Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-11-09
From the Age.
Gov. Seward and the Keunebec Jour
nal

10 the late speech Of Mr. Seward, he
uttered some very severe structures upon
the .Amefican party" The Bath Tri-
bune copied them for the benei, ~ the
keunebec Journal, in,ima,ing that the
Journal would hardly publish this par, OF
the speech. Goaded up to j, by these re-
marks Of the Tribune, the Journal on its
outside page, gives the whole of the
speech, and in its inside columns, at
iemp,s TO apologize to its know Nothing
friends for so dong, and to 90 away the
force Of il.
Gov. s., says Of this party
at is best To take an existing organi.
zation that answers to those conditions if
we can find one: if we cahnot find one
such, we must create one. Let US try
existing parties by this test. Shall we
take the Know Nothing party or the
American party as it more amhltlously
styles itself /, is purely sectional or
sanization. In the privileged States it
scouts the priucipie Of the equality OF
man, and justifes the unbouhded claims
of the privileged class. In the unprivil.
eyed States it stiles its voice aud sup
presses your own free speech, les, it may
be overheard beyond the Potomac. In
the privileged States it jus,ihes all the
wrongs commi,,ed agains, you, In the
unprivileged States, !, affects to condemn
them, but protests that they shall no,
be redressed. speak not now Of its false
and prevaricating rituals, its unlawful
and unchris,ian oaths, its clahdes,ine
councils and its dark conspiracles. its
mobs and lis murders, prescribing and
shaving men fM their conscience sake
and for the sake OF their nativity. have
spoken OF them often enough and freely
enough heretofore. say now only that
all these equally uuh. this so called
American party for any national duty,
and qualify it to be, what it has thus far
been, an auxiliary Swiss corps, engaging
the friends Of freedom in premature Skin.
mishes at one time, and deccying them
into ambushes prepared by their enemies
a, another. Let it pass by"
Upon this the Journal remarks:
1--WE have single remark to make in
regard to the structures indn ged in by
Mr. Seward, when speaking ofthe Amer.
lean party, les, he should be misunder.
stood by homes. men Of that party in our
own, State. Mr.. Stewards blows are
aimed entirely at tina, wing Of the party
which exists in New York, and which in
the Philadelphia Convention was willing
to 90 any length with the South in sup
port Of slavery, and refused to secede
with the delegates from the other North.
ern States"
The term "unprivileged states" means
Nem York, does it! Maine belongs &c
the .pr,ylleged states then, or is there
an intermediate condition between jviv.
legged and unprvileged into which
Name falls Is this meaning OF the
term "unprvileged" to be confined ,e
New York, because As the Journal says il
was willing to en any length with the
south in support Of slavery" Is this il:
meaning throughout The speech Ii so
We have quite misunderstood the Hon
gentleman remarks.
Blu, says the Journal:
The violence and murder referred ,c
by Mr. Sew ard, we infer TO be that Of the
Louisville rlo:s, in August last. which
we always regarded as outrageous and
yillainous, and which reflected disgrace
aud dishonor on the Know Nothing par,,
Of Kentucky"
| We are glad to find the Journal read,
to condemn the Louisville riots and &c
own that they reflected disgrace and
dishonor Oh the X. n. party Of Ken
lucky" Before election the K. Ms were
acting only on the defensive and the "for'
; eigners" were the persons dishonored
and dissraced. Blu, what right has the
: Journal to infer that the violence al
Bath, Ellsworth, Chicago and Milwau.
kie constitute no part Of the charge
How is it about the rituals the "oa tbs,
the Councils" and COMPREHENSIVE
they apply to Maine! How is ii as TO
'.proscrIbing men for their conscience
sake and for the sake OF their nativity !"
Does this belong to the "unprivileged
state Of New York alone !
! There is one remark in the holiness oil
which the Journal surpasses even itself,
and we confess surprises US. II i. as fol-
{ lows:
I'VE make these remarks in no apollo
gp,ic tonc for our own position, for We
have never been connected with the
American patty in this state I" elsewhere ;
but we conceive such all explanation to
be due 10 many Of our best personal aud