The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-03-11
A Capital Speech.

litical speech; indeed, we nave not pup
lishcd ono since the extraordinary speech
Of our Representative in Congress, two
years ago. whilo that was done ont OF
compliment Ia him. But Mr. Dawes
has been striking some heavy and tell
ing blows in New Hampshire, and below
We give some extracts from his very cx-
ccllent speech delivered in Concord.
which is worthy Of being read by every
voter in the land.
Friday afternoon came over q beautiful
irvn bridge over the Connecticut river. They
toll me Il cost half million Of dollars, but
that il was all made in England. Every days
work performed upon that, except putting the
pieces together. they told me was performed in
England. IL took n great many men . great
while to do il, in great workshop, and where
that workshop was there must have been great
many families, and where those families were
there must have been good many mechanics
To supply them with their wsnts-there must
have been the baker. the shoemaker, the hat
ter, the tailor AMI the butcher there must
have been great many school houses there,
aud have no doubt there were churches where
they were. Now, fellow citizens, which would
have been the best, to have hal that village on
this side Of the water or ON the other side.
That Is all there is in this question. Had the
laws Of the land made IL cheaper to have
brought the raw material than the manufactured
article here. the bridge would have been made
here. the village would have grown mp here.
the churches and school houses would have been
here, and the mechanics who gathered around
anil lirel ia such village would have Leen
here, the capital would have been here. Which
would have been the bctter'
They tell me that in Iowa they cannot get
enough pr the corn they raise to pay for raising,
and that they sometimes burn II for futl.
Would il no, have been = great thing for them
IL this city Of Concord could have been set right
down in Iowa to have Furnished n market for
their corn--a nucleus around which TO gather
all these mechanics. all this wealth. and all this
capital And to the man who feels rs " the
labor II his hands is not rewarded sufficiently,
that his hard hand has not sufficient influence
and pOwer-would il not have been better for
him to have been put down in such village,
with such an opportunity to assert his man
hood anil achieve his competence and indepen-
dence, and stand upon his own bottom, than to
have Undertaken the vain work Of regulating
the number Of hours he shall work by statute !!
or the amount Of pay he shall receive by stat
ute , or the treatment that his employer shall
extend toward him by statutei Let him stand
upright upon his own earnings and his own
competence. and he can face employer in the
consciousness Of his own power. Now which
Of these two parties Is il that would bring this
village on this side OF the water And which is
Il that would by free trade bring in the manu-
iacturcd article cheaper than the raw material
AMI therefore puts the villsge and the work
shop and the capital on that side OF the water
instead Of this! Why, they are trying q, this
moment TO build railroads through Missouri,
the Indian Territory and New Mexico to Cali
fornia, and where do you think they get their
rails Why in England, and they bring them
over here in ships, aud take them down TO the
Gulf, through the Gulf. up the Mississippi to
ST. Louis and put them down on the Iron
Mountain railroad and take them right down
by mountain Of solid iron almost n big as
one of your White Mountains. And the Cap
ital anil the labor and all that makes labor
rich and powerful is on tho other side Of the
water.
Now, which Of these parties Is il that pro-
poses To furnish the Opportunity for the labOrer
ON this side Of tho water, and which is il that,
by free trade, proposes to keep the capital en-
ployel over there, where wages are not half
what they are here. where man works for pit
lance, and therefore can make the manufacture
ed article itself cheaper than IL can be made
hereI Answer this question, We honest men,
into whose ears this Democrats party Is now
whispering that You must break away from the
Republican party and lend your aid, to thcm.
The history Of legislation for forty years upon
k... Ia, hat thaI
laborer in this land has found in the Democratic
party his deailiest enemy. Why, war now has
been openly wagel upon the poor slave for the
last thirty years, for no other reason in the
world than because he was poor and bal no pO-
ltical power, and his master hal. And the
policy Of that party ever since its existence, or
at least for the last thirty years, has been TO put
the labOrer Of this country upon level with
the pluper hborer Of Europe, and yet with this
purpose in its breast, that the Republican party
shalt die, il seeks to ally to itself labor reform.
| beg my friend who believes. or Is inclined To
believe, that he can derive more strength and
encouragement in such an association, aud such
fellowship, to look at the history and policy
and professions Of that party, and sec ON what
sort Of soil il Is that anything tending to elevate
the laborer can take root. speak to him rs an
honest man desiring the best interests Of labor,
sccking that position in the present canvass and
upon present issues that will enhance the cause
dearest To him. treat with him as an honest
man seeking light, aud ask him to put his fin
ger upon anything that that party has
done that tends to elevate and make strong and
powerful the laborer, by furnishing him with au
opportunity 10 grow strong and healthy and
powerful. Without hesitation and without fear
Of successful contradiction, | 10 declare that he
who is won oil from the Republican party by
any such allurcment as that, follows after false
lights that will certainly lead him into the mo-
rasS.
was charged yesterday afternoon by the
President himself with this message to the peo-
pie of New Hampshire. When | told him
was coming here, he told me 10 assure the peo-
pie Of New Hampshire that this exhibit have
made here of the successful collection and the
economical expenditure IT money during the
present year 10 n earnest and pledge Of what
Il shall be in the year to come. TELL TIE
PEOPLE or NEw HAMPSHIRE" he said, THAT
DURING ny ADMINISTRATION TuERE SHALL III No
ASCENDING SCALE OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, But
WHEREVER AND WHENEVER THE CLOSEST sCRurI-
Ny SHALL DISCLOSE TIE POSSIBILITY on CUTTING
or DOLLAR IT SHALL LIZ DONE" There Is
one other thing which | wish 10 mention right
here. Gen. Grant is at the heal Of party
that can eriticise itself, = party that can probe
and uncover its own sores. can grow strong and
healthy by selE-prObing. What has it done this
last week, but to take one OF its own members
found to be corrupt. and drive him by unani-
mous vote from the halls Of Congress. Did
you ever fnd the Democratic party In pursuit
Of any corruption within its own ranks except
to fatten on it, Did you ever find them hunt
ing up those who lived upon the plumber Of the
public treasury within their own ranks and
bringing them TO con.lign punishment am
proud 10 belong 10 party ~ conscious Of the
rectitude Of its intentions and the strength Of
its positions that il can bear to have the plain
truth told by its own friends. And assure
xnII that take the nr,.ate.t rlcasiIrn In hrinr-