Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-02-01
ELLSWORTH. RE. -
FRIDAY MORNING, FEP. /. 1856.
Tae Ten?e- and Purposo o. tAe
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soms remarks ofo Augusta Correspon-
dent, and to cur humble self. We in
tend at this tim, to make but few re-
marks on the Dem ,erat's article, leaving
onr Correspondent ample room to exer-
else his ..brains" in reply to this modern
eialian, If he sees fit to do SO. For our
SIT We are rather sorry than otherwise,
20 incur at the outset Of our labors The
ere o. tia. cold blooded advocate OF anti
Republican unti-Dcmocratic and anti
American principles-The Bangor Dem
ocrat and especially when we supposed
W, were innocent OF saying anything our
self, or OF Publishing anything others
have said es such ''pith and point, as to
disturb the dignity, or arouse the animos-
ity of any one Of the bunker press. The
sensitveness of this advocate OF Wells
IL iopism. comes from the same ca,,se
;hat operated to disturb the QUIET of N
old man We once knew, AMI who was
V nv rticalag As 70 wa. his n.icAbors
said ofhim. He said one DAY, on hearing
that somebody related story net very
credible TO his morality, that he much
rathara person would say any thing else,
than the truth Of him We haEe 10
doubt the Democrat coull withstand any
thing else from our Correspondent, much
better than the truths which he penned
and we published,
The free use Of such choice epithets
a. "haso ISLANDERS. lies and unmitigated
f,.sehoods, will not prevent our recur-
ring to matters which took place before
she Democrats ire was aroused, in our
village, and which may help illustrate the
position Ct Gov. Wells.
Our correspondent said that Gov.
Wells had engaged to pander to appetite
an l de7ravity, AMI so comes out fat foot
cd in behalf Of incompetence and against
prchibitory laws" To say this Of Gov.
Wells, says the Democrat, lis deliber-
wickelncss" which cannot "bc extern
ua.ed by Ignorance. -
We thank the Democrat for giving US
the opportunity of saying word or two
about Gov. Wells, and the exhibition OF
himself at our village last August. when
he delivered his 'stwice told tale" in op-
position to temperance and prohibitory
law, With some additions" by way OF
parcnthesis. Or rather. We are under
some obligations to its article, reminding
Us as it docs, that the curse" which was
pronounced upon the head Of one of our
c items, at the Baptist Meeting house in
thi village by the distinguish d Ex-Judge
has never been given to the world, to add
to his fame, or to comfort the hearts Of
his adherents.
Gov. Wells came to our village respect
ed by all of our citizens. He had no en-
emies here that we knew of. There seem
ed 70 be a disposition to hear what he
had to say. Many did hear, and not a
few were disappointed. His two hours
speech seemed laborcd attack on the
Maine Law. because of its prohibitory
principle indie ,voring to shcw that it
was, as all prohibitory- laws must be, in
operative and worse than useless lcgisla-
ton. But there was in addition to this.
vein Of ridicule and contempt for tee
to.alism observable throughout his whole
remarks. which was conceiv d in any other
feeling than love of temperance or respect
for temperance mon There was ..basc
paadoring to Appetite and the ''perfum-
g" breaths of some of his hearers This
is as true is that he was here and deliv-
erel a political speech. He undertook
To prove by tho examples of Christ. and
the teachings Of the New Testament
tnit WluG uIlHAiHS was Co!utilSuudOics VI
respectable, instancing the miracle wro' t
at the marriage feast at Cana Of Galilee.
At this poin. in his remarks, one of our
citizens said pleasantly, ''your Honor,
the wine usai ON that occasion was made
OF water - Gov. Wells answered with
h-tempcr,-s.I have an answer for such
fanatics as you and went on with an
argument to prove that wine drinking
was approved by Christ &C.. &c; and
aoatnd up this CT isodo, by pronouncing,
what Will hearafter be known as Gov.
Wells cpr.e THAT such a fanatic ought
10 aQ ry his daughters ,rith9ut pine. =
Either the wit of the remark, or the SEN
tinen. Of it, brought down thunders of
applause from the government officials,
-Ait,r this, tho Ex-Judge seemed to pride
hinsalfon hitting" the temperance cause
or Temperance men by some sharp remarks