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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
For Immediate Release
January 15, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT TOWN HALL MEETING
Exeter Town Hall
Exeter, New Hampshire
10:50 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: I am very, very pleased to be back.
Mike, how are you? This guy meets me at Pease every time I come in
there. (Laughter.) Exeter rose grower.
Let me just say how really pleased I am to be here, and
to thank you for turning out. I want to make a couple of comments
and then it's mainly questions, isn't it, Judd? First, I want to
thank the Governor for being at my side. You know my and Barbara's
affection for Governor Judd Gregg and for Hugh and Kay -- old
longtime friends who stay in touch and who have kept me informed of
this state -- both of them, both Greggs -- of the problems that we
face in this state. And I'm not talking political, I'm talking about
hardship for people that are hurting.
And one of the things I'm pleased to be able to do here
is to at least let the people of this state know that even though I
am President and do have two or three other responsibilities, that
when people are hurting, we care. We get the message there. We read
the mail, we can understand. And I just wanted to get that out loud
and clear, because we're in a political year and you hear a lot of
people that have discovered New Hampshire for the first time running
around trying to say something different. of course, we care.
Secondly, I am very grateful not only to the Governor,
but to Senator Bob Smith, Senator Rudman -- who couldn't be with us
-- Bob Smith here today -- who are doing a superb job; and then your
Congressman, another dear friend, a man I respect, Bill Zellif.
These are leaders in the Congress. And they talk about pledges and
all of this. Let me tell you something. I took a pledge when I was
sworn in, the oath of office, and what I need a pledge about is to
get more congressmen and senators like senator Smith and Gordon
Humphrey, who was in the Senate and is supporting me, and your
Congressmen here -- Bill Zellif and Warren Rudman -- and then we
would be able to control this federal spending better, and then we
would be able to see that we get these tax improvements that I've
been asking for.
So that's the pledge I want, is the pledge from the
people to give us more. And you're going to have to use your
influence out of the state because you've done pretty darn well in
the state, in the United states Congress.
So that was one point I wanted to make. The other one
is that, people say, well, you're in trouble in New Hampshire. well,
that may be. But I'm here to listen. I'm here to take the
questions. I'm here to say, hey, there's a lot to do in partnership
-- the federal government, the state government, where you've got
superb leadership, and the people themselves.
And, of course, we care. And somebody gave me the
analogy of a country-western song about a train, hoping they'd see
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the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train coming through.
And I trumped it with saying, well, remember the Nitty-Gritty Dirt
Band one, 1f you've got any country music people here, "if you're
going to see a rainbow, you've got to stand a little rain.
Well, New Hampshire has stood more than its share of
rain. Job hurting and the families wondering how they're going to
make their ends meet. But there is going to be a rainbow out there.
There's some fundamentals that are pretty darn good. And yet, we've
got to do better.
And the last point I want to make is I hope that you
will listen to the state of the Union message. I have proposed three
straight years growth agenda programs. Not some fancy quick fix
that's going to have broad appeal in an election time, but things
that would stimulate this economy. And now we're putting this
altogether -- again with new additions to it to take these
proposals to the American people. And then what I hope we can do is
rally the American people and get the economy moving by sound
investment-oriented treatment of the tax code.
And that is what's needed and still hold the line on
spending. One of the few things -- one of the few benefits of that
budget agreement was that we have caps on the excesses of federal
spending -- those things that can be controlled. And I want to keep
them there. I do not want to bust the one restraint that is on the
spenders in the United states Congress.
so having said that, I hope you'll ask the questions.
We'll have a good health program that I think will have appeal to the
voters here because it's family, it keeps things close to the people
themselves rather than having a lot of mandated benefits out of
Washington.
And this is the last point. I'm just back from a rather
spectacular trip to Asia -- I say spectacular -- you try getting the
flu at a dinner. (Laughter.) I have a feeling the people in New
England, and certainly having been a neighbor of this state for so
long, understand that even Presidents get the flu. I said over
there, even Democrats get it from time to time. (Laughter.) But
you've got to admit I did it in a dramatic way.
Having said that, exports account for a tremendous
amount of the growth in this country. A lot of the jobs -- I think
it's estimated -- I was talking to Bob and Bill coming over here --
35,000 to 40,000 jobs in New Hampshire related to exports. so please
don't buy this protection legislation that the Democrats and some
others are putting out; this idea that we can shrink back inside. I
want to put America first in the sense of the values, in the sense of
getting this economy to be first but not in the sense of some kind of
protection legislation that is going to shrink markets and throw the
working people of New Hampshire further out of work. Let's expand
these markets. (Applause.)
NOW, fire away. shoot. Any questions, even the tough
ones. I know we've got a few fans in here for someone else. Bring
them up.
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Mr. President, first let me say the conditions in
the country today, with our government in deficit, most every state
in the union in deficit, and most every municipality in the country
in deficit, never mind the households -- what do we have to do -- and
I'm glad you brought a few -- to get the congressmen and the senators
in this country to realize when we have millions of people without
jobs, homeless, without health care, and these fellows have the gall
to vote themselves a raise, what can we do other than vote out every
incumbent? I hate to see that, but I mean, what do we have to do to
get the message across to these people in Washington?
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THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think this kind of meeting
helps. Fortunately, you have congressional delegations -- the ones I
mentioned from this state -- that understand that. They fight
against the excesses of Congress.
One of the things that I proposed or seconded the motion
on were these proposals that are there -- and they're bipartisan, I
might add -- for Congress to reform itself in terms of proliferation
of committees and needing reforms -- Congress to adhere to the same
laws that the American people have to adhere to. One of the comments
that I've made after the Clarence Thomas hearings was that that
needed to be done. They ought not to exempt themselves from the laws
you and I have to honor. And this congressional delegation
understands that, these people here do. so you've got to spill over
and use your influence across the border, two ways I might add, Maine
and Massachusetts -- good places to start. So try that one.
But, no, you've got a good point. Look, I'm not up here
to assign blame. I'll take my share of the blame. I don't take it
for not caring or not understanding. I do; Barbara does. I hope we
have projected the family concerns that we feel. We've tried to do
that in this job. But I'm not here to blame.
But I am here to remind the voters up here that in two
previous state of the Unions I have proposed growth initiatives that
would have stimulated the economy. Now I'm going to do it again, and
this time I'm going to look the American people in the eye, as I did
in the past, and say, all right, people are hurting more now. I've
just come back from the state of New Hampshire and a lot of people
are out of work. And if you really care, pass this package. And
then we can put it back into politics and debate it for the rest of
this political year. But get something done that's going to get the
people of this state and of this country back to work. That's the
approach I'm going to take. (Applause.)
Now, we had one here and then I'll come over there.
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We had a wonderful Surgeon General who led us in
health care in the man of Dr. Chick Koop.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
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Can he help us with some of our health problems in
the future?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, he can. He's a good man. I think
he wants to, too. I saw him the other day. And one of the things
that Dr. Koop, who came into office and people said, well, this guy's
a little conservative for the national agenda -- he wasn't. Very
sensitive guy. One of the things that he has done and this is a
sensitive subject. It's on my mind again because yesterday I met
with Earvin "Magic" Johnson -- is to project the idea that treating
AIDS is a health problem.
we are concerned about it. We care about it. when
Barbara holds an AIDS baby in her arms, she's trying to express the
compassion that both of us feel. When I go out to NIH and meet with
those people that are afflicted with it -- we have to do it on a
health problem. Prevention, research and development, caring, making
people understand this now is a national health problem.
And Magic, who's on that commission, following in the
footsteps of the education that Chick Coop has put forward to the
beginning, is saying, look, lifestyle's important. He said, "I've
made some mistakes." And he did. He made some big ones. "But now I
want to help" -- get this thing out for open debate, compassionate
treatment as a disease and see what we can do. And then work -- use
our office, the bully pulpit of the White House and Chick Coop and
others -- our new Surgeon General -- to educate people. We've got to
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treat with the health aspect through prevention and research. I
think he will have -- we'd love to have him involved.
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on the national health plan, what do you have
planned as a help for the 35 million people who don't have health
insurance?
THE PRESIDENT: The question in the back is a very
important question. What are you going to do about the 35 million
who don't have health insurance? What we've done so far is
emphasizing prevention, emphasizing inoculations and this kind of
thing. Now at the state of the Union, I will have what I think is
the proper -- if you'll permit me to hold back some of the details -
- but a comprehensive health care program that does not increase the
federal mandates, but does bring protection to the numbers of people
that are uninsured. Therein lies the big problem.
So we will have a comprehensive -- it's only two weeks
away, so stay tuned, and I think it will be done with the values I
think of as New Hampshire values in mind, without busting the budget.
I ask you, when you hear all these people who have just discovered
New Hampshire on the road map coming up here with these health plans
-- ask them what that is going to do the people that pay the taxes as
well as those who need the health care.
So I think we've got a good program and I hope we can
get the support from everybody in this room.
Yes, in the back in the middle.
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If I can just comment, I think we have time for
about two more questions. We'd like to have everybody come up and
have a chance to shake hands with the President.
THE PRESIDENT: Anybody got a real controversial one or
want to make a statement? I want some guy that really wants to be
tough, some tough guy. Who is it? This guy in the middle? Yes.
Who are you for first, and then let's hear the question. (Laughter.)
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I don't think you want to know.
THE PRESIDENT: No, but really, they shouldn't be
softballs. I want to -- call it as you see it and you'll get it
back.
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I'm a registered Democrat.
THE PRESIDENT: All right, sir.
Q
I haven't made up my mind yet. Four years ago you
proclaimed yourself "the education President."
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q
Well, I'm a student at the University of New
Hampshire, and to the best of my knowledge, New Hampshire is 51st out
of 50 states. We're behind Puerto Rico as well as far as state
funding for education. And I just haven't seen very much evidence of
your being the education President. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: The man asked a very important and very
fair question. In the first place, federal spending -- and I can
understand why you might not sense this -- is up significantly in the
Department of Education. It's not going to be done -- as you know,
federal spending is six or seven percent of the total education
budget for the country. Educational spending, leave out federal, is
also up substantially.
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Here's the good news: We do have a good program, I
went to the 50 governors -- we put politics aside on this one,
believe me -- we've got the national education goals, six goals now.
They were agreed by Democrats and Republicans alike. They are now
encompassed in a program called America 2000, which is a national
schools. education strategy. It literally calls for revolutionizing the
budgeting that. It requires much more participation of parents and
Yes, it requires some more federal spending, but we're
of it communities. I addressed a national chamber meeting yesterday
together to say we've got to do it differently.
in terms -- Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives coming on
-- I'm determined to keep it out of the political cross-currents, but it
And please take a look at that program. It is sensible.
I don't care about my personal label, I am committed to education.
This program, under the able leadership of Lamar Alexander, is one of
the things that is beginning to get to the American consciousness.
And I -- you and I might differ on this one -- I still like the idea
of parents being able to choose. (Applause.)
When I came out of the military to the G.I. bill
thousand years ago nobody said, hey, you've got to go to School a A or
school B, University A or B, or High School Extension Program A, B,
or C. The person could choose. And choice in the state of
Minnesota, formerly run by a Democratic governor, has resulted in
educational excellence.
And so I favor -- one of the concepts of this is choice.
Another one is doing better in math and science. Another is to
continue the increases that we've already started on Head Start,
ready to learn. Another one is "you're never too old to learn."
Even I, and it's not just show business. I have a little computer
there and I'm trying to learn it and I'm doing something and I hope
it's an example that you're never too old to learn, although I'm
having a few difficulties with the cursor. (Laughter.)
But the thing that troubles me is I don't think that
we've gotten that across. It is a good, sensible program. It's
really just starting, but it holds the answer. Because we are not
math or science.
going to be as competitive in this world if we don't do better in
and high school level. And it's voluntary. But there's nothing
Another part of it is voluntary testing at the 4th, 8th
wrong with testing. There's nothing wrong with standards so a school
knows from whether it's keeping up with other schools. We've gotten away
free so a kid can go and learn in a safe environment.
that sense of discipline. Then I want the schools to be drug-
called America 2000.
So those are some of the ingredients of our program
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Mr. President, it seems that as the economy gets
worse and worse that more and more people are turning to the sales of
drugs and more and more people are using drugs as they see the
do economy toughen and their families suffering. What do you propose to
about this problem because it seems to keep getting worse?
THE PRESIDENT: Let me repeat the question because I
want to argue with the premise -- a little bit, not totally. The
young people, and what do you propose to do about it.
premise is, it seems to be getting worse on narcotics, drugs, amongst
significant, if not dramatic, progress amongst young people, for
We have a National Drug Strategy. we are making
example, in the use of cocaine -- down by 10 percent. Where we're
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hurting as a society is the 35 and older -- kind of the addicted
crowd is not shaking it.
Education is a part of it. Treatment is a part of it.
Interdiction -- a much more successful interdiction effort is a part
of it. But the National Drug strategy is working. And then there's
another ingredient to this. It's the private partnership under the
leadership of a guy named Jim Burke. We're spending $1 million --
they are, not government -- $1 million a day -- I don't know whether
you've seen them -- with advertisements -- pro bono -- advertisements
trying to help educate children and parents that drugs are -- turn
off of drugs.
We are making progress. We've made big progress in
marijuana, made big progress in cocaine use. And yet we've still got
a long way to go. so we'll keep fighting the problem, but I just
want to give a little hope out there that these figures are fairly
encouraging in terms of the age group that you asked about.
Last pitch is this on it: I still think that the people
of New Hampshire, in spite of the economic problems and being out of
work, still really epitomize for a lot of the rest of the country
what Barbara and I talk about as family values. I worry about the
decimation of the American family. Everything we do, like child
care, we try to make it that the family has a choice; or education,
that the family does.
Barbara is out there trying to get -- read to the kids.
so I do think that family involvement is vital to the success. The
federal government cannot get this drug thing done by itself. We've
got a program. We've got to keep the families together and the
families involved in solving this. That isn't a vote-getter, and
that isn't going to outpromise some Democrat halfway across the
state. But it is something I feel very, very strongly about and will
continue to try to help the American people understand.
You've got to read to your kids. You've got to hug
them. You've got to lift them off and dust them off and put them
back into the game. And 1f you don't do that, they drift off into
some of this mire. In the inner city they need help on it, too.
(Applause.)
(A gift is presented to the President.)
THE PRESIDENT: Listen, I apologize, but we're really
almost just getting started. This is not show business. I mean,
when a guy asked a very good question on education it gave me a
chance to say what I think, but also it shows what concerns people.
So I hope you don't feel this -- even the guy at the end of the table
here feels -- it's just some kind of a useless exercise.
But the message: I care. We're trying. We need help.
We have had and will continue to have, I think, sound and sensible
programs. And let's not forget this: It was one year ago that I had
to make a very fateful decision that affected the lives of a lot of
Americans. And we saw instantly the return of American pride.
The country came -- it doesn't matter about how you feel
about when we should have gone to war, the country came together. I
want to use that same kind of leadership to bring the country
together now on the social problems that affect us and on getting
this economy going and getting New Hampshire back to work. And I
need your help. (Applause.)
Thank you very, very much. (Applause.)
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January 10, 1992
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Gov Judd Gregg
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
EXETER TOWN HALL
Canty Commission Maureen
EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1991
Thank you for that kind introduction. I know there's been
some concern about my illness at the Japanese State Dinner, and
some questions about the cause of my sickness. \ I know Barbara
joked about how my tennis game was to blame -- but I want to set
the record straight. I told Barbara that I didn't want to eat
any broccoli for lunch. Any broccoli farmers here?
Well, you all know that I don't like broccoli. And I know
that you all don't like baloney. Almost everyone in New
Hampshire has met a future president at one time or another, and
they can see right through the smoke screens of pipe dream
promises. I know we're swinging into a campaign cycle. And
already I see contenders scrambling all over each other to
promise voters bigger, better, and bolder than the next guy.
That's perfectly acceptable -- that's democracy. But it is not
acceptable to exploit economic hardship for political profit
( (some of these ambulance chasers give new meaning to the phrase,
"no pain, no gain. ")) And it is not acceptable to sacrifice
good, prudent policy in the battle for a better bumpersticker.
Of course, this state never had much of a market for snake
oil salesmen. Daniel Webster once said, "There is nothing so
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powerful as truth
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New Hampshirites know there's a difference
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between soundbites and sound policy; and they don't cater much to
sweet talking over bitter truths.
I've had to look a few bitter truths myself. There are many
parts in this country where the economy is lagging and Americans
are hurting. I've been looking at the data and making some tough
decisions. Everyone knows we need is policies that spark growth.
Some seem to have stumbled upon this truth only recently, ((some
others have stumbled upon it, picked themselves up, and pretended
it never happened)).
Ever since coming to the White House, first as Vice
President, then as President, I've fought long and hard for lower
taxes, less spending, fewer regulations and reduced cap gains.
I'm afraid that the Democratic Congress has been more interested
in wrestling me to the floor than in getting the economy back on
its feet. Sure they got me to give in on taxes. But while they
were celebrating victory over the President, the country was
losing the battle for growth.
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In less than two weeks, I'll be proposing my package for
growth. Others will be proposing different solutions. There are
a lot of voices out there -- some prudent and pragmatic, some
irresponsible and irrelevant. Too often, election time generates
so much baloney, that Americans are left asking, "Where's the
beef?" So I've devised a few simple tests I'd suggest in
figuring out whether growth proposals are beef or bull:
First: Does it make sense? In a healthy economy, investors
invest in business; entrepreneurs take risks; workers produce;
consumers buy. It doesn't take an economics degree to figure
this out. A prescription for economic health does not deter
investment. It does not punish risk. It does not regulate
business out of business. And it does not tax away a hard earned
income.
Second: Does it make us more competitive? Does it prepare
us for the markets of tomorrow? Think about it -- yesterday the
smokestack; today, the microchip; tomorrow -- who knows? Wayne
Gretsky used to say, " skate where the puck is going to be, not
where it has been. II As global trade continues to grow by leaps
and bounds, we need to make sure American exports stay ahead of
the curve. Our merchandise exports support 7.2 million American
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competitive America means more American exports. More American
exports mean more American jobs.
Third: Does it help you keep your house in order -- starting
with home values. For many American families, a home is more
than their castle, it's their capital. And while government
mismanagement chipped away at home values, Americans watched
their main assets grow smaller and smaller. Other families,
confronted with tragic accidents or chronic illnesses, watch as
unbridled health care costs drain away the lifeblood of lifetime
savings. Taxpayers have a right to ask whether economic
proposals are going to help them preserve the value of the things
they have worked so hard to secure -- their homes, their health,
their investments, their children's future.
Fourth: Does it get Washington's house in order? What does
it do to the federal budget -- does it minimize it, or does it
politicize it? Does it cap spending and does it give the
American people their money's worth? Anyone who's ever managed
household finances can tell you that the deeper you crawl into
debt, the harder it is to climb out. Maybe some people up on
Capitol Hill can get away with bouncing checks -- American
competitiveness cannot.
When I deliver my State of the Union this month, take these
tests, and see if my proposals measure up measures up. Apply
these tests to any other package floating out there -- and see
whether they back it up or shoot it down. Too many of these
proposals still operate on the old paradigm of tax it, spend it,
and promise it. Well, I don't think many people are going to buy
it. ((Mother Nature's the only one around here who can give New
Hampshire a snow job) )
I didn't come up here with miracles or magic tricks. I'm
not going to promise to outlaw icy roads or black fly season. I
won't play to any fear of foreigners, to hidden hatreds, or to
class conflict. That's not my style -- never has been, never
will be.
But I will continue to fight Capitol Hill for fewer taxes
and lower spending. I will continue to fight abroad, like I did
in Asia, for more free trade and more fair trade -- leveling the
playing field for the power of "Made in America." I will fight
against protectionism -- policies that would have our industry
stagnate in the stale air of government shelters rather than
brave the bracing winds of international competition. I will
fight against isolationism -- protecting American interests and
preserving American principles. And I will continue to fight at
home -- for better schools, for a cleaner environment, for safer
streets, and for a brighter future. Thank you. God bless New
Hampshire, and God bless the United States of America.
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1) Does it make sense? Does it assume that jobs arise out of
thin air -- or out of a bill -- or does it understand that
businesses begin with an idea, take root with investment, and
grow through hard work and faith in the enterprise. We know
that, and our plan tries to encourage all of the above.
2) Does it make us more competitive? The economy of the future
will bear little resemblance to the economy of the past.
Yesterday, the smokestack; today, the microchip; tomorrow -- who
knows? We need to build the foundation for future prosperity: an
educated, ambitious public; an economy that rewards success,
rather than punishing it; and the safety and security -- at home
and abroad -- that we all need to succeed.
3) Does it help you keep your house in order? Does it preserve
the integrity of the things you have worked so hard to earn --
your home, your investments, etc? Can you afford to keep your
art
sy
home, raise your family, ensure their health care, and build a
nest egg for the future?
4) Does it get Washington's house in order? Do the policies
the
the
prepare us for the Age of Competition, or send us back to earlier
times? Does the program work to ensure that you get your money's
worth when you pay your taxes?
Sudget
If you have snappier categories, let me know. The key is:
We should settle on a series of guidelines, and they all ought to
pass the kitchen table test. After all, we're going to use these
labels not just between now and SOU; we should use them in the
campaign as well.
I'd like your help with another set of rhetorical
flourishes: The pols in New Hampshire made it clear to the Veep
last week, and to our advance people, that we've got to explain
why we broke the no-tax pledge. I don't know how or where in New
since cl became upin '81
2
Hampshire that we'll broach the subject -- probably in Exeter, at
Cabletron and at the Rotary meeting.
We also ought to prepare some up-yours language for the
Curly, Larry and Red, the three auto execs. The gist should be:
I went to Asia to open markets, not to shill for products. We
succeeded, and good, competitive American companies will make
their mark all over the Asia-Pacific region. As one auto company
likes to say: Quality is Job One. Quantity is not.
John Winthrop
THE LANDSCAPE
PEOPLE
A Modell of Christian Charity
1630
"She's one of the two best states in the Union.
Vermont's the other."
"The typical New Hampshire landscape would
"If two New Hampshiremen aren't a match for the
spread like a lovely, living map."
devil, we might as well give the country back to the
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Robert Frost
Pearl S. Buck
Indians."
"New Hampshire"
America
Stephen Vincent Benet
New Hampshire
1971
"The Devil and Daniel Webster"
1923
Thirteen 0 'Clock
1936
*
*
*
"New Hampshire looks beat and tired and bedrag-
"Just specimens is all New Hampshire has,
gled in places, while Vermont is neat and well-
* *
One of everything as in a showcase,
tended."
"New Hampshire citizens are more gregarious and
Which naturally she doesn't care to sell.
Elizabeth Forbes
more open, less clannish and ever ready to smile, and
+
Humanities
perhaps more even-tempered than those in
She's had one President (Pronounce him Purse,
1976
Vermont-generally speaking of course."
And make the most of it for better or worse.
Pearl S. Buck
He's your one chance to score against the state.)
*
America
She had one Daniel Webster. He was all
"If I must choose which I would elevate-
1971
The Daniel Webster ever was or shall be."
Capital: Concord
The people or the already lofty mountains,
Robert Frost
I'd elevate the already lofty mountains.
"The God who made New Hampshire
Entered the union (with rank): June 21, 1788 (9)
State motto: Live free or die
"New Hampshire"
The only fault I find with old New Hampshire
Taunted the lofty land
New Hampshire
Is that her mountains aren't quite high enough."
With little men."
State flower: Purple lilac
1923
Robert Frost
Ralph Waldo Emerson
State bird: Purple finch
"New Hampshire"
"Ode Inscribed to W.H. Channing"
State songs: "Old New Hampshire" and "New
New Hampshire
1846
Hampshire, My New Hampshire"
"It is New Hampshire out there,
1923
*
State tree: White birch
It is nearly the dawn.
Nickname: Granite State
The song of the whippoorwill stops
"The only person really soiled with trade
*
Origin of state name: Named after the English
And the dimension of depth seizes everything."
I ever stumbled on in old New Hampshire
"On one wintry occasion, as we are told in Drake's
Was someone who had just come back ashamed
county of Hampshire
Galway Kinnell
Heart of the White Mountains, the wind rose to such
"Flower Herding on Mount Monadnock"
From selling things in California."
a fury that the inmates of the station, expecting every
Robert Frost
Once New Hampshire was owned entirely by one
1964
moment that the building would be blown over,
"New Hampshire"
person, Capt. John Mason, who in 1629 was granted
*
*
wrapped themselves in blankets and quilts, binding
New Hampshire
the area by his king in England. Mason was perfectly
them tightly with ropes, to which were attached bars
1923
happy to oversee his plaything from his home in
"The benign invasions of the idle, the rich, and the
Hampshire, and really gave little to the state other
talented; the ceaseless clacking of machinery along
of iron, so that, as one of the men said in relating the
than its name.
the Merrimack; the boisterous labor in the North
story, 'if the house went by the board, we might
"New Hampshire folks are the merriest of the Puri-
stand a chance-a slim one-of anchoring some-
tans."
The true developers of the state migrated north-
Country in the years between the Civil War and
World War I-none of these could conceal the fact
where, somehow'
"
Cornelius Weygandt
ward from Massachusetts. Free from the larger colo-
that New Hampshire was a society on the way down.
Harper's Weekly
Quoted in the Federal Writers Project of the WPA
ny's domination, they formed the four towns that
In each succeeding decade, it lost ground in real
January 14, 1882
New Hampshire
remain the heart of New Hampshire-Portsmouth,
1938
Dover, Exeter and Hampton. In 1641, ironically, the
wealth and in population within the expanding na-
*
four towns voluntarily came under Massachusetts
tion. In its political exercises, it reflected the somber
fact that in its own life nothing much was really
"It [fall in New Hampshire] isn't only color but a
protection. Native New Hampshire independence
happening."
glowing, as though the leaves gobbled the light of the
showed itself once more, however, when the colony
autumn sun and then released it slowly."
WAY OF LIFE
declared itself free of England six months before the
Elizabeth Forbes Morison and Elting E. Morison
John Steinbeck
rest of the colonies got around to doing the same
New Hampshire
Travels with Charley
"It was [storyteller] Waldo Frank whose lively fancy
thing in Philadelphia.
1976
1962
depicted the wretched New Hampshire housewife as
Shaped like a skinny wedge of pie, New Hamp-
gazing from her kitchen window only to pick out a
*
shire's prize physical feature is the rocky White
*
*
tree from which to hang herself. This was not meant
Mountains, a hiker's wonderland. Some 87 percent
"I live in New Hampshire so I can get a better view
"We were thus entering the state of New Hampshire
to be humorous. It was in line with the accepted
of Vermont."
of the state remains in forest, SO recreation and
on the bosom of the flood formed by the tribute of its
legend."
logging are major industries. High technology firms
Maxfield Parrish, artist
innumerable valleys."
Ralph D. Paine
are also moving into the state because it is quiet and
Quoted by George Holman
Henry David Thoreau
These United States
leaves them alone to think.
Vermont Life
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
1924
1952
1852
320
321
"Men hang out their signs indicative of their respec-
"The tradition of the town meeting in New Hamp-
State song: None
tive trades: shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe;
"Making state government responsive is a task
shire is a lasting reminder of our political origins
State tree: Red oak
jewelers, a monster watch; and the dentist hangs out
which the people of New Hampshire have not had the
in a time when memory of the imperial presidencies
Nickname: Garden State
a gold tooth; but up in the mountains of New Hamp-
political intelligence to face up to."
of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon was still
Origin of state name: From the English channel
shire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that
A former New Hampshire governor
fresh, it was not a bad idea to see the candidate go
island, Jersey
there He makes men."
Quoted by Neal R. Peirce
directly to the people to ask for their mandate; not
Daniel Webster
The New England States
bad for the people, not bad for the candidate."
The butt of national jokes because of its crime, its
"The Old Man of the Mountain"
1976
Jules Witcover
corruption, its pollution and its subservience to New
Quoted by Neil R. Peirce
Marathon
York, New Jersey has gotten a bum rap. While the
*
*
*
The New England States
1977
state's cities are old and rough, and while New York
1976
"But compared to most of the other 13 original
*
does cast a pall over several northern suburban coun-
states, New Hampshire offers a strikingly undistin-
HISTORY AND POLITICS
"But to the long-shot, to the [primary] candidate
ties, most of New Jersey consists of Atlantic wet-
guished history and tradition. One reads and rereads
with little money or celebrity, New Hampshire can
lands and farms, including the Pine Barrens, easily
the state's history in search of great leaders and finds
embarrassingly few; one looks for an important tradi-
be an equalizer."
the most unique forest in the East. Strictly speaking,
New Hampshire [primaries] has snuffed out
Jules Witcover
New Jersey is a peninsula. Water separates it from
powerful challenges in a night or given a new lease to
tion in literature, the arts, or public policy and finds
Marathon
the American mainland everywhere except along its
candidacies far beyond the reach of their national
practically none; one tries to detect a sense of historic
1977
northern border with New York. As an almost-
appeal."
mission and is disappointed again."
island, New Jersey has a strong fixation on the
Alistair Cooke
Neal R. Peirce
CITIES, TOWNS
ocean. Its beaches and oceanside resorts have long
Talk About America
The New England States
AND REGIONS
been among America's favorites, with resurgent At-
1968
1976
lantic City once more vying for primacy among
*
Eastern resorts. The state's interior is dominated by
Lake Winnipesaukee:
"My first political experience with great numbers of
"When one looks at New Hampshire public life over
the Pine Barrens that stretch for unbroken miles
young people was in the campaign of New Hamp-
most of the years since World War II, one finds an
across its southern half. The Barrens sit atop one of
"One of the most traveled routes to the White Moun-
shire in the early months of 1968. They came like the
appallingly smug and uncreative atmosphere, and in
the largest natural aquifers in the world. As a result
tains is by railroad to Concord and thence to Lake
early spring, with a sense of purpose and with
many policies the prototype among the 50 states of
the sandy soil can support trees it ordinarily would
Winnipesaukee (pronounced by the Indians Win-ne-
the unresponsive and irresponsible society."
not. But the poor soil and strong wind keep the trees
promise of change. The older people in that state
pe-sock-e, with the accent on the penultima), an
small. For hundreds of acres the Pine Barrens are
were glad to see them. Some remarked that they had
Neal R. Peirce
excellent point of departure for the mountain region.
not talked to their own children in years as they had
The New England States
covered with dwarf trees. The people of the Barrens
It signifies the poetical feeling of the aborigines, and
are more like Appalachian outbackers than denizens
talked to the young students of that campaign."
1976
their appreciation of the beauties of nature. No one
of Newark or Trenton. Their speech and lives
Eugene McCarthy
who had lingered by the magnificent shores of this
hearken back to colonial times. They speak of the
The Hard Years
"Collectively, New Hampshire's tax structure adds
sheet of water, who has gazed upon its broad expanse
Barrens in the same reverential tone Cajuns reserve
1975
up to a tawdry effort to (1) fleece visitors to pay for
dotted with numerous islands, and gleaming in the
for the bayous.
*
internal functions, and (2) trick the state's citizens
rays of the rising and setting sun, will deny the
Near the Delaware River in the west, New Jersey
"Between 1910 and 1912, New Hampshire achieved
into thinking they have a good deal because New
appropriateness of the Indian name.
"
softens, grows more hilly and supports the farms that
a place in the national consciousness that it had not
Hampshire stands alone in having no broad-based
Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion
produce much of New York's produce and dairy
held since the great days of Jacksonian democracy.
state tax (sales or income). As a result, local property
June 12, 1855
goods.
The state had assumed, in Theodore Roosevelt's
taxes are at an almost confiscatory level, and a poor
Once, from 1676 to 1702, New Jersey was actually
words, a radical position. In the matter of controlling
New Hampshire citizen pays twice as high a percent-
NEW
two colonies, the Jerseys, east and west. East Jersey
private corporations, regulating public utilities, and
age of his total income as does a poor one."
was dominated by Puritans and oriented towards
protecting the interests of men and women working
Neal R. Peirce
New York. West Jersey was the home of Quakers and
within the industrial process, New Hampshire in two
The New England States
years more nearly fulfilled the stated and promised
1976
JERSEY
oriented towards Philadelphia. Today the split re-
mains intact in the state's character, if not in law.
objectives than any other state in the Union, with the
probable exception of Wisconsin."
"Thriving, throbbing and prosperous, New Hamp-
THE STATE
Elizabeth Forbes Morison and Elting E. Morison
shire is a state that has won its way back to good
New Hampshire
graces by its own exertion. The second most highly
"I do not need books to tell me about New Jersey.
1976
industrialized state in the entire Union, it is also one
While I have never lived there, for years my life had
of only three whose unemployment is so low that
been caught into the manifold variety of this small,
***
they cannot qualify for federal aid under the Area
seacoast state-small in area yet with all the diversity
"Politically New Hampshire is as unproductive as an
Redevelopment Act."
Capital: Trenton
abandoned farm."
Theodore H. White
Entered the union (with rank): Dec. 18, 1787 (3)
that each of the states of the Union seems to pos-
sess."
Ralph D. Paine
The Making of the President-1964
State motto: Liberty and prosperity
Pearl S. Buck
These United States
1965
State flower: Purple violet
America
1924
State bird: Eastern goldfinch
1971
322
323
45°
A. and J. Taylor - - Webster
Webster - Bolívar
451
And willful waste, depend upon 't,
-Independence now and Independence
ness or our misery. If we say the darkness
9
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on
Brings, almost always, woeful want!
forever.
Ib.
shall cover us, im the darkness as in the light
earth.
Ib. The Pin [by ANN TAYLOR], st. 6
Washington is in the clear upper sky.
our obligations are yet with us.¹
Ib.
On Mr. Justice Story [September
11
12, 1845]
Ib.
He smote the rock of the national re-
Daniel Webster¹
12 The gentleman has not seen how to reply to
sources, and abundant streams of revenue
10
Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from
1782-1852
this, otherwise than by supposing me to have
gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of
changes of circumstances, are often justifia-
advanced the doctrine that a national debt is
Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.
ble.⁴
Speech [July 25 and 27, 1846]
2 It is, sir, as I have said, a small college, and
yet there are those who love it.
a national blessing.⁶
Speech on Hamilton [March 10,
11
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome
Dartmouth College Case [1818]
Second Speech on Foote's Resolu-
1831]
restraint.
tion [January 26, 1830]
2
On this question of principle, while actual
Speech at the Charleston Bar
3
Whatever makes men good Christians,
13 I shall enter on no encomium upon Massa-
suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies]
Dinner [May 10, 1847]
makes them good citizens.
chusetts; she needs none. There she is.⁷ Be-
raised their flag against a power to which, for
12
The law: It has honored us; may we honor
Speech at Plymouth, Massachu-
setts [December 22, 1820]²
hold her, and judge for yourselves. There is
purposes of foreign conquest and subjuga-
it.
Ib.
her history; the world knows it by heart. The
tion, Rome in the height of her glory is not to
Labor in this country is independent and
past, at least, is secure. There is Boston and
be compared- power which has dotted
13
I have read their platform, and though I
proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capi-
Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill; and
over the surface of the whole globe with her
think there are some unsound places in it, I
there they will remain forever.
Ib.
possessions and military posts, whose morn-
can stand upon it pretty well. But I see noth-
tal, but capital solicits the aid of labor
Speech [April 2, 1824]
ing drumbeat, following the sun,³ and keep-
ing in it both new and valuable. "What is
14
The people's government, made for the
ing company with the hours, circles the earth
valuable is not new, and what is new is not
5
We wish that this column, rising towards
people, made by the people, and answerable
with one continuous and unbroken strain of
valuable."⁵
heaven among the pointed spires of so many
to the people.
Ib.
the martial airs of England.
Speech at Marshfield, Massachu-
temples dedicated to God, may contribute
15
When my eyes shall be turned to behold for
Speech [May 7, 1834]
setts [September I, 1848]
also to produce in all minds a pious feeling of
the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see
14
I was born an American; I will live an
dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally,
3
him shining on the broken and dishonored
God grants liberty only to those who love it,
that the last object to the sight of him who
and are always ready to guard and defend it.
American; I shall die an American.
fragments of a once glorious Union; on States
Speech [July 17, 1850]
leaves his native shore, and the first to glad-
disevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land
Speech [June 3, 1834]
den his who revisits it, may be something
15
Faneuil Hall, the cradle of American lib-
rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be,
which shall remind him of the liberty and the
One country, one constitution, one destiny.
in fraternal blood.
Ib.
erty.
Letter [April 1851]
Speech [March 15, 1837]
glory of his country.
16
Men hang out their signs indicative of their
Address on Laying the Cornerstone
16 Liberty and Union, now and forever, one
There are persons who constantly clamor.
respective trades: shoemakers hang out a gi-
of the Bunker Hill Monument
and inseparable.
Ib.
They complain of oppression, speculation,
gantic shoe; jewelers, a monster watch; and
[June 17, 1825]
17 There is no refuge from confession but sui-
and pernicious influence of wealth. They cry
the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in
Mind is the great lever of all things; human
cide; and suicide is confession.
out loudly against all banks and corpora-
6
the mountains of New Hampshire, God Al-
thought is the process by which human ends
Argument on the murder of Cap-
tions, and a means by which small capitalists
mighty has hung out a sign to show that
are ultimately answered.
Ib.
tain White [April 6, 1830]
become united in order to produce important
there He makes men.
and beneficial results. They carry on mad
On the Old Man of the Mountain⁶,
7 Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the
18
There is nothing so powerful as truth
hostility against all established institutions.
attributed
firmament. Life and power are scattered with
and often nothing so strange.⁹
Ib.
They would choke the fountain of industry
all its beams.
Ib.
19 Fearful concatenation of circumstances. 10
and dry all streams.
17
I still live.
8
Let our object be our country, our whole
Ib.
Speech in the Senate [March 12,
Last words [October 24, 1852]
country, and nothing but our country.
1838]
20 A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omni-
Ib.
present, like the Deity. If we take to ourselves
6
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The
Simón Bolívar⁷
9
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish,
the wings of the morning, and dwell in the
farmers therefore are the founders of human
1783-1830
I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
uttermost parts of the sea, duty performed or
civilization.
Discourse in Commemoration of
duty violated is still with us, for our happi-
On Agriculture [January 13, 1840]
18 A state too extensive in itself, or by virtue
of its dependencies, ultimately falls into
Adams and Jefferson, Faneuil
5On the day of his [John Adams's] death, hearing the
7
America has furnished to the world the
decay; its free government is transformed
Hall, Boston [August 2, 1826]
noise of bells and cannon, he asked the occasion. On being
character of Washington. And if our Ameri-
into a tyranny; it disregards the principles
reminded that it was "Independent Day," he replied, "In-
10 It is my living sentiment, and by the bless-
can institutions had done nothing else, that
dependence forever.' WEBSTER, Works [1903],
'L'homme absurde est celui qui ne change jamais
ing of God it shall be my dying sentiment
vol. I, p. 150
alone would have entitled them to the respect
[The absurd man is he who never changes] AUGUSTE
6See Hamilton, 401:10.
of mankind.
MARSEILLE BARTHÉLEMY, Ma Justification [1832]
'See Sydney Smith, 433:5.
'Generally misquoted as "Massachusetts, there she
On the Completion of the Bunker
$See Lord Brougham, 444:13.
This oration will be read five hundred years hence
stands."
with as much rapture as it was heard. It ought to be read
*Our sovereign, the people.-CHARLES JAMES Fox,
Hill Monument [June 17, 1843]
Natural rock formation in the shape of a human pro-
file, in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. It
at the end of every century, and indeed at the end of
toast [1798], for which his name was erased from the
8
Thank God! I-I also-am an American!
gave Hawthorne the theme of his story The Great Stone
every year, forever and ever.-JOHN ADAMS, Letter to
Privy Council
Ib.
Face.
Webster [December 23, 1821]
See Wycliffe, 143:12; Disraeli, 501:6; Garrison, 505:19;
⁷One must speak of Bolivar from the tribune of a moun-
³See Lincoln, 522:3.
Lincoln, 523:4; and Parker, 537:15.
tain, or amidst thunder and lightning
He
lived
as
if
die
sink
'See Psalm 139.9. 22:17.
or
Ruron
EXNOT
PJ:
--NH has no broad based tax, New Hampshirites are wise to the
fact that while Dems want to float out these gorgeous new
economic proposals, they're usually anchored in some sort of
broad based tax. They know there's no free lunch. New
Hampshirites are frugal, they know big brother can't solve all
their problems.
--There's an old Yankee dictum: "Use it up, wear it out, make it
do, or do without."
--On B.S. meter: I'm sure most New Hampshirites would love it if
we could outlaw icy roads, black flies, mud season, and economic
downturns. I'm not so sure they'd trust someone who ran on a
similar platform
New Hampshirites are a little bit jaded Almost everyone there
has met a future President at one time or another and they know
that too often a lot of talk goes a little way there's not
easily fooled by the sweet siren songs of desperate politicians.
I heard of one political contender who went knocking on doors in
search of votes. The woman who answered asked him if he wouldn't
mind coming back after they were finished with dinner.
--town meeting style of government, get together once a year to
sort out the community's affairs.
JAGLANG
the honeyed promises of snake oil salesmen
-fear-mongering mountebacks
New Hampshirites don't need a handout -- they need a hand up.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DATE: 1/12/92
TO:
JAG
FROM: JAMES P. PINKERTON
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Policy Planning
Room 216, OEOB, x6407
EYI
AMERICA FIRST
Mr. Buchanan has been talking a lot about American First and
his new nationalism. It should be noted that New Hampshire is the
only state in New England with an export surplus so that the vast
amount of our industrial workers work for companies who depend on a
strong export market. We are truly a free market, low tax, free
enterprise, free trade state. For example, the Canadian Free Trade
Agreement, which is the antithesis of Mr. Buchanan's philosophy, is a
major boon to our computer industry. Prior to this agreement our
electronics industry was hit with very significant tarifs as they sold
to Canada, while we in New Hampshire were buying raw materials from
Canada which had significantly lower tarifs. The reduction of these
barriers will be a major plus for New Hampshire manufacturers. In
addition, as a state, we are uniquely located physically and with
electronics as our base can export to Europe, and our industries are
doing just that. Therefore, most New Hampshire employees in the
manufacturing industries depend on a strong free trade policy.
Also please note that New Hampshire was extremely supportive of your
initiatives in Iraq.
(Smith/Grossman)
January 10, 1992
Draft One EXETER
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
EXETER TOWN HALL
EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1991
Thank you for that kind introduction. I know there's been
some concern about my illness at the Japanese State Dinner, and
some questions about the cause of my sickness. \ I know Barbara
joked about how my tennis game was to blame -- but I want to set
the record straight. \\ I told Barbara that I didn't want to eat
any broccoli for lunch. \\ Any broccoli farmers here?
Well, you all know that I don't like broccoli. And I know
that you all don't like baloney. This is the Granite State --
filled with people of rock-solid realism and clear-eyed idealism.
I know that some in the press are saying that New Hampshirites
have become jaded by the political primary bidding season.
Personally, I prefer to view it as a healthy skepticism.
Almost everyone in New Hampshire has met a future president
at one time or another, and they can see right through the smoke
screens of pipe dream promises. I know we're swinging into a
campaign cycle. And already I see contenders scrambling all over
each other to promise voters bigger, better, and bolder than the
next guy. That's all right -- we're a democracy. But what I do
worry about is seeing political brinkmanship get the better of
honest debate. I worry about people's economic pain being
exploited for political advantage ((some of these ambulance
chasers give new meaning to the phrase, "no pain, no gain.") )
And I worry about good policy ideas being lost in the battle for
a better bumpersticker.
But this state never had much of a market for snake oil
salesmen. Daniel Webster once said, "There is nothing so
powerful as truth " New Hampshirites know there's a difference
between soundbites and sound policy; and they don't cater much to
sweet talking over bitter truths.
I've had to look a few bitter truths myself. There are many
parts in this country where the economy is lagging and Americans
are hurting. I've been looking at the data and making some tough
decisions. There are a lot of voices out there -- some prudent
and pragmatic, some irresponsible and unworkable. Too much
4th
1
baloney has got many Americans still asking, "Where's the beef?"
once)
So I've devised a few simple tests I'd suggest in figuring out
the
whether a growth proposals are beef or bull:
First: will it improve American competitiveness? Our
merchandise exports support 7.2 million American jobs -- a 42%
rise in five years. A more competitive America means more
American exports. More American exports mean more American jobs.
Second: it must work with not against the natural forces of
a market economy. In a healthy economy, investors invest in
business; entrepreneurs take risks; workers produce; consumers
MBA?
buy. It doesn't take an economics degree to figure this out. A
prescription for economic health does not deter investment. It
does not punish risk. It does not regulate business out of
business. And it does not tax away a hard earned income.
Third: does it practice budgetary restraint? Anyone who's
ever managed household finances can tell you that the deeper you
crawl into debt, the harder it is to climb out. Maybe some
people up on Capital Hill can get away with bouncing checks --
but our country can't afford to.
Fourth: it doesn't play games with people's property --
starting with home values. For many American families, a home is
more than their castle, it's their capital. And while government
mismanagement chipped away at home values, Americans watched
their main assets grow smaller and smaller. ( (Of course, I don't
think you'll get Washington to ever admit, "Honey, I shrunk the
house. ")) I do think that Americans have a right to demand
protection for their most basic, most essential investments.
When I release my growth package this month I hope these
tests will be rigorously applied to my proposals. I also hope
these standards will help put all those pie in the sky political
promises into a better perspective. Too many of these would be whoh!
saviours are still operation on the old paradigm of tax it, spend
it, and promise it. Well, I don't think many people are going to
buy it. ((Mother Nature's the only one around here who can give
New Hampshire a snow job)).
I'm sure most New Hampshirites would love it if we could
outlaw icy roads, black flies, mud season and economic downturns.
I'm not so sure they'd trust someone who ran on a similar
platform. They know there's no free lunch. They're not asking
for a handout, they're looking for a hand up.
There's an old Yankee saying that goes, "Use it up, wear it
out, make it do, or do without." There are a lot of political
salesmen up here, knocking on doors, peddling everything from
economic band-aids to political milk and honey. And once all the
promises are out there on the table, I expect New Hampshirites
will get a chance to put those old words into practice. Thank
you very much. God Bless New Hampshire and God Bless the United
States of America.
#
#
#
--Daniel Webster, Second Speech on Foote's
Resolution, January 26, 1830
2) "The people's government, made for the people, made by the
people, and answerable to the people."
--ibid.
JADED healthy skepticism
Nit
- - skeptheal of act gout premises
of "Whine here to help you" -
skeptical of capating
promises of "Weie has
to save you."
Hand out /up
of Ganits state rock soli realism
deareyed idealism
tas tes great less fill
Vocalist John Congan Mellencemp :
somethy or you'll fall
you go Ha stand for
for anyth
--I know we're getting into campaign season. But I don't want to
see this race degenerate into one of "winning at any cost.' II I
don't want to see people's economic pain exploited for
politicians political gain ( (some of these ambulance chasers give
new meaning to the phrase "no pain, no gain.") ) We don't need
quick fixes, we need long-term solutions. We don't need economic
band-aids, we need economic cures. Angry rhetoric won't fill an
empty stomach.
--Some of my critics are fond of the cynical plaint: 'Where's
George?' Well, given the fact that I've probably visited this
state more times than all my detractors combined, I'd venture a
good guess is always: 'New Hampshire.'
--Too many of these would be saviours are still operating on the
old paradigm of tax it, spend it, redistribute it, and centralize
it. Well, I don't think Americans are going to buy it. Mother
Nature's the only one around here who gives New Hampshire a snow
job.
the false religion of
--most New Hampshirites can tell the difference between sound
bites and sound policy New Hampshire knows that there's a
difference between sound bites and sound policy they know that
sweet talking won't wish away bitter truths
QUOTES
1)
"There is nothing so powerful as truth -- and often nothing
so strange."
-Daniel Webster, Second Speech on Foote's
Resolution, January 26, 1830
2)
"The people's government, made for the people, made by the
people, and answerable to the people."
-ibid.
Republican Challenger Campaigning as if He Really Wants to Win
1/8/92
Clinton
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
N.Y. Un
RUMNEY, N.H., Jan. 7-Some-
Even thou
thing has happened to Patrick J.
by organized
Buchanan's presidential campaign:
idential race
The more time he spends on the
Arkansas Go
campaign trail, the more it looks as
received a
if he really wants to win. And in
head of the A
order to win, his attacks on Pres-
of State, Co
ident Bush are getting increasingly
Employees in
tough.
State AFS
"I've undertaken to get the Re-
McDermott
publican nomination, which trans-
nearly 400,0
lates into dumping George Bush
union's Coun
and making him a one-term pres-
ee Associatio
ident," Buchanan said in an inter-
sonal opinion,
view today. Such a campaign, he
of the six Den
said, must inevitably be "divisive,"
McDermott
though he insisted that his effort
ized the state
S
would "energize" rather than divide
his party.
begin working
It is certainly energizing the
tially pumping
White House, which is sending in
power into his
Under the
Vice President Quayle on Wednes-
day to stump this economically dis-
set by the A.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ation and the
tressed state for his increasingly
Buchanan visits ally Meldrim Thomson, the former New Hampshire governor.
to it will not €
unpopular boss, who plans his own
trip here Jan. 15.
until a majori
er factory that Bush visited in 1988.
And many Democrats are also
plete control over the campaign
unions agree C
"When George Bush came here in
energized about how Buchanan
structure and the message-and
fore, while AF
1988, they still had 400 employees,"
might help them in the fall against
that is, in my opinion, unworkable in
dorse a candid
Buchanan said. "But as a result of
Bush. They say Republican-inclined
a national campaign."
CIO unions rea
imports flooding into the U.S.
voters will at least give a hearing to
Fabrizio said he wanted Buchan-
state and loc
this plant shut down in 1990."
attacks on the president's economic
an to concentrate almost exclusive-
free to suppo
"It raises grave questions about
policies from a fellow Republican,
ly on jobs, the economy and taxes.
That appears
the theory under which George
and if the message takes hold,
"Why would you talk about immi-
pening in AFS
Bush has been operating," Buchan-
might support a Democrat later.
gration?" he said, referring to Bu-
At a board
an said. "I don't think the president
Just today, in a campaign tour
chanan's repeated calls for much
ternational
of the United States, my old friend
that took him all over New Hamp-
tougher immigration controls.
AFSCME offic
Mr. Bush, appreciates what is hap-
shire's North Country, across the
Fabrizio predicted that Buchanan
clear that the
pening to many of the mills and in-
border into Vermont and then back
would "be a loyal soldier" if he lost
union's state a
dustries in this country."
to industrial Manchester, Buchanan
and "campaign aggressively for
Tonight, with Bush in Japan, Bu-
tions were sup
made charges that any Democrat
George Bush." For his part, Buchan-
didates: Clinto
chanan's campaign unfurled a map of
would be proud to run in his cam-
New Hampshire on the wall of a fac-
an said that his efforts have brought
Harkin (D-Iowa
paign commercials.
disgruntled conservatives back to
tory in the heart of Manchester and
Harkin, cam
"Mr. Bush, you recall, promised
blazed a searchlight into the heavens
life, and that that would help Bush if
Hampshire yes
to create 30 million jobs," Buchanan
he were the nominee. "They're not
in a symbolic (and media-catching)
wounded by th
told a Rotary Club in White River
going to vote for Bill Clinton or Bob
effort to point out to the president
expects to
Junction, Vt. "He didn't tell us he
Kerrey," Buchanan said of conser-
just where New Hampshire is.
AFSCME locals
would be creating them in Guang-
Still, no one will ever mistake
vatives. "They are going to be avail-
stronger recor
dong Province, Yokohama or Mex-
able to George Bush."
Buchanan for a Democrat. He reg-
labor, Harkin S
ico."
ularly bashes the Democrats in
But "available" is a weak word,
lieve people S
For good measure, he pointed
Congress and calls for term limits
and it may be the operative one,
courage of their
out to the Rotarians, generally a
and tax cuts. Indeed, one of his ma-
since any conservative who agrees
asking labor t
frugal crowd, that Bush "is the high-
jor criticisms of Bush is that the
with what Buchanan has been say-
I always St
est taxer in American history" and
president's willingness "to compro-
ing cannot possibly see Bush as one
He paused,
"has run up the largest deficits in
of the faithful.
mise and collaborate with the big
don't know tha
American history."
spenders on Capitol Hill" has cre-
Quayle's central task this week is
more than tha
This morning, Buchanan traveled
ated "one-party government."
to make the case for his president's
have more to sa
to a sawmill in this small mountain
Buchanan has been so insistent
conservative credentials. Buchanan,
community to denounce an aspect
on focusing the campaign on right-
who praised Quayle as "a good con-
Debating a I
of the free-trade treaty with Canada
wing causes beyond the economy
servative," offered this advice to
Sen. Bob Ker
that he said is hurting the American
and Bush's failures that on Monday
the vice president today: "Don't try
finished-wood industry here.
he lost his manager and strategist,
to sell the 'George Bush is a con-
yesterday he ao
"These people have a legitimate
Tony Fabrizio. In an interview,
servative' line too hard," he said
challenge to del
grievance, and George Bush ought
Fabrizio said today he quit because
helpfully. "Try a different tack."
and economic pla
to be dealing with it," he said.
the candidate and his sister (and
Staff researcher Mark Stencel in
And tonight, Buchanan made a
campaign chairman) Angela Bay
Washington contributed to this
point of standing in front of a sweat-
Buchanan "want to exercise com-
report.
466
SKEPTICISM / SKEPTICS
467
When a man says he approves of something in principle,
it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into
practice.
-Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)
Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan, I know he's
going to vote against me.
-Harry S Truman
The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half
of life, for all men are alike when asleep.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
-Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
-George Bernard Shaw
Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing./Beloved from pole to pole.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
SKEPTICISM / SKEPTICS
Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
-William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
A skeptic is a person who would ask God for his ID card.
-Edgar A. Shoaff
Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be
sleeping enough.
-Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
To the naive, skepticism often seems malicious perversity:
"Only some secret enemy in the inward degenerate nature
He slept the deep sleep of the unjust.
of man," said Topsell, "could lead anyone to doubt the
-Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
existence of the unicorn."
-Bergen Evans
Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who
The first step toward philosophy is incredulity.
wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent
-Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
and influential people.
-George Ade
For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there
should be such a thing as superhuman law, it is admin-
istered with subhuman efficiency.
-Eric Ambler
SLOGANS
The more fervent opponents of Christian doctrine have
often enough shown a temper which, psychologically con-
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper
sticker.
-Charles M. Schulz
sidered, is indistinguishable from religious zeal.
-William James
Augustus was sensible that mankind is governed by
What thinking man is there who still requires the hy-
names; nor was he deceived in his expectation that the sen-
pothesis of a God?
-Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
ate and people would submit to slavery, provided they
were respectfully assured that they still enjoyed their
Nature confuses the skeptics and reason confutes the
ancient freedom.
-Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
dogmatists.
-Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but
The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
primarily by catchwords.
-François Rabelais (1495?-1553)
-Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Skepticism is a hedge against vulnerability.
-Charles Thomas Samuels
A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
-Wendell L. Willkie
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too
readily.
-George Santayana
Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solu-
(If seeing is believing, some skeptics wouldn't look.)
tions.
-Edward R. Murrow
358
NONSENSE / TRIVIA
NONSENSE / TRIVIA
359
American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
What Cole Porter was truly serious about was not being
-Ed Howe
serious.
-Reed Whittemore
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of
It is almost as important to know what is not serious as
those who think they talk sense.
-Robert Frost
to know what is.
-John Kenneth Galbraith
A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.
-Eugène Ionesco
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is SO little use-
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
less information.
-Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
-Bertolt Brecht
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowl-
Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything
edge.
-Bertrand Russell
humorous that he says is dead serious.
-Clarence Darrow, of Lincoln Steffens
The greatest danger to human beings is their conscious-
In larger things we are convivial:/What causes trouble is
ness of the trivialities of their aims.
the trivial.
-Richard Armour
-Gerald
Brennan
(But ignorance of one's ignorance is the greatest ignor-
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in non-
ance.)
sense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.
-John Kenneth Galbraith.
The true, strong and sound mind is the mind that can
embrace equally great things and small.
-Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to
as silly as our own, but they probably are.
appreciate it.
-Franklin P. Jones
-James Harvey Robinson
One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able
If you jot down every silly thought that pops into your
to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in
mind, you will soon find out everything you most seri-
the world.
-William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
ously believe.
-Mignon McLaughlin
People are never so ready to believe you as when you say
things in dispraise of yourself; and you are never so much
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the di-
annoyed as when they take you at your word.
rection of wisdom.
-James Gibbons Huneker
-Somerset Maugham
No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about
-Alfred E. Smith
things that matter.
-Max Beerbohm
Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd.
-Allan Goldfein
Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense;
everyone can talk sense-can he talk nonsense?
-William Pitt the Elder (1708-1778)
*
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DRAFT OUTLINE SCHEDULE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Wednesday, January 15, 1992
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Air Force Base.
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7:10 am
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7:20 am
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(E.S.T.)
en route Pease Air Force Base.
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(Time Change: None)
8:35 am
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*
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(8:55 am - 9:40 am)
- Pool Coverage
- Brief Remarks
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More Than An Almanac
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FACTS
A Comprebensive look at
New Hampshire today
County by County
Flying the-Colors
by
JOHN CLEMENTS
PUBLISHED BY
CLEMENTS RESEARCH, INC.
DALLAS, TEXAS
NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY
its pinnacle at the beginning of the 20th century with the
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
preeminence of the Amoskeag textile mills. Located along
both sides of the Merrimack River near Manchester, the
New Hampshire's Presidential Primary is the first in
Amoskeag mills were the largest in the world. After the decline
the nation. It has always been considered a bellwether
of the textile industry in the mid-1940s, the state began to
in determining who will be the next person to serve as
support a diversified industrial and business economy which
the Chief Executive Officer of the United States. The
now ranges from service industries and retail trade to
date can be changed as the New Hampshire legislature
manufacturing, which currently employs almost one-third of
has declared it will always be the first primary.
all workers. Known officially as the "Granite State", but also
informally designated the "Scenic State" and the "Primary
State," New Hampshire's multifaceted character is reflected
NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY
by these nicknames. Long known for its fine granite rock used
To many Americans New Hampshire might evoke images of
in the cornerstone of the United Nations building in New
rural New England, an area dotted with quaint country inns
York City, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and
that line narrow, winding roads amidst a backdrop of quiet,
many other national landmarks, the Granite State might also
forested hills. Perhaps a poem by Robert Frost describing still,
be used in describing the granite-like character of its people,
snow-covered landscapes or a pastoral painting by Andrew
noted for their hearty and rugged constitution. The great 19th
Wyeth would also come to mind. To those who know the
century orator Daniel Webster, himself a native New
state, New Hampshire is this and much more. From the great
Hampshirite, once ,said "
up in the mountains of New
White Mountain National Forest and the soaring Presidential
Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that
Mountain Range of the North Country to the bustling cities
there He makes men." The state motto "Live Free or Die"
of the south, from the lush farmlands along the Connecticut
was taken from a speech written by another great New
River in the west to the sandy beaches on the eastern seacoast,
Hampshire native, Revolutionary War hero General John
New Hampshire is a state of many contrasts. Although its
Stark. This message, designed to commemorate the colony
land and people have a rich historical heritage spanning over
of New Hampshire's crucial role in the Battle of Bennington,
three centuries, New Hampshire today is a society enjoying
reflects the independent and individualistic makeup of the
tremendous and progressive change. While ranking 44th of
early New Hampshirite. This self-deterministic nature is still
the 50 states in land area with approximately 9,279 square
found in the character of the state's 20th century citizens.
miles, and 40th in population with a 1985 estimate of almost
Although traditional Yankee attitudes permeate much of the
one million persons, these numbers belie the state's importance
state's history and thought, there are other cultural groups
and influence throughout New England and the entire nation.
which helped to shape the Granite State. First settled in 1623
With a booming economy achieved by successful
by the English, much of early New Hampshire was stamped
diversification and attraction of new industries, New
with their. Puritan influences. However, later migrations of
Hampshire has become home to a healthy influx of young,
Irish, Poles, Finns, and Greeks, who came to seek a better
ambitious migrants from other states in the Union intent on
life in the New World, found a home in the state and brought
realizing the possibilities New Hampshire offers. With its
with them their own traditions. Vast numbers of French-
influential first presidential primary, the state not only serves
Canadians have settled in New Hampshire in the last century,
as an indicator of public opinion; it has a guiding hand in
furthering this ethnic diversity. Bringing with them their
creating it. Within the spheres of economic growth, cultural
language and customs, they currently make up approximately
diversity, tourism, and politics, New Hampshire's voice can
one-quarter of the state's population and outnumber the
be heard far beyond its borders. The state's economy, the
English in certain townships in the far North Country. When
fastest growing in New England, is garnering increasing
one speaks of the Scenic State, a variety of images come to
prosperity as well as attracting large numbers of new citizens.
mind. Originally a summer vacation spot for the wealthy
The state has experienced enormous population and economic
townspeople of Boston and New York, New Hampshire has
growth in the last 35 years. Since 1940 the population has
become a favorite year-round vacation spot for thousands
more than doubled and is expected to nearly double again
of Americans. Those visiting in the summer find countless
by the year 2010. The economic boom can be attributed to
idyllic spots to enjoy, and over 1,300 lakes and 40,000 miles
a combination of things, including low wage levels and labor
of rivers and streams serve to enhance recreational activity.
costs, a favorable tax climate, and a rural atmosphere which
With 86 percent of its land covered in forests, the state
permeates even the largest metropolitan areas in the state.
welcomes those seeking relief from urban turmoil with almost
Add to this a state government which actively seeks to create
900,000 acres of government-owned park and forest land.
an environment which is conducive to business and attractive
Winter tourists can find numerous downhill ski slopes, cross
to new industries, and the secret to New Hampshire's economic
country touring trails, and other areas designed for
success becomes apparent. The state's unemployment rate of
snowmobiling, sledding, and other outdoor sports. Fall brings
2.1 percent in August 1987 was the lowest in the nation,
the incomparable turning of the leaves, and thousands flock
which enhanced the state's prosperity. New Hampshire has
to the state to witness the fiery colors of autumn foliage. Spring
traditionally been a manufacturing-oriented state as early
has its own special charm in New Hampshire, as apple orchards
Puritan farmers abandoned their struggle with the hard, rocky
blossom and rhododendron bloom. Also known as the
soil and turned to such industries as cobbling shoes and
Primary State, New Hampshire holds the first presidential
weaving linen. Since the early, formative years of the state,
primary. As the testing ground for presidential hopefuls, New
New Hampshirites saw the rise of an industrial society that
Hampshire's primaries politically impact the entire nation.
became famous for its textiles and shoes. This trend reached
The importance of the primaries is evidenced by the fact that
FLYING THE COLORS: NEW HAMPSHIRE FACTS ©JOHN CLEMENTS 1987
1
NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY
since the presidential preference primaries were instituted in
105-mile-long river became a central transportation and
1952, there has never been an elected president who did not
commerce route and is now the site of the cities
first win his party's primary election in New Hampshire.
of Manchester, Concord, and Franklin, and the town of
Throughout the primary's history, it has had an uncanny
Merrimack. Nashua also lies on the river and on New
knack for predicting and influencing the mood of the nation.
Hampshire's southern border with Massachusetts. As the
In 1952, a defeat in New Hampshire caused incumbent Harry
Merrimack is followed north to its source, central New
Truman to withdraw from the race, and in 1976, an ex-governor
Hampshire unfolds. Lakes dot the region, 80 percent of which
named Jimmy Carter won his party's primary over several
is covered by hardwood and conifer forests. These woods,
better-known candidates. New Hampshire, the ninth state
which blanket rolling, stony hills, produce saw logs, Christmas
admitted to the Union, was also home to the 14th United
trees, and maple syrup, and provide space for recreational
States President, Franklin Pierce. The state has had many other
and residential uses. This region is in the northern part of
notable inhabitants, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief
the New England and Eastern New York Upland Major Land
Justices Salmon P. Chase and Harlan F. Stone, famous
Resource area. Only one-eighth of the land is in crops and
newspaper editors Horace Greeley and Charles A. Dana, the
pasture, which are used to raise forage crops, to graze dairy
famous and influential owner of the Union Leader William
cattle, and to raise produce for truck farms. About five percent
Loeb, and, of course, Daniel Webster. Other renowned
of the land is urbanized. As in the south, hardwoods dominate,
individuals have visited the state, enjoying the clean air and
but spruce and balsam fir are found as one travels farther
splendid scenery. Poets and writers have come to the state
north. In the hilly uplands, well-drained, medium-textured,
for inspiration and relaxation. Henry David Thoreau wrote
and moderately coarse-textured soils predominate. Excessively
that the state was a place where
the woodthrush forever
drained soils can be found on the mountains and also on
sings
and the day is forever unproven
a New
the islands of Lake Winnipesaukee. Within this hilly region
Hampshire everlasting and unfallen. Frost used New
in the southwest and west are mountains that jut up from
Hampshire as an inspiration for much of his poetry; Thornton
the lower hills to break the horizon. North of Lake
Wilder set his play Our Town in the state; and author Nathaniel
Winnipesaukee lies the vast White Mountain National Forest
Hawthorne spoke fondly of his journeys in New Hampshire.
region, which covers 12 percent of the state. The White
What these people enjoyed about this state is still evident today.
Mountains are a northern branch of the Appalachians, and
It is a land of beauty and change where nature's beauty coexists
belong in the Northeastern Mountains Major Land Resource
peacefully with the industries of man.
area. Four ranges make up the mountains: the Presidential,
the Franconia, the Carter-Moriah, and the Sandwich.
THE LAND
Presidential, the major range, contains the highest peak in
Although New Hampshire ranks only 44th in the United States
the Northeast, the 6,288-foot Mount Washington. A record
in size, its 9,304 square miles offer great variety and distinctive
for windspeed was set when gusts blowing 231 miles per hour
beauty. Sailing by the three small Isles of Shoals and landing
were clocked on this peak, which is known for treacherous
on the 18-mile coastline, someone approaching New
changes in weather. Other major peaks, according to height,
Hampshire from the ocean would find a sandy beach, salt
are: Mount Adams, 5,789 feet; Mount Jefferson, 5,715 feet;
marshes, and a deep-water harbor, the site of the city of
Mount Clay, 5,532 feet; Mount Monroe, 5,385 feet; Mount
Portsmouth. Moving inland, the landscape changes from
Madison, 5,363 feet; and Mount Franklin, 5,004 feet. The
coastal lowlands to gently sloping valleys between rolling
Appalachian Trail, a 2,100-mile scenic walking path from
uplands. All of New Hampshire lies in the Northeastern Forage
Georgia to Maine, winds through the White Mountain
and Forest Land Resource Region, which ranges from eastern
National Forest. New Hampshire is generally a mountainous
Ohio to the Maine coast. The southeastern section of New
state. Although its elevation ranges from sea level to 6,288
Hampshire, which lies in the southern part of the New England
feet, one-third of the land is above 2,000 feet, and only 10
and Eastern New York Upland Major Land Resource area,
percent is below 500 feet. The northern third of New
is 60 percent forested. Hardwoods and pine, including sugar
Hampshire is more than 90 percent forested. The rounded
maple, birch, beech, oak, hickory, white pine, and hemlock,
mountains and foothills are steep, broken by sloping valleys.
cover the land. Pitch pine and red pine are found on sandy
Mountains with bare tops and stony passages known as
outwash soils, red maple on wetter sites, and Northern white
notches were chiseled by the Wisconsin Ice Sheet 15,000 years
cedar in bogs. White pines, which can reach a height of more
ago. The bowl shape of the notches indicates that they were
than 200 feet, were once saved for the masts of the Royal
carved by glaciers and not rivers, which form V-shaped valleys.
English Navy ships. Wood from this region was used to build
Pinkham Notch lies to the east and Crawford Notch to the
the famous frigate Constitution, which was given the nickname
west of the Presidential Range. Franconia Notch rises in the
"Old Ironsides. The forests are used for wood products and
west, between the Franconia and Kinsman ranges. The six-
for recreation. Farmland in the southeastern section is used
mile-wide Franconia Notch is known for the Old Man of the
to raise truck crops and fruits. Cropland is also used to raise
Mountain face that was carved by natural processes into
forage crops for dairy cattle. While only one-eighth of the
Cannon Mountain, above the notch. This 48-foot granite
land is urban, this portion is growing rapidly. The land near
profile is formed by three granite ledges, one marking the
the coast is well-drained soil on shallow till or on marine or
face's forehead, one its nose and upper lip, and one its chin.
lake-laid silts or clays. This changes to nearly level, very poorly
Franconia is also the site of the Flume, a narrow gorge with
drained soils as the Merrimack River approaches in the west.
a cascading brook and waterfalls, and the Basin, a 60-foot-
The Merrimack, flowing south from the Pemigewasset and
wide granite bowl that has been worn by stones churning in
Winnipesaukee rivers and ultimately from Lake
the waters of the Pemigewasset River. Dense woods cover the
Winnipesaukee, divides southern New Hampshire in half. This
land, which is used primarily for recreation and produces
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on the Merrimack at what was now called Amoskeag Falls.
County and attached the New Hampshire towns to the Bay
On June 13, 1810, the town of Derryfield was renamed
Colony until 1677 when the relationship was severed by the
Manchester in honor of Judge Blodgett who had spent his
king. The coastal areas of New England, particularly the
own personal fortune and the proceeds of several government-
seafaring towns, have always been especially vulnerable to the
approved lotteries to complete a canal around the Amoskeag
topic of witchcraft. In 1656, Goodwife (Goody) Eunice Cole
Falls by 1807. His visit to the great manufacturing city of
of Hampton was brought before the County Court of Norfolk
Manchester, England, had inspired him to call Derryfield the
and charged with witchcraft. She was imprisoned at Boston
Manchester of America. This same year, Pritchard and his
until 1671 when she was released and returned to Hampton.
partners organized the Amoskeag Cotton and Wool Factory,
The town provided for her needs, but she was again charged
the beginning of the great mill complexes that would line the
with witchcraft in October 1672. This time the charge was
Merrimack from Manchester to Nashua. In 1825, the
dismissed by a judge in Boston. Odiorne's Point received its
Amoskeag mills agent Dr. Oliver Dean began Universalist
name from John Odiorne who resided at Portsmouth as early
preaching at Manchester, out of which sprang a local
as 1657 and who was recorded as having 43 acres on the point
Universalist society and church in 1833. In 1842, Ezekiel Albert
in 1660. New Hampshire's oldest garrison remaining in its
Straw of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company helped
original location was erected by John Gilman in Exeter in
found Manchester's First Unitarian Society, the same year
the 1650s. In 1693, the Great Island was separated from
that creditors could no longer legally throw their debtors into
Portsmouth and became New Castle, established as a township
prison. In 1846, Manchester was chartered as a city, and a
by William and Mary. Rye was incorporated as a town in
term of court was begun there. On January 24, 1851, a new
1719 and Newmarket was taken out of Exeter in 1727, the
Democratic newspaper was launched in Manchester called
same year an earthquake shook New England. Two other
The Union Democrat, edited by James M. Campbell. It
quakes would be felt in 1735 and 1755. In the 1730s, an
eventually became The Manchester Union edited by Judge
Anglican church was formed in Portsmouth. When the church
Joseph Clifford Moore in 1885. In 1853, the city of Manchester
building was erected, it was christened Queen's Chapel and
annexed the west side of the Merrimack River. In 1855, the
its pulpit was filled by the Reverend Arthur Browne of Rhode
county created a board of commissioners and a term of court
Island. Portsmouth's Congregational Society of Greenland
was initiated at Nashua to where all the county records were
convinced the Reverend Samuel McClintock to become their
moved by vote of the county in 1866. In 1879, courts ceased
"settled" minister in the early 1750s. McClintock would be
to be held at Amherst. Today, the county has two courthouses,
the chaplain of the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill which
one at Manchester and the other at Nashua where the offices
would be manned by a large number of New Hampshire
of the Register of Deeds and the Register of Probate are
volunteers. The first stagecoach from Portsmouth to Boston
located. About 1890, American composer Edward MacDowell
ran through Hampton for the first time on April 20, 1761.
and his wife moved to the town of Peterborough. After
A roundtrip fare between the two busy port towns cost six
MacDowell's death in 1908, his wife founded the MacDowell
dollars. As well as trade goods, passengers, and news, ships
Colony for musicians, artists, and writers. In 1894, the national
were often carriers of small pox and yellow fever. It was claimed
association for the registry of guernsey (milk) cattle moved
that Hampton Township had no gray rats until the wreck of
to Peterborough. In the 1930s, Thornton Wilder's visit to
a mast ship on the beach near Great Boar's Head in 1764.
Peterborough and the Central Monadnock Region inspired
Prior to 1770, Portsmouth was the center of New Hampshire.
the writing of the play Our Town, which was first performed
All the royal executive officers lived there and most public
in Peterborough.
business was transacted there, though some was conducted
in Exeter and Dover. The town's population at that time had
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
surpassed 4,000. However, when the act establishing the
Named by Governor Wentworth in honorof Charles Weston
counties became effective in 1771 with the approval of the
Wentworth, Second Marquis of Rockingham, English prime
king, Rockingham County officers determined that certain
minister in Revolutionary times. Created: April 29, 1769 by
terms of the courts should be held in Exeter and that Exeter
the legislature, confirmed March 19, 1771 by the English king,
should furnish a site for a county courthouse. The Exeter
as one of the original five counties. Organized: 1771. County
town meeting of July 8, 1771 approved the formation of the
Seat: Exeter. Major Events: The county was the scene of the
county and the first session of the Superior Court was held
state's first European settlements-Pannaway in 1623 and,
in September 1771. The courts met in the town house until
soon after, Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth). By the mid-1660s,
the courthouse was erected. The Exeter powder house was
it would include three of the four original New Hampshire
built this same year as tensions increased between the colonists
towns. This eastern area would develop as the center of
and the king. Powder from Castle William and Mary would
business, trade, and government for provincial New Hampshire
be stored here following the raid on the fort in 1774.
and would fight to retain its control as settlement moved west.
Portsmouth was threatened by British ships in 1775-6 and
On April 3, 1638, Reverend John Wheelwright and his party
residents feared the town might be burned. The state legislature
arrived at the falls on the Squamscott River, landing at what
met mostly in Exeter from 1776 to 1784, then it shared the
is now Swasey Parkway in Exeter. A treaty was drawn up with
honor of its sessions with several other towns including
Squamscott sachem Wehanownowit. The area to the east
Concord. The last meeting of the General Court in Exeter
called Winnacunnet was settled under the auspices of the
took place in December 1799. Rockingham County was the
General Court of Massachusetts Bay in October 1638 by the
scene of its own version of Massachusetts' "Shays' Rebellion"
party of Reverend Steven Bachiler (Batchellor). It was renamed
in 1786 when Joseph French marched his "paper money mob"
Hampton. In 1643, the county of Norfolk formed by
from Londonderry to confront the state legislature, which
Massachusetts took in most of present-day Rockingham
happened to be in Exeter that session. A new county
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courthouse was completed in Exeter in 1793. In July 1798,
historian Jeremy Belknap pastored the church at Dover. He
the yellow fever hit Portsmouth, brought in by the ship Mentor
which was loaded with sugar, molasses, and coffee from
was replaced in 1787 by the Reverend Robert Grey. The Gonic
Woolen Mills was formed in 1811 in Rochester when Nicholas
Martinique. Of the 96 cases contracted over the next two
months, 55 were fatal, adding to 52 deaths from other diseases.
Varney Whitehouse began using Eliphalet Horne's carding
The population of the town at this time was about 6,000.
machine. In 1827, the Cocheco Manufacturing Company
bought out the Dover Cotton Factory and soon Dover was
A frost ended the problem on October 5. In 1806, Fernald's
Island in the Piscataqua River was bought by the federal
one of the nation's leading. producers of cotton goods.
Brickmaking and shoemaking came to both Dover and
government from Captain William Dermet for $5,500. The
island then became the Portsmouth Navy Shipyard, though
Rochester in the later 1800s. French-Canadians came in large
numbers in the 1890s to work in the mills and live in the
it is actually located in Kittery, Maine. In 1808, the New Castle
fort was rebuilt and renamed Fort Constitution. On December
boarding houses. Rochester's combination opera house and
22, 1813, the "Great Fire" was started in a Portsmouth home
City Hall was built in 1908. Of the four such interesting
by a vengeful domestic employee. The flames burned 15 acres
structures erected in New England (one was in Dover), only
of the river town, destroying 272 buildings, including 108
the one in Rochester stands today. The unique floor can be
raised in the back for viewing the stage, or it can be lowered
houses. Possessing all of the state's short coastline,
flat for dances or other events.
Rockingham County became the center of controversy in
1973-4 when Greek oil magnate Aristotle Onassis attempted
MARCH 5, 1770
to gain the right to build oil refineries along the New
News of the Boston "Massacre" spread
Hampshire shore. Now the county is home to the state's largest
quickly and drainatically throughout the provinces as
Massachusetts radicals successfully saw to it that the blood
construction project and worst financial disaster, the Seabrook
nuclear power plant.
shed by the five dead members of the taunting mob would
become a bright red flag to the excitable colonists. The New
STRAFFORD COUNTY
Hampshire Gazette sported black borders, skulls, coffins, and
Named by Governor Wentworth in honor of Thomas
letters exhorting the people to resolve that a standing army
Wentworth, the Earl of Strafford, a 17th-Century advisor to
would never be permitted in America without colonial consent.
Charles I. Created: April 29, 1769 by the legislature, confirmed
By the 19th, New Ipswich joined in the colonial nonimporta-
March 19, 1771 by the English king, as one of the five original
tion agreement, followed soon by Exeter. However, Portsmouth
counties. Organized: 1773. County Seat: Dover. Major Events:
was determined to continue its pursuit of profit unabated,
Originally called Hilton's Point, Cocheco, Dover Point, and
joined by Boston merchants with the same intent who moved
their operations northward.
Dover Neck (depending on the specific locality within the
APRIL 11, 1770
township), the county's shire town was one of the four towns
A Portsmouth town meeting sought to
that comprised early New Hampshire. Settlers arrived in the
prevent a threatened colonial boycott of Piscataqua harbors
early 1620s in the area between the Bellamy and Piscataqua
by voting to refuse welcome to the newly arrived, profit-seeking
Boston merchants.
Rivers. Residents of Dover Point then moved to the mouth
JUNE 18, 1770
of the Oyster River to establish a small village there in 1635
Still angry over Portsmouth's increasingly
called the Oyster River Plantation. This settlement in particular
defiant trading activity, Boston led a boycott of Portsmouth,
suffered horrendously from Indian depravations that began
soon joined by the Connecticut River towns. The action
brought no direct results.
in earnest in 1675 and continued regularly through the 1690s
SUMMER 1770
to the mid-1720s. Settlers were murdered, scalped, and
The Townsend Duties had been repealed
mutilated, or taken captive, sometimes obtaining release. The
except for a remaining duty on tea, the new chancellor of
Cocheco (Dover) massacre occurred in 1689. For a time, the
the exchequer, Lord North, was conciliatory, and the
early Dover community was called Bristol. It was also known
nonimportation agreements began to collapse as economic
as Northam for about two years to honor a minister who
prosperity began to build. Merchants submitted to the tea
had come from Northam, England. The present-day Society
and molasses duties (molasses had been lowered to only one
of Northam Colonists consists of descendants of those early
penny per gallon) and concentrated on trade and personal gain.
1771
settlers. Durham (Oyster River), Lee, Madbury, Somersworth,
Though education laws were on the books, Governor
Rollinsford, and parts of Newington, Newmarket, and
Wentworth complained to the Assembly that most New
Greenland were all part of Dover in the 1600s, and from 1643
Hampshire towns were without schools or qualified teachers.
to 1677, Dover was part of Massachusetts. The rivers and
Dartmouth College's first building, a log hut, had been erected
the close access to the ocean naturally made sawmills and
by Wheelock the previous year. As the first graduating class
shipbuilding strong early industries of 18th-Century Dover.
of four men, including Wheelock's son, prepared to receive
Rochester was incorporated as a town in 1722 but the Indians
their degrees, Wentworth ordered a road cut through the forest
kept settlers out until 1728 when Captain Timothy Roberts
from Wolfeborough to Hanover so that he could attend the
ventured with his family up the Cocheco River. There he
ceremonies. Meanwhile, Peter Livius, who had obtained a
purchased land from Samuel Twombley. The settlement had
Council position through Wentworth, spent two years trying
60 families and was called Haven Hill when it was attacked
to get the governor dismissed. Despite the young magistrate's
by Indians in 1746. Four men were killed and one was taken
commitment to his province, he was losing support on both
sides of the Atlantic.
captive to Canada. Oyster River was incorporated as Durham
OCTOBER 25, 1771
in 1732. When the county was formed in 1771, it remained
The captain of the Resolution
attached to Rockingham until its own government was
attempted to smuggle 100 casks of molasses into Portsmouth
organized in 1773. At this time, Congregational minister and
without paying the duty required by the Sugar Act of 1764.
Customs collector George Meserve discovered the plot and
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Gilman Garrison House
are the 1809 George Sullivan's House (4 Front Street), now con-
For decades after its construction in the 1650s or 1660s, this forti-
verted to apartments and offices; the 1826 Gardner House (12
fied refuge was a garrison, built by John Gilman near his sawmill.
Front Street, private); and the 1815 Perry-Dudley House (14
The door of the house was protected by a portcullis, metal bars that
Front Street, now offices). The Federal style gives way to the Greek
could be dropped in front of the door to bar entrance. The house
Revival at number 81, the Otis-Gorham House, built in 1820 as a
was constructed of massive logs, some of which show the marks of
residence with office attached. Also on Front Street is Exeter's 1798
Gilman's sawmill. One of the first-floor rooms was a fort within a
Congregational Church at number 21 and the 1831 Granite Bank.
ceiling is as thick as its walls-so that if attackers managed
At 65 High Street, where it was moved from beside the Town Hall,
to break into the house the defenders would have a fall-back. Peter
is an exceptionally handsome early-nineteenth-century house (pri-
Gilman, grandson of John Gilman, was a brigadier general in the
vate) designed by Ebenezer Clifford.
New Hampshire militia in the expedition against Crown Point in
An important part of Exeter's post-Revolutionary develop-
1745. He made additions to the house in 1725 and again in the
ment was Phillips Exeter Academy, founded in 1781 by John
1770s. His remodeling, in a more formal Georgian style, is in sharp
Phillips. Having joined his brother in endowing an academy in his
contrast to the old portions of the house. The house, one of the
hometown of Andover, Massachusetts, Phillips determined to do
oldest in New Hampshire, is a property of the Society for the
the same for his adopted Exeter. The college preparatory school's
Preservation of New England Antiquities.
campus, composed of more than 100 buildings, lies on both sides of
Front Street. All except one of the academy's buildings date to the
LOCATION: 12 Water Street. HOURS: June through mid-October:
late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The academy's ornate
12-5 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. FEE: Yes. TELEPHONE:
English Gothic church was built in 1897.
617-227-3956.
NORTH SALEM
Cincinnati Hall
America's Stonehenge
Also known as the Ladd-Gilman House, the 1721 building is
Once known as Mystery Hill, this thirty-acre archaeological site-
owned by the New Hampshire chapter of the Society of the Cincin-
dated to about 1000 B.C., it is among the oldest man-made com-
nati, a group composed of descendants of Revolutionary officers.
plexes in North America-has confounded scholars and delighted
The house, the state treasury from 1775 to 1782, displays an
other visitors. The stone slabs, chambers, tunnels, and wells seem
important collection of historical papers, including documents
to have been arranged as a great outdoor astronomical facility,
signed by Washington, Lafayette, and John Hancock. Memorabilia
used to observe stars and chart the seasons. Or it may have been
of the Gilman family and of others who served in the Revolution
used for other rituals: One slab, weighing nearly five tons and
with them are also exhibited. Colonel Nicholas Gilman, Sr., was the
standing on stone legs, is known as the Sacrificial Table, etched
treasurer and receiver general of the state in 1775. Captain Nicho-
with channels that might have conveyed blood into stone recepta-
las Gilman, Jr., held a high post on George Washington's staff and
cles. Many guesses have been made about its builders, obviously
participated in many major campaigns of the war. The room used
strong, clever, and numerous: ancient Greeks or Phoenicians, me-
as the treasury during the Revolution is restored.
dieval explorers, North American Indian tribes, aliens from an-
other planet. In the nineteenth century, the stones may have been
LOCATION: 1 Governor's Lane. HOURS: May through October: 12-5
put to practical purposes-according to local legend, a cobbler who
Tuesday, 12-5 Sunday. FEE: Yes. TELEPHONE: 603-772-2622.
lived nearby used chambers in an elaborate liquor-distilling oper-
As trade and commerce quickened after the Revolution, Front
ation and to shelter runaway slaves.
Street became Exeter's fashionable address. A number of fine
OVERLEAF: Most of the buildings at Phillips Exeter Academy date from the late nineteenth
Federal houses survive along that tree-shaded street. Among them
and early twentieth centuries.
January 9, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR CS
FROM;
JAG
SUBJECT:
LIBERTY
--N.H. is nicknamed "The Granite State. " It's motto is "Live
Free or Die."
"New Hampshire citizens are more gragarious and more open, less
clannish and ever ready to smile
"
Pearl Buck
"New Hampshire folks are the merriest of the Puritans. "
Cornelius Weygandt, quoted in the Federal
Writers Project of the WPA, 1938.
--"Thriving, throbbing and prosperout, New Hampshire is a state
that has won its way back to good graces by its own exertion."
Theodore White, The Making of the President,
1964