Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-25

acts. Some of these idle hours in tropical
climes are very trying, when one is too
sleepy to read and too wakeful to sleep;
but as one offset against ideness there
are the flies, or The fly. There are not
many in Cuba perhaps one to each
thousand of mankind hut that Is
enough, He alone can attend to thous-
and people and keep them all angry II
/ may be needlesslY owning up 70 shame
fully bad temper on my part. has ri any
time that could have the choice between
death and the continued annoyance of
j one perseyering fly, would, without any
hesitation whatsoever, choose death
that is. death to the fly.
Apropos OF rebellion, and wars, the
"Allianca.n and other matters, now Is a
good time to think and to be glad;
glad that our own war ended a Il did,
with a great and iudiYisible country that
all the nations and all the rebels of the
earth either esteem or fear. \ precedent
OF the right to secession once esta he'd,
and no one could foresee what the end
would be. Certainly the so-called "Silver
States" would have made their adieus
two years ago. We might now have the
whole of New England for nation, and
possibly only Maine.
But at the best, we of that State would
belong to some small government whose
goodwill would not be priced, whose
enmity or protests might with IMMUNITY
be scorned by rebels, by nations and by
all the weak governments Of the world.
What chance would we wanderers now
have of safety! We could be fired at and
abused; our flag would not protect us
either at sea or in port; We could not offer
protection to any one; our present fear
lessness we could not possess, and our
anxiety might be as great as that OF
others.
+ Instead OF this picture OF weakness, We
have government that can and will pro-
/ tect its own. All the civilized and half
/ civilized people of the earth know that to
be so. When there comes up any question
of international dispute, many of our
people become dreadfully excited and
thirsty. screaming about our government
ALWAYS "backing down" She never backs
down only when justice and the facts OF
ne case btllldHu It, 0Ilt Shht = 81 NV "a
and Mason with an apology, not Sc much
because she was too busy to quarrel Wit h
England at that time, but from the fact
that we had no right whatever to take
them III the way it was done. Great men
have argued that Behring sea is ours, but
why not as well claim the Gulf OF Mexico
as private fish pond?
n,r hos
beyond justice, if anything; in such
cases, for instance, as demanding redress
for injuries and fatalities in the rows OF
drunken sailors. And then there is that
fashion of naturslbor rebels coming
to our shores and obtaining citizen s
papers, and then returning from whence
they came with their papers in one hand
and the torch of instruction in the other.
The United States should punish rather
than protect such persons.
The honest American subject is pro-
tected when his case can be made known
no matter who is president or who may
be minister Of state; that is he policy OF
the government, and the demands of the
people are sure to enforce it.
Should l, in my legitimate pursuits, be
imprisoned here, or elsewhere, without
proper or lawful cause, as might happen
say, from speech, spite or suspicion-the
United States would, IL need be, send a
million men and spend ten thousand
better lives than mine to secure my
release and to insure my safety. With
this knowledge one may easily be brave,
L. -
thrust upon him! RICHARDsoN.