Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-05-22

Some Plain Truths.


The following is from a speech recently
delivered in the House by Representative
Horr of Michigan. He said:
While | would like to discuss this ques-
ton aud give YOU some Of the reasons for
the alarm which perysdes this county At
this time. l am compelled for wsnt OF time
( to do II but for "A moment only. The s'arm
which is felt all over the North is owing TO
| the fact that this government Is about 10
I pass into the hsud- Of the men who so re-
Gently tried TO destroy il But there is
another serious cause of uneasiness. and
that is that the Democratic party has gone
over aud given Itself up 10 the grand cer-
ter" ia this House-the Gre, nbscsers."
Now know something about that Green
back disease. When II first strikes man
he will commence running At the mouth'
like one who has been salivsted The next
thing. you will hear him belysching
around about bondholiers and national
banks; then his bowels of compassion will
begin to yearn for the poor OF the country,
though | never yet knew one of them tn
give a poor man a meal or single day :
, work in nv lie. Take the case OF INV hon
orable friend from Indiana. Mr. DE La
Matyr.J Does ne know What he has done
Have you read the bill. he hs, introduced
for the creation OF sreenbacks To supply
the wants OF the people. a. he calls III l
have read the bill and its provisions would
make a horse laugh unless he was entire
" devoid of the sense Of the ludicrous.
Now, what do we lind here. When our
country needs rest and quiet: when the
. business Interests of this land demand thst
We should come here and pass these sppro-
pristion bills pure and simple and then 60
3 a. n a, a.
we fndy We find the Democratic party
uniting with these men 10 food the coun-
49,
We OF the north do not seek sectional
strife. All we ask Is that the laws shall
be respected and executed all over the
United States. north and south alike. Did
il ever occur 10 you gentlemen to ask the
question why it is that the north Is filling
up SO with immigr alton while the south
lsgs behind; Have YOU ever studied this
question any: While canvassing my dis
trict last fall my attention WAS called es-
pecislly 10 that fact. Way up In the north
ern most part Of the lower peninsula OF my
State found 4 new county slim: up with
astonishing rspidity. In three counties OF
my district there have been opened up and
put in cultivation during the last year over
5000 acres of wild lsnd. and from what !
alone during the past three years more i'm
migration than into any southern State,
except Texas.
Now, how is it, When | was up In that
county, asked men why il was that they
sought homes In such a cold climste when
the South was fun OF unoccupied lands :
One gentleman told me he had tried to live
u the South. but that having been u Union
soldier, and having settled in Mississippi
near where Chisholm aud his family were
murdered on account of their politics, and
sdded that had they not been Republicans
they would all be alive to-day. A gentle
man now IN This city, who lived right there
at the time. tells the same story. Now.
the first man left all he had In this world
and took up a home in the wilds OF north
ern Michigan, with nothing 10 rely upon
but his own two hands. rather than risk
his life at the South Another very intelli-
gent appearing gentleman stated 10 me
that he too. had tried the South; that
while he lived there he was under no fear
OF bis life. but he claimed that the people
treated him with so much Indifference on
account Of his political notions that he
could not stay. lie said that the habit IN
that country was 10 ostracise men from all
good society unless they yielded obedience
- tlt parry lH IONtss fic eafl IhtNhtI
that he would not have stald there for the
entire State Of South Carolina, such was
the bitterness there toward strangers from
the North who settled among them. Is
such the case: DO you thus ostrscise n
who settle among you because they differ
from you 10 politics: II so, why do you
wonder hat men refuse TO live among you
WHY wonder that your lands lie unm-
proved and that immigrants turn from
your shores with hssty tread; do not
wonder that your rivers which contain
power to run the machinery OF the world.
vet 90 unused 10 the ocean. no hum Of In
dustrv on their banks and without turning
4 spindle. The reason for II is plain. II
j. because OF vo"- intolerance toward the
OPINION OF Others; because of your social
ostrscism exercised toward strangers who
do not share your notions abou. the su-
perioriiv OF the southern chivalry or agree
with YOU a. to the DESTINY oftEe colored
race. An imitation OF the currency will not
save the South. You should have more
schools. more enterprise and thrift, aud
less -ecklessness of lie, less hatred OF what
you csll carpet baggers-damned Yankees
Your business enterprises should be con-
Quoted MOI e with piety aud less with pistols
Whist Mississippi needs to-day is more corn
and cotton and less cussedness moa mills
more manliness; less murder, less moon
sinners. What would improve South Car
olna is more hams and fewer Hamburgs.
She should raise horses aud hogs more
and hell less