Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-01-18


the State of Maine. We commend these
extracts to the attention of our readers,
as being the honest and outspoken senti-
mcnts of those who would much rather
praise than blame.
He enlists in the ranks of the South.
ern secessionists and re-eaters, throws
of his coat. tucksup his sleeves, and deals
his feeble blows against that section of
the Union which gave him birth, and
whose cause should have had his warm
est sympathies. He makes Especial plea
which for the haekncyed style of its ar
gument, would disgrace the most obscure
county LAWYER, in behalf of the South,
and against the North. There is not an
argument or assertion in this remarkable
nlea which has not been urged again and
again BY the Clingmans, the Stephenses,
and other Southern extremists, and which
has not been again and again refuted.-
But the worst feature of this sectional
argument is its gross and palpablc injus-
tee and misrepresentation. The Presi-
dent assumes that those who are oppos-
ing the extension of slavery in new ter
ritories, are engaged in the offensive and
| hopeless undertaking of reforming the
domestic institutions OF other States -
With this lie as u text, he reads to the
North homily upon its aggressive spirit
He assumes that in the controversy be-
tween the interests of slavery and the
interests of freedom. the South has from
the formation Of the Constitution down
to the present day conceded to the North
that 1t has not sought to aggrandizc 1t
self-tbat the territorial accesslons upon
our Southern borders have not been made
to strengthen slavery. but for the muta-
al benefit OF the whole Union. We have
no patience to >mment upon the detest-
able flunkeyism OF this argument, the
object of which is too transparent to re-
quire an exposition. If the Shareholders
do not appreciate this last and most ab-
/ icct bid for the next Presideney-t i
does not place General Pierce many
lengths ahead of all the heartless poiiti-
clans who are contending for Southern
favor. then will Southern iugTatitude be
crowned by an act which will eclipse all
previous exhibitions of that Characters
tic trait
We had supposed that President Pierce
had reached q depth OF degradation which
was the utmost attainable. but it seems
there is lower deep which he has now
sounded. When the impartial historian
writes the history Of his administration,
he will accord 10 him the bad prominence
of being the first President to light a
torch Of discord between the different
sections of the Union, and he viii give
,h..--s- 49,
NJ President. Boston Journal.
This doctrine OF squattcr sovereignty
may after all work out results favorable
to freedom in Kansas and disappoint its
a ,thors. Bat the doctrine itself IS ab
sard. Congress has exclusive control Of
the territories as much as it has over the
public buildings at Washington.
II freebooters or cannibals, Chinese
IIindoos or Monnons. get possession OF
a territory o!tho United States, and claim
to establish their own peculiar inst:tu-
tons, allowing plurality Of wives, requir-
ing the burning of widows, the disiisp- T
ring Of the Misunderstanding TO the
doctrine Of the Message, Congress cam
not interfere. bat the new State must
come into the Union, though every mem T
Der OF Congress should be at heart op- +
posed to It The sovereign power which
has heretofore been regarded as entrust-
ed to Congress has, by some mysterious
principle: been suddenly transferred to
the squatter population Of some remote
region Of the Rocky Mountains. The
doctrine is to absurd TO call for argument
We may refer to the Message again at
some future day State of Maine
~ Mr. William T Thomas, Post
master, West Eden. has been removed. /
and John T. knowles appointed. Rea
SON Mr.. Thomas couldn't turn short
corners fast enough to keep up with the
consumptiyo kind of democracy which
has been palmed on the old democratic
party by such ,.iaHdmarAs Of the party
as Caleb Gushing, and the fiery disunion-
ist, JEFF. Davis.