Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-08-08
Vol. XIV. Vlsls NJ. 1879. N. 80.

moref Here part the wsys. Here let Us
take our stand and bravery say We wllltry
10 pay. tApplause.l
Men OF Maine, Republicans OF Maine,
who braved the slave power and looked It
In the eye; you. who over the rihe barrel
looked At the foemen unninchingly, will
you STAND To-Day ior tne na00nai honor or
VIII you weakly vote lof isaoes OF paper
that shall oe forever frredeemable?
(Cheers.) VIII you save the faith Of the
nation, or Will you WAX the path OF infia-
ton ana maj repudistion that every land
mas walked oetore you' which mas sought
70 evade tho sorrow OF psymens and to
create Iaise prosperity oy printing more
and stiIi more paper promises when the
nour OF hnsi feckoninR ana maj payment
mad conner (Appiause.)
we nave kept the iaith thus far. Our
faces are set towards resumption. We
propose 10 keep tue p.euXe we nave made.
we nave sunefeo' we arc wiihne 10 SUI
'er' u neeu oe, out we Know that with re-
sumption snEering IS az last ended.
(Cheers-) we know that with resumption
sspital VIII move aR,n. tAppiause.
hat Win resuu,pt'on isoor VII; again
nave certain employment, we know that
WIN 'esunpl'o" ahu VIZ" lne oaiance OF
tiaae sweeping s'esdiiy In our favor we
past. (appiause'] We snali cross the
Jordan ana enter oy iaitn ana courage
INTO the proui'seu ianu. (App'ause.)
"ha. nAs otouxh' tnsI gleenoSck 70 the
shxat u'neIehee ., onS g, nSiI oi one per cent.
between IL ana com! Inc resoiute purpose
or .' tue hepuo,'can party. NAppiause.)
"has sman uiAnc 'hs. 9reehoAcA e9uAi 10
com! Inc resoiute purpose u the hePuo-
'csil Paiy. IApp.use.'
now, 10 spite OF an the legislation, which
!, nave 1housh. uhlortunste, "hie senator
ha~iih WAS ut'erlng tnose earnest ana
stAnu "o,u' ioI an nopeSt currency u"eIo
came oy the ightnlng an answer from the
STOCK E1change OF New 1ork.
II may oe that my IeAts are Aii idie. porn
en1rey OF my extreme an1iety. pray
them, ana morning was honoraoIy oound
70 SPEAK trnthiuhy.
a telegram has just Deen placed 10 my
nahus stauhg lna. eoia mas soid to-day 10
Ne" iotN NJ par TOT sieehDacks. IDS
may oe true IL may De mistaken. II true.
tet Us taSe courage. IL iaise' iet US accept
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the people of that State upon II and trusted
their horlor and their common sense. We
won great victory for the nations faith.
(Applause.)
Men OF Maine have faith In the Republi-
can party Of Maine. (Cheers.) Do not try
TO dodge the issue. DO not get down from
the high ground OF honesty and seek tenn
Dorary victory by the tricks oil a miserable
expedleucy. tCheers.) Remember that this
debt is to be paid. tAppiause.) We Great
ed It to crush Democratic rebellion.
Applause
We will pay 1t by Republican effort.
Applause. Then shall history repeat IL
self, and all men and all parties will be Ia
our victory blessed. Resumption shall
bring prosperity. Cheers. Then shall
the sun again "shne alike upon the just
and the unjust Laughter and cheers.l
Even our Democratic and National friends
will be as happy and prosperous as you,
because you will have kept the faith and
fulfilled the trust committed TO your charge.
| Long and continued applause.
At the close Of Gen, Woodford's speech.
and as soon as silence was restored, some
one called for Blaine. This one call Was
the SIGNAL of perfect shout. which contin-
ued for some seconds after the Senator ap-
peared to speak. He spoke as follows:
sprrcu ov srS.rop N, ,rxr
-ar' ohd.r"aa" ana feHo'' C,A<s"I'-i
people VI Ma'oe are uistinsuisneu, 4 'hihA.
ior TWO chalactefisslcs; one Is hisn sense
oi honoi anu 'he o'ne. u s.'onS co'ouio"
sense. applause iney 90 not propose
with hish sense OF honor 10 repudiate any
ooigatiohs, ihey 90 ho' peieVe' win
'heie strong common sense mat Stamping
piece Oh paper creates Naiue' Ana 'hey
remember lesson "hich can never De iof-
soieh' sinSie ihcioent "nFcn covers ID hs
scope ana us meaning the ehtire SreehoacS
llscussioh. "heh nao tue hohot 10 eu'er
Congress from An auJoihins uistfieI, 'here
were one h'horeo anu nity million ooiiars
ot legal teheers ID TINS country, ana they
were "eilh one uuIuleo anu io,ly-seve"
hiii'ohs 10 eoid uoitsrs. staiu tnere my
self, voting ior iegal tender oiiis until We
had ioar hundred and hity iniiiions OF legal
lenders and they were worth one hundred
and ior'y-h'e miiiohs In soio- we had
.hree tines As many paper doilsrs ana the
aggregate was worm Two miiiions less than
when we began ana II we had doubled the
amount they would not nave been worth
anything al All.
l do not, however with all Que respect
% my hohoIeo, Faiueu ana eloquent itieno'
nave the slightest apprehension OF the re-
1udiatioh OF the 9reenoack uo!iars OF TINS
country; not Tue siigh'est. oeg 10 say
hstinctly mat there 10 ho'hihg IN the sitna-
ION today, II ne Will PARDON me ior diner-
ng from nim' 10 create an apprehension,
WIN souhd common sense governing Us.
nat we are 10 traVei the ROAD Win the ma
ionai legal tender note that was Travelled
" the continental currency OF the revoin.
ION Our toreiatners issued Two hundred
md iorty-one iniilohs OF legai tehder paper.
ma they did not nave over nve hundred
nd hfty miiiions Oh property 10 the entire
hlrteen colonies. Applause 10 putt
N The same perlious edge we would have
put out SIX thousand ml''iohs OF legal
ender paper before we got 10 the point
hey reached. suppose the continental cur
ency had only reached the aggregate OF
hirty million dollars. Is there . man here
'ho believes that win the victory and
eace OF ife3 tnere Wooio nave oeen SOL
tary dollar ieIt Ihere would not haye
'een dollar OF 'ell oehino:
so that whle agree, ana l am sure
hat the great mass OF the people OF Maine
gree, that an enlarged ana innated issue
m0neE DeACe