The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
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HON. GRO. II. PENDLETON,


Pendleton received a magnificent oya-
ton IN the city of Bangor, Maine
The entire population turned out en-
1lasse and the surrounding country
for radius of fifty miles was repre-
sented by thousands. A procession
of the staIwart ldmbermen of the Pc
nobscot Valley, tastefuily uniformed,
and bearing suitable banners inscribed
with the notices and watchRords of
the workingmen of the Union, escort
ed Mr.. Pendleton to the place of
meeting. This was capacious square
ON Union street, and was densely
packed with surging mass of hui
manity. After an address of welcome
by Marcellus Emery, Mr.. Pendleton
addressed the multitude as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FEL-
Low-C CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF MAINE /:
1t is obviously impossible for ME to
make myself heard throughout this
vast assemblage unless there is the
most profound silence. j thought last
night that you had exhausted your en-
thusiasm and yout. .hospitality see
to-day that was mistaken. / see to-
day that it is not only the Democratic
party of Maine, but the people of
Maine who are moved in the, right di-
rection. tApplause.] / am rejoiced
at this magnificent meeting, for it
shows to me that the public calamity
sits heavily upon the public mind, aud
that there is the beginning of hope. /
am rejOiced at this demonstration, and
when 90 back to my people in, Ohio
/ will tell them that they must be up
on their guard, or that the people of
Maine will snatch from their hands
the laurelso which we hoped in the
hour of victory to place upon the ma
jestic brow OF our peerless State =
fApplause. When i received the in
vitatfon of your committee to attend
this meeting accepted itwithout hes
itation. I desired to see this part lof
my country and then, my. country
men. j desired to breathe the pure
air of your ocean, and to see that seem
cry of whose beauty have read so
much. desired to see yourimmense
forests and your capacious harbors and
your unriyalled ship-yards. I Idesired
to see the very home of our merchant
marine Twehty-thfee years ago, on
this very day, / stood upon the pier OF
a most magnificent harbor almost up
on the other side of the world. A
stiff breeze brought in gallant ship
her flowing sails were all set; llerlofty
masts; lowered to the sky. She was a
thing of beauty and Of grace. She
contrasted wonderfully with, the tub
like crafts that were all around her.
The stars and stripes flew at her mast
head, and they told me she was built
in Bangor. / desired to see her build
ers.-I knew that there were points OF
sympathy between the people of the
Northwest and you of Maine; that
both, in our inesg gWere necessary to
each other. You build the ships; we
raise the corn and wheat and pork
You are the carriers, we are the pro-
ducers. ~ on carry GoiIf u products
abroad, and bring back, to US in return
the fruits of the topics, the coffee OF
South America, the teas of China, the
oils of Spain, the wines and silk of
France, and the manufactures of Great
Britain. Identify of material interests
has produced a sympathy in political
opinions between us of Maine and
Ohio. = A admitted, as your State was
into the Union in 1920, in the midst OF
the excitement that grew out of. the
Missouri Compromise, you have not
given birth upon your soil to any OF
those prominent agitators in politics
who, under the guise of philanthropy
and the pretence of being the apostles
of a pnrer civilization, have disturbed
the harmony of our people and per-
verted the system of our Government
When received your invitation, my
mind was full of, recollecti6ns of the
| trip, / had made, to Wisconsin and
Minnesota; and my heart exulted al
the thought that as I had travelled one
thousand miles towards the northwest
before crossed the Mississippi, before
[ touched the outward edge of the
| great central basin, SO might travel
fifteen hundred miles to the noftheas1
and yet be among my own country
men, in my own country. Leaking
my home upon the banks of the beau
| tiful river, 7 stood to-day underneath
the arching elms and admired thu
broad streets of your attractive city
Make with me the journey up the val
ley of the Miami, over the broad field
bof Ohio, along the shoresaof the grea
Northern, lakes, oyer the fertile field
and eXhaustless mines and toWerin;
mountains of Pennsy ylyania, the Eng
land of America, across tile impefia
Idonaain of the more imperial Ney
York, through the length Eof Massa
chusetts, radiant with the returns q
her industry, with Connecticut an
Rhode Island dipping to the sea O.
the, one hand, and the Green Noun
tains OF Vermont and the Whit
Mountains of New Hampshire risin
with snow-white majesty to the heav
9 ems on the other, through opuIeht an
-hospitable Boston, along the shore
of the ocean, along the, noble ,indeI
4 lures Of your own coast, through you
own thriving villages to the very eer
i tire of your noble and magnificeI
State. ID Who can be astonished} tbs
the heart of an American citizen e1
5ults that his pulse beats high, and ths
t his tongueiuses the language of prid
and often of exaggerations as his 1oE
of country, travels in .vastness of tel
vi
and soil, opuleiee of wealth and pow
/ er such as that! For myself, gentl'
| men, bow myself in reverence b.
fore the form of government whic
has bound these mighty States togetl
2 Ell, and which has reconciied their di
$ ferent and odiseordant interests lint
e the harmony of one people and OF
government. 1Applause,] The me
of 1887 were self-denying men. The
feared consolidation of power. The
f put behind them the allurements I
4 imperial pomp., They denied then
4 selves the destinations -of q stro1
!. Government. G They eontented theI
4 selves with the simplicity of confed
ration. They committed to the Fe
eral Government interstate and inte
4 national affairs. All the rest they i
served to the States themselves. Wit
y in this narrow sphere they made t
g Federal Government supreme. O. A
,e beyond remained to the -unimpair
le / Sovereignty Of the several States. II
would seek to Know our FEEDER
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