Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-05-25

tCo'. " way feCetNeO Win t"tiuof @Hu
vas fairly discussed and what may
seem strange TO the STRIPPING fanatics OF
Maine, came nea- passing. In few
more yeats II would have doubtless been
carried, but about that time a swarm OF
fanatics in the anrih took the whole
South under guardianship and undertook
to dictate Ia them what laws they should
enact. The South resented the interior
euce a. an insult. and the result has only
been 10 brni aud rset still closer the
chain, oi The p,or slave. Virginia, thir-
y.hvc Years ago "a we'll disposed to Ia
vor The ob5llien Of slavery. would now
mob drle- At VIC wonjd dare TO sub
nit si.u:iar proposition. And why -
because sl.. i, .lii smariine under what
her chn ira -on- con.ider the insults OF
fanatics Aud aithihuu-h we hold to
The opinloG that >hr has not been Insult
ed hall 50 bad as >he Pretends. and that
the prDPosiIi0n o. l~ll should have been
adopted yrats a-o, SUI this opinlon, nor
the opinion OF Vie whole North wi!
weigh the wei-ht OF a feather IN point OF
influence Therefore We must take he
facts a. thay are, nui a. We would have
them, anl deal with taem accordingly,
Chs and a similar course OF reason.
ing, haze induced u, to conclude that the
ultr, AbafifeUi.ts, although night III
their mtention-. aEe "ron. IN Their move.
men,s
Bn, We carnot dismiss this part OF the
subject without emmy a sep taken by the
Abolnion,>ts which produced an effect,
the results o, which proved most disas.
trons la the slavery cause.
In 18Th. when Henry Clay and James
X. FOX were candidates for the Presl.
dcncy. the ereu. issue, and in TACT the
only rea, issue ui any moment, was the
annexation Of fe1a-; Mr.. Clay opposing
and Mr.. Poik f4voring annexation. II
was an acknowledged fact at the time,
That 10 annex Tex, was 10 extend III.
area oil s4yery The Aapll,loni.,s held
the balance 81 power, and as the returns
show, had they ea>; their votes for Hen
rs Clay, instead 4 running a ,hird eau.
dlLate, lie would have been elected
The result oil his election would have
been ~ circumscriue the limits Of sla.
very, and what would have been OF vital
Importance, IN all reasonable probability,
would have saved the country the dis
grace of the infamous Nebraska outra.
yes. Abolu onists would listen to moth.
my bu. unco, ditionai hostility TO slavery.
They would not vote for Mr.. Clay be-
cause slave holder, ye, they would
throw their Votes IN such way as to
resuI. directly in the election OF Mr.
Polk aud the extension OF slavery
With sach NICE distinctions for con-
science sake, We have no sympathy
And tins case IS fair index of their ms
taken policy of the result, of their la.
bors.
Yet this same party, af.er a thousand
blunders stlll asp,fes 10 govern the people
and direct the pusi.c anlirs The one
idea OF open, bitter hostility to slavery,
ems III have bound them hand and foo,
body aud soul. They enter upon their
work with q zeal worthy of the cuod
cause they have espoused, bu, they work
away. pell nell, regardless Of all policy
or system, vainiy attempting to accom-
p|i>h b, "maiu strength aud awkward
ness" what can he affected only by the
closest calculations, the most careful pol
icy, 'ie wIsest diplomacy.
The attempt nov beng made IN the
North by Ab0lirionists 10 float their one
idea upon the American platform. unless
the t'ne friends Of anti-slarery kick ii
overheard, viii result, as have many Of
their schemes, in widening the breach
between tae North and South and bind
ing stall closer the letters of the unfotu.
nate sons and daughters OF Africa.
For instance. In conversation las,
fall with such men as Hon. keaneih
Raynor, OF n. G., they informed lis tha,
they We're willing 10 20 with the North
for prescribing The boubdrles OF slave
territory and ior the repeal of the odiaus
Fugitive Slave Law They knew the
strong feeling III the North upon these
issues, and for the sake OF harmony IN
the American party. we've willing to make
this CONCESSION Ii was enough TO ask
at one lime, aud b, another year some.
thing iurther-sone other concession
mi.At have been obtained. But the ab.
o!'ionls's are abeu, 10 spoil all by trying