Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-07-27
Ellsworth, Friday, July ~ lo5
The British Flag at Castine.

TuiHoT. IL IS uisSfacetui tdetr SSeaeo
beyond the shadow of a, doubt, that al
Cas,ine on the FOURTH Of July, 1855,
the BRIT ISL FLAG WAS HOISTED,
and for hours coat naed to wave over
American born citizens
Why it was permitted thus TO remain,
is to US mystery. We can assure
BRIGHAM and his custom. house llckspit-
ties that in Ellsworth 1t would be likely
to cost them their worthless lives to at
tempt to keep up the BRUSH flag on any
day; much less on the birthday OF free.
dom, when Americans are wont to call to
mind the many hard-fought battles OF
their fathers tina, they might be free from
Il oppression and ~ ranny Of those who
fought beneath that self same flag.
We would not be understood as coun.
selling violence or encouraging a mob
spirit but We claim iha, there ARE crimes
which the SLOW course Of the law cannot
reach. For example; suppose a hus-
band should find a wretch max ing bru-
tai assaul; upon his wife: he would be
les. han a man if he turned away to
seek redress By course Of law No, he
would be more likely to stretch the mon.
ster a corpse at his feet.
Or suppose band Of Americans
should discover gang of papists demol.
ishing and ;readng under foot, here up
on American soil, the glorious stars and
strIpes-they would be unwor,h. the
name Of Americans if they dad no, in
terfere, even with force if necessary, to
put stop to national insult so shame.
less.
Or take the case OF the Castine wild.
ca,s-myrmidons Of BRIGHAM. himself
the plan, tool OF disgraceful admins
tra;ion which busies itself by turning
from Office American born citizens, 10
make room for foreign papis,s-we say
take the case under consideration, and
we hold that the Americans of Castinc
would have been jus,fiable in tie airing
down tina, aag-peacebly if they could
-forcibly il they must
Blu. we have fair illustration OF the
wildcat policy OF Maine. Not only are
they rummi.s, slavery sympa,hi zers and
tools for the Pope Of Rome, bun they
prove themselves recreant TO everything
held sacred by Americans, and the ador.
ers Of foreign flag. The old tories Of
the Kevolutioe were gentlemen eompar-
ed with them; the burning Of blue Egh,s
but species Of sport; the .."cow boys"
but rolIlcking set OF fellows, and the
treason Of Arnold but a slight misde.
meanor.
We make these strong comparisons,
because in the cases cited there might
be provicatlens urged IN mitigation but
for the crime OF rearing the British flag
on the fourth of July, there can be no
excuse. 1t is a cold-blooded insul, 10
American freemen, and is to be endorsed
by every man who votes with them at the
next election.
Now who will do it, Eccry Irish
papist III the country Who else .
Every oGee-hoider under Frank Pierce
Who else Ecery .treeborn American.
they can 'uhtp into TIE traces ;" But
we appeal 10 the Americans to consider
before they go over, body and soul to so
ioul party. We do not mean by
"Americans" those who belong 10 the
party, for Of them there is no danger,
but we mean such as have hitherto done
service ia the wildcat ranks.
We suhjoin two letters from citizens
OF Cas,ine Zone written to US and the
other to the Jenersontan,) which show
that the Americans Of Castine feel sorely
upon the subject. We do not wonder at
II, for in the history of our nation. to our
knowledge. such a disgrace has never
been perpetra,ed bu, once before. This
occurred in Lowell. Mass. abou, 80 years
since. And how was it received there
The Governor dispatched company Of
armed cavalry who speedily ubated the
, nuisance.
CAsrINE, July %, 1865.
W. H. Clancy Dear Sir With
shame and confusion Of face ! am com.
PEELED to acknowledge that the British
flag was indeed hoisted at our place on
the 4,h Of July. And the hsif has no,
been told you; for. adding insul, 70 in.
jusy, the perpetrators Of this vile deed.
inscribed upon the foreign ensign which
they had raised, in letters appropriately
blask. the nome Of Sambo, that corrupt.
e. Of pure Amescaaissu and foe OF har.