Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-08-29

One of your own number equally interested
with yourselves in limiting the eXtention of
slavery, takes leave to address you on the sub
ject of the forth coming election. We are in
vited, as you know, to give votes to Hon.
Isaac Reed the Federal Candidate for Repre-
sentative to Congress. But on what ground
can we consistently give him our support, itmay
suit his purpose just at this moment to make
an avowal of free-soil principles. Probably
he must have given some assurances of that
sort to secure his nomination at SO called
Free Soil Convention-but when and where
has he ever manifested even so much as cold
approval of, much less devotion to the princi-
plies we cherish That Mr. r. is a thorough
going wing, out and out, is not to be doubted
The recent abandonment Of free soil principles
by Daniel Webster, in his overtures for south
ern support, if not cordially approved and sane
toned, is certainly not repudiated by him
The great body of the whig party, which has
sometimes heretofore bid high for free-soil
votes, now makes little scruple in following
WI w CuStci luitC INV hiC SoutiiCiu
camp. Look at their papers every where, and
find one if you can, that now makes even a
show of upholding the " Wilmot Proviso. -
Now Mr. r. is the candidate of the wings, and
if we may believe them, very acceptable one.
Of course there is no room to doubt that he
affiliates with them on this exciting topic. The
question we have to consider then is this-Are
we, who pretend to be free soilers, to be in
weighed into the support of men whose princi-
pies on the most vital point are in diametical
opposition to our own. To elect Mr. R. repre-
sentative to Congress now is to aid in making
Daniel Webster the next President of the U.
States. For in the present divided and dis
tracted condition of parties, nobody supposes
that President can be chosen by the voters =
and in that event the choice devolves on the
House of Representatives. Do you doubt that
MIR Reeds vote, if he has vote to give, will be
for Daniel Webster! The man we choose for
Representative to Congress on the 9th of Sept
next, is to vote in our stead for President in
1853. Are we prepared, brother free sellers,
to delegate that trust TO Hon Isaac Reed, and
so, while protesting to be the champions of
freedom, lend our aid as willing instruments in
extending the area of slavery. Never while |
live will consent to a course perfectly suici-
dal
If either as private citizen, or in the State
Senate, of which he is now a member, Mr.
Reed has manifested practical devotedness to
the cause of freedom, let it be shown, and he
shall then have my support. But so far from
that, if report is TO be trusted, he not only rot
cd but intrigued against Mr. Hamln during the
whole canvas. Intrigued to defeat the very
free-soilers, whose votes he now has the hardi-
hood, the efrontery to solicit.
1t is charged by the opponents of Mr. H.,
and presume justly, that Hon. Charles An
drews on the contrary, the democratic candi-
date for Congress, threw the whole weight of
his influence in favor of Mr. Hamlin's election
That is something tangible-It shows the
mans actual position. That his views and
feelings on the subject of slavery harmonic
with those of Mr. Hamin, and that he can in
no event, nor for any purpose, be enlisted on
the side of the enemy-and as either he or Mr.
Reed must, under the law, be our next repre-
sentative to Congress, have no hesitation in
giving my preference to the former.
t.. .Il ., A FREE SoILER