The Portland daily press., 1868-09-05

tural Fair Varieties.
Fourth page -Personal-Station ID.
Cox's Rhetoric.
We have previously shown that there was
never more singular mistake made than that
ofthe Democracy in sending Mr.. s. s. Cox to
Maine. There is not man in the whole
world who is so widely known as an enemy of
New England. Cox hates Yankees as the
Englishman of the time of Napoleon hated a
Frencbman. -------------.. .----- ...
While in Congress Mr.. Cox made it his
chief business to head off everything in the
shape OF bill for the promotion of any cyan
kee" interest. He was particularly active in
opposing the fishing bountes.
We have previously made long extracts
from his speech in 1868, in which he said that
NEW ENGLAND WOULD EITHER BE DRIVEN
FROM THE UNION OR INUNDATED IN IT" In
the same speech he applied to the people of
New England every abusive epithet that his
somewhat varied reading and tolerably good
memory enabled him to command Thew are.
according 20 Mr.. Cox, canting, sniveling,
hypocritical, meddlng, tyranical, censorous,
and generally depraved and wicked. They
caused the war aid prolonged it, They are,
In short, the Pariahs of creation. "PERIsH
NEW ENGLANDp was the battle-cry of this
hero of the Occident
But Mr.. Cox is now in Maine. He has
brought an elaborate speech, kindly furnishing
advance copies to Democratic newspapers. o
eloquent young man, whose home is in the
setting sum-" what has so suddenly changed
those rancid, Cassandra-lke notes Of thine
which erewhile thou sang'st of New England
Into p@ans to her greatness and glory? The
sucking dove" shall henceforth lose its place
IN metaphiorcal diction. Sweet and pretty
things shall now be spoken of in this wise: "as
gentle as Sunset Cox"
You can never mean it, Sunset, never. Is
"Maine the Venice of America" though?
Are our pine trees such big things? Are you
in earnest when you ask this 1attering ques-
ton?
Is there no pride in your blue eyes, light
hair, white faces, and intelligent brains?
What change there is in us since 1868, isn't
there Mr.. Cox?
Mr. Cox is so elaborate in his rhetoric and
so chary of argument that the latter feature OF
his speech had well nigh escaped our atten-
ton. H lis argument so far as it can be elimi.
mated from its embellishments may be briefly
and fairly stated thus: Shipbuildpg and for.
eign commerce carried on in American yes.
sells, have declined. Mr.. Cox proves it. There
is no need of doing so, for it is an indisputable
fact which no one denies. But when MI.
Cox comes to give his reason, we find them
clean out of the way. The real reasons are
suggested by reference to these indisputablt
facts: 1907 F,f r.fl-
The Democratic Rebellion. r
The Democratic Admiral, Semmes.
The Democratic Congressman, who have
united with minority of Republicans to re-
sist the allowance of a drawback on materia
entering into the construction of vessels.
The first two facts are tolerably well under
stood and do not need any extended reference
But to the last we beg leave to call particular
attention. provision renitting all duties on
imported shipbuilding material was incorpora
ted into bill before the Thirty-ninth Con
gress, two years ago, and THE SODID DEM
OCRATIC VOTE OF BOTH HOUSES
WAS THROWN AGAINST IT. Now we
submit if it is not beyond the limits of all ordi
nary impudence for deadly foe to New En-
gland, to her people and to her institutions, tc
come to Maine and appeal to her people on
this ground against FEssENDEN, MORRILL,
LYNCH, PERHAM, BLAINE, PETERS and PIKE,
who have never failed to take advantage of ev-
cry possible opportunity to insist upon the
appropriate RENE dies for the decline in Amer
lean shipbuilding and commerce.
If brass were worth as much as gold this
rhetorician of the Occident would be the most
valuable man in America The climax of his
impudence is reached when he comes to treat
of the coasting trade, which, he says, owing tt
the provisions Of the Navigation Laws that
prevent foreign competition, has not declined
tits as fourishing and as remunerative as ev-
er. Now what says our amiable Mr.. Cox?
He openly announces himself IN FAVOR OF THE
REPEAL OF THOSE LAWS. These then are the
remedies that the bitter enemy of New En-
gland proposes for the decline of one of its
chief branches of industry:
1st THE RESTORATION TO POWER
OF A PARTY WHOSE REPRESENTA-.
TIVES VOTE UNIFORMLY AGAINST
MEASURES FOR IT'S RELIEF.
I'd. THE REPEAL OF THE NAVIGA.
TION LAWS, THUS LETTING IN FOR.
EIGNERS TO COMPLETE IN THE CAR
RYING TRADE AND DESTROYING THE
STILL EXISTING PROSPERITY OFTHF
AMERICAN COASTING TRADE.