The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-08-24
whose name is no, Shaw or McIntre should
be al least eligible to office!
Judge Wells q Nebraska man.

Esq. Leland OF Saco, in the Augusta
Convention tina, nominated Judge Wells a,
a candidate for Governor, in defining the
"nominee's" position on the Nebraska
question, said:
lam Nebrast man, and full believer
in the Nebraska BILL
Il have an intimate acquaintance with
our nominee, and kno,c that he vistrs the
matter as do. know that with me he
believes in the theory and principles Of the
Nebraska BILL
Mr.. Leland's word, ordinarily not the
best in the world, when political subjects
are a: issue, has recently been made good
by Judge Wells himself. AT Hunker
meeting held in Bath on Saturday, a, which
there were less than two hundred, The
Judge, who has been trying TO ignore the
question Of Nebraska, as provided in the
resolutions OF the Convention tina, nominated
him, came on, and went the whole figure
for the theory and principles f,he Nebraska
Bill, speaking substantially as follows ac'
cordiug TO the Bath Tribune.
"Touching The Kansas and Nebraska
question, he would have the North and
West lei the South alone. Should they
unite against the South, disunion must o.
course follow. The South should be LEI
alone-they only wanted their hall, thei
equal voice in national affairs-that was all
Why wha, has the South ever done 10 us
What nothing, absolutely nothing; we a
the North have always been imposing upoI
her and acted the part Of complainant, Will,
she has merely acted as defendant, main
tanning her rights
"He remarked, there Is the poor South
numbered with 100000 slaves, and we a
the North receiving all The profit Of ,hei
labor. with the South separate from you
the grass would grow green in your streets
your ships would lie Iotiing at your wharyes
the South would 60 to Europe for ships Il
carry their cotton, and famine and pinchin,
poverty would usurp the place OF plenty
luxury aud elegance Would we abus
these set.mar,yring philanthropis,s Of tn
southern plantations, by depriving them Q
their inheren, rights TO govern and control
their own I,he whole grounds As nue.
right had the Nor to send men 10 Kansas
as they have [the South TO come and col
onize our State. Should they attempt that
we should Of course rise and expel them
that's wha, j, being done by the Southern
ers in Kansas Why trouble ourselve
abou, the Fugitive Slave Lawl We ar
so far removed from the sphere Of its opera
lions, il has no interest 10 u.s."
So Judge Wells gives up Kansas 10 tn
slave power calling it their own ground.
This territory which was once secured I,
freedom, he gives over to slavery-and h
reitera,es the old Bohoo cry Of Disunion
The Portland Advertiser thus comment
upon this funkeyism Of Judge Wells.
Can il be possible that Judge Wells gave
vent 10 such consummate ,oadyism as this
Read every sentence over by itself, and Sc,
If even Mcdonald ever bent so low in sub
servience TO the slave-power. He woulC
have the South let alone 10 extend slavery
make and unmake compromises for tina
purpose, and do whatever she pleases-anC
the North must submit The poor Soutl
is laboring wholly for our beneft-and why
should we ihwart her And il she expel,
our emigrants by mob law from Kansas
she is doing il for the sake Of our ships ant
"luxury and elegance'-and so let her dc
ii! She was little fast, perhaps, as {
matter o. policy, in repeating the Missouri
Compromise-but then she "should be lie
Alone" or " disunion must OF course fol
low ~
We are really unwilling 10 believe tina
such were the expressions Of Judge Wells
so unworthy and degrading are they. Blu
we cannot do the Bath Tribune The injus
lice OF a,,ribu,ing any misrepresentation ic
its report. II, however, il is no, substantial
ly correct, we trust we shall hear precisely
what the Judge did say on this topic. The
people want TO know il candidate for Gov
Of Maine, a, this time, has uttered anything
like the above expressions attributed TO him
They want 10 know il the spirit Of them is
a, all like his spirit-if the principles there
laid down are srch as he has the effroniery
10 maintain. lie, this matter be cleared up