Author: Louis Clinton Hatch

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-04

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9781333463250

Excerpt from Maine, Vol. 2: A History Some attention was given to national issues, the tariff was mentioned, and also the disposal of the public lands. Clay and the Whigs had brought forward various measures for distributing the proceeds of the sales, with special grants of money or land to the States wherein the land sold was situated. The Democrats of Maine were inclined to oppose such bills, on the ground that the land was the property of all the States and should not be given away. The protectionists, however, even in the East, approved of distribution bills because they lessened the income of the government and so made a tariff more necessary. The Kennebec Journal said that if a long view were taken, distribution appeared a wise measure, that it would settle the question if anything could and give the old States their just share, which otherwise they would lose. It will secure a great degree of steadiness and permanence in the tariff, ' which is of more importance, if possible, than the rate of duties. When election day came, the Whigs met a Waterloo. The Kennebec Journal said: We have treated him (robinson) scandalously. Where are the working men that they did not come forward to sustain him? Don't let us hear anything more against nominating lawyers for Governors. We shall not trouble ourselves about collecting election returns. They are not worth printing. Today, however, even those of us who are straight-out Republicans, can read without excessive emotion that F airfield received 40, 855 votes, Robinson Appleton (liberty) and Mr. Scatter ing, ioo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.