Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-09-14

tons and discord in our ranks, nor from
any feeling OF egotism, but for the pur
pose of inviting every person to review
for himself. aud # possible that the part.
may hereafter avoid The shoals upor
which il has stranded in the late contes,
Experience teaches a dear school, hu
perhaps after all it is the mos, profitable
one
| We have also another object in view
by this reference Ia the past. We have
been misunderstood and misrepresen,ed
BY many who should have been our
friends. Some have gone so lar as tC
accuse us OF beng actuaied by base mo.
ttes, and that We stood ready at any mo.
ment TO betray the party into the hands
of the wildcats. We could not afford to
quarrel with them, because it would be a,
too great cost to the party Therefore
we have submitted in silence. confident
that time aud circumstances would do US
justice
But perhaps some may cry on, pet
tishly that this parading oufself before
the public has nothing TO do with the case
and that no man could DO i, unless aciu.
ated by the most gross sel6shness and
ego,sm. Now ;et US consider this OBJ.
lection for a moment. We hold the po-
sltion oil editor, and our paper throws its
influence against the Pierce dynasty, the
Kansas outrages, the extension of slavery,
the rumocracy and Popish dle,alon. Be.
ing the only paper in the county, II must
OF course have some influence but that
influence may be destroyed BY represent
ing the editor as traitor and hypocrite
especially when such representations
come from supposed friends. tbs aprej-
udice like this which we have been for.
ced TO combat throughout the campaign,
aud at the same time have been the tar.
get for the most miserable, nasty, corrupt
FACE OF cooncats that ever nursed ITS 5ant-
llngs al rum barrel.
That our position for the past few
months has been most trying one. we
think that friends and foes viii alike con-
cede Yet We would not attempt to Sc,
ourself right until the campaign was over,
lest mischief might come from IT, We
chose rather 10 suffer wron. than do
wrong. But now that we have Jus, en-.
tered upon another and far more impor.
tau, campaign, one that must continue
Tor more than a year; campaign III
which must be fought the las, great battle
of freedom against slavery, 1t behooves
the treemen OF the North 10 commence
the work with a fair understanding ana
with that seriousness and patriotism which
demands a total annlhila,lon of all sell
hsh motives and personal prejadIces.
As such we take the field, and conten,
that by-gones shall be remembered no
more forever, we onl ask in return that
those who rally under the same stand
ard shall not destroy our usefulness BY in.
sihuatng that We are not true to the cause
we were among the earliest to espouse.
Hereafter lie, no man tell us OF The hard
saying. against US, unless Cooncats are
given as authors. From them we ea.
pect abuse and shall try TO pay them
back in truth and sarcasm with compound
interest. But we hold that manfaise to HIM.
self and his party, who, from personal
pique or private malice. seeks to destro,
the influence of co-loborer in the same
cause.
Here is our position, and here we
stand committed to make friends with
any and every man, no matter what may
have been our positions heretofore, who
Will join US IN the approaching struggle.
1t is only by the mos, perfect harmony.
and by uniting ourselves together IN n
solid pialanx, like band of chosen bro.
theirs. that we can expect to retrieve next
year, what has been lost this.
Before election, we had seriously
thought Of leaving the political FOR other
and more lucrative employmenls, and
should have irop, politics in the Amer.
can had no. the state been carried against
Us. Our motive was self interest; we
were anxious to increase our circulation
that We might the sooner be relieved from
pecunlary embarrassments. which now
press heavily upon US. Blu, after hard
fought battle, in which the enemy has
proved victorious, it savors too much Of
coxardlce 10 desert the standard in tn.
hour Of defeat.
Then freemen Of Maine lie, US arouse