Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-08-15
Foster-WisWell.

for Congress in this district. 1t is now
apparent that there has been a corrupt
bargain between the wild CATS and
..straights--" that the former should
nominate A. Sanborn, an ambitious dis
appointed pet of the old Wing Party,
with rum and niger instincts) for Rep
resentative to Congress in the Penob-
scot District, in the hope of aid enough
from silly, mulish, straightouts, to de-
feat the Republican candidate. And in
return for this nomination of Brother
Abraham-this liberal, GORGE 3sion of a
great patriotic and magnanmols party
Daniel Sanborn. the rabd and unscrupu-
lous political Editor of the Bangor Jour
nal, should WELD that reckless press to
advance the unpatriotic interests Of the
sham democracy in the election of Arno
Wiswell Esq, the office holders candi-
date in this 9th District. And hence
the gross and fulsome leaders of that pa
per for few days past.
The editorial Of Tuesdays Journal.
headed Eastern Congressional District,
in laudation of Mr.. WisueN, and dis
paragement of Mr.. Foster, is foolish
and ridiculous tissue of fulsomc exagge-
rations, gross perversions, and shameless
falsehoods-the descriptions of the two
candidates being in each case The rery
rererse of truth! The allegations that
Mr. Wiswcll is an able and talented law
ycr-that his private character is unspot-
ted and unsuspected-tha his politics
are of the Jetfersonian seheol-lhat he
is conservativc--that he would stand
by the Constitution and the Union, UNI
der any and all circumstanccs-that he
deplores the outragcs in Kansas and
would cheerfully do all in his power to
give peace. prosperity and happiness to
that greatly wronged, oppressed and suf-
fcriug people-and that if elected. the
people of this district would find Mr..
Wiswell. sagaeious, able and faithful
public servzni-all constitute strin. Of
wanton misrepresentation at war with
the whole history of the man. How does
this picture of Mr.. Wiswell's friendship
for Kansas, and that he would do justice
to het square with the notorious fact that
he approves of the fendish outrage Of
Bully Brooks upon Senator Sumner for
exposing her wrongs and arraisnng
lr,i cruel oppressors. Friendship fer
kQnSq, Poh. She has not more
hcartIess, unieeling and bitter opponant
upon this continent,
We repeat that these gross misrepre-
sentations--.hese reckless paid Tor asScr-
tons of the vcnal Bangor Journal are a
string OF fulsome exaygerations. gross
peryersions and shameless talschool Is.
But had these representations IN favor
OF Mr. Wiswell been given of Mr.. Eos
ter, they would have been literally true.
Instead of which the siamseisse apasfah
Lar of the Journal, after the two silly,
but harmless lies, that Mr.. Foster Is a
General and rene .ade from the wing
party, goes on and falsely and meanll
represents that Mr.. Foster is rank abo-
litioni,t Of the Abby Kelly school,
B ack Republican fanatic-ani hatar o.
that glorious compact which tolerAtes
slavery. We assert that these. anl ev ~
assertion against Mr.. Foster made in the
Journals attack, are false and without a
shadow of foundation-as the Journal
Editor must have known at the time OF
writing them, if he knows anythin.
about the man. So much for the Jour
mails string of li,s in return for Abra
ham nomination in the hope of benefit
ing an INSCRIPTIONS demasogue of the
Liberty hating, sham democracy. These
things between the wild cats ant
"straights'' illustrate the adase, ''you
scratch my back and III tickle your cl
bow"
Hon S. C. Foster, thus falsely assailed
is an able, patriotic and upright man
fully worthy of the crisis which ha'
sought him out and brought him forth
and has both warm heart and an ear
nest spirit To the great political, socia
and moral evils of Southern Slavery h
says hitherto thou mayest come and M
further Mr.. Foster never was
whig, but prominent leading Democrat
and was at one time President of the Stat
Senate He left the sham democrac
some six or seven years ago when h
found them in array agains the princi
pies Of true democracy aud republican
liberty.