Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-01-10
MisfelIantous. 3
What Col. lngersoll Says.

WnAt Col. lngerSoII says.
The following extracts from a lecture
delivered bv Colons Rober, Ingersoll q,
Troy, n. y, on Monday Dec 24ih. will
be Of Interest and amuse our readers:
lfrom the Troy Times.
THE WORLD ONLY rIT FOR A GENTLEMAN
FOR FIFTY YEARS.
When l think of how much this world
has suffered, l am amAz-d-when | think
OF how long our fathers we-e slaves, | atm
amazed. Why, just think OF IL. This world
has only been fit for a gentleman 10 live In
fifty years. daughter. No. il has not.
Ii was not until the year ls0S that Great
Britain abolished the slave trade. Up TO
that time her judges sitting upon the bench
in the name OF justice, her priests occupy
ing the pulpit in the name OF universal
love, owned stock in slave ship. and luSu-
rated in the profits OF piracy and murder.
II was not until the year ls0s that the Uni.
ted States abolished the slave trade be-
tween this and other countries, but pre-
serves IL as between the States. Ii was
not uotil the 2sth day of August, 1898. that
Great Britain abolished human slavery In
day OF January. 1863. that Abraham Lin.
coin wiped from her dag the stigma OF dis
grace. (Great applause.) Abraham Lin
coln-ln my judgement. the grandest man
ever President OF the United States. (con-
inenS t6ese worus codlhrfnlrdny~ ~ve-~rn-
ten: Here lies the only man Ia the his
tory Of the world who, having been clothed
with almost absolute power. never abused
il except on the side of mercy" cloud
and prolonged spplause.) Think. l say.
how long we clung TO the institution OF
human slavery; how long lsshes upon the
naked back were the legal tender for labor
performed. Think Of IL. when the pulpit,
OF this country deliberately and wiliully
changed the cross Of Christ into the whip
ping-post. Think Of iti And tell me then
II l am right when say this world has
only been nt for . gentleman TO live In
nfry years. Uaughter) hate with every
drop Of ny blood every form OF tyrrany.
hate every form OF slavery. | hate die
tatiop-l want something like liberty and
what do l mean by that? The right TO do
anything that does not interfere with the
happiness Of another physically. Liberty
OF thought includes the right TO think
right and the right to think wrong.
Why? Because that Is the means by
which we arrive at truth; for If We
knew the truth before. we needn't TO
think. (Applause.) Those men who mis-
take their ignorance Tor facts never do
think.
WOMEN AND MARRIAGE
Iregard marriage as the holiest institu-
tion among men. without the nresIde
there is no human advancement; without
the family relation there Is no life worth
living. Every good government is made
I'D Of good families. The unit OF govern
ment is the family. and everything that
tends TO destroy the family is perfectly
deyiIsh and Infamous. | believe in mar
rage. and I hold in utter contempt the
opinions Of long-haired men and short
haired women who denOunce the Institution
of marriage. (Great applause and laugh
teri Let me say right here-and have
thought a good deal about it-let me say
right here, the grandest ambition thar any
man can possibly have is To SO live aud 80
Improve himself in heart and brain as 10
be worthy Of the love Of some splendid
woman (applause); and she grandest am
bition of any girl Is to make herself worthy
of the love and alteration OF some magni-
ficent man. (Applause.) That is my idea,
and there is no success in life without IL.
II you are the grand emperor of the world
you had better be the grand emperor ol
one loving and tender heart, and she the
grand empress of yours. The man who
has really won the love OF one good won
an in this world. do not care il he dies in
the ditch beggar. his life has been sue
cess. (Applause.) l say it took millions
of years to come from the condition OF alb
ject slavery up to the condition Of mar
rage. Ladies, the ornaments you bear
upon your persons tonight are but the
souvenirs OF your mothers bondage. The
chains around your necks and the bracelets
clssped upon your wrists by the thrilling
hand Of love. have been changed by tn,
wand of civilization fiom iron to shining
glittering gold; but nearly every religion
has accounted for all the devilment In this
world by the crime OF woman. What
gallant thing that is' And II 1t Is true,
had rather live with the woman l love In I
world full of trouble. than to live in HEAVIER
with nobody but men. daughter ant
applause.)
equal OF the man. She has all the rights
have and one more. and that is the righ
to be protected. That's my doctrine. YO,
are married try aud make the woman yol
love happy; try and make the man yot
love happy. Whoever marries simply fo
himself will make = mistake; but whoever
loves 4 woman SO well that he says. Z"
will make her happy" makes no mistake
and Sc with the woman who says, II viii
make him happy" There is only one w.l
to be happy, and that is to make some6od.
else SO. and you can't be happy cross lots
| YOU have got to 60 the regular turnpik
road. Oaughter.) II there is any man
| detest, it Is the man who thinks ae is To
head Of the family-the man who think
be Is ..boss." (Laughter.) That fellow
| in the dug-out used that word boss
| (laughter); thst was one OF his iavont
expressiobs-that he was ''bOss. !" (Langh
ter.) Imagine young man and youni
woman courting. walking out in the moon
light. and the nightingale singing SON
| OF pain and love, % though the thor'
touched her hesrt-imagi0s them stoppin
there in the moonlight and starlight an
cong, and saying. Nov here let's setti
Who's '.hess!" (Laughter.) ! tell you
y an infamous word and an infamous feel
ipe-a man who y ''boss." who !: Goin
- govern n his family, aud whee 3
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