Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-10-19


the Springfield platform, rejects tke seq
timen,s Of Massachusetts, on the .nl,jrct
Of slavery . well. Of bes,er, as ,hisk.
than the woscesses, 81 d that, in adAirnn
thereto. Il expsssses ,hore primary, deep
seated, Asseriean principEs shss We he
l,eve are On dear and near 10 the hearts
u the people as any thing we can co"-
tend OF hope for. tLosd applause. J Th' Sc
principles are at ssske. ], j. Cs SOU ~
see to il, this shil, ihat sl.oss psiscipk-s
receive no de,riment. Thss is the issue
of their selection, VI their cwn choice, on
their own declaration. aud am content
that the people of Massachusetts shall de-
eide it. Yes, my friends, the reading.
thinking, sound. judicious men Of Mss's'
chusei,s, when ,hey wen, into the Amer
ican movement year ago, were NJ" play
ing tem-fools Of themselves 10 change
again now. Theyowent there s,esn psin-
ciple, and they will semain there from
principle, until their principles are ,ri-
umphant. Loud cheers.) h has S.eS
said, that when Juhn e. Calhoun took
pinch Of snufi, all South Carclina snerzsd
(Laugh,er.) II may have been so in
South Carolina; but there is not a,aR,
not even Senator in the Congress Of the
United States, no, nor fifty men. h" can
carry the honest inen ~a Mas.srhu-en.
in their breeches pockets. I. sell askeu'
like butchers meat in the shambles. (Tu
multuous applause,
Why, gentlemen. remember, That one
year ago Republican party was inau.
guated, and remember. that in this very
Hall, its nom'nee for Goyenor,-a dele.
cute, too, TO another COar.ation, gssup
aud advocated the nominafion Of the hum
ble individual who now addresses you.
Laughter and cheen.) II may be, in the
present case, gentlemen, tina, sh.se who
now advocate the election Of the nomi
nees Of the Fusion Conventi.,n, seeing
the signs Of the times, will back out be-
fore the day Of election (Applauseh
One word in regard to the charge of
bad faith. was surprised, as we'll as
amused. TO notice. that at the Wing Con.
vention held yesterday, the presen, Gov
ernor received more votes as Il candidate
for that Office Al the next election, than
J. Thomas Stevenson. Oils P. Lord aud
several other gentlemen, distinguished
Wings. Now gentlemen, wha, wan,
to ask Is, Does that fact bind me TO the
acts Of that CmnventiOn! (Great ap-
i plause.) II has been said, that some votes
were given in this Convention for julius
ROCKWELL. Now, can he, in good faith
or honor. to carry out these great argu.
mcnts, run against the nominee Of this
Convention Why. gentlemen, at The
Wing Convention, certain delegates were
instructed to vote for Mr. Rockwell. aud
the Wing papers advocate his nominal
tion. How, then. can he consent to run
against the nomimec Of that Convention I?
There is as much bad faith in his consent.
ting 10 run against that nominee. because
he received v"tes al that Convention. as
there is bad faith in Governor Gardiner
conserving TO run agains, the nominee
Of the Worcester Convemtion. because.
unsought. unsolicited. he received vot, $
al that Convention.
can proudly turn back to the past !.
my friends; and here and new, ia giving
you an account Of my stewardship for the
past year, / can honestly say, with my
hand upon my heart. that in ever. ,h"g
| have done, have looked FIRST II the i'll
tegsi,y and honor Of the State Of Massa
chusetts. Loud cheers.) Had i.l'ed
to advance my own personal and private
ends. had ] wished to give men offire
simply because they were cunning polii-
ical wire -pullers, I might have diSar.ned
the enmity Of many Of those genslent"
who with such skill coniriyed IL influence
the result "f the Worcester Convention.
from the only Judge in the State Of Mas
saehuse,is who soils the evmime of his
office by constsn, lobbying for pay in the
purlieus Of the State House. and by per-
sistent political intrigues. down. down,
down, to that unsuccessful appIicsa. l's
Office, who has been twice convicted in
that very Judges Court. nigh, have
stopped their disinieres,ed efforts, IL I
had chosen bu, il would have been at
the expense Of the State Of Massachu-
se,ts; voice in the ceater of the hall.
"I'ba,'s true; that's . iaci;'') il would
have been pa,tins men in eflics who were
un6. for it. in order 10 bay shsis influence.
That could not do; aud, b. the aid of