Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-12-28

publicans was not met with that man.,
spirit of candor which we had right {,
expect. Instead of combating orr argu
ments with argument and reason. the,
adopted the cheap style of logic which
rcfutes position by denouncing As
scoundrel, villain and traitor, the perso,
whose arguments are troublesome. T,
all this We turned deaf car, and stcadil,
pursued that course which reason aut
Judgment dictated as the most likely t.
secure the objects for which we wcr,
eontending. namely, the establishment o
American principles.
When the State Council met in Bangor
in May last, we became satisfied that nc
straight American could be popular in
that assemblagc. Out of nine hundred
delegates, there were only about three
hundred present, and these we found
were generally of the Morrill, stripe Hi,
Office holders, fayorite editors and hang
crs-on. were in the majority. Conse-
qucntly We took but little part in their
proceedings. Having determined not to
support Morrill,. it was then our intention
10 unite with the straight Americans in
getting another candidate nominated for
Governor. provided Morrill, should be en-
dorsed, which VIC felt sure he would be.
! As we had correspondent with members
Of the order in almost every County. up
on this subject, by some means i, became
known in Bangor that such was our in
tention. A gentleman. not member Of
the order. approached us upon this point.
and lntlmating that such a step would
be attended with considerable expense.
he would undertake to raise five hundred
dollars. and deposit it in our hands. in or
der 70 assist in placing straight .Ameri-
can candidate in the field. Knowing
that he was strong opposer of the or
der, and that this proposal originated
Only from unworthy motives. we posi-
lively declined his offer, and all ncgocia-
tons with either him or his friends
From that moment we determined to sup
port Morrill, for the sake Of harmony. and /
as the least of three evils.
\ file of the american from that date.
Will show that we steadily adhered to this
resolve until after the September Flee
ton. Trlfe, We refused to endorse Wea-
yer and Dow. because VIC looked upon
them as dead weights to the party--as
men who cared nothing for the principles
Of the order. but sought only for Office Il
and personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Time has
proved that we were correct in our esti-
mate of these two men-the former a
thief, the latter fanatic and both I'M
fit for the respective offices they filled
And here We will add, by way of les
son to young politicians, that as God is
our Judge, we were actuated by no other
Tpn'ive for f2allr sanperting NORTH; 'h"-
there was " suspicion that we had been
s. boa, hit With price. Tho Augusta
Age charged this upon US directly. and
the article was copied into several papers
Now for the facts in the case. The order
in Ellsworth had long before cut us down
from delegate TO the State Council, and
We attended there only as one Of its Off
GERS. The State Council at its Session
in Bangor, at the very time when the
Age charges that VIC were bought
Jumped us from the Office VIC held, cut
us down from being delegate to the
Council. and shortly after the
State Prcsidcn, commenced making APP
pointments to succeed us as County De-
putty. He tried three times before man
could be found who would take our
place. This is specimen of the kind of
coin in which we were paid for support
ing Morrill,. and we think even the Age
will agree with us that the less a man
has of tina. kind Of pay, the better he can
enjoy himself.
Instead of treating us kindly for exert
ing all our influence for Morrill,, the Re
publicans-we mean certain class OF
- Woolies who have struggled their
Abolitionism into the order-arraycd
themselves as our incorporating enc
enemies. At the Convention which as
scmbled in this County to nominate
County officers, when our name was
brought forward as candidate for County !
they were not backward in de-
us in the most gross and cow
ardly manner and to cap the climax of
their inconsistency as Americans, brought
forward and forced upon the Convention