Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-10-28

country is. DO you know that We have
more to eat here than any other nation of
the globe has And that is quite an item
| Laughter. We have better clothes, and
they come nearer fitting us. Applause
There IS more general information among
our people. and it is better distributed than
lii any other country.
But really the greatest thing about our
country is, that there is no other country
where women and children are treated as
| well as they are in the United States
! Cheers. Let me tell you why: In other
countries the family is patterned after the
form of government. In countries where
| there is a monarch. the head of the family
is monarch in countries where there is a
despot at the head Of the government the
head OF the family is despoi. Here in
this country our families are republican.
Every man sitting by the fireside has a vote.
Cheers. These are few of the reasons
why like this country. ] like ii because it
gave me chance. Applause. | like it
because a man in the lowest walks of life
can have a chance. like il because a boy
who has worked on canal. a boy who has
driven mule on the towpath, a boy who
has cut wood at twenty-five cents a cord-I
like It because such boy is going to be the
next president Of the United States, [Ap-
plause. What n magnificent compliment
they pay to our system of government what
splendid compliment they pay to the good
heart of our people. by making prominent
in this canvass the fact that the boy was
poor, that the boy was compelled To work
What in other countries would be a mark of
disgrace, IN this country is transfgured into
the wings of honor and of fame. Ap-
plause. Now, as | have said. this is a
good country, but there are perils against
which We must carefully guard. A, | told
you IN the iirs, place. YOU have got TO fight
for everything that is good OF the work is
never done. There are always some who
fall IN the rear. In the ceaIes; water there
will be settings and just so in politics
There are certain perils that menace this |
government; and let US be honest about il.
tell you 10 night that ! have no favors 10
ask of any political parties in this world.
The first peril. in my Judgment, is the doc
trine If state rights. The doctrine that a
part is greater than the whole the doctrine
that the general government was born of
the states. when everybody knows that the |
states were born of the general government, |
and that before that time they were colonies, |
ON their knees to George III. and they we're
not raised from their degradation into the |
majesty Of states until the continental con
gress resolved that they were free and |
independent states. Applause. That here |
~ is, in my Judgment one of the great per
is that menaces this republic at the presen, /
time. II wa, not settled by the war; il has /
not been beaten out of the democratic lead |
ers ami let me assure YOU that il i a. /
strongly intrenched in the hearts Of these |
men AZ the present time Il ever vas in the /
history Of the government The doctrine Of /
state right. was appealed To to perpetuatr hu- /
man slavery Il vas appealed 10 10 keep the /
slave trade open until the wear 1905 II was
appealed TO for the purpose u making blood /
hounds Of the free people Of the north % .
extend slavery into the free territories; and /
finally Il was appealed to Ia justify secession
and rebellion Il j. appealed Ia now IN or /
der that the southern state, NAV DENY to the /
black people their rights. Bs this sou vii |
that the doctrine " state rights has 4
never been appealed TO in the history Of this /
srrn'- -suanrtnhI.s mum shmtDouv ri.t, /
Applause. detest the doctrine. | abhor
1t IN every drop Of my blood. This is not a
coniederacy this is nation. ] have the
same nigh, TO speak here in Massachusetts
that have in Illinois, not because the flag
Of Massachusetts, floats over m--because |
would not know il if should see it-i, is I
because the right is guaranteed to me by the |
hag Of the republic. Cheers.