The Portland daily press., 1878-09-07
POLITICAL.
senator Blaine at Bath.


BATH, Sept. Ga large meeting was held in
this city this evening which was addressed by
Senator Blaine. After full and elaborate re-
view of the financial question in all its bear
ings Mr.. Blaine concluded his speech of two
hours as follows:
Eight days since addressed large meeting
10 your neishboring city of Lewisron. During
the week that has since interviewed 1 have trav-
elied from the banks of the Kennebec to the
head waters of the Mississippi tarried two days
IN that great region, traversed back agajn--a
total distance of 5000 miles. have passed
through eleven great states whose area ia
double that OF the Empire of France under the
third Napoleon. whose already acquired prom
erty amounts to many thousands of millions of
dollars and whose prospective wealth no man
may calculate. And besides these we bsve ~
other large states and great territories wa
have every produce of field and of forest of
mechanism and of mine of the land and of the
sea, and we are forty-fve millions of people al
work developing these great riches and adding
to this enormous wealth, and vet with this
past, this present, this future we have men
among US, those who ask usito soil our national
honor and degrade our standing in the world
by repudiating our solemn obligations. 1t is as
though man with $4,000 of property should
put 10 hazard his commercial caedit aud his
personal character by trying to escape from an
honorable debt OF eight hundred dollars except
tud1 uU luuiNtuua CUuphrlsUu eau give any aQe
quate conception of the evil which wonld flow
from dishonoring government, An evil which
dies not with the generation that infiicts it,
but is visited upon posterity far beyond the
third and fourth generation. Gold flows in
upon us from Europe and is coming in count
less millions from our mountains, but sect
has arisen to denouuce its use as money and to
ask US to give the benefit of its circulation to
every other people aud deny it to ourselves.
The miner in Colorado and Montana. in Ari-
IONA and in Nevada is anxious for home
market and home use for the precious metals
that he adding to the wealth of the world. But
the Greenback party insist on expatriating our
nations gold and preventing any flow Of it
from foreign lands, insist that we shall con-
tinue to feed on husks at home while we load
the table of the rich man in Europe with our
rarest and costest gifts.
Mr.. Blaine was listened to throughout with
marked attention by the entire audience,
which was composed of members of all parties
of the highest character and responsibility.
W.
Republican, Meetings AT Brids,on.
BRIDGToN, Sept. 6.-Two large and enthus-
tic Republican meetings we're held this after
noon and evening, addressed by Messrs. Blair
and Reed. The meetings were perfect sue
cess, Mr.. Reed receiving splendid ovation.
ITO the Associated Press
Gen. Garfield at Camden.
CAMDEN, Sept 6-Gen. Garfield spoke here
last night to large audience composed of all
parties.
Marceilui Emery ON the stump.
BANGOR, Sept. 6.-Marcellus Emery address
ed large meeting of Democrats and Green
hackers at Norombega Hall tonight. He ar
gued that 520s should be paid in greenbacks,
denounced the strengthening act of 1869 as the
work of bondholders, opposed the national
banks and resumption act and advocated the
issue Of eurrercy in sufficient volume to supply
the wants of trade. The speaker was vigor-
ously applauded at various points Remarks
were also made by Paul r. Seavey in favor of
Greenback doctriEe.
Atfempt to Sell Out the Hard Money
Democrats la the Third District.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 6.-Hon. VIM. Phibrick,
Greenback candidate for member of Congress
from this district, John Ware of Watervile,
and others, held conference in this city today
for the purpose of bringing about the amalga-
nation of the Democratic and Greenbsck
parties by the withdrawal of Gen. franklin
Smith of Waterville, Democratic candidate,
and the concentration Of the vote of both par
ties upon Mr.. Philbrck. Gen. Smith consent
ed to the transfer. kilograms were sent to
leading Democrats in the districts who en-
phatically refused to enter into the arrange
ment and it was abandoned.