Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-06-14
the best years of his life, to uphold the
| honor, integrity aud glory of the Amerl-
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PROUD OF HIS PARTY.
am proud to belong to party that has
never undertaken to belittle or degrade the
services of the American soldier and the
American sailor. There * satisfaction in
belonging TO party that has always main
;aned that, in all of our legislation, we
owed our first duty TO the people OF our
own republic. and not to those of other
countries; party that never attempted
To anild up the manufacturing and COM
mercial and agricultural interests of other
nations TO the sacrifice of our own; q party
that never sought by legislative action TO
retard the prosperity of this country and
OF its people, or 10 cripple their great In.
dustr!al enterprises a party that never
advocated policy that would put the
competing products of foreign labor into
competition, In our own markets, with
the products Of our own people and Of our
own labor. And in these hours of depres-
son the people turn to the grand old party
OF nationality and protection for relief
/ from the threatened tariff legislation of
I the democratic party, which hs- already,
in its anticipated effects. wrought ruin and
I disaster and misery enough.
I How different the condition If vaur
/ country on the fourth day of March. ls93.
when the democratic party assumed con
/ II al the pre,,n mt time, A little more than
I year has elapsed, hu, to the peopl- and
( It. business interests 1t has been dark
long and depressing year When Won
yielded MP Tie >Ceptre Of poNer. Your
( country 10 ail oi It's material interests,
"ae ut The height of prosperity; the law
iHl reserve ~ goii in the treasury was
unbtoken, the uau 'u'S credit WAS aum
pared. The rights 81 American citizenship
protected At home and abroad, and ynu
were pursuing 4 policy that commanded
the respect ct the American people The
republican party was no, dlckerug with
/ trusts and combines auh monupolles 10 a.
iatli>hing It, tariff schedules the repub.
lean party WAS not attempting to place =
TAX upon the necesssricS OF lifc at The dc
tatlon Of great trusts, for the benefit Of
Centralized wealth and for speculative
purposes.
PURSUING 4 NAIInNA. Foley.
The republican party was not seeking 10
re-estahlish a monarchy In any part Of th,
world against the wishes Of free people
who hsd thiown of the yoke Of opprrs-
sion You were not seeking nor were
YOU attempting by threats. intimidation.
nr dupliCity 10 restore di~graccd and ty.
raunicai queen - her throne And never.
sou permit the American nty. raised for
the purpose uf projecting American cl;-
izenship and American rights tn any for
vign country, - he lowered In disgrace
You we're pursuing nat'nual policy an
American policy, That reflected honor on
YOUR country and Your party.
Then the nations mauufactur!,~ were
not idle, labor was hot out ( employment,
toNct'- Armies We're not roaming through Z
The land. nor we're Industrial enterprises /
parai}fd Aud when the democratic I
party came into power and assumed con
troll Of both branches Of Congress the +
great business interests Of lhi- country
dld not realize then tha. thev wuuld A..
tempt To carry out the destructive and per /
nici9u- policy iAat was forcShadon,t in I
their Chicago platform ami thereby strike /
a fatal blow 10 the industrial progress Of .
the tuitcd States
But when Il became known iha. ticy /
Intended to tear from it, foundation the .
great cornerstone Of protection upon I
winch the prosperity sud growth AMI pro- /
grc-> oi This country had rested since the /
days ~ Abraham Lincoln. when h hecau,
manifest Inst II VS., their deliberate iaten
iton ~ olirr - Grra, Britain aud an other f
foreign nations the benefits aud freedom .
q our markets ani the unlimited apr5r-
tuuliy ~ ship The products ~ lhc.r cheap I
labor 10 America fee oi dniy t. ne 4a.i .
IN competition wL.h The products of the 4
american farm TIE American manufacturer
and The American wuTkmeu. i1,n It wa>
that oar manufactures ami sh,a,- closed,
labor wa on. ~ employment OF Compelled .
Y seek work ~ bait time ur NJ reduced A
wages, commercial values werc unsettled .
sud financial disaster came.
s.,sgF rFSt+f r. AN I.pnrrt.rt.,N
Under the operati ms 81 protective
tar u policy administered by rtplhltcau
administration. the cuUutry moved lura4rt 4
in the brgh: pathway " prosperity .
capital Was not lille men IouUd employ
ment a. good wage aud the deposits II .
our people in the savings banks were
Increasing We had ~prtity uuexampIcd .
IN the history Of suy country uV to the
closing hours of the last republican admin
i>tra,Ipn. hut with the advent OF Tie demo.
cratic party into power, paralysis IN bu-.-
ness aud LACK Of employment .u-.
And it came becau,e the great interests
pf the country ~aw tnat Irgi-IAt,uu here
after was 10 be conducted upon .,ctIonel Z
sround- for The benefit OF the Soqth and
10 the deiriment VI the North. II cane
hecaG>e the people saw tha, tatIr wa- 10
be determined eliur: 30 briu. The great
"
under the operations Of English free. trade
Though the people aud the Du-iucs- inter
rsts OF The uutry >aw these things, the
power Of iam.diate r'licf had gone from
their bands
Though they regretted the verde; they
rendered in ls92. the po~er Of reversal
was not then within their grasp; il viii
come, however, a. >Jou a. the forms Of
law viii permit; and during the coming
fall YOU viii see A republican House Of
Representatives elected by the people 70
take the pace ot The present democratic
body that has 80 long trhed WIKI and IL
noTci the interests ot the country Il body 4
that has practically denied tie right Of Pc
tiion and refused u even listen to the ap- 4
deals that have gone up Ia Them in hchalf .
Of unemployed labor.
And am justified ID saying TIA, II re-
publican Congress had been elected ID 1892,
instead Of democratic Congress. We
would Dot have >,c1 the terrible conditions
that have surrounded the industrial inter /
e>t> of the people for the past twelve /
months.
DEMOCRACY MEANS DISASTER.
The business interests of the country
saw and appreciated the cause as they |
have demonstrated IN every election that /
has hcen held Guiiug the last eight mouths.
They appreciate that depre> sion and |
disaster and lack Of cOniileIcc came with |
the success Of the democratic party |
party that is governed and controlled in
its legislation by the southern wing Of the |
party, the same element in the party that |
moIe than thirty years ago undertook to |
estttllsh government of their own. |
founded upon the principles OF slavery, |
State rights and free trade; but the great |
industrial sections Of the country then |
arose in TIA ir might and majesty aud |
destroyed tue fould4tion upon which they |
were seekit@ 10 rear that structure.
Emancipation came. and by the noble |
act of Abraham Lincoln slavery is abolish |
ed forever; the Southern theory Of Stale
rights is dead and buried, but the princi-
Piles Of free trade still live with The South,
and they are determined to fssten them
upon the industrial North.
The hlighting touch of their propo sed
legislation has already been felt by the