Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-10-18
Democratic Abuse

HOW TIE ADMINISTRATORS Hf"Ah"7 So
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A CAHI~Er oFyIcEK A. -ELFI-H ANn Hl-i'r
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In IL issue Of September - The iaeA-
Herud the principal democratic pAp'f ~
that city aud IF the Nor'hwe-i. lAb->.i''i
con-picuou.lv On IL. fir; pA.e sn utcr-
view which il Washington correspond -f
had had with Don VI Dickinson. NJ.
Clr,eland'- Postmaster t'-ucral- l'-gA'
son in this interview sharply criticised tAe
attitude OF the New England senators 3D.
the Retaliation bill. sueeriug 81 Ut hi-
lnuuds particularly for al assume. inter
ct in the Central Vernon, Railroad ana
declaring tina; the retaliation at ~ HIT.
would have immensely beneuicl Ne"
England al the eXpeU>e Of the Te-t "'
tn. country Continuing Dickinson
said
But what DO they care: They have
Alwav- grown rich N the rest 81 p"
county The Wes, pays tribute and tAA
to New England and gets nothing in re.
turn FOR it. They don't buy a pound ~
Western produce. They buy neither orr
four nor our provisions TAX about tar
manufacturing States afordlng q nome
market" They buy nothing from the
West, but only sell their products 10 u
The South buys from u. and takes our
nonr and provisions. The surplus we sci
to England at her prices.
New England controls and has controlled
for years the legislation Of this country
and has always protected her own selfish
interest, at the expense OF the remainder
Of the States. Twelve Senators represent
in the United States Senate population
not as great a. the State OF New York, ami
in extent Of territory not a. great As Inc
State Of Illinois. And they talk 10 uS III
the great West Of the duty Of patriotism.
and how we must 60 in for bi=h grotec-
tive tariff for the sake OF the workingman
and To build up the country hey are
glib with their appeals 10 our generosity
and our patriotism, and yet that political
party that controls New England and has
twelve Senators in the United States Ton
gress never drew q generous or patriotc
breath This country was never engaged
10 a foreign war that the old Federal ana
Wing parties did not oppose, and the pre-
sent Republican party in New England i
the lineal descendant Of those parties. Inc
first secession movement was started IN
New England. In the war OF 1912 every
New England State refused TO vote men
and supple. in aid of the Government,and
when President Madison requested Gov
ernor Strong OF Massachusetts 10 send
forward his quota of troops the Governor
positively and insultingly declined. mat
is the record they have, and it Is motor
ious that if the war had continued another
year they would have welcomed the Brit
ish fleets to their ports. Ihey used 70
burn blue lights along the shore as signals
for the British fleet and they were dlsloy-
al through and through They held the
Hartford convention, which was intended
as a step toward secession, and they dld
everything possible to embarrass the gen
eral Government. They entertained IN
Boston that man McHenry, who was an
emissary of England and who came
to promote dissensions between the
States.
The same spirit arose in the Mexican
War, and the Wings of New England
were opposed to that war and disloyal III
all their actions and measures The Re-
publicans of New England went into the
war for the Union, not from motives OF
patriotism, but because they thought they
could make money and injure the South.
The State of Missouri sent more troops to
the Union armies than all of New Eng
land, outside of Massachusetts,. And yet
they talk about patiotism and try to in
duce our Western farmers, from whom
they never buy a pound Of anything, n
keep on voting riches into their pockets.
They have the money, and have waxed fat
and rich off the toll of the West, and the
Western farmers are growing poorer all
the time In 1880 the farming lands and
products of the West, the farms, the
horses, cattle, sheep aud products were
not worth as much by millions of dollars
as they were in 1870, ten years before.
Ten years of the highest protection this
country has known has made the Western
farmer poorer than he ever was before.
And yet he is asked TO vote again for this
enormous taxation in order that the East /
ern manufacturers may receive more tri- /
butte and grow still richer. 1t astonishes /