Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-08-06
Mr.. Bradbury's Letter Of Ac-
ceptance,

ceptance.
MIR. Bradbury has accepted the nominal
zion rendered him by the 9TH of July Con-
vention Of .ssore head democrats 1t ap- |
pears in the last Machias Union, and is da- |
ted July odd. Mr.. Bradbury says he is
"grateful for the confidence repoeed in him.,
at a time when the smost valuable interests
of the citizen may be affected by the result
of the election 1t is difficult to see, if Mr..
Bradbury is HONEST in the views enunciated, /
how "vauable interests can be ''atfected
bv the result of the election" He we'll
says, sswhatever affects the important inter-
ests of Maine, is of vital consequence and
therefore he is opposed to the repeal of the
bounsy on the fisheries, and in favor OF mod
flying the Reciprocity Treaty. He will do
great many more things, if he can, which
looks well on paper. But the interests OF
his party are stronger than any promises
Mr.. Bradbury can make before the election
We say it is difficult to see how important
interests can be aE.ctsd by the result of this
election, if Mr.. Bradbury is honest. Be-
cause in the main, he says he will contend
for just what the Republicans are contend
ing for. That he directly condemns his own
party, In making this confession is true;-
that Mr.. Bach.lraan's Office holders will sup
mort him on this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. plat
form, is nevertheless true. 1t is fair to sup
nose, then. that Mr.. Bradbury has written
this letter for ''buncombe" only.
The Republican party has shown its hostility
to the repeal of the fishing bounty through i is
organs in Congress both by speeches and votes.
Il is on the record AGAINST this REPEAL.
Mr.. -Bradbury's party is on the record in
FAVOR ofREPEAL. Mr. Bradbury per-
sonally, has no record in the matter The
voters only know that he never voted against
his party, only in State Convention : and
that vote was given against resolutions which
commended that the Territories now free,
should be kept SO for the use of free men,
He then voted for the South, and aSai INST
ais party in this state, o a question OF great
Importance to Northern men. 1t is the
South that now demands this repeal; and
Mr.. Bradbury's interests, and his associa-
tions, all conspirc to make him go with the
South in any measure they may desire to
carry out, to favor them. We see this, in
spite of the gliding thrown over many ques-
tions raised in his letter. He is in favor OF
the free trade which Southern men contend
for. He talks of sectionalisrn with all the
garrulousness of a demag1gue. and the i'm
becility of old age. We may learn by this
fact that Toombs, or Jeff. Davis, or Clay Of
Alabama, or .smud Sill Hammond, can and
would frighten him out of contending for the
just rights of the North, by only threatening
to dissolve the Union.
What an untruth is conveyed in this short
sentence The perils impending over the
fishing bounty results from the intense Sec
tionalim of those who represent us in the
Congress of the United States In the sense
Mr.. Bs,Adbus etended to convey this is fish
story. But II is true that the intense Sec
tionalism of the Democratic party. plentiful
" spsipkled with nullifers and disunionists
a. it il, demands and has carried through the
Senate of the United States, the repeal OF
this law. Mr.. Bradbury has always been
identified with the ultra Southern wing of
his party, and he could not, nor would not,
contend for our rights, if by so doing his old
friends should denounce him as a sectionalist
We want men in Congress who will not be
frightened out Of their propricty, nor driven
to beg for rights that ought to be demanded.
The Republican party asks for nothing that
is not clearly right, and will not, contented-
~. submit to what is wrong. II Northern
men AL for what ought not to be granted,
lot Con fess reject their claims, and their pc
titions But never send men to Congress
from any section Of the country, to beg for
rights, or to he frightened out Of claiming
them, by the inane cry of sectionalism. In
the opinion of Mr.. Bradbury, and the demo-
cratic party, Southern disunionists may war
upon Northern interests, upon the integrity
Of the Union, upon the rights of the people,
who do not worship "class interest, v and
It Is all suffered to pass as Of no consequence,
but to stand up against such rights, manful'
" is ..sectionslism.
Mr.. Bradbury. without ever hating, sup
,orsed Mr. Pierce and Buchanan in their
kansas policy. No amount Of ballot box
:. .sgiiuy, Of frauds, Of burning towns, Of rob