The Republican journal., 1872-08-08
Theodore TiIton in Aroostook.

IHtou dt tHitt place, ana sketch OF his
remarks. After giving an account of the
progress of the liberal cause in that sec
ton, and of the incidents OF Mr.. Tilton':
arrival the writer says.
The largest hall in the town being oc
cuped, there remained no hall of sufli
clent capacity to accommodate the crowd
which must inevitably congregate to lister
to the oratory of the evening, therefore
there were thoughts of holding the meet
ing in the open square but as evenin o
approached, the sky became overcast with
clouds, and signs of rain were evident
the only course now, was to occupy Cary's
Hall, though its capacity was small, for q
gathering of this description. As the
audience began to assemble the rain came
pattering down, but it appeared not to
discourage the good people of the town
and surrounding country, for they came
pouring into the hall in large and still in
creasing numbers. In very short time
the entire room had been taken possession
OF by these sons and daughters of Aroos-
took, l1oulton and the adjacent towns not
only being represented, but even towns in
the remote portions of the county There
were Liberals and Democrats to applaud.
cheer and drink in every word Repubi-
cans to deride and scorn, and look blue in
the mouth before the hour of departure
came. The hall, entry, and stairway were
quickly occupied, and many there were
who with pangs of bitter disappointment,
retired from the scene the speaker I'M
heard. The lioulton Cornet Band were
on hand and discourSed excellent music
during the opening and closing Of the
evenings entertainment.
The dignitaries OF the meeting soon
made their appearance, and after musi-
cal salutation by the Band. the Hon. j. G..
Madigan, OF Houlton, proposed to the
audience to greet the speaker with three
cheers three rousing Aroostook cheers
They We're given with good will,
Wherenpon he proposed three more. which
We're also heartily given, and then Judah
ID. league, of Lyndon, was named chair
man of the meeting. He arose and after a
short well delivered address, introduced
to the audience the Rer. Theodore Tilton
of New York Theodore Tilton is a
model of manly and intellectual beauty :;
some six feet two inches in height, rather
slender straight and muscular, head large
and beautifully shaped, eyes large and
blue, with an electric fire in their clear
depths hair of the finest texture. worn
long; his appearance would command at
tention wherever fate might place him
He commenced with the words II trust
that no pang of disappointment went
through this audience at the announce
ment that was a clergyman, " and pro-
ceeded to disclalm his connection with the
church. The worthy chairman arose and
said that he had lately read in a Grant
newspaper that Theodore Tilton was
clergyman and occupied the pulpit at
times. Tilton then stated that he was a
better authority than any Grant ncwspa-
per, and emphatically denied any claim
to the title Of Rev. He then proceeded
with his discourse, and tor about three
hours held the audience enchanted by the
magic eloquence OF his voice Fun of
tervor and feeling, the ideas rolled forth,
clothed in the most beautiful and refined
language, often rising to the grandest
heights OF eloquence 1t seemed as though
conviction must be carried pertorce, at
least to every wayerng mind that listen
ed. In the course of his lecture he said
1.-TWO years ago, when this aiministra-
tration was at its meridian height, and all
men were praising it, brought criticism
upon myself because said President
Grants government j. too good to be bad,
and too bad to be good. What has been
good IN that administration has grown
steadily less, and what was bad has grown
steadily more.n Further he said that this
President who went into this high Office
BY the nations invitation, will 90 out of
this high office 10y the nations expulsion.
(Applause.) He entered into mastery
discussion OF the Philadelphia platform,
and in reference to the Civil Service Re
form said that tits own orator who spoke
in Faneuil Hall, | alllde to Gen. Butler,
calls Civil Service Reform n humbug."
Then in like manner the Philadelphia
platform asks for n restoration of States
Rights. 1t is another way of saying that
we have been violating States Rights tor
four years; we have misgoyerned this
government for one term, and now we
ask for another term to make valid this
misgovernment" Then the reckless ex-
penditure by Congress Of the wild lands
of the West, in the building Of railroads
was discussed, and criticised, followed by
the shipbuilding interests. There was Il
time in the State of Maine, and old set
tiers will remember 1t, when there was
more shipbuilding in the old Pine Tree
State than in all of Great Britain He
said that the Philadelphia Convention said
that shipbuilding must be encouraged,
and in application related the following
story "In the old County of Monmouth,
whtr ne my father lived, was an old farmer
who whipped his oxen so numerically
that at length the neighbors intprtered and
asked him why he treated them SO brutal
ly. Why said he, because they need 4
little encouragement Oaughter.)
In relation to the Presidents paying the
national debt, he said, .'has the President
been paying the nations debt? No! the
people have been paying it. Has the
President paid the debt All, fellow coun-
the debt mp OF all men in this nation
Ulysses Grant has done most to enlarge
this debt The Presidents pretense of
of paying the debt, which he carries Us II
garland on his brow, turns to ashes" The
Alabama claims and the condition Of the
South were all shown up. But he has
tranquilized the South On the contrary,
the name of the President is cursed
throughout the South; not because he
conquered them in war, but because he
has Impoverished them in peace" He
gave a comparison Of the taxes i'll the
Southern States before and since the war,
and in reference to the carpet-bag GOV
eminent said that there We're two carpet
bags famous in history, the money bag of
Judas Iscarot, and the rarpet-bag now in
the White House in Washington and
enumerated the contents Of the latter,
which We're gifts of houses, fast horses,
Seneca sandstone. innumerable boxes of
fine cigars, bottles of Bourbon whiskey, a
dozen Dents; and perhaps somewhere
there were a million of dollars in it. He
said that while we see that the Presidents
foreign relations are all unsettled, the
Presidents family relations We're all set
tied. (Applause.) Then he told a story
of an old lrishman in New York who be
ing asked how he was going to vote, re
piled, II am going to vote for the next
President" "Well, who may that be 2"
1T is a fine ould gentlemin who has Il
very small family Uaughter) He
dscoursed in eloquent strains of the Gin
cinnati and Baltimore Convention, of the
coalition of the two parties, and said