Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26

minghams and Manchssters. When that
day comes l expect to see your country 60
down In one OF two awful ways. Either
some Caesar or Napoleon will arise. seize
the reigns OF government and destroy lib
erty, or both liberty and civilization will
die together. You will be ravaged, says
Macaulsy, As much IS the Huns and VAN
dals rayaged Rome 10 the fifth century.
with this difference, that these Huns and
Vandals will not come from without but
Will be engendered by your own clvilizs-
ton. That Is the indictment that Lord
Macaulay lays on the republic. and think
l do the men OF Boston . service when
repeat the Indictment. ask you to carry
1t hume and reflect upon it.
The Rep.slies Safety.
For myself, I repel with all my soul the
prophecy as false. (Applause.) reject
Il - Cassandra prophecy that cannot be
fnlalled. But whyF will detain you
only . moment to give you my reason. A
few years ago sought to answer this In
dictment. My first answer Is this. No
man who has not lived among Us can
understand one thing about our instltu-
tiOns. No man who has been born aod
reared under monarchical governments
can understand the mighty difference
between theirs and ours. How Is 1t In
mOuarchical governmental Their society
Is one series Of caste upon caste. Down
At the bottom, underneath, like the bot
tom rocks In the crust Of the earth, lie the
great body OF laboribg men. Why, an
Engllshman told me not many years ago
that in twenty-five years Of careful study
OF the agricultural farm labOrers OF Eng
land hp had known vvhn
born to the ranks of farm laborer and re-
mained In 1t that ever arose above his
class and became a well-to-do citizen.
That is the most terrible sentence ever
heard pronounced about them that 8, 3,0OO,-
600 Of people should lie at the bottom OF
society, with no power to rise to the top.
Above them the gentry, the hereditary
capitalists, above them the nobility. above
them the royalty. and crowning all the
sovereign; impossible barriers Of caste.
No man born under such institutions
can understand the mighty difference be-
tween them and us 10 this country. Thank
God. and thank the fathers of the repub.
lie, and the men who carried out the pro-
visions OF the Declaration, in this country
there are no classes, fixed, standing clas-
ses. Here society Is not hxed In horizon
tai layers. like the crust Of the earth, but
as . great New England man said years
ago, 1t Is like the ocean, broad, deep,
grand, open and full In all its parts, every
drop OF water that mingles with the yell
low sand at the bottom free to rise through
all the waters till II CLEANS in the sunlight
on the crest OF the highest waves. So
IL Is here in our free society permeated
with the light Of American freedom.
There Is no American boy, however poor,
however humble, orphan though he may
be, that II he have b clear head, a true
heart, . strong arm, be may not rise
through all the grades Of society to the
very top, and be the crown and flower,
and flower and pillar, of the state. Where
Is the need OF rebellion In such country
against law? Where Is the need of that
heaye and break and burst OF society that
Macaulay prophesied? Every poor man
here hopes to lay up something for 3 rainy
day, and when he gets 300 laid up, to
that extent he Is capitalist. There Is no
need OF contests between labor and cap
ital all We need Is the rights Of men just
ly admstered. There Is another answer
to Macaulay, and that is in . word. lie
could not understand, no man could un-
derstand until he had seen 1t, the almost
omDipotent power Of our education that
teaches our people how TO be free BY
teaching them TO be Intelligent. But, fel-
low-citzens, who has read the letter of
Macaulay that did not remember it year
ago last July, when In ten great States
millions OF American property and mil
lions Of American men were in peril OF
destruction? When the spirit Of mob ran
riot. When Pittsburg famed in ashes aud
smoked in blood and many OF our great
cities were In peril Of destruction. who
did not remember the doctrine OF Macau-
lay then and did not anew resolve that the
bloody track Of the Commune should have
no pathway on our shoree (Great ap-
plause.) | have introduced all this for
the purpose OF saying that behind the ele-
ment that now attacks the public faith, be-
hind the misguided honest men who have
adopted the greenbsck theory, behind
them. and preparing the movement is
Communism, coming from its dens In Eu-
rope and this country.
II any one thinks am an alarmist let
me read q sentence to you. What | AIN
about to read TO you has stood as standing
matter, as l understood. uncontradicted
for weeks in neighboring State:
"fou see two men walking along the
other \ ragged tramp. The rich man enters
the front door OF his nne dwelling, the
tramp goes In at the back door, demands
food or clothing and IL il Is not given to
him he steals it, and tell you that tramp
Is more entitled TO honor than the rich
man who sits In his luxurious psrlor."
The man who uttered those words had
just accepted the Greenback nomination In
one Of the districts of Maine "a voice
And he was elected"). and yesterday he
was elected to Congress. (Cheers.) Now
l say this to show the men of Massachu-
sets what this contest means. We do not
measure swords with our adversaries with
out knowing what they are and who they
are. We invite all honest men TO tine fair
and earnest and brOtherly discussion Of
this case, and we believe the hearts OF true
Americans every where will respond to the
right when they know the right; but to the
disturbers OF law, to those who would
break the peace OF this republic, to those
who would convert II into large anarchy,
the true men of this Union, who put down
Rebellion in one place, will put 1t down in
every place where 1t rises. (Prolonged
applause To the men who are misguided
and who have lett the ranks of our party,
or any party that Is In favor Of honest mon
ey. We say to them In the graphic langusg
OF Cox Of New York in his curious tele-
gram to Hewitt, reverse your error and
resume your judgment (Laughter.)
And now. fellow citizens. believing that
In this contest, in this old hall consecrated
to liberty. cOnsecrsted to justice, Msssa-
chusetts will find voice which will help
the cause Of honest money throughout the
republic, that will save the nation, that
will save its honor, that will give US the
hope Of the future and the help of Massa-
chusetts. thanking you for magnificent at
tention, bid you good night. (Applause
and three cheers for General Garheld.)
Keep Your Mouth shut.
Mr.. John Catlin, an American artist, dis
covered. during long intercourse with
the wild Indians OF the American continent,
that one of the great causes Of the mala-
dies which affect civilized men, Is their