Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-06-14

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General Shields. Think Of Curcoran, Sher
idan. Think Of the thousands who icit a
home aching hearts, never To be healed oil
earth. All along the Shenandoah valley. IL
the silent shades beside Potomac. man,
Q lonely mound is left, nameless grave,
where none but natures tears we're shed
which none but natures hand has deeked
aud the verdure of the soil is rooted in ar
Irish heart. These are my proofs, som,
of my proofs. Of love and fidelity to fair
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| WHY do mention these things my friends:
Simply, then, that We may see how we are
appreciated by others; simply that we ma,
learn how We should appreciate others sim.
ply that raising our eyes to the good God
We might thank Him who has elevated ouI
nation To such dignity that. not withstand
ing all our losses, friendship with US be
comes n matter of contention with those old
err nations whose histories, noble histories
too extend far back beyond the reach OF
must, records. Such is our present.
| But the future. Does danger threaten
| Does Acknowledgement Of our states form a
part Of the horizon The importance of this
| question may be drawn from the considera-
! ton that IL is as old as our articles of fed
Grafton. Twas first proposed by Great
Britain when she was forced TO acknowI
edge our independence lis a problem
which the willy Aaron Burr attempted To
solve Yet he succeeded only in running his
own fortunes and those of the too contidiug
Blennerhsssett Calhoun, the political
apostle of the South. believed the Union
could be dissolved, and openly advocated
the necessity Of such measure with all his
argumentative power yet he failed even in a
congress governed by southern men and
southern influences Clay feared the issue,
and guarded against it BY compromise in
the celebrated notification struggle Even
our own Webster, the eagle of the granite
hills. trembled at the supposed measure Of
the danger. There is something pathetic in
his voice when deploring the probability of
disunlon, he says when nv ewes shall
be turned to behold for the last time the sun
in heaven, may | not see him shining on the
broken and dlshonoTed fragments Of a once
glorious Union; on land rent with civil
fcud or drcnched il NAV be with fraternal
blood. let their last feeble and lingering
glanoes rather behold the glorious ensign of
the republic, nov known and honored
throughout the land. its arms and trophies
streaming in their original lu.irr-" and his
PRAYER was answered
The final disruption Of our nation was
then considered almost inevitable BY those
our greatest statesmen. Yet when the test
came when the South rose in its might,
when the boys IN blue and grey bravely met
the hayone,s points and withs,ood the bat
ties shock when the incense of war rolled
ava, and he sacrifice was over the result
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their genius were at least falIble in their
views. For see, the ensign of the republic
is still known and honor-d throughout the
land its arms and trophies are still. thank
God. streaming IN their original lus,re.
And besides the mourning tombs Of Rich
mond, An,ietam. and Gettysburg. speak
now Of eternal peace and union FOR the
states are nov united in the mIngling heart )
blood and ashes of their departed heroes.
To prove then. that the Union - destined
10 b. perpetual, that IL il TO continue indeti-
niteiy, 1t ~IlI be simply necessary for m- To
sho~ that our country IL free from all the
knosn eases Of revolution. lis true tina,
revolution has been the order Of the day ;
much that the mode Of government
IN the world NAV be divided into seven Li.-
tlnct periods. The cause. IN these great
changes we're the same in minor caaes.
What were the causes Of revolution in the
past They were the Jralous,, ambition,
or ayarice, of foreign nations Or domestic
dlssen,iJn caused by sectional tastes and
necessities. as IN the case Of our recent CIV ii
war or the oppression Of the many BY the
wealthy few or they sere the result OF pri-
vate ambitions. Sometimes even the holy
name Of religion has been used a, the pre-
text for change.
These causes however are wholly mproba-
bic ~ this our country. For first We are
bounded as YOU all know b, the protecting
oceans and BY nations whose weakness We
can afford to despise That we are free
from danger on nur seabpard viii appear
from the following consideration. In the
whole world two nations especially have ad-
mtIable facilities to rival each other IN naval
matters namely, Great Britain and the
| nlted States. Bat when We we're weaker
than at present We have been twice vic
tor!ous over the former, and al periods when
any one vii! admit, the BrItlst empire was
more powerful than It is to-day, or than il
Is likely TO be again. Hence our danger
from that source diminishe, daily. For sim
liar reason our friendship rather than emit,
is Likely 10 be courted bS others.
II danger exists, then il must be internal.
In our domestic arrangements We are divid-
ed. as you know, into three grand sections,
the North or East. the South and West
The difficulties of the South with the North
were Of t@o-fold nature. Slavery and the
Tariff. The first cause Of dispute has dis
appeared the second exists but Is no longer
a danger WHY Before the war the Eas,
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a great farm. the South a lightly plantation
| The protective tariff bore heaviest on the
South for the Fast was the market Of the
West while the South found its strongest
patrons in England and France Feeling
then independent Of the rest Of the country
the South desired the abolition of tariff
By which il gained nothing but lost much ;
for manufactured goods could be purchased
mu,h cheaper in Europe. than the United
States. Since the war however, all this has
changed. The market Of the West is now
no, simply the East but embraces even Eu-
| rope. The South has now its own factories,
that are yearly increasing IN Importance and
consequently has a common interest with
the rest Of the couRtry in maintaining the
| protective tariff if il deserves TO be main
tanned, question | do not propose to dis
cuss.
| The next thing that attracts our attention
is the oppression of the many by the wealthy
few. Wendell Phillips is accredited with
saying that the next danger which threatens
our country is the slavery of corporations.
Without attempting to fully answer this,
| would call your attention TO the fact that
this Is simply a statement. Against this
statement ! would oppose few facts drawn
from history. In all the great nations OF
christendom corporate bodies in the various
branches Of industry have existed for ages,
and IL may be said that next to christianity
they have been the principal agents in the
growth and development of those coun-
tries. And again the poor, or the lower
classes as they are called, have been raised in
intelligence and in the social scale in the ex
act ratio Of the increasing strength of these
industries. Take France and England as
instances. Now in those countries, where
the aristocracy or monied classes have ruled
for time immemorial power has gradually
been accommodating in the hands Of the la
borer, and no one dares affirm that these are
stupid, as a class. Why should We exper-