Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26
votes BY that plea then we must be content
TO be right and alone.

Resu1psa0a - lAaaa.
Now the third point I want TO make Is
that resumption is 20 nearly come that Il
would be crime to stop It. Whatever
eviis. anybody has prophesied as coming
IRON resumption, whatever hardship re-
sumption was supposed to have brought
has been endured already. the agony Is In
fact over. We are here almost In reach OF
shore. We have been tossed these many
long years In the storm and uncertainty OF
uncertain paper money. 1t has crippled
our Industries, shaken our confidence, rob-
bed our poor men, blasted our hopes, 1t
has made 1t possible that el 900, 900 600 has
been Invested for years In the miserable,
wretched business OF gambling In gold.
NOW the resumption ends the business OF
gold gambling forever. for 1t existed only
on the difference In value between paper
aud gold. After ali We have suffered We
are now like = bold and sturdy swimmer,
almost ashore. Out Of the tempest, out OF
the uight, out Of the storm and danger OF
the deep. the republic. perceiving It's dan.
ger. Is just within Q stroke Of the shore.
One more stroke and our feet stand upon
the rock. (Applause.) And the enemies
Of resumption would come now and plunge
her back into the uncertainty Of night,
upon q shOreless, bostomless sea. wretched
and forlorn. Ia the name Of sweet peace,
In the name OF returning prosperity, In the
name OF the sufferings we have passed. |
demand, the Republican party demands,
all lovers Of honest money demand that
the progress Of resumption shalt not be
hindered. Nothing can now hinder 1t but
the violation Oflaw.
E.sravaga.ee 81 sAe People.
Fellow citizens, l have detained you long
on these topics. There is one other phase
that l would mention. We have passed
through long period Of darkness, but In
the darkness there was some compensa.
tlon. Men are telling us that there were
good times 10 1865 TO 20. Were thereg
What was happening In those yearsg From
1866 to 1878 this country WAS running In
debt at rate almost never known before
do not mean the nation rs nation, but
mean the nation as people. DO you know
that even in our trade with Europe We
bought 81 900, 900 .00O-yes, 81 ,047 900, 900
more Of merchandise from Europe than
We sent back In exchange for IL? Our peo-
pie as individuals ran In debt In that short
space OF time more than 81 900 900. .0OO
And while we were running In debt BY our
purchases abroad, our people were running
In debt 1t home. II was the speculative
fever lhat imitation always brings. We
were building railroads on credit, State,
county and municipal debts were increas-
Ing. The debts OF this country. the indi-
vidual debts aud corporate debts far out
weighed the debts we made as national
debts. Since the calamity Of 1873 struck
us we have been quietly and calmly paying
our debts. In those i've years we have sold
abroad over $500 900 900 more OF property
than we have brought from there. The
year just closed brought US over 1237 600. :
900 Tor what We sold more than we paid
tor what we bought. We are paying debts,
We are clearing away incumbances. All
that this country needs Is that the black
shadow Of Congress shall not fal, upon IL
aud blast IL. Old Diogeues was right wheI
he asked OF Alexander as the only boon.
that he should ride on the other side out OF
his sunlight. Let the Government ride out
OF the sunlight, let Il not longer delay the
return Of prosperity. They say we have
made the hard times BY contraction.
deny that. 1t is false in fact and IL is false
In theory. a voice. Prove it.") Well,
sir, | will prove II. (Applause.) 90 the
first day Of September, 1873, there WAS
more paper currency afloat In this country
than there had been any day for six years.
and the panic struck US when We had the
highest huod tide Of paper currency.
Great spplause.)
Whas Threaseas she Repubiie.
And now, fellow citizens, allow me to
call your attention In conclusion to another
phase Of this question. have been speak
ing thus far on the hard. dry facts Of fnan-
cial science. have been trying TO get at
the truth as we'll ~ l might. We have no v
reached period, fellow citizens, when all
these questions have struck the public
mind with new force and new truth, and IL
is right that We should 60 down to the bot.
tom Of these facts and discuss them before
the people. No discussion Of our adoption
Of the Presidential policy Of civil service
reform. or anything however bad or how.
ever good, will meet this issue, bot the
taking of OF all our embarrassments aud
meeting this question face 20 face with the
people who are willing to be taught. II
the people Of the United States will hear
the truths OF these things. and know they
will, you can fearlessly deal with their in.
telligence and their conscience.
But, In the mesntime, there are other
elements In this cAse-not the mere ele-
ments Of Intellectual antagonisms, but
worse elements behind. lf some man should
stand on this historic platform and propose
that this republic Of ours has failed, must
go to ruin, he would prove the most awful
fact that could be conceived by an Ameri-
can mind. Next to Overturning the Uni
verse Of God would be the calamity Of the
fall OF this republic; and yet, not In this
country hope, but abroad. In other cOun-
tries. If vote were taken to-day by the iu-
telligent people of Europe, millions would
vote that the American republic must fall.
Let Us contemplate that for . moment.
Que OF the Ablest writer's that England ever
produced, one whose name Is honored in
America, has written Q statement giving
his reasons for believing that the republic
must fall, and l will delay you long enough
to state the substance. In 1857, just 81
years ago, Lord Mscaulay wrote letter to
an American thanking him for sending him
the works of Thomas Jefferson; but he said
he did not believe ia him. The gentleman
wrote back asking why. and then Macaulay
told him, and the substance Of the letter |
will give 10 few words. l do not like
Thomas Jefferson, wrote Macsulsy. be-
cause he taught doctrine which believe
will be fatal 10 liberty or to civilization or
to both. He taught the doctrine that all
men are equal and oil are entitled to their
voice in the Government. Now, said Ma
caulay, the radical defect OF that principle
is this: That It declares that the rich and
the poor have equal political power; the
wicked and the virtuOus have equal politi.
cal power; the wise and the ignorant have
equal political power; that all men, with
out regard to wealth, without regard to
virtue, without regard 70 intelligence are
political equals, and each may have an
equal voice in creating and maintaining the
Government. Now, said Macaulsy. that
principle will surely bring your country to
ruin, and thus: Certainly there will come
q time In your country when New England
will be ~ thickly settled ~ old England,
when the great West will be Is thickly set
tied IS New England Is now, when there
will be no more great unoccupied tracts Of
land In the West for your people 70 90 to.
Then will come the real strain and test Of
your institutions. There will come time
in your country Is In Eogland, when hard
times will 0ppTess your people, when your
harvests will tail, when your manufactures
will be distressed, when your pour labor
ers will be out OF work !; and whes that day
comes, crowded with population, you will
see your fate. For then there will men
arise among your people who will teach
this kind OF doctrine, that there Ii no jus
tice In allowing one man 70 have million
while another hes not meal. that there is