Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-06

! ness have occurred, and eur financial inst
| tations have stooi Up mistaken and unem-
barrassed. Maize, while Jag bnt very
| few rich, has but very few poor. Wealti.
| is more tqaaliy distributed than in ms"l
sect i,ns, and the per CAPITA Of acqhirec
| posss ss'ons shows fair average wh-n G M
| par with ibat of so-calfed wealthy states
| ..lu fares th, "a u 80 hasieniug iiis Il prey.
| " heGe wealth accommodates aud mea decaf
| and, SIS lagc soil r, marks, "A nati al Is
| success not IN rely when is Golfers are iuii
of gold, but hen II pra1u"es men ARi NO
men of genius and high CHARGER" Ger-
eral Chamberlain, IN bis admrab e centen-
nisl address, thus refers to some Of Maint's
achievements in tie devs ipment of mental
training and power In the census chart
which present the llli.srscy OF the sta-es u.
! grades of shaiow. she s.aHls almost n
white as snow --chief think IA the Who'll
.is'e hood. cur hi pier Institutions hty,
/ done good vofk. How can 'eieet anon.
/ the sons Of BoEd in-nearly evorV on,
| also a son of Maine--names that III II 10
! leave too many peers Gnmentioneds IIrt
| hoS they begin. The Abbotts, the Aims
tie AnieFsons. the Appletons, the ieeV-
CTS, the G2otwins, the liaifs, the Nsmilns;
anl 10 speak OF groups By noble types,
| ,he.e are Stowe sn1 Smith among sci olars.
! Evans ard Fcssanden among state m'r,
/ SERGEANT Prentiss among orators, NInseu
and Cilley among martyrs, Andies among
/ u p,trIlts. Howard among heroes, iiaw-
| iinrne among tie masters of human sir ech.
! / ugfrllaw among the ministers of InJn T.
.ong.7 To witch li.t OF eminent sons
iut Maine, We may jJin The name OF
'ltp IL singuj.hcd scholar ana sollier
451-ft.. whose accomplishments it
lee Judy a.ni on the fell have
d aI 81 20 much h nor to lis native State
/ AmnIE eminent juFists n the higaest conrt
u the country, wc fui Clifford an FL ler:
du nE state smen, other than those aiie wy
men ionsd, Morrill,. ard the peerles'
! Bl.ile, an adopted son of Maine, whus
/ trarsccu!ent abilities became recogl ze,l
| throughout the civilized world and reflected
/ lu4,re upon the nation. And besldts all
I tAt - what a host Of great names can be
summoned from tie very inner courts OF
| literature, art and scienc3, as proofs of
| M.ines pre-emioeut productiyeness in in
! te. ectual force AMI attainment,
! 1t 10 related of one of our c)untrys # ost
eminent statesmen, that, y bile MAXIM an
extenied tour through the West. he anne
| to one of these many boom" towns of
( = -eat promise bnt Of small actnsl pe5iof-
nance. locking about lin and see lar bat
Han ,,liration Of il,er na'uralor atqeirtd
7 greatness 81 windy p0r;fsvsl on maps aud
+ ~ the newspapers, he addressed genie
! u. II n 10 little station somewhat as tot
! lhss: Stranger, can al form me- ~ TO
! the pl-ficul IT adrsutAEr, VI ibis locally for
( .trrnspective tdNn:' "tyrIy advantage was
( to reply. TX ept & 'oi water and geo ~.
rietv.' What does II t1es need NOR
@; ,culated t, q blunt statesman CIT inh
| ere in Maine u Q have the aavauteg al
/ gp.d Sortety, a. well ps of pur' water - d
,est.h givirg aimo'phefc. Our popuiTipn
( is largely made mp of nciv" born 'itlh n.
| OF our total population OF 66i oS6 n $50
I hut - ,9Gl were of fore IN birth, of VI &c
humber - 90 cave from Cenili nj
Nss foundland. Maine i ontsilr ~
casnneis Of European imulet-'i'
4,d thus uhilp receiving bat 81
/ aeees-ions from this soGr:e, a ii $
II, gre waves of ignorance and vie "i'i' h
/ fall upon our large cities and spread "n-
selves over til West. For the lsst 20 y
Years, "a sta'i tea show in every country
I rongtout the CIVILIZED wOrli, the towns,
sud especially the lsrga towns. have IN
creased in population more raI lilly than th5
U
rest Of the rauetrv Nari0ls causts ar,
u..isn.d FIR tn 5, prominent among wiz
IRE the improved feclli'I-s for lo'om non
and communication. Thee are now r,Fii,
handy upd cheap.
improved communicates lnciude cheap
postage and cheap tel-gTslh' which RI nter
, possible cheap press. These put the
country in communication with the toFn,
the fact0ry and the mine. Ien learn whore
t,ere il demand for Der AMI are directed
To it. Improved coumn ica'ions tog Tier
IS it'll improved machinery and concentration
Of c4p:tai h ~. led TO the ceI tralizstion OF
industry l-sscaing tho Il II nj for rtjssn' IN
,ae country while il Increases the demand
for them in the towns. We have no laTgA
cities n Maine aad the movements of onr
population from country to city are rot so
marked AS in other sections. bGr civil
divisions are twenty eiti With an aggr5 gate
nnpulatiou of 1876 $50; 40 incorporated
towns, % Organized plantations, aud - IN
org lnizsd tlacrs. vita an agg gite popult-
tiou of iG5 100 Dining the last 9eca le
our cities CAMEL - $50 while the rest Of
III, State lost 1850. lsaTirg y net gain ol
II f50.
The Injunction, go West, young mau,
has here found many obedient followers
and CAPITAL has Joined labor in its crusade
towards the setting sun. Millions of the
accumulations and savings of the East have
gone to build up, develop and make rich,
the West. while millions more have van
ished ia the smoke AMI ashes of exploded
schemes. Adversely has its uses and bitter
experiencas theie compensa'ious. Maine
soiiditv, and substantial, if slow opp0Etnni-
80. k.,f, and anDyp-
ciated as the bitter lessons of loss and dis
appointment are learned in the school of
experience. The signs of the times are
prophetic of progress and prosperity for
our beloved State. ''The shores of this
sulf of Maine tsiH yet be an important seat
Of in lustrisl, social and political empire!
Young men; ss l have already init
mate o,ir State has well founded claim
man vslr faith and allegiance. These can
be pest a.;ested by giving your efforts and
YOUR lives to the work of developing her
resource and maintaining and elevating the
already high standard Of her citizenship.
Her mental and moral as well as material
attainm5nts depend largely upon the per-
souai presence and labors of her sons. The
removal to other fields of labor Of one
Young man of energy, ability and high char
aclert = tDSS ~ q hffttt- az 'AieHs ''As7
is multiplied by thousands tn; loss IA IN
measurable. Again you owe II to the State
to make the most and best of gpBFSetfes.
The tendency of the political speeusatioh
Of the old worli, in Greek ard Roman
thought says Milford, was to regard the
state as before the individual, so that the
existence of the latter was subordinate and
secondary" The central idea of our time
a ID form of government is that of co resa
ton state n and for It's iHdivi laal ncfnoer-
shin. In the character aai leve.op1ient of
the Individual. ths-cfore, the State finds its |
highest deveEo2 nlent. Popular education; |
the religion of the Bible a government
.ot the people, for the people, and By the
peopIe = these are the time foundation
stones of individual snd national life and
progress, aud should be diligently nnrtured
and sustained. Our own poet, Barker, has
well expressed this in the Hnss
..Had fhis tough old world to rR'e.
NJ cannon. sword and ma'ief.
shouts se the ts ar Old district school.
tuas Bible and the ballot.
while lovirg AMI cherishinE libsrty. we
must remember that we are rsser free |
from Law. The laws of nature are imper-
alive in their demands. Labor. M nt-l and
~hrs;r.I il = demand Of natural Law for the