Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-11-30
eastern Gimea.
BATH, NOVEMBER 80, 1854.
Abolitlenism Of the Tribune.

A political renegade is one Of the most sen.
bilive persoiis In the world when charged with
his fathlesShess and traitorsm. The truth o
The abandonment of old friends who had nour.
ished and petted him, charged home upon the
peculiarly sensitive feelings Of the delinquent
harrows up his soal with keen sense Of gull
and ihgratitude.
The accusations We have brought against the
Tribune of this city, of desersioh Of the whis
party and panderihg to aboliticnisfn' yes Oh
planting itself on the identical ground OF Oar-
rison and Others who call the Constitution
covenant with hell; of endeavoring TO get
ustride the know nothing party and crying out
hurrah to keep Others of and prevent our
neishbur Of the Mirror from appropriating the
ihundpr-have had the effect 10 call forth sew
eral long and muddy essays of defence, which,
to any candid person substantiate our charges
Beyond a question.
Whes seems to cut this new advocate of alb
ohtionism with the greatest keenness, is our
appeal to the commercial interests Of this city
to know if. the Tribune is to be considered at
the South the organ of their opinions. This
calls forth an article OF column on "APpcals
TO the Pocket" IN which the South is tainted
with net being able to do without the ships of
Bath. The editor says:
If Northern vessels are profitable to South
ern freighters. then they will be III demand an
der all circua,stanceS-if not they will not be.
For he who supposes that any BODY OF lndlvld-
uals viii deliberately set about cutting their o'on
l.yt.. yLaa~ N.
6!ood rUH is not far removed from that state OF
moral numbness, which would qualify him for
taking charge of the Times, and following in
the wake of his 'llustrious predecessor"
Take notice, he does not deny our charge of
abolition--he is too far into it for that but
throws in the teeth of Charleston and Mobile
and New Orleans merchants the taunt Awe
will 60 for every ism and faction that goes
against the South-we are independent of you
if we have made good deal of money by car
rying your cotton-you must employ our ships
or "cut your throats."
We ask. and it is an important question, if
this is true representation of the opinions and
feelings of the commercial men of this city
If so, we must confess we are greatly mistak-
en-. All the South asks i'll relation to her pc
culiar domestic institution, is to be let alone,
and faithful observance of the provisions of
the Constitution and the original terms of the
compact Of the States. SO far as Bath is con-
cerned, there has no reason existed heretofore
for the South to distru>t her fealty to law and
the existing order of things. The Tribune has
heretofore taken union ground and been just to
the South. Blu: change has come. We
have here, presiding over tie editorial columns
of that paper a rank abolition scribher, who
it seems has no other business to do but 10
abuse the South and place the hourishng com
m0rcial interest of this city in false position.
The paper is up to every ism, and pitches into
radicalism with the zeal Of the Boston Liberia
tor. We ask, seriously, if the ship owners Of
this city had not better conclude to CRAFTY the
new quill driver of the Tribune, by adopting
bis principles. or course it will be consistent
to load their ships {NttIl Tire Pr0auue the
gro-there are exceptions to every principle as
well rs rule