Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-07-20

and lnasmuch as every gentleman from
the North has been challenged to give
the name of any Southern man who ha.
dared even 10 breathe one word IN favol
Of Freedom, therefore to avoid being
asked so TO do, come up 10 the confes
sionaI. or | shall without hesitation name
the gentleman to this convention cheers
and laughter.
At length the Hon Kenneth Raynor
Of Novtb Carolina arose and stated tha,
he had so said, and took thu. occasion to
say that he considered the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise a wrong and an
outrage, TO which the North ought no, to
submit, lie said If he had been mem
Der Of Congress. he would have had his
right hand severed from his body before
he would have consented 10 the iniquty
Gov Brown Of Tennessee said he had
stated that it was Wong and unjust to
repeal that act but inasmuch as 1t was
passed, he was opposed to agitation on
the subject BY reInsta,ing it. Four OF
tive more at this point took the floor a,
once, Ford remafklng pleasantly, keep
cool gentlemen; we are going to have
an interesting class meeting here, bu,
come up TO the confessional one at a
time" Laughter long and loud. A
number Of gentlemen confessed TO what
Gov Brown did
Mr. Ford proceeded by saying that
''an open confession was good for the
soul - and he hoped The gentlemen
would learn another truisn: The only
way to get rid Of guilt was ''lo repent
and SIN no more" All we ask OF you
geitlemen, Is TO do right remembering
that there are eternal and Interchangeable
principles oi right which no circumstance
can vary. and which God himself ma,
not disturb. By your confessions this
day coupled anh your actions. you place
yourself in the condition OF a thief who
iiayIng broken into your house and got
possession of your money. you detect
and arrest, You say to hun you vii
lain what are you doing, thus invading
my most sacred ptIviIedges" :" The lhief
comes up to the confessional, as our
trends have this day, saying: Il know
have Invaded your most sacred rights ;
! confess have committed aa outrage
aud inflicted great INJURY upod you; f; |
have broken iatn Your house and stolen
your money. have done this mean
thing. | regret. deplore 1t but, mas
much, Notwithstanding, nerertheiesS, as
hare rot in ntr. let there be no disturb.
hat, nj ha | h,Yh fpar =
and dislike agitation. Let us ust settle
this difficulty. You Just step out and
lie, me keep your house and money TOO -
Loud cheering and Laughter. This is
the ridiculous hight IN which we we"
you Southern geatieaen out IN Ohio
Here Missipplau interrupts by saying:
This line was worth nothing, oil no vaI-
ue TO any person Ford proceeded by
saying: That is beautiful! YOU will steal
eur property, aud for excuse say-"'tis
vaIueless." Return the goods aud let
the owner fix The value. Ii II were but
an old jack-kniie, tbs not yours. Come
up like men and do this great thing
Confess your wrong aud do right aud
avoid the wrong is the great end OF ouI
being. Don't you, gentlemen OF the
South. shrink away from this contract
with truth don't. | en,reat you, throusl h
ialsehood or hypocrisy, meanness oI
fraud. attempt To hide yourselves from
the open eye OF lofty Honor. Long
continued applause.l You Southern
gentleman have said many pretty thing
about the Union. We too, are devoted
to this Union-first, last, and all the
time and we do not make Slavery q
condition precedent To our attachment tt
this Union, either. Can you say al
much ~ Thank God. we of the wes
have higher, holer. and more patriotic
motives. We are devoted to thus Un'ou
because ere long, BY lis perpetulty anc
advancement, We expect TO become an
, Empire OF Freedom everywhere -
[Cheers long aud loud Every public
demonstration | have attended here pat
tiotlc gentlemen have attempted TO turn
into Union saving machine, until an
sick OF the endless pratlng abont the
/ Union--being fully satisfied that they
say Union once aud mean Negro three
times Laugh,er.] Thus Union, rest as
sured, IS in no danger. We OF Ohio dc
not intend TO go out Of the Union, mol
lie, any body else do So Loud cheering.
And il you flllbuster,ng South Carolin'
gentlemen think Of going out OF th'
Union, please take a retrospective we"
Of your past lives, and you will hnd tha
this is not the first time you have trie'
to kick out OF the traces. And 1t yol
make the r,al, it will not be the frs
time you are kicked back Nemembe
Old "By the Eternal" brought you ul
standing once, and we Of the Centra
Northsrn States aud Western States
have determined TO do SO whenever ne
cessary [Applause.l The gentleman
from Virginia asks # we are so devoted
TO the Union at the North how 1t come
to pass that we return such men as Hale
Wilson and Chase to the Senate {
will answer him fully and fairly. 1t Il
the South that brough, such men int
notice politically. At the North tn
continual agitation Of the peace OF tn
Union for the purpose oil extending Sla