The Portland daily press., 1872-10-25
More Grimaees At Maine.

Are we never 10 be forgiven for fnishing
,fF the great aud good Horace in the Sep
.ember electiong The New York World still |
attacks our Enchanted Land,' as weproud-
Is call it, with all the virulence of the Tribune
itself 1t has found more ''Beef Eaters
here, and by way of prelude to it's exposure"
Of the Maehias custom house, says:
Maine is happy State. Like Vermont,
New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, it par
takes OF the patriarchal blessing, ''Thou shalt
rule many nations, but no nation shall rule
thee" These happy Northern States, par
ticularly Maine, furnish carpet-bagglng peer
eaters TO rule in the South, West ana Miuuie
States. But few of this class of civil ser
wants are allowed to be quartered IN the ma
tional barracks situated in Name. we nave
had some dealings with Maine In the beef
eating line. We can assure thdt STATE thdt
,se are bv no means done Nth it. We intend
conscientiously to unroofthe national cdSerne
and expose the beefeaters.
Alackl Alack! Do let up on us little,
will YOU not, Mr.. World? Such terrific
charges are calculated to humiliate and terri
fly us beyond what you, with your natural
kindness of heart, can have intended. 1t is
true that owing to its free schools, the gen.
eral diffusion of intelligence and the univer-
sal prevalence Of good morals Maine, has fur
nished to our common country far more than
its proportion of statesmen, orators, patriots
and soldiers. Everywhere her sons are found
in high official position, honored and beloved
Minnesota, for instance, may be said to be
the fair daughter of Maine. Almost all its
prominent men, including both members OF
Congress, are natives of this State. The same
may be said of Iowa, whose Governor, as
well as that of Wisconsin, was born in this
favored region. So we must plead guilty to
the Worlds indictment. The evidence is
all against us. The very Hub of the Uni.
verse recognizes the solemn truth and it was
only the other day that it officially proclaim
ed it through Oliver Wendell Holmes, who
said in the very Atlantic, 81 believe tina
Maine breeds the natural nobility in large
proportion than same other States, witt
the prudent reservation out of respect to Mas
sachusetts prejudices-'but they spring up il
all sorts of out of the way places" The ad
OOCtOI dlSO utdhSS UOlu W say III
last born nobleman saw was only this morn
ing; he was pulling rope fastened to Main
schooner loaded with lumber. should sa
he was about twenty years old, as fine a fig
ure of a young man as you would ask TO see
and with a regular Greek outline of counte
nance, waving hair, as if sculptorhad masses
it to copy, and complexion as rich as a re-
sunset" There, Mr.. World, is a prett
strong confirmation of your notions! w
can't help it, dear friend-it's natural to us
Our sailors ,oiU look like Greek statues, on
girls ,ciI, in spite of their utmost efforts, groy
distractingly beautiful, and our young mel
lciH somehow become inconceivably ''know
in" before they have reached manhood. An,
touching the custom house business, we hav
been at some pains to explain it so that ever,
simpleton might understand it; but as you g
on with your complaints as fiercely as ever w
abandon the notion of enlightening you unit
intelligence is more generally diffused in othe
States.