Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-06

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greatest error OF men is Guinness OF the COM
prehensions of conscience. Men are constant
! ly embarking in schemes which bring ruin 10
them.o,vos I'm, , warn;no 70 tho ca,,.;.,..
""1 sie '"huleo anu ui'As'eis Va hopeiui men
form the charts ana beacons which guide the
rest of the world. 1t is the hopeful and over
saneuine men who rerkIessIv Iosd ,,o ,,
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"NN po''' wv '"e S"oais W inc o'er'cautlous.
coming 10 the question OF commercial gam
ping, the lecturer said that it was crying
shame mat few speculators should be al
iowed 10 nave the power to convulse whole
hauon' ana they, more than any other class OF
men ne knew OF, deserved the halter. The
TACT was, the American people had not yet |
learned now 10 conduct commerce IN It's nigh |
er forms. The Spectator never is able to
keep the rlches gained by specuiauon. me
speaker mad personally known SIX OF eight
ricn spectators OF wan street gong uo"h 70
poverty, ana ne deneu any one " sno" MN d
man VINO nad become ricu W Speeuia'ioh "ho
nad retired and enjoyed ~. inese men en-,
Joyed huge ana uh~arlan's s., po"er' ana
they coulu crush ine PeoPie my eie car vi
Juggernaut; that power snoulu DC curpeu ana
cut down IN commerce as ~ WAS IN ponies.
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low one man 70 10 80 nucn business; the ac-
cumuiauohs Vi INDUSTRIOUS fortunes are uah-
gerous' ana one uay 'hey VIII De regulated by |
law, particularly tue accumulation OF ianus py |
tne aristoeracy. To-Day II was money more
thah Votes "hich governs the country. ~
was IN the power OF corporations, composed
OF lew men, 10 purchase conventions una reg
isiatures. Lasts are maze OF the members anu |
the price OF each carried out against the name !
Farmers. II known. cleaDeSt
to buy and the easiest to handle. Lawyers,
indeed, were more honest legislators than
farmers, tor they had more experience and
were more cautious 10 know how to be
honest is near approach TO heaven. wall
street men, II they know how to be honest are
wiser in their honesty than farmers, for the
latter are raw recruits and have yet to learn
the theory OF honesty. The speaker believed
that if such thing was necessary three cor
porations which he knew-the New York
Central, the Erie, and the Pennsylvania Cen
trail rallroads-could elect president of the
United States. 1t was deplorable and dan
gerous thing that 1t was so; 1t tempts the
worst side of human nature; it throttles jus
tice IN the courts and renders society corrupt.
lie had no fear from the old style of aristo-
Gratis, who live in exclusion and case and hap
plness with their own SET They were power
less to do any harm to anybody, but it was
ana II was the money power IN the hands of
interruptions men which was to be feared.
The use OF other peoples money, money held
, IN trust, was next discussed Men Of stand
ing' OF respectaoiiity and OF character, are
continually going down from lack of honesty
other uses than speculation Is it not time,
~ ,ha ' neson, a,'a' nI we're e'o Th
should be so educated. aud prevented from
putting-a single dollar of money held by them
uss iu.o speeuiause anu uncertain
TING scarce The resuI,s Of f,inrs. of bns;.
ness men were next dwelt upon at length, and
a gloomy picture painted OF the failure OF men
p pe, INV; III. f ahas y. h .S me
for man to be able to conform himself to-
circumstances, for him who has been of the
highest to walk with the lowest. The wreck
Sa,-a5 -. ga AZ t.n u ne. va. neAs
| pleasure and fashion. The latter was com
| pared to an old carriage. which was thrown
into a shed to rust. or the skin of a beetle.
which, though maintaining its shane. had no
life or substance. The next po;nt was tho
love and helm of women in the bo,.r of d;sae.
| ter and adyersity. which were highly extolled
His final and hapniest remarks ware in nra;sa
of the boundless and exhaustless riches of M
ture, which are the fortunes of the moor az
we'll as the rich Such happiness as comes
from it is better and more holy than from
money, for it comes from the soul. A true
man is proof against misfortune. and even
death itself.
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SENATOR HANLIN TO FARMERS. |
con.,o, u.,,,;, ao,;,5
u'ea an interesting
ADDRESS at the Androscoggin County Fair. |
He spoke first at considerable length upon the |
close relations between Agriculture Mann
s..,,,o AID C r. -,
""N N'''"ie'ee Ae s"iu many Vi
our young men leave Maine, forgetting the
moral of the old epitaph 81 was well; l
wanted ,o be he,ter T tool rhvs;o. ond ho,o
n, r. .,:.,i ~!
A' He spoNe Vi s''Pou'i'lhg anu It's I'M
portance to the State. From the report in
the Lewiston Journal, of his address, we copv
tho tol,owinu
AGAIN manufactures are Intimately connec-
ted win agriculture. Ihey furnish home