Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-06-21
COXEYIsM.


Were he TO do this 1t would in no sense he
personal petition to either house of CON
gress 1t would not be in sight or hear
ing of either house. He would stand
nearer TO the supreme court than TO either
branch Of congress His face would not
Ice toward any OF the parties he proposed
To address, but toward the multitude. to
1 which he would appeal TO aid In iufiucuc-
log congress to grant his requests. This
4 Is CoNt Ns>m Ii j. coara LeOns sud may
be well iujcudt 81. II j. i Ease Of extreme
/ urgency, but the plan is utterly impractical
BILE ami IN no wise calculated 10 attain the
| objects intended Suppose the govern
ment should yield to the demands OF the
! thousands which the unrest and distress
of the country may marshal under Mir.
| toxey's banner; then, what next? Ia
month or two other multitudes may In
ike manner appear in front OF the capitol
/ with other demands, quite adverse to Mr..
/ Coxey's. And thus multitude after multi
/ tude, IN quick succession and rapidly in
/ creasng numbers, may arrive until rep
/ rtsentatisc government must give place
to government by multitude" as In the
latter days OF the Roman empire. OF
/ course during this period of thtckening
evils the Atlantic seaboard, with its great
1 cities 50 near the capital, would furnish
4 the multitudes and do the governing The
/ great rural districts could have no voice In
such government. Their salvation de-
1 ponds upon the pr, servation OF represeu-
tatiVe government. The great palladium
OF American liberty is the ballot \
ballot is a recorded opinion. When all
the ballots of the people have b zen cast,
1 counted aud computed together that forms
/ The recorded public opinion Of the State or
ih' ua;ipn. Public opinion, asceTtaiucd
In thc regular manner, makes ana IN
/ makes presidents and congresses and all
the branches OF the state and national
/ governments. Al things considered, this
| is the best form Of government know =.
md any departure from its principles or
4 methods is = mistake II VIII not do for
men 10 neglect their duties at the elections
until things have gone wrong and then 10
Try II tight their wrongs by irregular
methods Thi, j. rev oiut.Onarv. ana in
the very nature OF things must cause coll
ii>ions with the regularly established lr-al
authorities. The most powerful. aud ,.'.-
tacious agency IN a republic j. tho ballot
~ free citizenship, ltis more powerful
than Swo rd- aud Csnnon-. In fact Ii CON-
uanH~ and controls everything
Yet the ballot j. 20 quiet and simple In
IT, opeIatlou thSt men sometimes forget
it. power They too often neglect - Ia Ne
part IN regular politics; they too frequent
~ refrain from voting. Or ( they att,nd
the elections they always vote at tleir
psriy'> cslI and never Think Of thinking
lar themselves az al /" and tacu ar,r-
wards seek 10 rgh. lheIr NroI - lu pine
other way than through the plain auI M
tug Psn 81 cropping recorded ulHioa Ia
tho ta.lot box. Human nature i much
tar same ia al time. and places Ouce
GPJu s time there WAS a great man. the
captain Of Tie host Of the King Of Nvr.a.
He WAS + brave man and i ~fu. com
msndcr, but he was i,lcr The Prophet
Elisha told HIM to wash seven time. ~ the
Jorisn and it woulI cure him ol BIZ lcp.
. rosy. The plan WAS 20 easy and simple
that Captain NaAmAu wss wroth with the
I prophet. He expected some costly ami
. difficult method to be necessary. but be-
ng pacihed. on second Thought he wa
( inddced 10 follow the prophets sdyice and
Wa heated. The ballot : our river ,Ipr-
dan 1t j. the simple ana quiet h.a.c? II
oGr poitica. mAlsde- Il j. our alk of
I the covenant II u our only hope and
refuge from anarchy aui tyranny.
Seine Years ago this country through
4 contraction Of the currency and Other
/ forms Of Cia>~ .cgi-lat 90. became an et.i
With Qohural lepro~y. lhuhiu- alI lu-
tcitg,Ht men recommended The bai.ut a.
our river Jordan 10 remedy I'll, evils IAr
advice was UNDECIDED The farmers Of IN
j West tried the experiment Of borrow
money a a remedy, and their BONES h,
{ came covered with mortgage Tn.> plan
+ has aggravated the evils aud genera los
ui homes II the consequence The paui.
.r> Of The South looked on the ..>uJ-
treasury a. tie best plan ~ relief. but
they low see that they can have no suh-
treasury until. by the u>e Of the ballot.
they have created congress tuat " Id
grant II to them. The working mcn Of
the mines, shops. factories atd rAlrua j.
e elected the simple ballot remedy with
the notion that they could right their
wrongs by Means Of labor strikes They
are now learning, however that dollar
can starve longer than stomach. and
that on falling market strikes ar usually
failures. Bat. StilI set 10 their way. and
ne9lecilng the easy remedy Of washing ID
iaV Jordan, the captains Of industry are
now tramping 70 Washington To coerce 4
congress mat WAS elected ay their
enemies In the meantime, during a.
these wasted wears and opportunities. the
leprosy Of shrinking money sui falling
r"" hoped tlat the Irregular plan Of
toNvyi>m VIA be the last attempt to stun
iIc pain and easy remedy Of The ballot.
he sooner MI Coxcy abanioue Ais
p.an, snd the sooner he goes forth with
his followers s. missionaries OF the rs Hot
remedy TIE sooner relief can Ne hsi H.
present plan OF government uy multitude
can only lead from bad 70 wors, from
t.lEder Ia crime Like all attempts ID
Change the form u & regular gu.efuBi,rf.
lt may lead 70 greater tNits than hose
now Suffered. oar pfe,en; form uf Ien-
If~entA' I've government will scarcely give
piace suddenly TO another form without
serious struggle, the nature aud outcome
~ winch no man can predict with certain
I y. MI CoAcy, through the ascucy Of the
/ ne" SpApcr> aud the Intense suffering and
anxiety Of the people, ha, attracted ration
d. attention. aud he i backed by the heart
felt sEmpsthies Of suffering Llmaulty.
WIN tA!s prestige aud power let him
request the cOHYeTging bands to stop their
march upon Washington But they are
starving That il true; Yet they can be
I led a cAeapiy IN other localities 8, st
4 Washington. They can never coerce this
hostile administration TO compliance with
their demands Ii Is now summer. and
there Will be another election before win
( Ter. Let al Coxeyites and all friends Of
human liberty and national safety e,tab-
/ li>h IN all the school houses lyCeums for
4 political study and discussions, aud let the
4 best Informed travel "a missionaries and
! teachers 10 lecture in the schuol-housrs
Z aud at the plcnlcs and camp In -etiags ii
all parts Of the country The great vain
heartt q people viii gladly feed aud lodge
these teachers Of political rlghteou, ness
/ for their services, and the next congress
/ Will contain, perhaps, 300 members i'll the
two houses willing to relieve the peop,c's
/ d!stres>cs. And, even better and quicker
tnan that, such an uprising OF the people
/ and such mountains of ballots might per
suade the present congress into right ac-
ton more surely than all the multituies
/ ever threatened by Mr.. CoXey.
| Our people are not ready to surrender
| our present form of government for that
/ dangerous. tickle and sanguinary plan
/ known a. government by multitude, usual
/ ly adopted by great nations in the las;
/ stages OF decay.
/ To those who entertain hopes Of relief
/ during the present session Of congress, il
may be said that there j. wav of making