi, through
own thriving villages 70 the very ee
TRSn N vour noble aud magnificent 81
Who can be astonished that the hear
a. American citizen exnits, That DIS ?
$ OF beats high, and that his tongue uses
'inss. isnruage Of pride, and often Of exAl
= ,at;on. a. bis love Of country travel
..ssness Of territory and, variety
.-.rerV. climate and soils, opaisne
4. wealth and power such ~ thssi