Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-08-16

/ heaven instead OF being sent to the senate.
| Yet he believed that Pres. Hayes had done all
| he could. Gov. Ames, Gov. Of Mississippi.
WAS driven out Of that during Gen. Grants adj
! mlnistrati"n, but no protest was made against
/ II. Gen. Grant was endorsed in our canyen-
| tion Vast year although he had allowed Gov
/ ernor Amcs 10 be driven from the goyernOrship
/ OF Mississippi Rutherford Il. HAYES found
| himself with large majority in the House of
| Representatives against him and the party that
| elected him. lie believed Hayes fairly elected.
| Eliminate a large number OF the southern
states OF the fraud and they would be Republic
| can he believed. What was TO be done about
/ II; Applause. Money j. refused by Congress
| To pay the army and how was the President to
enforce anything II he had the law on hi. side
| without an army. II is q question that must
/ be- looked seriously in the face. II he had kept
/ one soldier in the state House at Louisiana aud
/ one in the State House at South Carolina fur
/ the lake OF Keeping two Governors la the chair
! who had no moral support behind them, wheth
/ cr The next Congress would appropriate sny
/ money Tor the last year or for TIA, next. The
! great blunier was made when the Congress OF
/ the United states refused 10 follow the lead Of
that statesman. Charles sumner, loud an
| plau~el who wanted 10 keep them territories
/ until cured Of their hcrcsics. lie did not see
why the Convention should not give the en-
! dorsement Of President HAYES a> proposed by
Governor Chamberlain. Great applause
speech OF senator Blaine.
y
| greeted with deafening applause. aud It was
| some time before he could proceed. lie spoke
| follows
do not rise 10 speak for an enforcement of
the administration or against 1t. for the South
! ern policy or in opposition Ia II. but | beg to
| say sn earnest word for the harmony and sue
cess of the republican party Of Maine. Loud
! Applause. The resolution offered by my eN-
cclient friend. the President of BOwdnin Col
| lege. and the substitute moved 10y my friend Of
the BANGOR w ltg- show MAINLY flp liflarg 90
that exists In the ranks OF the republican party
| This difference existing. what shall be- done
about 1t: shall one man BE- compelled 90 ,wal-
low the opinions Of the other. or shall not each
have the liberty 10 cherish his own; Mr. Lin
cola used TO lay that on matters of admini>tra-
ton he was offer compelled TO DO A. the old
farmer IN Illinois, who. when he could not grub
the stump or burn IL. just quietly plonghed
around IL.
am opposed to both these resolutions and
! believe ] represent the wishes of u vast ma
Joriiy of this large convention when move to
lay them both on the table and then have a di-
rect vote on the resolutions reported from the
committee. ! am known perhaps by every
member Of this convention to entertain very
decided views on the southern question, bat |
am just as resdy 10 vote against resolution
condcmning the Presidential policy a. am to
vote against one approving il. We cant. [ take
action either wsy without offending good men
and creating needless hcart-burning> and dis
sensiOus. We can alt unite on a strong plat
form, embracing issue, which we hold la com E
mon. We can all rally one man To the sup
por. OF GOV. Common. We can all h. tolerant
Of each Others opinions. We eau all rcmem-
Der snd adopt the old theological maxim which
| teaches that In essential, there should be
unity. in non-cs-eutial- liberty. in all things
charity Great and prolonged applause.
The arguments urged for the adoption Of =
resolution approving the southern pohcy on
the one hand we told that il j. pat recall.
utterly irreyocah.f, and 10 may il j.
fixed beyond the power Ia reverse Then why
bring II hlthcr and demand our opinion of IL A.
though It we're a matter Of practical admins,
trationt on the other hand we are told that
the policy i an experiment and must be Judged
by IL results. The experiment viii certainly
BE- tried regardless Of anything may ,ay
here to-day Tor IT or against II. 1T u. then
leave II alone, and let us make proclamation of
our ialth IN Republican principle, and show
solid front against our anCi,ut foc-lhr Dem
ocratlc party. To force either 81 the PENDING
resolutions upon the convention /. TO bring
hither sword. | beg the convention To bark
en- 20 me while ! speak in the interest Of peace :.
aud 20 sustain me IN the motion which | now
formally suHmgt-th4t both resolutions lie upon
the table.