Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-02-06
[for the Ellsworth Americana
Folly and Malevolence.
flr, The Flea aud the PoIitician

IL
sent to your readers some interesting
"reminiscences.
We p,lccivc that th. chaSfe Editors
and amiabie correspondents Of that rc,a-
eioas print, the Bangor Janrtai, are still
continuing, in disgusting repe,itions.
their silly abuse of the Hon. Noah
Smith OF Calais-and every now and
then connecting herewith ,ha name Of
our follow townsman, Charles Lowell,
Esquire. The Augusta correspondent
Of the Journal, under date of the 2nd
instant, and who - probabl, that CON-
siSient and Immaculate politician. Dam
icl Sanborn. Esquire. furnishes the two
following pars graphs respecting Messrs.
Smith and Lowell -
Mr.. SMITH.
Ii the anxious friends Of poor Noah
Smith wish To know Of hIs whereabouts.
informed that he still fingers around the snok-
ing camphrcs of those ,vho have borne away
the spoils Of their bows and quiyeIs, like .onc
saaut hungry vulturc around the desert ed
bones. which the dogs o: some successful hun-
,ets have not entirely piekcd -
Ma LowEtL.
:" Legislation drass its slow length along
very slow ly-bat the pisn.ios oi the Iegisla-
tute are not giants, any more than ht as are
Holsters, tact sald 10 have been ntst demon
str4ted by Charles Lowell. ESQ, OF Els
worth.
These two paragra phs. and especially
the one abou; Mr.. Smith, truly indicate
the brains and spirit of the paper in
which they originated. But the alluson
to the fsa aueedote, so obscurely, bung.
lingly, anu falsely made, was mos, un-
fortunate for the apostate conductors of
the Jonrnai-and as it there stands, en-
tirely wi,less, until pointed against them
by the following explanation
One OF M Lowcll's lectures deliver
cd many years ago in the city OF Ban
sor, was upon = Energy Of Character
physical, w,at1i and mural and we
have kindly been permitted BY Mr.. l..
to make the following extracts trof, the
manuscript thereof
Tux FLA AND PoLIrieiss
:. The little :lra, w"ich 50 often annoy,
Gods nohiasi woTk. and one Ion. Of moderate
, lie. : said b, LAr.AiLLY, 20 have lrsecet!
silver cannon, mounted on wheels OF TWENTY
+ !eaE times ats ow1 weight. and To have le
I manned u"moved dsring us discharge. And
socrates examined the distance tha; tea
! leaPcei. and found II by actual ineasurernc
/ to De Two hundred and hi;y time. It's o.r
! length / his says the commentator, IS as Z
a nt5a should vault through tie AR to the =
lance q quarter 81 4 iIle
! H. query naturally Yyescgts itscll here,
whether agie q: our tn1lesu political asp!.
rants. IN their ieap4ag iTon one extreme =
lie gttrF III pursuit II o;iier. do No, some.
/ time 50 fan two hundred and ai;y time,
tAssf owa lcngth. II the political operation
@as measured BY thc.r hide madleaia c.
MfAa and 'o~setEser -
Wao could ssibly have supposed tina,
this Renaissance would ever be called
iasih BY brainlcss ? per, whose shane.
iess conductors furnish the most remarka.
bic illustration Of It's hntA, potn, an!
rtgor jim "a arant' Yes, provoked
and called firth by apos,aies, who. with
arrogant assumptions upon the n tongues
Of superior consistency and rty, a, the
same moment. with one fell swoop, leaped
from the extreme upper verge oi Ultra
Straight IThiggsrJ over into the yutriG
slough OF siaretoiiiag shan. remoerqcy
O apostacy thy abode is the shec, of the
Bangor Journal o fetal and ignorq.n.
ooas leap Thy authors may We, see the
day when they shall wish in vain to ex.'
Panse this disgraeeful portion of ,hei,
history from the records of time
The Journal and Kindred sheets, seem to
think that it attracts atte, ton and help.
10 sell their ra1corous sheets. by drag.
ging into their co.umcs without rhyme OF
reason, the names of respectable citizens,
eminen, for the purity of their hearts. the
vigor of their minds aud the philan,hro.
py Of their lives But this vigorous re.
"N' w uSlt Will tr9cl tlcIu 10 treat Win
more respect and kindness the personal
rights. feelings, and interests of others
They can not expect that such AFRO
gance. imPertinence and scurrility, as we :.
have now classified. will always be en-.
dured as long as in these two instances.
We close in seri plural address to the
conductors of the Bangor Journal, and
hope that they may prof, BY IT,
SHOULD thy lies make men hold then
peace and when thou mocksst, shall
no man make thee ashamed o. tina,
ye would altogether hold your peace, :.
and i. should be your wisdom -
HANCOCK CAsTIoAroR.
Ellsw or.h, Feb. 9Th, 1857.
DIED at the Marine Hospital, Apa- I
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