The Republican journal., 1903-07-02

"HOW are you, Col. Hale! Ulau W
see you, sir" came the answer from
many voices.
"You can Judge of my surprise last
Saturday afternoon" said Coz. Hale,
taking off his straw hat, when the
Governor telegraphed me to go to Bel
fast, select 100 armed men from the
troops quartered there and proceed TO
Prospect early today to queli dra1t
riot. l wired back that it would oe I'M
possible for me to have things IN readl,
ness at so short notice, and suggested
that l should ride over today and see
how things were getting along before
calling in force.
with his consent l am here now.
And l want to tell you frankly that II
l am more glad of any one thing than
of anOther-if am more pleased than
| am to see you and to talk TO you now
my greatest pleasure lies in the fact
that the soldiers are still in Belfast
and l am here alone to have friendly
chat with men who are my friends. The
man who occupied the wagon with me
from the ferry at Bucksport until l
reached your postOffice was one whom
YOU all know and respect, Capt. James
Hartman, whose bark was lately burn
ed by a rebel privateer and whose brave
wife was grossly insulted by cowardly
traitors who would never had dared to
say such words had her husband been
free to use the weapons which God gave
him.
This man and this woman are your
neighbors-they are of blood kin to
many whom address, and will pledge
NV word of honor that the insult en-
dured by that brave woman and noble
mother has been cause of grief and
anger among all the sailor men in this
town ever since the cowardly deed be-
came known to you. 1t was not enough
for those cowardly aristocrats to own
slaves and to rebel and wage war when
they feared that the domain of human
slavery was in danger of becoming linn
tied. it was not sufficient for their sell
fish purposes that they should fomenta
war of brother between brother, but
they had to resort to piracy on the
ocean and to destroy the shipping which
has been the pride Of Maine for more
than half century.
Not satisfied with burning our yes
sells and depriving our citizens of hard
earned wealth, these cheap imitators OF
ancient chivalry must insult our wives
and daughters and bespeak them so
foully that the blood in your veins
grows hot and you can hardly withhold
your hand. My fri ends, this is not war.
No man who is fighting for just prln-
ciple will insult women, particularly
good woman, wife and mother.
$50 say to you now that whatever
of right or of justice the men at the
South may have had at the beginning
of this struggle, they have forfeited the
Of (tb briSfian nations nv conn
tenancing piracy and rutfianly behavior
among our shipping. This story told by
Capt. Hartman and his wife is not an
exceptional caSe-an accident.
Hardly a week passes without re-
ceiving similar tales from brave mas
ters who have succumbed to superior
force while following lawful business.
And now, my friends, l want to ask
you how we shall deal with such a peo-
pie: What shall we do TO compel them
to respect our loved ones?'
kill EN-" shouted a score of voices.
''kill em and feed their bodies to the
dogs"
infection to his voice. But it will take
a long time, perhaps, to run down these
pirates and destroy them one by one,
when if we should crush out the rebel
lion and restore our flag to the ocean,
by so doing we could leave no hiding
place for the buccaneers. If you wish
to kill devil fish entangled in your fish
ing lines you do not lop off its claws,
but strike for its head. The head OF this
piracy is i'll open rebellion at the south.
When you subdue the rebels the priva-
teers will vanish like smoke. Stamp out
the head, and the feelers will surely
perish"
"You're right cried one of the ring
leaders. Say, boys, let's go an list,
an fight EN- on their own ground and
in their own style"
I'm with YOU shouted one.
Me, too" cried another.
Put my name down until the end of
the war" remarked a third. Pm go
ing to see the end of it, if | have to
fight 30 years instead of three
They crowded around the table and
began to sign the enlistment papers,
and inside of - minutes the towns
quota was completed and there were
five more names on the rolls than were
required.
Col. Hale was asked to visit a score
of houses, and did not get away for
home until late in the evening. Twelve
years later, when he came up as can
didate for congress in that district, he
swept the town.