Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-01-25
ArGusrA, Jan. %, 1856,


folly or depravity.
ArGUsrA. Jan. %, / 56.
Mr.. EDITOR The hostile attitude
Of tire dominant parties towards the .cler-
~ is no doubt consequent on their we'll
known disapproval of the policy and mca-
surcs pursued by the hunkers Iii the past,
and now accepted of and endorsed by
their subsidiaries the "Straights." Their
now common platform, brief in language,
but expansive and comprehensive for evil
Of every shade and magnitude" RI NJ
AND SLAVERY does not afford stand
ing ground for conscience, truth. justice.
! patriotism or any other attribute of com
mon humanity. How therefore, can they
whose vocation is not only the dissent
nation OF these virtues, bat the eternal
truths OF Revelation and the bearing OF
peace and good Wi. to mcn" to be found
in an association SO entirely adverse in
principle and practice to tLe;r sacred call
ing: Insanity itself, could scarcely JUS
tify such deriliction. The fact the clor-
gy, as body, are, as compel d by ne
ces.ity, opposed to the extension of ,he
prominent Eyils-cher,shed and promo
ted as principles BY those at present The
, incumbents OF National and State power
affords the most conclusive intcrential
proof that they are Of such character as
their sacred calling bids them s,ernly re.
sist. Last Autumn and daring the cam
paign of 1855 nothing was more common
/ than to hear the clergy reviled BY politi.
clans Of this stamp. How sensitive were
they Of any allusion in the pulpit to tho
tendencies OF either Of the two great car.
dinals oftheir platform, Thus were these
1 teachers OF Truth and Righteousness for
hidden to resist the most eminent ant
impending evils-and required TO aban-
, don their duty and their faith. Blu, did
: the New England clergy submit to sim
liar acquisitions in l775 and thenceforth
aid they prove recrcant to the cause o,
, Religion, Liberty and the ri ghts of man
kind and will their successors Did
, they blanch and waver before threats. o,
danger. or sword, or array of Powers, and
r infuencc-ana will these, Then ty-an,
( ny found as now it will in them deter
. mined and efficient foe. For we'll We arc
assured by our history tina. this class OF
men were then among the mos. eaerget-
ic Of our fathers and countrylner in gath
: ering the dark cloud which burst IN over
whelming thunders ON Despotic power
at Saratoga and Yorktown and other
sanguinary fields. And shall they who
Inherit their blood and wear their fallen
nantes. although, as then. yilhtied in
high places, yield to modern despotism
alike obnoxious to freedom and human
rights: No, but they Will, like their
predecessors be found more and more
aggressive in spirit and determined in ac-
ton as the dangers advance. Let us hope
that the present issues before the country
are not so momentous as were those which
tried mems souls but possibly they
may be- But Waterman what of the
night" say you. There is indeed very
little of tho marvellous or interesting here
at presen.-and gossip itself is of very
meagre quality.
i On Thursday last little S. airing oc-
Cured on the question Of making the A g
the State Paper, when for the purpose OF
seeing how the Straig ht-outs would stand
up to the dough dish" in support of the
interest of their old foe the ayes and nays
were called, they were whipped in more
readily than trnst their constituents will
; be next September. Mr. Cochran Of
. Waitloboro' in defending the present po-
2 sitiun of the "straights took occasion
r to advert to the. large majority that sent
him hither-in which it seems that Wal.
= doboro holds enviable and successful COM
: petition with renowned city of ancien,
, days, Of which the record says: There
, were "fourscore thousand that knew no,
their right hand from their left, and also
much cattle" Mynheer of Waldoboro
J. however sturdy champion Succeed.