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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-07-20
Ia.

Foreseen In the vision OF sag~s,
Foretold when martyrs bled.
She wss born Of the longing Of ages.
Bv the truth Of the noble dead
And the faith Of the living fed.
No blood in her lighfest veias
Frets at remembered chains,
Nor shame Of bondage has bowed her head
In her form and features stiil
The unbienching Puritan will.
Cavalier Lonor, Huguenoi grace,
The Quaker truth and sweetness,
And the strength Of the dxnger-girded race
or Holland. blend 10 = proud completeness.
From the homes Of all " here her being began,
She took what she gave 10 man;
Justice that knew no station,
Belief, as soul decrred,
Free air for aspiration.
Free force for independent deed.
She takes, but to give again,
As the sea returns the rivers In rain;
And gathers the chosen Of her seed
FROM the hunted Of feyery crown and creed,
Her Germany dwells bv gentIer Rhine;
Her Ireland sees the old sunburst shine;
Her France pursues some dream divine;
Her Norway keeps his mountain pine:
Her Italy waits BY the Western brine;
And. broad-based under ali.
l. planted England's Oaken hearted wood,
As rich In fortiiude
As e'er went worldwsrd from the island
wall,
Fused in her candid light,
To one strong race eli races here unite:
Tongues Delt in hers, hereditary ioeDeB
Forget their sword and slogan, kill and clan;
Twas glory, once, 10 be . Roman;
She makes II glory, now, TO be man.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-07-20

Behold. she bendeth now,
Humbling the apiet Of her hundred years;
There 10 = solemn sweetDess on her brow,
And IN her eyes are sacred tears.
Can she forget,
In present joy, the burden Of her debt.
When for captive race,
She graudly staked and won
The total promise Of her power begun,
And barred her bosom's ersc~
To the sharp wound that inly t0rtures yet.
Can she forget
The million graves her young devotion set,
TIE hands that clasp above
From either side, In sad, returning love,
Can she forget
Here, where the Ruler ofto-day,
The Citizen OF tomorrow,
And equal thousands to rejoice and pray
Beside these holy W alls are met.
Her bribery mixed Of keenest bliss snd sor-
row,
Where. on July's fmmoRal morn
Held forth, the People saw her head,
And shouted TO the world, The King Is dead.
But 10 . the Heir ID born.
When fire Of Youth and sober trust Of Age,
In Farmer. Soldier, Priest and Sage,
Arose and east upon her
Baptismai garments-never robes 50 fair
Clad prince in Old World air
Their lives, their fortunes aud their sacred
honor.
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ia.

Bow Down!
DO6 thine Eonian crown!
One hour forget
The glory, and recall the debt;
Make expiation,
OF hunbler moOd,
For the pride Of thise sxnltation -.
Ger peril conquered and strife subdoeS!
But half the right 10 wrested
when victory yields her prize,
And bali the marrow tested
when old endurance dies.
In the sight Of than thst lore thes,
Bow to tie Greater shove thee!
He taileth not b guiee
TIE idls oWnssship 0fRigAt,
Nor spares 70 siDeWs fresh from tShls
Ard virtus schooled in long denial,
The tests that wait for thee
In larger pesils of prosperity.
Here. q Tie Consury's awful shrins.
Bow TO Thy fathers God, and thine!
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II.-4

Arise. Recrown thy head.
Radiant with blessing Of the Dead!
Bear from this hallowed place
The prayey that purifies thy lips,
The light Of courage that defes eclipse,
The rose OF mans new morning on thy face!
Let no iconOclast
Invade thy rising Pantheon Of the Past,
To make plank where Adams stood,
To touch the fathers sheathed and sacred blade,
Spoil crowns on jefferson and Franklin laid.
Or wash from Freedom's feet the stain
OF Lincoln's blood!
Hearken as from the haunted hall
Their voices call:
1--WE lived and died for thee:
We greatly dared that thou mighvst be;
So from thy children still
We claim denials which NJ least fulfill.
And freedom yielded TO preserve thee free
Beside clesr-hearted Right
That smiles at Powers uplifted rod,
Plant Duties that requite,
And order that sustains, upon thy sod,
And stand In stainless might
Above all self, and only less than Godr
ILL.,.
Here, may thy solemn challenge end.
All-proving Past. and each discordance die
or doubtful augury,
Or In one choral with the present blend,
And that halfheard. sweet harmony
or something noblcr than our sons may see!
Though poignant memories burn
Of days that were. and may again return,
When thy fleet foot. Huntress Of the Woods,
The slippery Drinks Of danger knew,
And dim the eye-sigM grew
That W as so sure In thine own solitudes-
Yet stays some richer sense
Won from the mixture OF thine elements,
To guide the yagrant scheme.
And winnow truth from each conflicting dream
Yet In thy blood shall live
Some force misspeot, some essence primitive
To seize the highest use Of things;
For Fate, to mould thee To her pixn,
Denied thee food Of kings.
Withheld the under and the orchard-fruits,
Fed thee with savage roots.
And forced thy harsher milk from barren breasts
OF man.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-07-20

ON the shores of Continent cast,
She won the inyiolate soil
by loss Of heirdom OF all the Past.
And faith in the royal right OF Toll.
She planted homes on the savage sod;
Into the wilderness lone
She walked W ith fearless feet
In her hand the diyining-rod.
Till the views OF the Mouatains best
With fire Of metal and force OF stone.
She set the speed OF the rivcr-head
To turn the mills of her bread;
She drove her plowsharc deep
Through the prsirie's thousand centnried
sleep;
To the south. and West aud North.
She called Pathfinder forth.
Her faithful aud sole companion,
" here the flushed Sierra, snowy starred,
Her way TO the sunset barred,
And the nsmelcss rivers in thunder and
fosm
Chanheled the terrible canyon,
Nor pauscd. till her uiiernio>, home
Was built. in the smile OF y softer sky
And the glory Of beauty still TO be.
Where the hauoted waves Of Asia die
On the strand OF the worldwide sea.
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Ill,

All, hark! the solemn undertone
On every wind Of human story blown.
A large, divinely-moulded Fate
Questions the right and purposes of State,
And in its plan sublime
Our eras are the dust Of Time.
The iar-0f yesterday Of power
Creeps back with stealthy feet,
Invades the lordship Of the hour,
And at our banquet takes the unbidden seat,
From all unchronicled and silent ages
Before the Future first beg0t the Past,
Till History dared, at last,
To write eternal words on granite pages;
From Egypts tawny drift. and Assur's mound,
And where, uplifted white and far.
Earth highest yearns to meet q star,
nd mxn bis manhood by the GsDges found
Imperial heads OF old millennial sway.
And still by some pale splendor crowned.
Chill as y c0rpse-light in our full-orbed day,
In ghostly grandeur rise
And say, through strong lips aud vacant eyes
Though that asserted freedom, power and
Declsre to US thy claim!"
The race. In conquering,
Some fierce Titxnic joy Of conquest knows;
Whether in veins ofserf or king,
Our ancient blood beats restless In repsse.
Challenge Of nature unsubdued
Awaits not mans defiant answer long;
For hardship, even A. wrong.
Provokes the level-eyed, heroic mood,
This for herself she did but that which lies,
As over earth the skies,
Blending ali forms in one benignant glow
Crowned conscience, tender care,
Justice, that snwers every bondman's prayer.
Freedom where Faith may lead or thought may
dare,
The power Of minds that know,
Passion Of hearts that feel,
Purchased by blood aud woe,
Guarded BY fire and STEEL
Hath she securedi Whist blazon on her shield
In the clear Century's light
Shines 10 the world revealed,
Declaring nobler triumph, born Of Right!
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ILL.,
. sacred woman-Form
OF the first peoples need and passion
wrought
No thin pale ghost OF thought.
But lair ~ Morning, and As heart's-bood warm.
Wearing thy priestly tiara on Judsh's hills
Clear-e,ed beneath Athens helm OF gold;
Or from Rome's central scIt
Hearing the pulses Of the continents beat
In thunder where her legions rolled
Compact OF hight heroic heart. and will,
Whose being circles all
lhe selfish aims Of men, and all fultlls;
Thyself not free so long one is thrall;
Goddess, that 81 = na,on lives,
And ~ q n alton dies.
That for her children ss man dehes,
And 10 her children as 3 mother gives,
Take our fresh feaity now.
No more Chieftsiness. with wampum-zone
And feAiher-cinctured brow,
No moie q new Britannia. grown
To spread an equal banner to the breeze,
Aud iii thy trident DER the double seas;
But with unborrowed crest
In thine own native beauty dressed,
The front pure command, the unfinching
eye, thine own
Look up, look forth, and on.
There's light In the dawning sky;
The clouds are parting. the night 10 gone;
Prepare Tor the work Of the day.
allow my pastures lie
Aud far thy shepherds stray.
And the field, Of thy vast domain
Are waiting for purer seed
ofknowle ledge, desire and deed
For keener sunshine and mellower rain.
But keep thy garments pure:
Pluck them back. with the old disdain.
From touch Of the hands that stain
SO shall thy strength endure.
Trzn-muto into good the gold OF Gain,
Compel To beauty thy ruder power,
Til the bounty Of coming hours
Shall plant, on thy fields apart,
With the oak OF Toll, the rose OF Art
BE watchful, and keep us so:
Be strong, and fear no foe
Be just, aud the world shall know.
With the same love love Us, ~ we give;
And the day shall never come,
That finds Us weak or dumb
To join aud smite aud cry
In the great task. Tor thee to die
And the greater task, for thee To live.
BAYARD TAYLOR.
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HANCOCK HOUSE |

IT, House ~ centrally located and has recent.
4, .een thoroughly repaired and refarni- he'd
.sr1aghGut-
The proprietor intends 10 give p ersonal aften.
.,l 70 The table and the warts of his guests, aud
taiiers himself that he can now furnish a. good
..-osutnof atlous ss can be found In the CITY,
GOD stable and 8 faithful Ostier alxays on
3. Gko. GOULD.
West End ofUnion River Bridge)
Ellsworth, sept -, IsS. isr3
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05

candidate. Besides all has not been made
very clear about the Louisville whisky
business.
As for Morton, hss Is only useful to be
considered in the RAGS for the purpose
of being a sort of balance wheel, to
divide the strength OF Others, save in those
qualities which are only valuable and sd-
mired when coupled with virtue and integ-
rity, which Mr.. Morton as not. Mr.. Nor
ton has nothing upoz which to base a valid
claim for the nomination. His political
principles have b5en so unsteady that only
a small segment of the purty would be will
ing TO trust him. He can change as readily
as weather-cock. His policy is only a
temporary expedient. He Is now trying to
advance his interests by striving IA stir up
the enmity and hatred of w< TIMES. His
banner is the bloody shirt, ard If that fails
him be is done. 1t is his oElT hope. II is
hardly possible that under any cir,,una--
stances be could receive the nomination..
Ii Mr.. Grant brings all his pov=sr to COM
pass his own success and fails, then, by q,
flank movement, he mia3t bring
in his friend Wsshburne, and sinus sue
coed, after all, in defeating all
his opponents. Something of this sort is
probable from the present prospect. 1t is
difficult to see how any nominations can be
made among the four leading names men,
toned. If Grant, who has the best chance,
shall succeed, the Republican party Will
go down with him, as he would be as sure of
defeat as the American people are to-day
assured of the corruptness of his acministra-
ton.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05

A few more crooked" transactions of
Republican Ofice-hOlders at Washington
have come TO light. Several of these gentry
have been compelled to "step down and
out," ard their places given to others. "The
best civil service in the world" is like leper.
covered with sores and resking with putre-
faction. AS the leper is without hope of re-
covery, so is the civil service under Repub-
hcsn rule without hope of publication. The
only remedy which can cure this disease is
a change of tie administration of the gov
eminent. This will insure the retirement
of the men who have been browsing in the
government fields so long that they believe
the pastures to be their private property.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05
window. The lodgings are let to the Gen.
tennIal year for twelve months from date.
The Gravftation of the I.dependeut


Voter.
The Democratic House of Representatives
has great responsibility resting upon it. 1t
was made Democratic because the people
had tired OF the csnting patriotism and
deep corruptions of the Republican party.
That rarty had been in power in all the de-
partments of the government for almost
generation, and had given evidence of its
inability to govern the people in an honest
and economical manner. It had most sig
nslly failed to reconstruct the Southern
states and give the people of that delightful
country the peace and quietude which be-
longed to them as citizens of the Union.
1t was born in an era Of revolution, and
having accomplished the purpose tor which
twas called into life-the abolition of African
slsyery-should have been permitted
to die and be buried long before the people
pronounced against it in the election which
placed 1t in so large a minority in the popu-
lar branch of congress. If the Democratic
majority gives evidence of an honest inten-
lion to bring the government back to the
purity and simplicity which distinguished
the rule of the fathers, the people will stand
by it and the party which elected it. There
are large number of men who have for
merly acted with the Republican party
anxiously awaiting the course of the Demo-
cratic members, in order to determine their
future political affiliations. While welded
to the name of the Republican party, they
are conscious of its corruptions, and will
affiliate with the Democratic party if it
the civil service and giving peace to the
people of the South. These men are the
thinking men of the Republican party,
and when they leave it much of its vi
tally will be gone. Wherever they
go, they will carry with them not
only the votes they have to give, but a
moral power which will be felt in the poll
tics of the country. They realize the utility
OF an organization outside the two leading
parties, and will 60 into the ranks of the
Democracy if they are satisfied that Democ-
racy means an honest administration of the
government and a pure civil service. The
Democratic House at Washington can do
much to satisfy the independ ent voters of
the country that the proper place for them
to do effective work is in the ranks of the
Democracy. 1t should cut down the ex-
penses of the government to the lowest pos
sible limit; it should seek out corruption
wherever it exists and expose it to the gaze
of the world and in order TO do this 1t must
send out investigating committees over the
country and probe to the bottom every rot
ten sore that shows itself upon the body of
the civil service. If this is done, and thor
oughly done, the independent voter will
Join the Democratic army as it marches to
victory in the grand campaign of the Gen.
tennisl year.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05

rule and not the exception. The
president bestowed places of honor
and profit upon his relatives, and
dispensed bis patronage as personal gift
and not public duty. Following his ex-
ample, Senator Morton procured the APP
pointment of one brother-in-law to the
governorshlp of a territory and of another
to the Indianapolis postoffice. The latter,
profiting by the example of the president
and the senator, appointed two or three Of
his brothers to places under him. Whether
they in turn found positions for other
brothers and brothers-in-lsw, under them,
the Sentinel does not know, but If they did
not, 1t was because there were no other
members OF their family unprovided for.
This system has caused some of these
nepotists trouble and bids fair to cause
them more.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05

Much good may be expected from the in
vestigations which the Democratic House of
the last fifteen years, congressional investi-
eating committees have been mere white
washing affairs; now they may be expected
to be what their name indicates. II the
navy department is not soon burned up and
destroyed, the public may look for come
startling developments in that direction. A
full and honest expose of the "true inward
ness" OF the bureau over which the jolly
New Jersey tar presides will be mighty in
teresting reading for the Centennial year.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05
The Outrage Issue.

The Sentinel prsdictei that the ozgsn of
Mr.. Morton would soon open out In favor
of the outrage issue. The formal declar-
alton ofespoussl has come sooner than was
expected. The glove is thrown down, or
rather the bloody shirt, aud in ths face or
the world Morton's organ declares that
Southern outrsges must form the political
issue upon which the Centennial campaign
is to be fought. In four or five parishes in
the Southern states, at different times dur
ing the past two or three years, there have
been bad blood and broils between the
ignorant negroes and the white people.
Therefore Gays Morton's organ, this is
TO be, or ought to be, the pesding issue. The
exact shape in which this question is to
comeup as determining the fitness of this
or that man for the presidency is not stated.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05
A Brace of scoundreIs.

To be Republican Office holder must be
dangerous position now a days. The
telegraph brings an account Of the default
ing Kansas state treasurer, who is now
safely lodged behind the bars, The
charges against him are forgery,
counterfeiting and embezzlement. The
wires last night were scarcely
cooled before the announcement that an
other Republican official, the city treasurer
of Buffalo, had decamped to Canada, leav-
ing behind him balance due the city of
100000 When will the people determine
to put an end to this wretched debauchery
of public trusts by turning the rascals out
of office? 1t is the only relief
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05
whose Chances are Rest ?

1t may be thought premature to be dis
cussing the presidential question, since IL
is nearly year till the election, and more
than year before a new president could
take his seat. Yet, as the wires are being
industriously pulled in the Republican
ranks for the next nomination, the press
takes notes of the maneuvers, as current
news, and speculates as to whose chances
are the best. It is entirely obvious that
the chief managers of the Republican party
are by no means united In regard to their
next nomination. There are four men in
the field, and each have following more
or less extensive. To-day, no one seems TO
have predominating advantage, though the
chances of Mr.. Grant are the best. This
seems parodoxiesl, when 81 many elements
of opposition would oppose. Yet, not
witbstanding all these, be has
a well defined strength that may
enable him to again succeed in carry
ing of the palm. If there were only one
opponent, of as much popularity as Blaine,
Mr.. Grant, with the terrible weight of his
corrupt administration, would stand no
show at all. Mr.. Grant, in his reticent
shrewdness, or strategy, that has doubtless
been cultivated in the military profession,
has so arranged it that Mr.. Blaine could not
have the field alone. He could count on
Morton's coming up to certain level, but
yet not high enough to be formidable
to anybody, hence it was necessary to have
another man in the field, and Bristow was
brought to the front. The lasser has doubt
less made more rapid strides into popular
favor than is grateful to M. Grants ieel-
ings. but the check he got shout the time
Henderson was dismissed has somewhat
dampened The enthusiasm with which bis
friends beheld him looming up
to the front. With few prin-
ciples of the sd osptsndum sort,
with the immense power of patronage
at his command, he stands. forth as the most
probable candidate of the Republican party.
Bristow two months ago would have
stood next, but Blaine, unquestjonaby is at
the head of the list, Grant being OUT of the
way.
Mr.. Blaine has many OF the Clements OF
popularity. His readiness as dsbater, his
courteous demesnor as speaker, and his
thorough devotion to the interests of his
party, and his ability to plan. and direct,
have all indicated his fitness to become the
representative of the party in abe presiosn-
tial contest. There is almost no objection
to him personally In the ranks of his party,
and If he were nominated there would be
no personal cause for discord, and
! the party would doubtless hsrmonize with
out any considerable detection. Although
now an Eastern man; he was born in Penn
svlvsnia, and afterwsrd became a teacher
In the South. Bristow's popularity and
prominence is too recent to permit bis
nomination, save in the way Of a compro'
mi; Q. or spontaneous enthusiasm arising
from some specific act or policy. MIR. Grant
will take care that it shall not increase in
the prosecution of the whisky frauds. That
he did not PROMPTLY resign the secretaryshiT
when Henderson was dismissed hai
checked seriously the growing pop
ularity that brought him forth as
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05

The people Of the West demand that con-
gress shall stop the contraction of the cur
rency now going on with such fearful rapid
ity. They are the controlling power in this
country, and their demands must be needed.
They don't intend to have their prosperity
destroyed and their homes jeopardized to
crafty the money lords of the East. Trey
expect the men whom they sent to Washing
ton to legislate in their interests and not
In the interest OF the T. tstern monsy lender.
Mr.. Landers, the representative of this dis
trict, will not disappoint their expectations.
He has already introduced DILL for the re-
lief of the people. which it is hoped all bis
colleagues from Indiana will support. Le'
the resumption act be repealed, and thereby
take off the "tbrest which serves to para
lyze trade" Should his bill pass the House
and be defeated in the Senate or be vetoed
by the president, the people will know
which party is their friend and where to
look for relief.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05

The Republican party was born in an era
of revolution. Its principles were formed
and crystalized at a time when civil law
was dormant aud presidential proclamations
and military courts dictated the policy OF
the people. It's leaders instilled into their
followers contempt for constitutional
provisions and individual rights. They
claimed the offices of the country for the
elect, and declared themselves and their
followers to be the selected CUES. A
government controlled by such party and
such leaders must necessarily become a
personal one, Hence, nepOtism became the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-05
Republican Candidate for Auditor OF
State.

Republican Candidate for Auditor of
State.
II we thought there was a ghost of a
chance for his election there is no Republic
can In the state whom the Sentinel could
more heartily commend than Gen. Scribner,
OF New Albany. for the position CT auditor
of state. The trouble is the Republicans
scarcely ever nominate such a man, and
then or the Republican ticket the people
would not elect him. The general possesses
all the qualifications for a popular and eff
Gent officer. He was brave private in the
Mexican war, and a successful general in
the late war. Gen. Grant, in one of his
official reports of a battle, mentions Gen.
Scribner's bravery and efficiency in the high
est terms, for which he subsequently re-
ceived promotion.