Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-05-25
ELLSW ORTIZ AMERICAN
Ellsworth, Friday May 25. ,et5
Aoolitionism.

Aoolitlonisn.
Ta,s ,nc idea principle insinua,cs II
scll mt, every il2sbi,c movement with all
the ~ tei,s Ct the talhcr ef mischief.
w hive lar iang tine thought. and are
every dnv h,e.u.ius more and nor e
cnn,nced that tive leading fanatics oil
tins ism, are really mono maniacs. II IS
90, enough that The American party OF
y " Ens land haze given a majority oi
The most responsible Offices TO the mosi
ultra Aboh,lenists, but they no" seek TO
roU out The party and IN It's stead have a
pure Addition party. This wa. taking
one step too far aud un less they r,cede
from their present position, they will
hereafter be understood is b. Wy more
hostile, because once PROGRESSING frieud-
snip, than any other party.
Blu, before discussing tn. subject fat
Their, We will define oar owe positson, lest
~. be misunderstood. and the inference
he drawn that we are friendly to the III
stl,u,on Of Slavery.
A. II native OF Maine, lineal descen-
dan, of the Puritan stock, whose fathers
father was five years soldier III the
Revolutionary struggle, and whose faith.
~ took up arms asalns, England in the
last war, we are American In heart and
prlsc,pIe As true American We have
ever looked upon Involuntary serviiude
!, hateyer iur4n il Nigh, assume, exeep,
- "a pnu:s ltHeli tuY crime. as anthgo-
s..tic ~ tie principles al Republican
i4r a OF government. We have AWAY.
looked upon slavery as aui,-American ,
e. AL evil which the founders oi our
government were unaoie 10 eradicate at
The time Of the adoption OF the Consti-
,utisn, ~-,si which WAS lei. To posteri:y
by the lorcr of circumstances, 10 become
n bone oi coni.nt,on.
81 very is, and Tor many years has
been, the curse of our couGtry. Il has
a!iena;ed aud tnadc enemies betwear
Statesmen from the North and South,
who night otherwise have been friends
y nd ia the contest which has been going
I'll TOT u un7nber Of years, It seems to US
.hH white the North has gained nothing
l.u; the aho.ain,,t,se Fugitive Slave Law,
,ie Soulh has obtained everything asked
for.
flia. there has been an abundant crop
OF traitors, all mast adult, and what l.
stil. more Illuminating. treason has been
rife wilh Northern men. lie, us take a
case right III home. Mliliken of " ash
Ing,on count. was selected last year as L
Candidate for Congress. For fifteen
wear. he mad been known as what the
wildcats call "a acsty i6o!itionist" He
~ns 'egally elected, ye,a Goveru"r who
owed hi. position to Wlidca, influence
gave the certificate tn Fuller But this
was no, finsl. Milltcn could have east.
|, oh.amed bis seat had he. contested it,
Yc, he did not. and why he did not will
pruhatly never be known. But since he
taS been admitted to the bar on motion
Of tms same Fuller, notwithstanding he
t,d net study wi,Ishim, but with Taa5n,
an old brother abol,tionis,. people will
have their suspicious.
81, we need not cite cases. Enough
fuf this oce asian, that Norhern men
have ton often proved false upon sh4s is
sue and that after struggle of twenty.
ave gears the North has lost ground,
w,,le the South has been steadily gain.
iny. Yh,s fact should be sutiicieat 10
caase u psudem general 10 reyiew his
tactics, and see Il there IS no, something
wrong. We ciaiss ,isrt wssile the move
nrns is right. it is mas'e IN the wrong
spirit, aud thereEne reason ana com.
in.,a sense demands a change. II is a
.fle saying that you can seldom con-
WAGE an adversary that he is in the
wrnsg hy beating him over the head and
ears; and there has becn much Of this
ind Of arsumem used by the nor,ls-
yhieh lsas been setosssd back with inter-
Il bv the hat hiHded Sauthesnep. Ii
=. accomplished no good, but manifest
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