The daily gazette., 1878-01-24
MAINE ANDMAssACHUsErTs
or the statue OF
William King 10 the Govern-
nent-A very pretty SEM
atOrial Fight-Revival
ift Of the Quarrels
Of uSI2
WAsHINoroN, Jan. 22, 1878.

In the Senate to-day, after the ex2ir-
alton of the morning hour, Mr.. Ham,
lin. of Maine, submitted resolutions
accepting tho statue OF William King,
donnted by the State of Maine for the
national siatuary hall 10 the capitol,
aud returning the thanks Of Congrets
to the people Of Maine for the contrib
ution. Mr.. Hamlin then spoke Of the
life and eminent services Of Governor
King,ana the propriety. of commemora-
ting the services Of gentlemen who
have assisted conspicu 5usly in found
ing and advancing .he Republic.
SPEECH OF MR.. BLAINE. tl
He was followed by Mr.. Blaine, and
In the course OF his remarks that Sena-
tor epoke OF William King rs having
been chosen by Maine for the distin-
guished honor of her first repi esenta-
1--we In the National Gallery, because,
fiIst Of all, he was influential in erect
ing the District of Maine into free
and independent State and said:-
The connection of the district with
Massachusetts had become exceeding
distasteful, might say intolerable, 10
the majority OF our people,and u senit-
ment amounting Well nigh TO rancOr
and hatred could be satisfied with
nothing less then sepsratiOn. This
dislike, which was mutual. and had
been growing for years, wa strongly
| iD famed by the war OF 1912 and the
resulting political differences. Massa-
chusetts was deeply hostile to the war,
and did all in her power 10 embarrass
its prosecution. Maine stoJd firmly
by the administration of Mr.. Madison
In uphoiding the honor OF the fisg,
She contributed,I believe,a larger nnIn
Der Of troops than any other equlapopu
latlon in the union. The majority Of her
people regarsd the altitu.ieof Massach u
setts toward the general government
during that struggle MS thoroughly
unpatrioiic, IL not reasonable. Par
iicipancy in the Hartford Convention
or any sympathy with its proceeding
or its aims Was political death and
well nigh social ostracIsln to any man
in Maize. The contrary spirit prevail
ed In Massachusetts,, and the venerable
William Widgery, who presented the
Maine district In Congress and voted
for the declaration of war against
Great Britain, was seriously threatens
4 GU sWtth thOp NtOiCuCC an hC pe56tu
through Massachusetts on his way
hOmewaTd.
| MAINE DURING THE WAR OF 1872.
Maine felt the pressure Of the war
keenly. A large portion Of her territory
and full one-half of her long coast in-
Guiding some very considerable towns,
were held and occupied by the British.
A bloody naval battle was fought within
gunshot Of her shores, IN which the COM
manders of both vessels were among the
slain, and their remains now peacefully
repose side by side in the ancient ceme-
terry at Portland. Both on sea and on
land the war was present was terrible to
our people, but they endured 1t detantly
and successfully; the district and the
s'stepmother State," as Massachusetts
came to be humorously termed, and
after the peace of 1916 the agitation for
Independence proceeded with increased
force.
He stated that the generous people oil
Maine were never understood or appre-
ciated, Boston constituting then even
more than now the government powers
in Massachusetts. Indeed, one of the
leading federalists, active III Masachu-
sets at the time Of the separation, de-
scrbed the inhabitants of Maine as a
ia violent and vicious people" and such
judge,t to have been the general estimate
lplaced upon them at that day by the ILL
informed and prejudiced citizens OF B0s
ton. But the federal managers Of Massa
chusetts began TO dread the growing
strength and boldness of the Maine re-
Ipublicans, and lively fear was develop
ed and spread like wildfire that, under
the lead OF William King, the war party
OF 1872, the followers OF Madison all,
Clay, would capture the State and MAKE
laws for Boston as well as Bangor.
AGITATION FOR A STATE GOVERNMENT
He reviewed at some length the agita
tion in Maine for State government In
dependent of Massachusetts, and sald:--
"Finally, the people OF Ma ne we're indebt
ed for their success not to Lhe justice o
their cause and the righteousness ithei
prayer, nor even TO liberal sense of fai
dealing on the part of the people G
Massachusetts,, but solely to fear in tb
minds of the governing political part.
that their ascendancy would be endang
cred If Maine should continue to te a.
, integral portion of the State. They de
termined, therefore to let the district go
and congratulated themselves that.
well rid Of "the violent and vicious peo
. pie of Maine," they could, in their owl
language, have a "snug little fedora
, State for the rest oftheir lives" Througl
: all these trying and troublous scenes, il
which 1t was Necessary to control tn
public sentiment of two peoples, 1t i
I difficult to state-it is quite impossibl
q to oyerstate the sagacity, the ability, tn
!. address, the force--in one word, the lea
, dership of William King. Maine fol
lowed him with implicit faith, and Mas
: sachusetts came finally to dread him ate
she had long hated him. Influencing th
1.-TWO populations with equal skill, govern
ling the one through love, the othe
Through fear, he finally besa the com
lplete master of the situation and attain
: ed the end for which he had labored 70
SO many years with patient fidelity wit
commanding ability, with consnmmat
: fact.
ri Mr.. HoAR-Mr. President, the State {
Massachusetts does not desire TO wip
out her history from the annals of til
American people or to screen any por