Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-01-05
For the Ellsworth American.
A Pointed Letter from Utah.
Ogden, UTAH, Dec. %, 1887.

SCENES tl my polHpbu pIatiShi t&pioite-
Here, at this writing, the skies are as blue
a the pellucid arch that bends over Italy,
the scenery a grand as a vista of Swift
erlaHd that no pencil can paint. and the
air a. soft n the ambrosial breath of
spring For all those mercies we hereby
tender a grateful acknowledgment.
suppose il i not out of place. even at
this late day, TO remind You that President
Grover Cleveland has sent his third annu-
al message 10 Congress and, while am
about it, | might as well remind you that
James &. Blaine, although not elected
President, vet he got his message before
Congress and the people all the same.
And which is the most statesman-like-the
most like real American? And ! want
to remind you of another thing right
here viz, that Cleveland. the chief magis-
trate of the greatest nation under the sun,
talks To the voters that elected him like
hired English turnkey. while James q.
Blaine standing on English soil, talks to
his countrymcn like diguited. self-con-
tanned, typical American. You pay your
money and YOU take your choice The
hug-a boo OF Clevclauds dream is the
enormous pressure of money that threat
ems to wreck the iron door of the United
States Treasury, and If that door should
give way it portcnds more 10 him than
threatened CrtrdS>c on the Mississippi
does 10 the rice planter on the low lands
Of the South And his warning to stand
from under" when that event occurs j.
about A. mouruful A. the darkey> reply
when lie was anxinu>ly holding on 10 the
brief caudal appcndage Of the bear. His
companion hearing the racket in the bush
where the struggle i taking place cries
ont, What : de matter dar. and the per
spring trapper answers back, You'll find
ont what's der matter if dis yer tail
breaks.
When a man has too much money the
first thing for him To do j. to pay hi
debts. II he owe any. and the same prop
o~ition holds good with nations. In the
hr>t place the Government for the last
six or seven wears has not paid IL current
~, p,u>e>. and the reader must remember
'.at appropriations must De made in tic
Lou>c Of Representatives and that body
lla> been democratic for several Years
There i not a United States Marshal in
any territory but j. put TO hi wits cnd-
for means 10 keep the machinery Of hi
Office going, and know Z ,a>c, where
the government j. ind, .t,I H. THE Marshal
for from ten TO twenty thousand dollars
Jurors and witnesses in the u,.,d states
cases are now, and have been for N"r>.
paid of in warrants thai sell u TIE '3a'-
kc, for thirty five OF forty cul> un iHc
dollar. and nearly every ng, - ta">o H.e
poor men living two ur .urcr hundred
miles away ana have either 20 make sac
liticc> to respond TO the Mar>haFS notice
or he punished for contempt he pros
ocutIug attorneys frequently have To dis
mis- case for want OF funds !" prose
cute j. N'tA ana the United States judges
do NOT make as much ~ e year a. sullivan
frequently makes "a one smuggling match,
and for this they have to wait a long time,
till the most familiar voice th'! near : inc
CRY Of their creditors I" pay up "uf
mail is -''htr carried hy foreign steamers
Or sailing coasters that ar" slower than
funeral procession. me foreign powers
nurse their merchantmen ~ ever! P">>'ie
way Ne too nurse them %! paving 'l'"l
for the transportation @! our own mai
What's become Of the shipbuldihs inter-
e>is along the Atiantie coast Al" H''
all along that same coast "h're u'e N"u"H
Of the hammer Is no longer h'A''' an" "'e
riug OF the anvil! 'ekee n" more 'he Gele'
air that brood> over your -des"iatc sea
port towns like the solemn stiffness that
pcilaiu. graveyard. can he found nlahi
men VINO Indor>e the Administration that
has made these things possible =" thu'h
rpr q haSty resume of some OF the debts
and honest ones too. .!sl democratic
SOMA. 81 REPRESENTATIVES neglect 20 pay.
,., their own President Is benoahlhs
line. that Lave permitted MS
artvw with money.
-. IL clos might he dbne Win
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nm i,,.. ,L,. v.ry heart Of that
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Ia. ,,i.ie,l ro.;.,.,ca There isn't forth
-, .,,,.,,, ,h.. p,ciac coast that is able
,.,.,,d 80, !, strong wind. and would
:, From, AZ any gun they have
ra,,ir., {, ,.l,ep il i fired of
81 a. f,r navy tho Sandwich Islands
II. -. ,,,,.,,.a,d barbarian. have 4
,..,,.- ana than I'VE know that We are
,,,,, ,ysr-lite nation nor should we aspire
- -. and know TOO. that very prop
crly rely good deal on the intelligence
If the naonle 10 keep the Nation free
fr,,n embarrassing entanglements with
f,reiou mowers. that the great factors Of
o,r INTELLIGENCE are the school-hou~.. the
snelling book. and the newspaper Bur
on account of our helpless condition We
ar,. liable TO be laid under tribute by some
c,yetou> and aspiring power and We viii
then he held at great dsad .antage; OF
rour,e in the end We will not only whip