Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-12-28


England of which my friend Depcw
has spoken of as swarming into New
York is a thing of the past They have taken
possession. Laughter. The current has
been equalized, and over the length and
breadth of the land, by action and reaction,
New England ideas, potent always in the
West and throughout the country, have be-
come still more potent by the fact that the
original source of the influence has been
largely governed and controlled by the
streams which itself has set in motion, and
which have returned to water and tructity and
enrich at home.
Another feature. We forget when the Pill
grim Fathers came to this country they left
state of affairs in England which BODIED rev
olution. and which in effect wrought out two
revolutions before the English people got the
rights for which they were Cpntcnding And
vet. in 1920, the Pilgrim Father, planted in
this country the exact right, which those at
home in England obtained by the beheading
of Charles l. and the eXpul ion of his son.
James H.. from the throne They brought
with them the abandonm, mt of tcudal-
ism; they brought with them here the
abolition of primogoniturc; they brought with
them here the annument of the entail law
they brought with them here the dcstruc-
ton of the privileges of the mobility
they brought with them here and founded. 6s
wears before il was realized in England, all
for which those two bloody revolutions were
fought-rcyolutionS which cost one King his
head and another his crown in old England.
don't know that il is allowable to have CON
troversics at this table. and yet must diftr
little from NV honorable friend. the Secretary
of State. not in all his well wishing. not in all
his brilliant antcipations of the commerce of
our country. but | must as Il New Englandcr.
frpin in "a
discovered. that this country. with all It's cnor-
NOUS developments with all its mechanical
skill with all its worth and its work. and it.
resources in its mountains and its mines. shall
at the closing period of the nineteenth ccntu-
nv abandon the policy which the fathers gave
to us and saw that in our aNigation, To use II
slang phrase. we throw up the sponge and in
future. we rely on England for our ships.
do not believe in the policy. and want to re-
mind my honorable friend. the Sccretatary
of State. that his ancestors-morc prominent
in that than my own--panted deep and
strong the policy of the country in regard to
our navigation laws. When they had not me
chanical skill enough to make foot a,lzc-
when they had not money for factory that
should produce a spike. or n nail-when they
did not make the hammer that should drive
the nail home-they resolved that however
much they might import other things. they
would Law deep and strong the foundations of
n great commercial and great naval power
by declaring that for all time along the waters
that washed the coasts of our imperial pos
sessions. nothing hut an Amcrican-built ship
should navigate that in all the ships that
sailed into our ports from foreign voyages.
not one should carry the American flag and
hoist its honored ensign except those that were
built on our own shores, by our own people.
Applause.
Mr. President. | should like to see this
splendid company seated at Il typical New En-
gland feast of the oden time; feast spread
on tables that came over in the May Flower !;
YOU can find plenty of them (Laughtcr) the
guests seated on chairs that belonged to John
Alden and Miles Standish; and no well rcgu-
lated New England family is without broken
assortment of them. Loud laughter. |
should like to see feast thus celebrated that
should reproduce far as might be the hard
er times and the coarser fare which they EN-
dnred that we. their descendants and we their
friends might enjoy the more bountcous and
more elegant rcpast with which we are indul gcd
TODAY. And should like. Mr.. President, to
impress upon every New Highlander whether
seated at the primitive table of coarse fare or
the modern table of costly luxury, that with
one voice we echo the declarations Of our dis
tinguished friend. the Secretary of the Treas
urv in favor of an honest dollar. and that
with equal faith we believe in an honest bal
lot, Great and prolonged applause. And
| would like to supplement the peaceful and
promising picture drawn by my eloquent
friend the Secretary of State. by the fact that
wherever an honest dollar circulates. an hon
est ballot shall sustain it. And would lik,
that in that respect the habit and the practice
of the New England States might spread II,
rapidly and succeed as completely throughout
the whole country. For am reminded. will
Massachusetts resident on one side of III,
and a Massachusetts native on the other, tha
in that great Commonwealth. in a hotlv-con
tested election. in which the passions anC
pride. and prciudices of men were enlisted
there was a contest so close that the party il
power. having. as we would say. all the coun
tiers in their possession. in a total vote %
more than one hundred thousand ballots wer,
beaten nv ajoritv of one and Edward Ev
erett walked ont and Marcus Morton walkct
in No race hut the Anglo Saxons have We
been fully educated in the belief that ma jorit,
of one is as good as majority of one hun
dred thousand. but we do believe it and W,
practice it and abide by it, But the ma iori
" whether il be one or whether il be one hun
drcd thousand must be an honest majority
need not say that majority going even in
to the millions if it be founded on force %
on 1Tauu VIII never create peace OF give Sdl
isfaction to the people of the United States
| Applause.
Mr.. President. | thank you very sincerely
| thank YOU all, gentlemen of the New Eng
| land Society, more than can express, to
the cordialitv of your welcome. And in til
brilliant scene. in this grand and delightful
meeting. in this assemblage surrounded will
everything that gives comfort and grace an'
elegance to social life. in this meeting. pro
tected by law. and itself representing law
| let me recall one memory Away
| present with me on such occasions
and that is the sadness-if sadness
NAV be protrnded upon a meeting such a
| this--the sadness which | feel when remem
Der the men who in 1920 landed on the Ply
mouth shore. and did not survive the frs
year For of all the men engaged in grea
and heroic contests those, | think. are mos
to be commiserated and most to be svmpa
thized with who. making all the sacrifices an,
enduring all the hardships are not permittr'
to enjoy any of the triumphs or the blessings
1t was Quincy who died before the first sho
was fired in the Revolution he did much t.
create; it was Warren who died when tht
first shot was fired; it was Reynolds who