Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-05-09

Wayue led a charge up sunny h0N'
when 40 weak he could not walk. HIS
scalp was lifted by shot, and he was
carried at the head of his men, cheering
them on by example, and as his lie oloo"
ebbed avav he saw Stony Point, one OF
Enelsnd's strongest forts, surrender.
This is only one instance OF bravery
which was followed by those OF sullivan
Jones. Pickens, Marion, and Lee
Gould we imagine more suoilme
spectacle than the surrender oil corn
wallis at Yorktown, where the brltlsh
army the terror Of the world, closed the
first war with the new republic? On the
one side stood the French forces under
LAFAYETTE, on the other the sololers vi
these United States under that saIiah'
general, Washington. Englands prouo
army marched in the centre, not leu os
their naughty general, but by suos'4-
tute. CORVALLIS being too proud TO sur
render his sword to common man
like our great general,
Twenty years Of peace followed oelhs
broken by small trou BILE, during when
our first president took his oath OF once
and showed his ability to lead country
as a president as we'll as a general. IN
our growth manufactures hourlshed and
new ways OF defence were instituted.
Fulton's steamboat was invented IN
1907: also Evans steamdredge the same
year, and Whitney's cotton gin IN ltao.
Thus we see that the United States
took he leading place among the nations
OF the world, and to-day stands at the
head.
Soon after came the bloody war OF 1sl2,
of three years duration. In this we were
represented by such men as Scott, Brown,
Miller. Perry, Lawrence, Hull and Jones.
The most important battles were naval.
Capt. Lawrence, of the chesapeake, was
challenged to open combat, and Ike
true American put to sea. de was
defeated to be sure, but his resistance was
one of which we are proud. Lawrence
was wounded early in the action, ana as
he was carried below, cried "Don give
up the ship" That order could not be
obeyed, but those words inspired many
a future victory. This man thought OF his
country and flag on his death bed
Lieut.. Perry, being placed in command
OF Lake Erie, went to this lake, and with
his men built squadron of fitty-three
guns and met the British squadron OF
sixty-tour guns, and captured the entire
feet. Perry's flagship, the Lawrence,
bore at her masthead the dying words OF
Lawrence, Don't give up the ship
from
the deck, and Perry helping these fire the
last gun, leaped into small boat and
rowed to the Niagara, the stars and stripes
still flying from his hand, and in fifteen
minutes stepped back on the sinking
Lawrence" and received the surrender.
After this there were forty-five years OF
comparative quiet, broken only by small
Indian ubles, disputes OF land and the
Mexican war, the great crisis Of 1887, and
compromise of 1880
In 1860 the southern states began to
secede, and Lincoln called for 5000 men
3OO. 900 marched to his call and demanded
the southern states to give up their
slaves.
The first naval battle was between
the "Monitor" and "Merrimac." The
"Merrimac,' the terror of the south, was
destroying our commerce. The "Moni-
tor was the Ericsson style OF battleshlp,
consisting OF revolving cylinder only a
few inches above water. Both prepared
for battle, but the monitor" was the
victor very quickly.
We can feel very proud OF the "boys
in blue" at Yorktown, Williamsburg
Shiloh, Corinth, in the Wilderness
Chattanooga and Gettysburg, and the
valor displayed by Grant, Sherman
Meade, Banks, Butler and many others.
This grand old State furnished for the
late war seventy thousand men, and in
Cured war debt OF s13,OOO,0oO. The
sixth, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, six
teenth, eighteenth regiments OF thl:
State were in most all Of the great battles
The flag OF the sixth never went dowr
in battle, and to-day adorns the hall Of
our capitol The thirteenth, having most
of it's men killed and its flag all tatterec
and torn, took it and divided it among
themselves, each taking his own small
share and placing it over his heart, feel
ing that cannon ball could not pierce his
country's flag.
Since the civil war many events have
occurred Some of them are the great
fires of Chicago and Boston, completion
of the Pacific railroad, shooting OF Lin
coin and Garfield, the great struggles be-
tween labor and capital which with
a certainty lower the American laboreI
each year.
In closing l wish to state again that we
lead the nations Of the world to-day, and
always shall. Let us all, as far as possible
try to advance civilization, each in his
own small sphere, as we are taught to do
To-day we have defenders, not in bat
tie, but in Congress. Maine has the six
ablest congressman, one Of which will be
our next president, and remove this great
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