Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-01-12
ELLSWORTH AMERICAN
Ellsworth, Friday, Jan. IL, 1855.
OUR NEW UNDERTAKING.

uetS III all cutuc ucW HneoIutu. Hc
Herald is dead and gone-peace tosi,s
ashes. For nearly two years we have
been its editor, and in its welfare felt a
deep interest. But like all sublunary
things, i, has passed away; and like the
fond realization Of an ambitious dream,
ii will soon be forgotten. To-day we
launch forth in new enterprise, and yet
in few years the Ellsworth American
may share the fate Of the Herald. Even
in lew years. and the hand which
guides the pen to form the letters we are
now tracing, shall be paralized; the eye
which glances across The page shall be
cold in death, and the heart that now
throbs with every excitement Of the day.
shall have numbered its last pnlsation.
Such is life, and such are the end Of its
ambitious ASPIRATIONS
Yet there is brief space here allotted
to each, and each must play his part
Nor can mortal be the choosev. There
is an Infinite power that chooses the dra-
ma, assigns the parts, and leaves each to
make the best Of his own. Through life
we have been one Of the supernumeraries,
destined to play any part. or assume any
character, whenever vacancy occurred.
We have often marked out our work and
believed our course shaped Tor life, and
as often have circumstances over which
we had no control, driven us in an en-.
ti,ely opposite direction. 1t is to one Of
these sudden flaws Of wind that we owe
our present position. One week before
we became the purchaser Of the Herald
establishment, our plans for the future
were matured. and in the weakness Of
human judgment our path oflife lay in a
different direction.
We had passed several years in the
West, and th',her We thought Of remov-
ing. Blu, now there SCENE to be no pros.
pect of leaving Ellsworth for everal
years. We are welded to the great
american cause, and here seems to be
our field Of labor. The American party
OF this county must and will have paper
and the lot seems to have fallen upon
US, not only 10 be the editor, but publish.
er and proprietor. True, there are many
here who would wish 1t otherwise. There
are several highly respected gen ,lemen
in Ellsworth who would much rather our
place were filled by another. They are
gentlemen Of influence, and will spend
their money ten times more freely than
can the Native Americans. And why!
Because the latter are the laboring ella ss,
and with them the dollars are not oplen.
~.
AS an evidence Of what these highly
respected gentlemen can do, We adduce
the fact that they have raised ell7,0O,
or thereabou,s; to defray the expenses Of
publishing the spurious Herald, thinking
thereby to prevent the circulation Of the
American. But we do not blame them
in the least for this step. They had
right, to do so. Their money was their
own, and it is nobody's business how they
invest ii. Besides, many Of them had
old scores to pay of. and they have made
this move towards US by way Of the frs.
'ns,allment. We acknowledge the re.
ceipt thereof, gentlemen, and nave placed
it to the Or. side Of your account.
We will not trouble our re aders with a
detail OF the many obs,aclas which have
been thrown in our way since entering
upon this new undertaking; nor need we
lay down a platform Of rules and primer.
pies by which we intend 10 be governed.
Hundreds OF our readers have seen US,
heard US speak our sentiments upon the
Americ an issues. or have read them
through the columns Of the departed
Herald, Therefore we need only add,
that we shall endeavor TO make the
American all tina. its name implies, and
relying upon the fidelity Of American
character, to American principles, we
shall spare neither time nor money to
give them as good paper as possible.
The present seems q fitting time toex.
plain the reasons for the course we pur.
sued upon 6rss becoming the editor Of the
Herald. That paper had been embar.
rassed with heavy debts from its infancy.
lsformer editor, Rev. james Belchcr, a
gentleman of many years experience in
newspaper publishing. .fel. assured tha,
the Herald could not long survive. Feel.
ing that its downfall nigh. in measure
compromise his reputation as an editor,
he was anxious to break of all connec.
ton with it, before its day of doom arrived.
But it wa. necessary to have some one
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