Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-08-08

admiratiou and support.
Mr.. Smith Of Boothbay, wanted to get
the sentiment Of the convention on the ma.
ionai administration. but repeated ca lis
were made for Gen. Woodford and he
yielded.
Mr.. Barker then introduced Gen. Wood
ford as gentleman who had done his part
In the contest for the nations life. Gen.
"oodford was received with great applause
and spoke as follows:
Ex-Gov. wooDFoRD's SPEECH.
Mr.. President and Republicans of Maine:
l greet you to-day defenders of the ma.
tons faith. as in the dark days gone you
were the defenders OF the nstion's life.
greet you to-day. friends. In the best
sense, OF labor aud the laboring man, As In
the DARK days gone you were the true
friends OF labor. when you stood for free
dom as being national aud slavery as only
sectional. (Applause.)
You have done me great honor in asking
citizen OF distant state 10 take part in
your debate The only return that | can
make for your confidence and courtesy IL
to speak honestly and plainly.
All along the path. that We have coma
since the spring Of 1861. there are wreck
aud loss and suffering. We saved the ua-
ton at a cost OF blood and treasure simply
terrible. We have steadily striven to be
honest at cost that has been very severe.
We shall only reach the sure ground OF
specie resumption by fidelity, an inteqri-
ty and possibly suffering. that will test
the manhood OF this people Just a. It's man
hood has been tested during all the SEVEN
teen years that sre gone. (Applause.)
Standing in contemplation Of such loss
and suffering; thinking Of factories idle or
running but on partial time; thinking OF
fortunes wrecked; knowing that TO-DAY
many man 10 this land Is living on one
third aud one-quarter Of what he earned
aud so had to live on 10 and l2 years ago:
knowing how many are annually In want
aud hunger; do not dare to meet the issue
that confronts US simply with smooth
words. There have been sickness and suf-
fering In the body polite; there are sick
ness and suffering 10 the body polite.
IL IL hard thing to Day debt, IL means
honesty. Ii means industry. IL means
irugslity. and .hese things are but the echo
OF the primal curse that In the sweat OF
mans brow man must eat his daily bread.
1t Is a very hard thing TO pay great debts.
ana have not come to prophesy smooth
things or to utter honeyed words. ZAP
plause.)
ms nation ID sick with an irredeemable
paper currency, based on debt and not on
coin. We need radical and sure cure. We
need heroic treatment, the wise PHI slcian
possibly the surgeon. And have not come
TO prescribe nostrums and plead for Quacks
and quackery. (Applause.)
Now 10 back in thought over the path
that We have come. The Republican party
started as Senator HamlIa-no. love bet
ter To call him by that other name, that
Inks the convection Of to-day to the mem
DRY OF the past, our old Vice. President
fiamlin ofthe Lincoln time (Long cheers
The Republican party started for purposes
of right and not OF policy. When he spoke
To day Tor honesty. absolute and uucom-
promising honesty. he but echoed the birth
cry OF the Republican party. (Cheers.)
" e-started with an administration against
US. We started with one OF the old parties
dead aud the other surrendered to the
power OF slavery. When Senator Hamhn
resigned his seat 10 the L. s. Senate and
came back 10 lS56 to the State Of Maine,
anu took your nomination for governor
and appealed 10 the conscience of thi, peo-
PIE, you oVerthrew the powers that were
ou sustained the Republican party In be-
Ing right aud the nation In striving to be
free. (Applause.)
Whenever this party OF yours and mine
shall be false 10 that original purpose of
concience. In which Il WAS born, this Re
publican party will not die, but 1t ought TO
die aud be bur led out OF sight applause
" Whenever this Republican party comes TO
be An organization simply for the purpose
OF getting and distributing official spoils.
then the Republican party has outlived its
usefulness and should pass from the face
ofthe earth. (Applause.)
c..
that affect the welfare OF the people; so
long as there are questions that touch the
interests OF labor; that touch the condition
OF the poor. that touch the spindes, the
business. the commerce OF this country.
the Republican party has but one duty
and that is 10 be on the right side OF such
questions. (Applause.) When 1t stands
upon the wrong side il should be buried
and your votes and mine will be the spades
10 cover 1t from sight. (ApplauSe.
Let Us go back from this TO that hour
when our party had Its birth thu. conse-
Grated 10 the idea Of liberty. Fidelity TO
that idea involved, when the rebellion
came. a second purpose and that was the
purpose of loyalty. The party which had
said that the nation should be free then
stepped to the front and said the nation
shall live. applause Today another
question comes. and the party that was
born 10 make the nation free. and that the
natisn might live, now says that the mis-
sion of the Republican party In to so ad-
minister this government as that labor
shall be encouraged. IS that the dollar
that underles all iair traffic, all exchange
Df produce. all education and all culture,
that this dollar shall be an honest dollar.
worth q dollar the world over. (Long ap-
planse.)
Do any think state the Issue and need
of the hour too strongly?
This government may have bad admin
stration and yet you may be happy in
FOUR bone and may be at rest in mine.
This government may have bad admins.
ration and yet you and may find place
% earn money and SO to get our honest |
living. This government NAV have bad |
AM y all the processes OF ,
rade and society, Of the store and the |
hank. the counting-roOm, school house |
and church. may 60 on peacefully side by |
side But If you rob labor by paying 10
Dor in that which is not money ; il you in- |
rite reckless speculation BY injecting into |
he commerce and traffic Of the land that |
which is not the blood OF business and of |
commerce; II YOU attempt By law to make |
out Of nothing and to legisiate
that gas is solid earth, then have you |
broken up the very foundations Of society. |
,Applause.) The laborer Is falsely paid. |
Imitation comes. Fortunes seem to rise.
The bubbles float, irridescent before mems |
eyes, and they say how bright and beauti-
ul Is ali this. At last the bubbles break
aud there are paralysis and disaster the
broad land over. (Applause.)
But say you, did not your party create
he greenback? Yes. Did not your party
;lothe it with legal tender Qualiiy' Yes.
Did not your party force 1t ~ the basis of |
national banking and Of all exchange and
business? Yes. And why?
Back in those dark days. during the war
for which We were not responsible. when
treason had gripped the nations lite,
when we had exhausted our resources.
when we had borrowed and begged and
taxed TO the last limit, we then printed the |
government credit In the form Of treasury |
notes. We gave those treasury notes le-
gal tender quality. And why? The na-
ton had no coin. The government gave
hem to the soldiers In the field, to the |
men who furnished the supplies at home.
These soldiers, had wives and little ones.
These needed bread, clothing, shelter. So |
the government stamped these notes with |
legal tender quality, and said II they are
good enough 70 pay our soldiers, they |