Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-14

o sei d into pubic life men OF such a
stamp rs to influence largely, II not to
dom nate, the legislation OF the prepon-
derating mass OF the Unions property
aud popu alton? The answer is not far to
seek. Ii is but the natural result o. silent
forces.
On ms first visit TO the coast Of Maine
| as- much impressed with the beauty e
he scenery, the deep flowing rivers, the
island -dptted bay-, the frowntug head
lands the. tse.-cruiSne bills, and under
neat II all and iuttiug ever and anon Into
sight the firn, the everlasting rock.
The next impression was that OF wonder
how, out OF such forbdhing surrouu-
dipgs, men ever were abe to West
living Aud wonder increased irto
astonishment as the homes OF the people
were entered-not the wealthy and the
prominent mereiy-but the common
people, whom Lincoln said God eyt-
IDENTIFY loved best because He made so
many OF them. In these homes were
found not the bare necessities OF life
only, such a. one would most naturally
expect to see in a region so niggardly in
its offerings to man. They were homes
indeed, not often, 1t is trne, overlooking
with the iuxuries OF an enervatin.
sion of he comforts and refinements Of a
developed human society.
Here, then, is the explanation Of Names
political greatness and the greatness OF
its public men. They are the worthy
sons OF worthy sires. The men who had
the courage to enter upon struggle for
existence in the face OF such adverse cir
cumstances as confronted the first set
tiers in this State, must have been OF no
common stock. Otherwise they would
not have begun, much less have contin-
ued, aud still less have successfully won
the victory over reluctant soil and unpro-
pitious climatic characteristics. The nat
ural qualit les of these brave men, intensi-
fled and multiplied by their own trying
experiences, were bequeathed as their al
most only possession to their descendants.
| The struggle is constant. From the era
die to the tomb Is an unbroken succession
of battles for life, the winning OF each OF
which in its turn is essential to continued
supremacy over an untoward environ
ment. No one department OF mans life
can be separated from all other depart
ments, or from any other department, OF
his life. Each exercises a potent, though
often unperceived and unconscious, in
fuence on the other. Hence life begun
and continued under the circumstances
existing in Maine must inevitably pro-
duce men OF such stamp as have honored
not only the State but the nation by their
wisdom, integrity and untiinching stand
for the interest OF the land they love.
But the men OF Maine have not only
su bdued the rugged land, not only carved
productive farms out OF dense forests and
transformed rocky wastes into verdant
fields. Their ambition was not so easily
satisfied. The vast deep offered to them
another world for conquest; and there,
too, have they achieved glorious victory.
Her merchantmen visited every sea and
bartered with every tribe. Her fishermen
sought mackerel along the New England
coast, voyaged to the banks OF Newfound-
land and beyond in quest OF cod, and
chased the whale to all quarters of the
globe. By the daily facings OF perils and
the endurance OF hardships they built
for themselves sturdy characters that have
become the richest Of legaces to their
sons, who as sturdily face perils in ma
tional life and as unflinchingly seek to
guide the ship of state through stormy
seas and by dangerous reels.
Pirates may be bold, freebooters may
be fearless; but neither pirates nor free