Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-06-16

Dailu kri1nfbsL 3ournaI.
senator Frye's Speech at the Re.
publican State Convention.

oC"oNOt rye SRceCn ht the tNc-
publican State Convention.
NJ. President; Gentlemen of the Conrent,os
had no purpose of addressing this conven-
ton, for on investigating the business which
must necessarily come before it, recognizing
Its Importance, the great numbers of the con.
vention. the limited time for consultation.
determined that this must be convention for
work and not convention for talk.
And yet, Mr.. President | cannot fail 10
congratulate the republican party of the State
OF Maine in this most magnificent delegation
that have ever seen assembled in any State
convention in this State or any other. Mag.
nificent in numbers, for almost every section
OF this State is represented. sc men spending
four days of time coming down from Aroos-
took county (applause), every portion Of the
State responding to the call made upon it,
This is no convention meeting in the city of
Portland. and packing weak delegations
Every man represents constituency. which
selected that identical man To come here and
represent it. Magnificent, too, in its intelli-
gence, in its enthusiasm, in its evident deter
mination to lift the State of Maine out of the
slough of despond into which it has Just en-
tered the perilous edge.
And why should it not be a magnificent
convention, and why should it not show in.
teliigence, enthusiasm and determination I:
Gentlemen, you represent a party which for
progress. the partv Of civ;,;za,ion ,ba nar,v
against harbar;sm tho nar,r Co. .a,,a,: pss
for the enI;obtanmer, nf ,ho ,n.,'ia 80" ~
fitting of them for The b;ah .pd r"sr;s,e ~. Wy
duties of American c;,;,ans ,nIor ,.lf ,''.'...
tut;on the nartv in fayor of ,n,,'.S, so"ss 80. !,
to whom the temnerance men of ,ha S,a,o ns
Maine owe every advance eyor,, s,a, or n.y.,
gross tho, has haan moao IL ,ha Ia, ~ - p
TAnr,,,..N " Wv '"'' ~ 'e"S
Ypr renres.r, r.r,r .a,,,o .,;o,
twenty wears ago top,. Tho aJn,;n;s,r.,;"n -,
affairs in this great rapnbI;o. which rnuna :.
bantrun, treasury hapLrnr,,a H. ,,,a ,o"u Ia',, !"
cratic nar,v in a ,;r,a of rp"ss Wv ue"o
bantrnnt that II cnnid na, P.oam' hon." pe"ee' 50
10 nor con, and oaars - - c." ~
bonds at n; nor con, d;sconn. ana ,ho,.
Rejected Van tool ,b;s onnm,, n'" ,"i j., "sle S
m;n;stra,;on of aJa;rs -, GU. -. ms .s au
seeded from the Jrn;on ~ han ,ha pras;ao",
and vice Precedent nt Snm,harn c.
federacv had beon aIao,aa -, -. 80.
and arsenals and sbins of wor had boa, so;,a5
bv tho enemy Of tho l.o .nd ,h., .,,,.,s,..
tho Un;on vbor ,,o,,. -, La..
ed and a nor,;on of :, .,,xao1 -.
vonr navy had haen sca,,oraa 90 e., ,'rna'
of the Garth Y,,u toot !, r;ah, "a ~.
ner;lous time of wor ne d;so.a "s
anarcby viii no arn' 80 ""u "
in the ;reaanrv TIA, ,ar., ha, LII 1" G
army of millions il hn;lt eo,;nnsd and
manned n navy annie ~ b,oaLade go,
Southern mort II raised h, tavo,;or, .aa H.,
borrow inc money az 600 ooo 600 and in ~
extremity il resorted to that terrible exna.
dent of issuing manor money Twas an ax.
Incident ahsoln,eIy necesssr, ~ sara ~
Union. and il was resorted ,o Ono hnnarad
millions, two hundred millions. four hundred
millions in all And then Won saw that Marty
do what no other Marty nm his ear,h ~ha, no
nation in all the history of nations from tho
beginning has done. 1t stood up in the face of
every temptation. in the face OF hitter deter
mined men. and il resolved by solemn act of
Congress that not another dollar of that paper
money, irredeemable, should ever be printed
and Issued to the people of this country as
money. Ii was the greatest triumpb of virtue
of integrity. of sound principle that even This
country or anv other ever bebeld Cep,Ia.
men. that partv saw that money po down In
80 cents on the dollar. With the helm of the
war democrats of the country. with the hitter
opposition of the other portion of the demo-
cratic party, for four wears holding the ad
ministration of affairs, that party brougbt
that war TO triumphant close. That Marty
then, by a magnanimity never seen on this
earth before. except that exhibited by the Sa.
yiour of man himself. that Marty never pur.
ished one single human being for tho grea,
crime which had been committed but nro-
ceeded to reconstr act the Union. to bring back
these men who have been in rebellion. into
participation in affairs. into particination
in governing the great republic they had nm.
dertaken to DESTROY; and il proceeded &c that
work until every State was represented in the
Congress of the United States. and Peace.
beautiful. glorious Peace. an angel bright and
magnificent. settled in our land orce more To
build for berself n homo ,bere forever That
-. ,.,h;ah =, ,ha ,.loso ,,c .ho 80 .o,.,od
dei;berateIv down and balanced ;ts books and
fonnd bv the current accounts thai II ow Ell
. 400 ooo OOO enouob IN annalI apv man mr. anv
rot;or ond ;,s norer monev % cen,s on nh,
dollar MD !, weaken Ala II v;eld Aid !, On
down beneath tho demands NJ homes, hut mis-.
,aken men 10 set the nrinting nresses a, work ?
M santIemep, That marty had vir,ue
enoush ,o do tho onlv thing tbere was Ieft IN
he done for the integrity Of the rnion. aad
that was 10 build mn the credit of that conn
trv. and Immediately II commenced having
,h.t o,aa, doh, snd frou ,bot d.y dnwn m
,bo honr of my sneak;ng !, hos no;J II a, Tho
ra,o os ono hnndred million. ! ve.r r,ame-
d;..slv tho cred;, NJ tho coun,,v hegan IN q,
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