Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-02-05

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of facts connected with the fsherics The
recent attempt to abolish the fishing bounties.
will doubtless succeed as party measure
The administration has become so much # Il
sectional .Institution" that il is Obliged to
walk in the path marked cut for it hy the
Southern chivalrv. But the Bangor Demo
crat of Tuesday last, very naivey tells the
fishermen and the people of Now England,
that they must get down on their marrow
bones To the South, if they would retain the
bounty In other words the administration
will US its influence to repeal the fishing
b,untirs, because the North does not support
slavery and the administration, and to please
the South. 1t SAYS. ''If the dearest interests
of New England are to be protected. we must
throw ourselves on the Ncrcg Of the South
and West, for We have now no delegation
with any political influence whatever. The
New England Senator's aud Representative
are powcrless to shield us from harm"
The whole aim of this shanc -. and heart
less, inyertehral Custom House writsr. is to
uphold and conntenancc the repeal of the
fishing bounties because the people have lar-
cd to think for themselves and vote rs they
pleased. There is not manly, outspoken
sentiment in the whole column Of sickcning
niulotory praises to the South and !" Nation
ar men.
Lat I, IL, l
covcs along our coast. and preach submission
to the fishermen, and inform them that il
they will throw themselves on the mcrcy ot
the South they shall be spared, and the fish
ing b5untics shall still I've retained; and if he
does not find a different spirit animating the
hardy fishermen from what he hreathcs in and
around the Custom House of Bangor. then
we are mistaken.
The reason why our Representatives. and
Senators are .powcrless u shield Us from
harm, is that they choose not to support sla-
very, the Kansas fraud and all the other SOC
tional measures Of the Administration. 1t
is not because we have not an able and
talented delegation-not at all. NJ one will
question that the position of oar Senators i,
that of commanding ability; and that our
Representatives are ahead of any dclr-atio N
of doughfaces that the democrats have eyer
sent there. The only trouble is they prefer
to do their own thinking; have TOO
much respect for themselves and their con
stituents to "thram Themselves on The mercy
of "a sectional, bigotcd and corrupt oligarch,
and plead for rights. The Northern fisher.
men will not sue for, as a .'boon. :" that which
should be demanded as contributing to the
best interests of the whole country. One
portion of the Unibn will not. even under the
threat Of losing the bounty paid 10 fisher
men. pay obesiance to another portion -
This is not the path Of duty for mcn Office
holders. political toalies, craven hearted cow
ards may talk as this writer does, but men
never, Of whatever party.
As if it was not enough u say. ta-ihe poss
fisherman whose whole means is invested IN a
small vessel, and whose whole business is that
of fishing. Two will destroy your business
and begsar your families" this writer of
Il paper which boasts of its large circulation.
must needs insult these men, and tlisrrat.. its
party, by telling them that they must be-. fur
mercy from the South: and if tr>s1sbunty Is
repealed it Is done hecapse N,w Easllxi Is
no. in harmony with the President Nv
England was not in harmony With King
George the III and lie and his mini ms under
took to retalate, and the result was, Rev tlu-
ton. We have not read Of another casl of
the kind. in our history as Il nation, ex-
cept that of Kansas BIT how fares it with
the fshcrmen,-- of them nav be demo
Gratis, and these men mus; be punished because
majority of the voters Of the state vot. diff
fercnt from them This is Buchanan Dsm-
ocracv.
If this writer spaaks the intentions of the
ADMINISTRATION, and We supp,se he dos. a lit
tie wholesome advice, for him - BE- ''s1me-
what nice in his deviations from virtue,
night not come amiss from older heads Of the
party. rs Il matter of policy, it may have
been decided to sacrifice New Engllnd inter-
eats to the Unsuitable cry of give! give
which comes from the South; but 10 b. mean
enough to glory in it does not speak very
wcll for the prudence and sagacity of this
diyulger of party secrets, no more than it
docs for his honesty.
Fishermen, watch this matter of Fishing
Boun,ies and see which party repeats it.
The Legislature.
There seems to be an impression abroad
that this session of the Legislature should be